The ongoing reading slump

I have this theory that book blogging both causes and cures my reading slumps.

This year started off as a good reading year for me – I rang in 2015 with Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk which I’m pretty sure will end up on my list of favourite books read this year. I picked up that book because of the numerous glowing reviews I read of it on book blogs; I’m really grateful to all of those bloggers that raved about it because, when I first heard about the book, I thought it was one that wouldn’t interest me (how wrong was I!) and was quite happy for it to pass me by. Since reading that book, it’s started this interest in nature and travel writing – basically, it’s made me start to read more nonfiction and has opened up this whole new avenue of reading for me.

And that’s all thanks to book blogs and the book blogging community.

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Recently added to my TBR list #1

I thought I’d put together a post with some of the books I’ve added to my TBR list recently. I don’t know about other people – and feel free to share in the comments how your TBR list works – but my TBR is a list on my computer which I refer to when I’m ordering books at the library or am going to a bookshop! I’ve recently gone through a spell where I haven’t added much to my list, but that reading list slump has officially ended and I’ve been adding books left, right and centre.