Once upon a time, before we were the dazzling, sociable, and all-around communicative blog that we are today, we were... not. You remember the time - when you blogged for yourself and flailed in an ocean all by yourself and somewhere, you heard, there's a Titanic's worth of floating people, as well ( too soon…

It's the first In My Mailbox post of 2016! Yep, I've been book shopping again, and I've actually had two rounds of book buying since the New Year but thought I'd put them into one post. Saving the blog environment over here! #StopTheBlogSpamming Anyway, I've had some days when I've b…

The tale you are about to read is based on a true story. It follows the life of a book photographer in their quest for The Perfect Shot. On this quest, they will meet many a trial and tribulation. To document their journey for posterity, a series of experts have extricated and summarized these obstacles as the book p…

I am exactly 3497 decades too late putting this up. I did the math. (And you thought you  were a procrastinator!) 3497 is also, serendipitously, how old I am in draconic years. It's how old my soul  is... when I'm not writing dirty limericks or watching Courage The Cowardly Dog over and over again. But I …

Mail time! I have to say - this is a biggie.  This post contains books I've bought and parcels I've received in the last couple of weeks, and due to my laziness and busy life (well... reading time), I've yet to write a post. So here I am, shoving it all in one and hoping you don't get bor…

It's that time again . The time when I can't control myself and I buy books online. I mean, I've been working hard... I deserve more books... and darn it, why not? I was quite surprised at how speedy the delivery was to get these, though. I ordered them two days ago, and got them delivered today. On…

And just as thought I was doing well .  I've recently decided to put myself on a book buying ban, and spend some money on clothes, seeing as a lot of mine are quite outdated. So I got ready, went into town and thought I should go get some clothe- oh look, the bookshop!  I bought myself two books and zero …

By far the best time to buy or receive books is when wrapping up a writing project. Here at The Honest Bookclub, July has been a bit quiet only because we both chose to participate in Camp NaNoWriMo, with the regular 50,000 words per month for our goal. NaNoWriMo was never meant to be easy, and easy it was certa…

"Don't go into the bookshop. No more books, you've got enough" *ten minutes later* "I'll just have a look, a quick browse" *30 minutes later*  "Just these please" I need some self control. I can't help it but they were looking at me. I can speak to books and they …

My bookshelf is overflowing with goodness. I don't know if it can handle any more books, but when you have a book buying problem, the fate of your bookshelf is second to your need for books. I decided to treat myself - because I never do that ( note the sarcasm ) - and I went on The Book Depository and got myself…

If there's one thing every book blogger delights in, it's a book haul - and an opportunity to fangirl about said books at length in a blog post. This is that time. And this is that post.

I mentioned in the last In My Mailbox post that it had been my birthday recently. I received more books from a very generous person, who spends way too much money on me, and I also treated myself to more at the bookshop. Why not? I wandered in for a browse and ended up with a big bagful. As usual. I have a book buy…

I'm sure you're not all aware, but I can inform you now, that Monday April 20th is my (Natalie's) birthday! And, of course, I know some amazingly nice people and have received some books in celebration of my 26th. Spoilt, or what? You can always say it with books and you can't go wrong,  so my family …

I've just recently moved into a new place, and I was lucky enough to get a housewarming present from a very good friend of mine. Dennis, the book giver extraordinaire, has sent me three books to help bring some more life and happiness into my new home. I'm a lucky girl!  I've had these books on my…

What a marvelous bunch of books I have . I'm one lucky girl! Once again I am blessed to know someone with the name of Dennis who sent me more books, but not just any books - these books.  I am unable to shelve them at the moment, considering I have a very small bookshelf and a room the size of a matchb…

Moar books ! I'm one lucky girl. I was sent some books by a lovely friend called Dennis, who has been incredibly kind and generous to me and my co-blogger. I'm very much running out of space for all my books because I'm still looking for a place to move out, where I am now has no room for a big bookcase…

Hi, all. It's Lexie. November has predictably been the slowest month for TheHonestBookclub yet, chiefly because of NaNoWriMo and both of us participating. We've been falling behind slowly but gradually and this weekend is already largely devoted to catching up. Having said that, this is a monster of …

I was very lucky this week. I only paid for one of these books so I'm very blessed to know some amazing people as well as have some luck on GoodReads. As I'm still planning on moving out, I'm currently residing at my mum's house so I can see she's getting irritated at all these parcels constantly …

I went into the town centre and I decided 'today, you're not going into Waterstones. Just walk past. You have university work to do. Go straight to the coffee shop. Have some self control!' and I did so well. I walked past that place. I didn't even look at it and I was so proud of myself............un…

*stands up* Hi, I'm Natalie and I have a book buying problem . Well I went into the book shop today to, you know, just browse and by browse, I mean pine over the books I want to buy. It was my day off so I wanted to spend some time in there to see what's out, look at all the amazing books, be in my element …