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We are twelve days into January, and all over Twitter I am seeing people who are on books 4-5 of their Beat The Backlog piles. I am in awe of them, because my guilty little secret is that despite best intentions I haven’t actually started yet. It shouldn’t have been like this. On New YearsContinue reading “Starting ‘Beat The Backlog’ (And Why I Haven’t Yet)”

A Book Club is always a good way to bond with those people who share your love of books, but occasionally the group needs a little prompting on discussion topics to get the conversation flowing. Please find below a few ideas to get things started. What were you expecting from the book to start with?Continue reading “This Is Going To Hurt: Book Club Questions”

A Book Club is always a good way to bond with those people who share your love of books, but occasionally the group needs a little prompting on discussion topics to get the conversation flowing. Please find below a few ideas to get things started. What were you expecting from the book to start with?Continue reading “Chocolate Shoes And Wedding Blues: Book Club Questions”

A new hashtag is working its way around Book Twitter – #beatthebacklog The purpose is to encourage people to break into their TBR pile before adding to it this year, working through the books we’ve already got rather then buying more. It’s gotten me thinking… Last year I started a Book Challenge with a dualContinue reading “Beat The Backlog”

Twas the night before Christmas, and across the ward Tiptoed a nurse with her torch and clipboard The IV’s were hung by the bedsides with care In hopes that the on-call soon would be there The patients were nestled all snug in their beds While visions of their own homes danced through their heads TheContinue reading “Nurse’s Night Before Christmas”

Setting up a book club is a great move if you find yourself in any of the following situations You want to get to know some more book-ish people You want to join a book club, but there aren’t any near you None of the book clubs near you are doing what you are interestedContinue reading “How To Set Up A Book Club”

A Book Club is always a good way to bond with those people who share your love of books, but occasionally the group needs a little prompting on discussion topics to get the conversation flowing. Please find below a few ideas to get things started. What were you expecting from the book to start with?Continue reading “The Guest List; Book Club Questions”

Each has a secret Each has a motive Off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year. Old friends Past Grudges Happy Families Hidden Jealousies Thirteen Guests One body When the loan time for my November library haul ran out, I went online and figured out how to extend my loanContinue reading “Book Review: The Guest List, by Lucy Foley”

With the weather getting ever colder and more miserable, I feel that it is only right to suggest a few new books this month to brighten your days. Something Christmassy I loved A Surprise Christmas Wedding, and would like to recommend it as ‘Something Cosy’ for December this year. It’s a real ‘feel-good, curl upContinue reading “What Should I Read? December 2021”

A Book Club is always a good way to bond with those people who share your love of books, but occasionally the group needs a little prompting on discussion topics to get the conversation flowing. Please find below a few ideas to get things started. What were you expecting from the book to start with?Continue reading “Mrs England Book Club Questions”