tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197856388504508892024-03-16T18:52:52.781+00:00The Readers DenJasprithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11346050783201302967noreply@blogger.comBlogger113313tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019785638850450889.post-71883809290740104652020-05-01T08:00:00.000+01:002020-05-01T08:00:12.854+01:00I'm back!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;">Hi everyone, I know it's been such a long time right, I apologise about the radio silence, let me explain about the long break. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">I got married! It's going to be our one year anniversary in a few days, I blame all the planning and time it took in preparing for this big day, for the lack of reading and blog hopping last year. Our wedding was a week long of spending time with family and friends and dancing the night away. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">I moved countries! My husband is from Toronto, Canada, so it was such a big move for me, leaving my family behind, where I'd grown up my entire life, where everything came easy to me. Knowing that I couldn't just drive around the corner to pop back home and see my family, but I had to take an eight hour flight to get back home (I've been lucky that I've been able to visit my family twice since I moved in May). But it's taken a lot of time adjusting, I couldn't work for a while a first, I had to adjust to driving on the wrong side of the road! And I was massively homesick. But my husband and his family were hugely supportive and I had an aunt who lived nearby, so I used to visit my home away from home as much as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">But then when sitting at home, I discovered the amazing library here, that had all the books available as soon as they were released, I had really lost my reading mojo, but just having that awesome feeling that all these books were at the tip of my fingers. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">Currently I'm home from work due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but April has been a good month so far, me and my husband try to have our own time as much as possible, I read in the other room and he watches his tv shows, so that we don't get sick of seeing each other's faces hah! But I actually managed to read 11 books in April (I think that was largely due to the fact that everyone was reserving copies of my book, as they were home and I had to read them super duper fast), but there was a handful of books which I really enjoyed! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">I'm hoping that I will be back to blogging regularly, I have a few reviews lined up too. But I've definitely missed you guys! </span>Jasprithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11346050783201302967noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019785638850450889.post-29219664241037305082019-03-19T06:00:00.000+00:002019-03-19T06:00:01.472+00:00Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2019 TBR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;">Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by </span><span style="color: #666666;">The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by <a href="http://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/" target="_blank">Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl</a></span><span style="color: #666666;"> where each week a new top ten list is shared and fellow bookish folk share their lists on that topic.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I'm not the most consistent when it comes to read next pile, I'm the biggest ever mood reader, and when a certain genre doesn't work for me either, I'm quick to change it up. But of course I'm once again behind on my ARC books, so below are a few that I need to get through and some other books I hope to read this Spring. </span></div>
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Jasprithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11346050783201302967noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019785638850450889.post-49814387169513802652019-03-16T07:30:00.000+00:002019-03-16T07:30:08.075+00:00Weekly Recap #39 <div style="text-align: center;">
Hi guys, I hope this will be me back posting regularly again, I'm still suffering from a blocked nose and feeling tired a lot of the time, but I've bought a higher dose of iron tablets, so I hope those will help. and I really need to get back on track with eating properly, I think because I've had back to back viral infections and colds I've just been eating what I feel like, but I seriously need to sort it out now! But other than that my week wasn't too bad.<br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">I was surprised to learn that Bridal Boot Camp was a novella, I really did enjoy it, but just expected more. On the Come Up was another great book from Angie Thomas, I think I still loved The Hate U Give a smidge more, but On the Come Up once again had such solid characters. Because You Love to Hate Me had been on my tbr pile for the longest time, I finally decided to give this book a go last month, and just finished it yesterday and to be honest it was kind of disappointing, I think there were one or two stories that I liked, but a lot of them I skim read :/</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It was my sister's birthday this week and she had been after Emergency Contact for the longest time, I've heard such great things about this book, so can't wait to start it, as soon as she's finished with it. And I'm not normally one to read graphic novels, but since I really enjoyed The Umbrella Academy tv show, I thought I'd give the comic a go.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">This newest book from Mar H, Choi sounds brilliant, I know I haven't read anything from Choi previously, but I have a feeling that this will be my sort of book. And Christina Lauren have quickly become my go to authors, so I was super excited to find out about their newest release. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">So I went to watch Captain Marvel this week and wow this film was just incredible, definitely up there as one of my favourite Marvel movies alongside Black Panther. I loved how we were given the backstory and how it links up with other films, this is one film I highly recommend watching!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">This week marked my seven year blogoversary at The Readers Den, it was the day of my sister's birthday and the day I went to watch Captain Marvel, so totally forgot, but thank you everyone who has stuck by me and supported my blog, even though I haven't been that consistent as of late, I appreciate every single comment you guys leave. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;">The above photo is the breakfast I had with my friend this week, the egg muffin was absolutely delicious and it was just great catching up in so long. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;">And in other news my sister has started a new blog, unfortunately she's not a reader like me, but she's lived with being a coeliac most of her life, and recently has become super strict with her diet (proud sister moment) and so has created this blog, to help others ease their way in living with a coeliac diet. You can check out her blog at <a href="https://glutenfreeguthappy.home.blog/" target="_blank">Gluten Free & Gut Happy. </a></span><br />
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