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Serial Summaries – Book Edition II: August 2016 Wrap-Up and Haul

14th September 2016 by Gemma 4 Comments

I’m going to get the timing of posting these monthly summaries right someday, I swear.

I’ve also decided to have a separate book and travel edition since I don’t think anyone fancies having a long post filled with a heap of images. Not good for mobile data, no? (Aren’t I so considerate?)

⦁ Books Read ⦁

Did I have a Harry Potter month? Why, yes, I did.
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Serial Summaries – Book Edition I: July 2016 Wrap-Up and Haul

15th August 2016 by Gemma Leave a Comment

*blows dust off*

Dear oh dear. I kind of suck at this regularly blogging business, don’t I? How do you all do it? Between working full time, reading books, taking photos for instagram, chores, and other social engagements, how does one manage to squeeze in blogging time?

In an attempt to have a semblance of regularity, I thought I’d start on a monthly post summarising what I’ve been up to in terms of books and travels. It will most likely feature books, since going through travel photos takes up a lot of time, but we shall see!

⦁ Books Read ⦁

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Book Haul: May 2016 – Spring Holiday Edition

24th May 2016 by Gemma 2 Comments

Welcome to my first ever book haul post! I never saw the point of blogging about these, not until I realised how difficult it is to format Instagram posts and that it just looks neater when you have CSS/HTML at your disposal. Also, this one is special in that I acquired this while I was away on holiday. Short budget trips to Europe usually mean just one hand luggage, and our preferred airline Easyjet requires exactly one — meaning I have to stuff my usual shoulder bag inside the hand luggage too.

This time, however, the husband and I were off to a different continent and we get to have a check-in luggage each! I have now acquired the skill of packing well, so I had a lot of space to bring along books with me, as well as for books I was planning to acquire on this trip!

I have lately come to learn Australia is the only known place in the world that still publishes the popular orange Penguin Books. Here in the UK, there is an abundance of old but well-loved orange Penguins in secondhand bookshops, but I sadly have an allergic reaction to the dust in the old brown pages. I can feel the itch creeping up at the back of my throat and start scratching my nose whenever I’m inside a secondhand bookshop, but I draw the line at not owning lovely old books — I am not going to avoid visiting where they are kept!