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My Summer 2023 TBR

My Summer 2023 TBR

Hi friends! 👋🏻 We’re now into summer in the Northern Hemisphere and I am not looking forward to it. I don’t need to explain how much I hate summer and hot weather in general but my hatred for it just intensifies as I get older (thanks to global warming). Usually, I centre my seasonal TBRs around specific genres and contemporary has been my summer genre for a long time now, but I’ve been reading so much horror and thriller recently that it’s all I want to read really. And that doesn’t bother me one bit because whoever said that horror…

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Dead Book Genres

Dead Book Genres

Hi friends! 👋🏻 Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about genre trends and whether certain tropes or whole genres will make a comeback in the future. A lot of people claim that “elevated horror” is the current big thing thanks to directors like Ari Aster (Hereditery, Midsommar) and some horror movies becoming more cinematic and focusing on psychological elements instead of physical horror, but I don’t really think that’s true. The genres that are popular often reflect the world around us, with some genres being more trendy than others at certain times. Publishing and movie studios like money more than anything…

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Book Things I’m Sick Of

Book Things I’m Sick Of

Hello again! 👋🏻 It’s been a while since I made a post, but I’ve missed blogging regularly so now is as good a time as ever to make a comeback! I have never really considered myself to be a very active participant in online book spaces, but I do consider myself to be someone who is very easily annoyed. Almost 13 years of book blogging has made me into a bit of a grouch because I’ve seen so much crap that gets on my nerves. Is a vent post a good post to make for a first post back? Probably…

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Movies

I Watched the Winnie-the-Pooh Horror Movie and It Was Bad

I Watched the Winnie-the-Pooh Horror Movie and It Was Bad

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey Director: Rhys Frake-Waterfield Cast: Nikolai Leon, Maria Taylor, Craig David Dowsett, and Chris Cordell Based on: Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne Released: 10 March 2023 (UK) Run time: 84 mins (1h, 24m) Age rating: 18 / R My rating: Oh, bother. The days of adventures and merriment have come to an end, as Christopher Robin – now a young man – has left Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet to fend for themselves. As time passes, feeling angry and abandoned, the two become feral. After getting a taste of blood, Pooh and Piglet set off to find a new source of food. It’s not long…

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How My Reading Has Changed Over Time

How My Reading Has Changed Over Time

Hi friends! 👋🏻 Recently I’ve noticed that my reading habits have gone through a lot of changes. Naturally, there’s nothing wrong with reading habits changing but it is interesting for me to notice and compare them to how they used to be. Some of these changes are related to my job, some are down to changes in taste, and some are just because of me getting older. To me, none of these changes are bad or negative, just something interesting that I’ve observed about myself. i read a lot slower now I work five days and a week so I…

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