New Blog Design

Thanks to the wonderful Tara at PIP Design I have a gorgeous new blog design.    Tara did such an amazing and super quick job (it took less than a week from ordering date).  She even made me my own cute little button.

So a big thank you to Tara.  I hope everyone likes the new look!





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I'm back!!!!

I'm back from Thailand.  I had such a fun holiday filled with lots of relaxing, swimming at some gorgeous beaches, jet skiing, riding around the island on  mopeds, eating delicious food, boat trips, snorkelling, exploring the crazy night life and the highlight of the trip my friend's beautiful wedding.

But I am glad to be home now.  I didn't get a chance to do much reading on my holiday so I am looking forward to getting stuck into the big pile of books waiting for me.  I also excited to check out what has been happening on my favourite blogs.

One of the gorgeous beaches I spent a couple of days at!

A view from the lookout at Phuket                               Maya Bay

Cocktails with friends                 Some of the delicious food

My friend's wedding

Stay tuned tomorrow for my 300 FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY!

Time for Thailand

I'm off to Thailand in a few hours!  Super excited to be visiting the beautiful beaches of Thailand again.  This time I am going for a friend's wedding.  I will be gone for two weeks. 

I am not organised so I have no scheduled blog posts as things have been crazy busy lately.   I will miss visiting all your blogs while I am gone.   So feel free to leave a comment telling me what awesome books reviews I have missed so I can check them out when I get back.

I promise to post some pics of my holidays when I return plus a 300 followers giveaway. 

Until then HAPPY READING!

Reviewing Habits

The other day Jacinda from The Reading Housewives of Indiana (go check out her and Jasmine's awesome blog) left a comment asking how do I remember quote?.  Do I use those handy little sticky notes?  It got me thinking about reviewing habits.

I personally can't live without my sticky notes when I read for quotes.  Most of the time I make little notes on them like 'romance quote', 'inspiring quote' and 'lol quote' so it is easy to find what I am looking for.  I also have a journal nearby when I am reading.  I jot down my thoughts like how I feel before I start the book then afterwards, characters, plot, romance, writing etc.  Also again quotes that really stand out because eventually I remove those sticky notes (don't want to damage those precious pages). 

When I go to write my review, I do a draft the same day while it is still fresh in my mind, then I come back a couple of days later once I had some more time to think about the book and tidy the review up.  I can't leave it too long because I tend to struggle with writing a review.  When it comes to how long I spend writing my review, I am not sure but probably way too long.

I would love to hear your reviewing habits. 

So please leave a comment especially any handy tips.