Top 5 Tuesday

Hello, hello my lovelies,

How goes? I don't know about you but once this lockdown is over I am going to be the size of a horse! 😀😀

On to today's Top 5 Tuesday. This is run by Shanah over at Bionic Book Worm. She lists a topic thread each week, then you answer with your matching top 5.

So this weeks theme is:
Top 5 sanity savers - things I'm enjoying whilst in isolation.

1. Sleeping
I don't know about you but I love my bed. Normally, I'm on the go. I have a 45 minute commute to school and I'm there by 7.30am and then leave at 5.45pm so it's a long day and I am always tired!
However, whilst I love being in bed, since the lockdown, I have not been sleeping at all well. I think it's because my days are a lot slower and my brain isn't saying, "Go, Go, Go!" all the time. The upside is that I don't have to get up so it really doesn't matter!

2. Reading
I told myself at the beginning of lockdown that I will read constantly. That hasn't happened at all. I haven't always been in the mood for reading to be honest. I am definitely reading more but not as much as I thought I would.

3. Baking
The reason I said in the intro that I would be the size of a horse is that I love baking. Nothing fancy, just simple things. I've made scones, flapjacks, peanut butter biscuits, pasties plus I've batch made soup and other meals. BUT, I live on my own and if I make sweet treats, then I have to eat them! Oops. Fun though!

4. Me time
During a regular school week I don't have time to stop. When I get home and I've eaten and tidied away, as soon as I sit down to relax I'm falling asleep. I always have either Saturday or Sunday as a school work day which leaves the other day for shopping and cleaning. This means I don't really get any specific me time. Now in lockdown I have plenty and I'm loving it.

5. Being mindful
The weather is getting nicer now thank goodness and last August I moved to my lovely house having spent 5 years in a very small flat with no balcony or outside space. If I had still been there now, I would be going stir crazy not being able to get any fresh air but here, I can open the French doors and look at the garden (it's so untidy and I'm so not a gardener. I have no clue!) and the birds. With everyone in the same boat at the moment, I've had the time to be mindful of just how lucky we are. I know there are a lot of people going through grief and anxiety at the moment and my heart goes out to you all, but now, with less traffic, there is less pollution. I can hear the birds sing. I can appreciate the outside for being a luxury and I certainly don't take anything for granted.

What are your 5 sanity savers or things you've been enjoying during lockdown. I'd love to know.

Happy reading,

Allison xx

Top Five Tuesday

Hello, hello my lovelies,

How are you all?

Today I am taking part in Top Five Tuesday which is run by Shanah over at Bionic Book Worm.

This is what you have to do:

How you make your lists is completely up to you. Want to do authors first names? Go ahead! Want to do last names? Have at it! Want to do a mix of both? It’s your post and I’m not the Top 5 police who will send you to bookish jail or anything….. wait….. bookish jail? That sounds like fun…. can that be a thing? Point is, attack the alphabet as you please. I think I’ll be doing last names for these but I haven’t decided yet.

If you’re lucky enough to have your shelves organized in alphabetical order, then this will be easy! Me – I organize by genre so……. not so easy! I can’t wait for the chance to highlight a few authors I don’t talk about all that often!

Today we are finishing off authors with the letters U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

This is going to be soooo tricky!

U is for Alison Uttely who wrote The Little Grey Rabbit series.

V  has to be for Jules Verne

W is for E B White

X, Y and Z I couldn't do 😒

Have you got any suggestions?

Happy reading,

Allison xx

Top 5 Tuesday

Hello, hello my lovelies,

I hope you are all well and staying healthy.

Today I'm joining in with Top 5 Tuesday; however, I've joined in half way through this theme. I should be doing favourite authors with the letters P, Q, R, S and T but to catch up, I'm going to do A to T (not really a top 5 at all!).

This is run by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm so a big thank you and do pop along if you would like to join in as well.

I'm going to mix up and probably have first and surnames as the letter - just to help myself out a little but I am going to try to stick to middle grade authors.

Here we go!

A - Abi Elphinstone 
B -  Peter Bunzl 
C - Emma Carroll
D - Catherine Doyle
E - Eloise Williams
F - Fleur Hitchcock
G - Sharon Gosling
H - Konnie Huq
I - Eva Ibbotson
J - Jessica Townsend 
K - Katherine Rundell
L - M G Leonard 
M - Maz Evans 
N - James Nicol
O - Onjali Rauf
P - Phillip Pullman 
Q
R - J K Rowling
S - Sophie Anderson 
T - Lisa Thompson

Unfortunately, Q stumped me. Any suggestions?

I hope you enjoyed this.

Happy reading,

Allison xx