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02Jul 2022 by Luke Harkness 3 Comments

My Favourite Books of the Year So Far – Halfway Through 2022

At the end of last year, I wrote up a list of my favourite books from the year. Today marks exactly halfway through the year and so I thought I would mark it by highlighting my favourite books from this year. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any of the products via the links below, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. To avoid writing a list of every single five-star read I've read so far this year, I have decided to narrow it down to the top five I've read so far. These aren't in any sort of order though as I think…

01Jul 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

My June 2022 Reading Round-up – The 6 Books I Read This Month

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Every month I do a round-up of the books that I've read over the past four weeks and this month I've decided to add their rating out of five that I gave them to make it easier for you to decide which book review you want to read. This month was very varied. There was an array of very different books including a classic, a "thriller" I guess, a much-praised fantasy and even one that is simply deemed "contemporary fiction". But yes, to say the least, this month covered pretty much all the genres I'm in to at the moment. Whilst you're reading through the list, let me know if you've read any of the books or whether any of these books may be ones that you decide to pick…

30Jun 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

You Asked Me Questions and Here Are My Answers

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This blog is mostly about books. However, there is someone behind the scenes who writes these reviews. Therefore, I thought I'd throw out the option for people to ask me whatever questions they wanted on social media. I'm often open in my newsletter about what I'm up to and often get a little more personal about my life - however, I realise that for you are able to relate to me a little more, I wanted people who read my blog or follow me on social media the option to be able to ask me anything they wanted. So after I asked people want they wanted to ask me, I put all of the questions into my Notion app (see my article on How I Organise My Blog for more…

27Jun 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

Author Interview with Randy O’Brien

Author interviews, Features

About a month ago I posted on my Twitter asking for authors to come forward who might want to feature as part of my new series of interviews on my blog. I received a lot more responses than I ever thought I would and so decided to formulate some questions with some ques and send them all off and see what different responses I got back. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links provided below, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. This week is Randy O'Brien who last year had Gettysburg by Morning release in November. I'll let Randy…

13Jun 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

Anna Friend author interview

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A few weeks ago I posted a tweet asking whether any indie book authors would be interested in taking part in an interview on my blog. I received a fair few responses and so have decided to turn this into a series. I've sent the same questions to all of the authors and it's been fascinating to see how their answers differ. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase anything via the links below, I'll receive a small commission at no extra cost to you which will go towards supporting the blog. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. This week we have Anna Friend, the author of the Big Little Heart series. I won't go too…

10Jun 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

Steven Kedie Author Interview

Author interviews

A couple of weeks ago I put out a call on social media for Indie authors to contact me if they wanted to be part of an interview series I was doing and got way more responses than I ever thought I would. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase a product via one of the links below, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you which goes towards the running of the blog. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. After a little deliberation, I decided to respond to a few of the first to respond and then apologise to those others stating I had received far too many to ever get…

01Jun 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

My May 2022 Reading Round-up – The 7 Books I Read This Month

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Every month I do a round-up of the books that I've read over the past four weeks and this month I've decided to add their rating out of five that I gave them to make it easier for you to decide which book review you want to read. This month I read quite a fair few thrillers. I read four thrillers including one that's not even out for another couple of months. I'm currently away on holiday but felt it necessary to write up a summary of the seven books that I read this month. Whilst you're reading through the list, let me know if you've read any of the books or whether any of these books may be ones that you decide to pick up. The Couple at No.…

24May 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

I Read Goodreads’ list of 42 Exciting New Fantasy and Sci-Fi Reads for Summer – These are the 8 I’m Most Looking Forward To

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At the start of the month, Goodreads posted a humongous list of some of the most exciting fantasy and science fiction books coming out over the upcoming summer months. It's a list compiled of over 42 books, which personally I think is a little too long to decide which to buy. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any of the books below, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you which goes towards supporting the blog. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Therefore, I thought I'd go through the entire list and, based on a number of different factors, weedle it down to just ten books you should definitely keep your…

17May 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

How I Read Books Tag – what’s the best way to read books?

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I'm back once again with another Book Tag. I found this on ZeeZee with books' blog and decided to pick it up as people often ask me how and where I read. It's a simple book tag that basically asks me all sorts of questions about my perfect reading environment and how, when and where I prefer to get the most of my reading done. Follow along and think about what your answer would be and whether it's the same as mine... Do you have a certain place at home for reading? Not really. If I had to put a heat map on where my two main places are, they'd have to be on my patio in my garden. This is because the time I do most of my physical…

15May 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

How Has My First Year of Blogging Gone?

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Today (15 May) marks a year since I wrote and uploaded my first blog article on How To Read Over 50 Books In A Year. Since then I have written nearly 150 articles, gained over 5,000 social media followers on dedicated accounts, enjoyed interacting with people online, thoroughly enjoyed blogging and so much more. But how has it really gone? What does this mean when it comes down to the nitty-gritty of the numbers? Well, I thought I'd be honest and open up about all the stats I can give you on my blog from the past year. I've gone over to Google Analytics to get these numbers, so let's hope they're correct. The big numbers I've had over 24,000 views on my pages on my blog since I started…

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