The BFR 2021 Reading Review

It’s amazing how many memories were conjured up by this 2021 reading review. I’m not that disciplined on Goodreads so I ended up copying and pasting all our old entries into an Excel spreadsheet instead. Tracking our family activities has… View Post

The BFR Round-Up December 2021

We were away for a good quarter of December and the rest was filled with Christmas prep so I’m chalking this down as a successful reading month – not only because of volume but also quality. I was less productive… View Post

The BFR Round-Up November 2021

After a strong reading month in October, I thought I’d easily nail my 80 book target for the year, but turns out I was a little too confident. Birthday celebrations took up most of the month, topped with an amazing… View Post

A Handy Guide to Eco-Conscious Book Buying in a Confusing World

If you love books, it’s sometimes hard to strike the right balance between supporting booksellers, authors and publishing houses, while also lowering your carbon impact on the planet. We’ve definitely struggled with this dilemma ourselves, especially as one one of… View Post

The BFR Round-Up October 2021

October was 3/4 relentless and 1/4 relaxation. Al and I both had lots of work commitments at the beginning so it was total heads down although somehow I managed to read quite a few books. I put this down to… View Post