Good morning and welcome to my last weekly round up of 2018. So grab yourself a comfy chair, a coffee or tea and come and have a browse at the lovely links I have for you this week.
Here are some of the reviews I’ve enjoyed this week
What’s Nonfiction? – Dopesick by Beth Macy
Books and Me! – The Blue Salt Road
Through Novel Time & Distance – The Light Over London
The Belgian Reviewer – Pieces of Me
The Geeky Bibliophile – Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII’s Sister
Jennifer~Tar Heel Reader – Watching You & Broken Girls
Dressed To Read – The Lilac Girls
Chocolate’n’Waffles – The Best Friend
Nemesis Blog – The Bride’s Trail
Bookaria – My Lovely Wife
MiniMac Reviews – The Secret Vow
Here are some fab posts from across the book blogging community
Bookdragonism – Why Humans Should Stop Calling Us Bookworms & How to Make Your Bookstagram Work (AKA Me Pretending To Know Things)
New Adventures – Haiku Poetry Challenge
ReaderWitch – Blogsitenial Questions Or to Do or Not To Do
Narrates – 5 Movies About Books
What Cathy Read Next – An Edwardian Christmas
The Belgian Reviewer – Same Book Different Cover #9
On The Blog This Week
Being Christmas it’s been a much quieter week on the blog with only four posts. On Monday I joined in with Drew’s Music Monday and on Wednesday I shared my usual WWW Wednesdays! post. On Thursday I joined in with Ally’s Thursday’s Top 4 and on Saturday I shared my usual Stacking The Shelves post.
Other Links
BBC News – Cigarettes & Spoons: Christmas Gifts From Years Ago
BBC News – The Booming Trade in Second-Hand Books
Big Green Bookshop – An Announcement From Simon
The Guardian – June Whitfield A Life in Pictures
BBC News – The Christmas Card I Could Never Reply To
BBC News – Focusmate: Watched Over While I Worked From Home
BBC News – Hassan al-Kontar: Inside the Story of His Rescue From Syria
The Guardian – Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award
Thanks for reading, have a lovely Sunday and a very Happy New Year! 😀
Thank you so much for including me 💕😄
You’re welcome! 🙂
Hello! Just a little note to say that I think your blog is great, so I’ve nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award > https://goo.gl/hgKA8o
Happy New Year! x
Thanks for sharing Nicki! I made the final 2018 links post!!! ❤
I see a few of my highly anticipated reads on your list too, so I will def. check those out. I can't believe 2018 is almost over….
You’re welcome. 🙂 I can’t believe we’re at the end of 2018 either!
Thanks for the shoutout. I also read the BBC article about the Christmas card (from Brian) and enjoyed it. Happy New Year!
You’re welcome!
Thank you for including me! I am excited. Love your book recommendations, but have trouble keeping up. My list is getting way to long. 😘
You’re very welcome 😀
Thanks so much for all the effort you’ve put into these weekly posts Nicki. I’ve loved being included in some and finding fabulous posts I might have missed too. Happy New Year x
Thanks Linda really appreciate your kind words x
Thank you so much for the mention and Happy New Year. Cheers 🙂
You’re very welcome 😀
I’ve been really bad tracking posts this week so thanks for these! xx
You’re welcome hope you find something interesting. xx
Thank you for mentioning me in both blog categories this week, you fellow book dragon! I loved that post, it makes us sound so cool (not that we’re not cool otherwise obvs)!
You’re very welcome book Dragon 🐉🐲📚
Thank you for the shoutouts, Nicki! So many fun links to explore. I hope you have a wonderful New Year! ♥️ 🐉
You’re very welcome 😀
Thanks for the post, Nicki! I find these very helpful.
Thanks glad you find it helpful 😀
I found the Bookstagram post quite interesting. I have been thinking about doing one, and this gave me some information, but will have to wait until I return home in March. Happy New Year Nicki.
Glad you found it helpful. 🙂
Happy New Year to you ❤ Thanks again for the shout out 🙂 xx
You’re very welcome xx
I can’t imagine how much work goes into creating these posts! Thanks so much for so many interesting links, and thank you for mentioning me!
You’re welcome! I’m glad you found it interesting. 🙂