2015 marked the first time I would be blogging at the turn of a new year, which meant New Year resolutions, blog housekeeping and challenge sign-ups. I decided early-on that I wasn’t going to sign-up to too many challenges because I didn’t want to overstretch myself, but I’m adding just one more to the list. The […]
How Much Do You Spend On Books?
As book bloggers, we’re obsessed with many bookish things, the most obvious being books. Some of us loan from libraries, some of us receive ARCs, and some of us just like to buy and own them. This results in all sorts of justifications for our hobby, and some interesting side-effects – book buying bans when […]
Poll: Do You Review Your Reviews?
I’ve been blogging and reviewing for slightly less than a year, so this has never been something I’ve given much thought to, but while tidying up my review archives recently I was struck by how many of the books, plots and characters have stayed with me, and how many of them… Well, they just haven’t. […]
The First Week Back Is Nearly Over!
I don’t usually do overly personal/life-related posts on this blog unless they somehow fit in with a bookish theme, but I’ve decided to change it up in 2015 and try to incorporate a few more personal posts and discussions along with my bookish addiction. I’m not tying myself down to a scheduled update, because honestly? […]
Buying Books As Cheap As Possible
This post is a response to Amanda @ Book Badger’s discussion called “Buying Books, Free Marketing and Being a British “Tight Wod“. I wrote two HUGE comments on the post, and thought I’d turn them into a proper response. Amanda starts her post by declaring that she’ll do whatever it takes to get the best […]
Guest Post – Book Monogamy
Afternoon, Book Geeks! Today, I’ve done a guest post over on Oh, The Books! I talk about book monogamy, serial cheating and follow a WikiHow guide on how to read multiple books at the same time to see if I can break out of my one-book habit… Find out what happens over on the blog!
Sharing the Bloggy Love #4
It’s been a little while, but I’m back with more of the Bloggy Love! After a great lazy weekend, browsing some fab blogs, I thought it was time to share more of them with you. Today, I bring you the I’s and J’s… I I Am A Reader, Not A Writer – Not only does Kathy post […]
When You’re Ashamed of What You’re Reading
So, we’ll start at the beginning – Jamie @ The Perpetual Page Turner wrote a post in August that resonated with me – I Got The Message Loud & Clear: Reading Isn’t Cool. I’m sure at some point in every Book Geek’s life they’ve faced the odd looks, sniggers and maybe even bullying over the fact […]
When An Author Stalks You…
I had a really nice little post all scheduled to go up this morning. But something happened over the weekend that I stumbled upon and I just HAD to say something about it. I haven’t usually weighed in on goings-on in the book blogging community, mostly because I always felt like a relative newbie and […]
Ominous October… for Scaredy Cats
So, this is my first October in the book blogging community, and as we all love themed months and read-a-longs, it appears October is the month for scary reads, gripping thrillers and spooky stress-inducing page-turners. Ula @ Blog of Erised has organised Ominous October, a bookish event featuring reviews, interviews and features such as this […]
Apparently, I’m Reading Too Much
No, this isn’t a post about a forlorn loved one feeling shunned and pushed aside because of my precious paperbacks and handsome hardbacks, but rather a post about my Goodreads 2014 Challenge. I’ve mentioned before that I was an avid reader when I was younger, but that I slowed down when I got into my […]
Banned Books Giveaway!
As part of Banned Books Week (or month on my blog) I’m participating in the Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop hosted by I Am A Reader and BookHounds. Feel free to check out my other posts – Why I Believe in The Freedom to Read and Popular Banned and Chllenged Books. One lucky Confessions of a […]
(S)he Said Discussion – Birds and Bees
HE SAID, SHE SAID is a brand-spanking-new feature created and hosted by Rachel (at) Confessions of a Book Geek and Joey (at) Thoughts and Afterthoughts, where formality is thrown out of the window in no-holds-barred discussions on all things bookish.
Following on from our previous discussion about sex in Adult/NA fiction, we’re going to take it back a step and look at the physical, emotional and sexual interactions in Young Adult fiction.
Banned and Challenged Books
When I started looking into the most popular challenged books, or the ones that are challenged most frequently, some of the ones I found really surprised me. I decided to do a short compilation post – which of these have you read? What other challenged/banned books have you read and loved? Anne Frank – Diary […]
Sharing the Bloggy Love #3
I’m back with another Sharing the Bloggy Love post, highlighting the bloggers I follow and love to catch-up with, even if I am a bit of a lurker who doesn’t comment religiously… I’m sticking with book-bloggers to start with and then I’ll branch out a little. So, today we have F and G. F Falling […]
Why I Believe In The Freedom to Read
I was always vaguely aware that there was such a thing as banned books, but I was still quite naive in my understanding of what constituted a “banned” book, and I was definitely under the impression that books weren’t banned in the democratic west of the world. I know, how wrong I was. What I found […]
Confessions of a Book Geek 