Spreading the Love: 5 Bloggers to Check Out | Blogmas Day 23

It's the 23rd of December and the end of Blogmas is in sight. I've loved it but my god is it a lot of work! I'm actually so proud of myself that I managed to do it. Not only the writing but the planning, the photography, the promoting! Anyone that posts more than twice a …

8 Ways to Do Christmas on a Budget This Year | Blogmas Day 7

If there's one thing I've learned over the last few years, it's to not get into debt over Christmas. It's just not worth it. I think there's such a massive amount of pressure on everyone to get the best presents, the best food, the best everything, so you can have the very best Christmas day. …

Secret Santa Gift Guide 2020 | Blogmas Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of Blogmas! Today, I'm bringing you my Secret Santa gift guide. I have to admit, I'm a lover of a Secret Santa raffle on one condition: it's amongst friends I know and love. When I was in high school, I had a pretty big group of girl friends and we decided …

A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult | Book Review

***Trigger Warning: gun violence*** Synopsis "A lone gunman takes the women and doctors at a controversial abortion clinic hostage. Nobody has ended up there by choice. As the tense negotiation for their release unfolds, hour by crucial hour back in time through the day that brought the hostages and their captor to this moment, every …

8 Books You HAVE to Read: Books I’ve Read In 2020 (so far…)

Something I promised myself I'd do more this year was read. After uni, being able to read for pleasure was such an amazing prospect for me. It's most definitely my favourite past-time but I just couldn't find the space for it in my life at uni. I felt guilty for reading anything that wasn't a …

This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay | Book Review

Synopsis "97-hour weeks. Life and death decisions. A constant tsunami of bodily fluids. And the hospital parking meter earns more than you. Welcome to the life of a junior doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam Kay's diaries provide a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front …

The Ultimate Guide to Lockdown TV: My Top 5 Picks

Like most people, since lockdown was announced, I've turned to TV for entertainment, comfort and distraction. Whether it's keeping up with the escapades of Kourtney, Khloe and Kim, tuning in to watch other people watching TV on Channel 4 or singing along to the Friends theme tune, it's provided such a good distraction from the …

7 Books You Should Read: My TBR Pile

Luckily for me, just before lockdown was announced, I'd got my hands on quite a few of the books I'd been meaning to read. With leftover Christmas money and handy Amazon vouchers, I built up a hefty stack and now have a plenty of time to get through them! If you're like me and love …

Weekly Antics || Week 5

Welcome to Week 5 of my Weekly Antics series! This week has been BUSY! I've had so much going on that I'm barely finding time to sleep, let alone do anything else! I've been trying really hard to keep up with blog bits as I really don't want to let it slip and I'm loving …

Be Proud of Your Successes

- believing in yourself is the secret of success - Recently, I've done a few things that, although small and perhaps insignificant to other people, I'm really proud of. I'm an overthinker, a worrier. I get nervous doing things that a lot of people wouldn't even think twice about. However, I feel that in the …