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Review: For The Throne by Hannah Whitten

For The Wolf was one of my favourite 2021 reads, if you haven’t read it yet where have you been?! Now’s the time to get to it though, as the sequel For The Throne hits bookshelves June 9th. I was lucky enough to read an early copy, and you know I loved it just as…

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Books I Read in April

You’d think since I spent most of April in bed with Covid, I’d have racked up a fair few reads, but alas, Covid brain is definitely a real thing. My reading speed PLUMMETED and I went a full two weeks in the height of it where I didn’t read a thing. That said, there are…

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Books I Read In January

After the end of 2021 being a reading washout (turns out planning a wedding, writing a dissertation and launching a shop doesn’t leave much brainpower left for reading), I’m pleased to report I’m firmly back on the bookish bandwagon. I eased myself back into things with a few lighthearted romance reads, and by the end of the month I was bingeing fantasy, thank the gods, the world is righted again. The Falling In Love Montage – Ciara Smyth A contemporary,…

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Why I Did My Own Wedding Makeup (And How I Did It!)

Photo by Stephanie Dreams Photography. Nothing like a WEDDING to inspire the first beauty post on this blog in aeons. If you follow me on the gram you’ll know I got married at the end of last year (I know, finally, eleven years later), and perhaps the wedding decision I made that raised the most eyebrows (even more than not telling…

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What Blogging Looks Like for me in 2022

Blogging feels a little old school now doesn’t it! It doesn’t seem to matter how much time passes though, I always come back to this space. I’m reluctant to give it up entirely, despite my lacklustre commitment to it over the past few years, and even though it sometimes feels like a ‘hey, is this…

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Yorkshire Pudding Wraps at Home

Yorkshire Pudding Wraps appeared on the Christmas market scene a few years ago, and what’s not to love? All your festive roast dinner favourites wrapped up into a portable hot pocket. Except, in my experience, the reality is never quite as good as the idea. Usually it’s slightly dry meat, plain boiled veg and a…

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