Being Buttons

What to read when you’ve finished watching Bridgerton

What to read when you’ve finished watching Bridgerton

Have you watched Netflix series Bridgerton? Here’s my recommendations for what you could read if you loved Bridgerton.

View Post

Diversify my book shelf: a short reading list

Diversify my book shelf: a short reading list

Diversifying my book shelf is something I’ve been trying to do since uni. Following the recent discourse on racism, here are some reading recommendations.

View Post

A love of libraries

A love of libraries
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love books and reading. I’ll be honest, it’s a little bit odd that I don’t write about books more often but I’ve never really been one for writing reviews. However, more and more frequently I’ve become surprised by how few adults I come across own library cards, let alone understand why they would want one. This baffles me! I’ve used libraries from pretty much as soon as I was reading and having enjoyed them as a child the thought never even crossed my mind that I wouldn’t use them as an adult. But apparently it’s not a service that everyone makes use of, and libraries are one of our services that are at risk of losing funding. This post shares my love of libraries, through different ages and for different reasons. View Post

Twelve non-fiction book recommendations for life in lock-down (or any other time…)

Twelve non-fiction book recommendations for life in lock-down (or any other time…)
When I was younger, I would devour book after book after book and the vast majority would be fiction. I would never consider looking for non-fiction books to buy, asking for them as gifts or getting them out of the library. I had a few, such as my trusty encyclopedia which I would happily sit and flick through but my main interest was always reading stories. That all changed rather suddenly in my early twenties. Whilst I still very much enjoy fiction, I’ve found myself reading more non-fiction than ever before. I have a long list that I want to read and I find myself gravitating towards non-fiction new releases in bookshops. View Post

World Book Day: My favourite children’s books

World Book Day: My favourite children’s books
World Book Day comes around every year and as an adult it appears to have very little importance. Other than my colleagues who have spent the week trying to find suitably creative costumes for their children to wear to school that day, for many adults World Book Day comes and goes without any significance. I’ve written before about why I think that should change. However, I recently attended a talk given by a number of booksellers on the theme “the books that made me” and in the limited number they discussed, each of them started with a book from childhood. It got me thinking about the books which had had an impact on me throughout my life so far, but particularly the number of children’s books which had helped to lay that groundwork. View Post