Jan 2021 LGBTQ+ Book Club – Carol by Patricia Highsmith

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 ~ The Little Contemporary Corner ~ 2 Comments

Our LGBTQ+ Book Club is back and raring to go! We hadn’t stopped but we had a period where we intermittently did them rather than once a month. However, we have planned and organised and we are ready and very excited to be back in the swing of things. Last month we read Carol by Patricia Highsmith – keep reading to find out what we spoke about as well as what we are reading for our February meeting! Anyone is welcome to join us.

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Tips to Beat the Reading Slump

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 ~ The Little Contemporary Corner ~ Leave a comment

I’ve been in a mega reading slump over the last couple of months that I’m only just coming out of. It’s been very hard to kick and I find it really difficult to get back into reading, and also blogging, when this happens. I’m here to share a few ideas though on how to get out of one!

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New Year Book Tag

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 ~ The Little Contemporary Corner ~ Leave a comment

I know, I know. It’s the 28th January. We are almost a whole month into 2021. This is late. But hear me out – time is a social construct so yes I am posting a New Year Book Tag when it’s almost February and you can’t stop me! Just wait til I post my 2020 stats in a couple of weeks (not even joking…). I saw this on my pal Lois’ blog and really wanted to do it!

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Why I Haven’t Made 2021 Reading Resolutions

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 ~ The Little Contemporary Corner ~ 3 Comments

For the past couple of years, I’ve made reading resolutions in January about the kinds of books I want to read that year. It’s included things like finish a specific series, read more non-fiction, and finally finish Anna Karenina (which I actually did do last year!). 2021 is different however and I wanted to write about my slightly different approach to reading this year…

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First Day of My Life by Lisa Williamson – Blog Tour

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 ~ The Little Contemporary Corner ~ 1 Comment

For the second year running, my first read of the year is a book from Lisa Williamson and yet again, it’s a wonderful way to start it! I’m super happy to be on the blog tour for First Day of My Life as I genuinely loved the book and enjoyed so many aspects which I will discuss below. A huge thank you to David Fickling Books and Annabelle at ed pr for gifting me a copy of the book!

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Crime Readathon Update

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 ~ The Little Contemporary Corner ~ Leave a comment

Hello hello! I haven’t posted much recently and haven’t been on Twitter and Instagram as much as I would like but I am back with a post for our Crime Readathon which is still going on until this Sunday. There’s still chance for you to join in, so pick up a crime book and join us! Read on to find out what I’ve read so far and what I plan on getting finished by Sunday.

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Crime Readathon Book Recs

October 7, 2020 ~ The Little Contemporary Corner ~ 1 Comment

Ourselves and the lovely Lois of LoisReadsBooks announced a readathon we set up which begins this month, from the 25th October until 8th November 2020. It’s a Crime Readathon as we want to expand our reading of the crime genre and it’s various subgenres. We have created a little spreadsheet of some recommendations and suggestions where you could find some books for your readathon TBR!

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