I'm taking part in NaNoWriMo this year. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's an annual writing challenge (National Novel Writing Month) where you write 50k words of a novel/novella/whatever during the month of November. I've taken part every so often since 2005 - some years winning, some years failing miserably! This… Continue reading November Book Haul!
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DIY “Built In” Bookshelves
I have a lot of books. Most of them are still in England (books are heavy to ship!) but I've bought quite a few since being in America, and we didn't have enough bookshelf space for them all! So I decided to take on a project to build some fake built-in bookshelves, using floating shelves… Continue reading DIY “Built In” Bookshelves
Stacking The Shelves #181
Life has been so busy recently, which turns into hardly any books being read. But definitely not a lack of books being bought. Thanks to the Stacking The Shelves blog party I found some FREE ebooks that sounded interesting - and being free I couldn't resist one-clicking them. Ebooks One Wilde Night by Jenn Stark Tarot-reading artifact… Continue reading Stacking The Shelves #181
Stacking The Shelves #178
Where did September go? I feel like I've blinked and it's suddenly over. But that does mean Halloween is getting closer - yay! I'm looking forward to curling up with some hot chocolate and working my way through my TBR pile. I've tried to be good and not buy any new books until I've at… Continue reading Stacking The Shelves #178
Book Review: The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman Published: April 2013 Amazon Book Depository Back of the book blurb: After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island,… Continue reading Book Review: The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
Stacking The Shelves #173
Lately, my TBR pile seems to be going head-to-head with my "read" pile. Maybe I should be starting this blog post by saying "My name is Natalie, and I'm a book addict!" but there's nothing wrong with that! Nope! Other than my increasing lack of shelf space. But that's why we bought a house, right?… Continue reading Stacking The Shelves #173