You guessed it! Another book review blog. But what makes this one different?

About me

I’d better introduce myself before we go any further. My name is Anna, I am 26 and I live in Lincolnshire (UK) with my two whippets. Sounds pretty boring when you put it like that…

To add some actual ‘credentials’ to this blog, I studied creative writing from college through to university but I have always been a book worm. Recently, I have dusted off the old kindle and really immersed myself back between the pages, starting my own little book club amongst friends (though they often complain that I read far too quickly).

I read and write a lot during my day job as an SEO Marketing Executive; I won’t bore you with the details, but in a nutshell I work on various clients’ websites writing and editing content for search engines. This means that I get to read, write and edit content for a lot of different audiences and industries – you have to love reading to do this job!

Why start a book blog?

There are so many ways to answer this, and I am genuinely not expecting many people to read my reviews, but I think the main reason for me starting this blog is to write down and organise my thoughts on many of the books I read. I am a lover of a good series, but sometimes it is so difficult to unpack everything that is happening in these books, both individually and as a whole series. This blog (hopefully) will give me the opportunity to do that.

As mentioned previously, I am also a super fast reader. This is not always a good thing, I often don’t digest key information and find that bites me in the behind later on in a series (or even within a just one book). Hopefully, by making some notes here, I can avoid this a little!

I am not afraid to read something new, niche or unpopular. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good BookTok hype and I am a sucker for adding everything I see to my TBR, but I also like to discover new authors and share my thoughts on them – everyone has to start somewhere and I hope someone would do the same for me if I ever manage to publish my own work.

What kind of books will I be reviewing?

It would be easy for me to say ‘everything’, but I’ll be completely honest and say that I do have my favourite genres, and it is likely that there will be a common theme in the books that I review. Fantasy, dark romance and historical fiction are likely to be the most popular.

What will be the style of this blog?

For want-of-a-better-phrase, I suppose you can liken the style to ‘stream-of-consciousness’. My brain works at a ridiculous speed, and my informal writing follows this style. I want this blog to be a very relaxed place, without the need to come across as a literary genius; just like talking about a book amongst friends.

I suppose I ought to go read some books then!

Anna x