My Ultimate Easy Christmas Gift: 2020
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My Ultimate Easy Christmas Gift: 2020

Looking for the ultimate easy, not-too-expensive, seemingly-thoughtful Christmas present? I have the answer! I had the answer last year too, so this is an updated 2020 version: it’s the books ‘n chocolate gift. Comes in unlimited combinations, is widely available and won’t break the bank. You may be thinking (if you didn’t read last year’s…

My Ultimate Easy Christmas Gift: 2019
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My Ultimate Easy Christmas Gift: 2019

AD: not sponsored or paid-for. Contains gifted press samples (chocolate) and affiliate links are marked *. We’re revisiting a post that I (kind of) did a few years ago, really, but it’s a good one and so it deserves another airing. Because this post may just save your Christmas Bacon, if you’ve left present-buying until…

books to read in 2019

Books To Read In 2019

This post was supposed to be called My Favourite Books of 2018 but that title felt a bit tardy, so I’ve sneakily tweaked it so that everything’s just a bit more relevant and exciting. I mean, why harp on about the past when you can look forward to the future? Isn’t it more enticing to think about…

last minute christmas books
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Weekly Christmas Shop: Six Good-Looking Emergency Books

If you’re still Christmas shopping and starting to panic (I have three presents left to get, I’m with you!) then prepare to be saved: not only do many of the things in my previous gift guides come from online stores with one day delivery (get it on Friday if you order today, or Saturday if you…

novels for summer reading
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Weekly Window Shop: My Summer Reading List

Something a bit different, this week: the books that are on my reading list. I’ll be ploughing through these over the course of the summer, whenever I get to snatch a sunny moment in the deckchair or a couple of hours before bed. I’ve just finished The Girls, which was excellent – very soft focus and dreamlike but…

June Favourites: Books and Beauty
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June Favourites: Books and Beauty

Beauty favourites were a bit thin on the ground, last month, but I did do quite a bit of reading so I’ve shared this video between reading recommendations and beautifying tips. The Anne Tyler book (here) is just a beautifully gentle, slow-paced novel, examining the relationships within a family and gradually revealing more and more about their backstory….

On My Bedside Table…

On My Bedside Table…

I wasn’t going to do a post today, it being a Bank Holiday, but I couldn’t resist another opportunity to bang on about bedtime and sleeping! Ha. Just a chatty little video, here, talking about the things I have on my bedside table. Enjoy – back to beauty tomorrow. A week of bedtimes: my sleep diary……