by lauralizbuckley | 29 Dec, 2020 | Blog Posts
What a sweet end to 2020 – I’ve been nominated for The Sunshine Blogger Award by Pages of the Moone! This blog is run by my lovely friend Jo, we also co-host The Island Library podcast. You can check that out here! She blogs about books, lifestyle topics and mental...
by lauralizbuckley | 22 Dec, 2020 | Blog Posts
Looking back at 2020, you could generously call it a mixed bag. There have been some great things to come out of this year, but it’s often been a struggle. The pandemic has interrupted a lot of goals and plans people had, sowing chaos on a global scale. I think it’s...
by lauralizbuckley | 22 Jul, 2020 | Blog Posts
New Year’s Resolutions are great! But they do have a tendency to get forgotten. If I’m being totally honest, I’d kind of forgotten what mine were, considering everything that’s been going on at the moment. But we’re just over halfway through the year (even if it feels...
by lauralizbuckley | 30 Jun, 2020 | Blog Posts
For writing, and everything else! I signed up for a new challenge recently. I was meant to be doing another Tough Mudder event in September, but this has now been officially cancelled. In the absence of any Tough Mudder events running this year, they’re putting...
by lauralizbuckley | 23 Jun, 2020 | Blog Posts
I have such mixed feelings about book sorting. On the one hand, is there anything more satisfying than a freshly re-organised bookshelf? On the other hand, pretty much the only time I sort books is when I need to get rid of some. That was the case this time. We’re...
by lauralizbuckley | 21 Apr, 2020 | Blog Posts
I feel like there isn’t a lot I can usefully do at the moment, but if there’s one thing I do know it’s book recommendations for basically any situation – including lockdown. There’s no two ways about it: reading is a great way to take your mind...