Liz Dexter / LyzzyBee 📚📚🏃‍♀️

A paperback copy of 31 Days on a blue background

A book that will be really powerful if read properly and applied - Allie Bailey's "31 Days" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/b... #ReadIndies26 @vertebratepub.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙💡

Ebook covers of Love by the Book and The Floating Venice Bookshop

Getting back into the book reviewing (now to catch up with my blog reading!), two books about books – Jessica George – “Love by the Book” and Annabel French – “The Floating Venice Bookshop” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/t... #booksky 📚💙

It is good but has quite a lot about blood sports - well, shooting birds in particular, so go in forewarned!

Hardback copy of Dear Oliver on a blue background

And today I reviewed Susan R. Barry's "Dear Oliver" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/b... I have been reading, I've just not been good at writing reviews.

Ebook covers of Bad Asians, When Rock Met Hip-Hop and Two Left Feet

I managed to forget to post the link to this triple review last month: Lillian Li – “Bad Asians”, Steven Blush – “When Rock Met Hip-Hop” and Kallie Emblidge – “Two Left Feet” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/r...

I'd say go for it as it's easy to get back and comfy once the discomfort gets too much. I wish the recliner chair man made wheelchairs!

A lovely selection and I have to get Brodie soon!

Four shelves packed with books (three with one double-stacked)

It's late! But it's here. Were you anxiously awaiting it? State of the TBR February 2026, incorporating the effect of the (v welcome) Christmas and Birthday Book Flood librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/s... #Readindies #booksky 📚💙💡

Glad you found my reviews OK!

We both loved it, we said it was a classic Emma and Liz read!

Words from the Hedge and Person Unlimited in hardback on a blue background

And finally, today's review, Two men’s memoirs – Richard Negus – “Words from the Hedge” and Dean Atta – “Person Unlimited” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/t... #booksky 📚💙💡

Ebook cover of No 17 Curiosity Lane

And back to Puffin Island with Christie Barlow for "No. 17 Curiosity Lane" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/23/b... @christiebarlow.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙

Londoners in paperback on a blue background

Craig Taylor's "Londoners" was a book I read with Emma which we thoroughly enjoyed librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/b... #booksky @halfmanhalfbook.bsky.social kindly sent it to me in the first place! 📚💙💡

Ebook cover for Belgrave Road

Accidentally missed sharing a few reads. "Belgrave Road" by Manish Chauhan was an excellent debut about two people meeting in a third country ... librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/b... #booksky 📚💙

ebook cover and book tour info for The Arctic Cruise

I failed yesterday to share my review of this fun and essentially kind book, Caroline James' "The Arctic Cruise" which was sent to me on a blog tour and was a nice light read, so do have a look! librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/b... @carolinejames1.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙

Aww, thank you! I did have a super day (run in the rain, lunch with @heavenalibooks.bsky.social, opening book etc. parcels, takeaway with my husband!

Thank you!

I wish people would understand that people have different lives to them and different opportunities. Yes, we'd all be super-wonderful and avoid all unpleasant companies in an ideal world - but there are reasons why everyone has to make the choices they make.

A pile of books, chocolate, a jigsaw and a colouring book - full details in the blog post linked to in the post.

It was my birthday today, and yes, there were some oblong parcels to open ... as well as some chocolate-shaped and not forgetting jigsaw-shaped ones! I feel very fortunate. librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/b... I'm sure @deanstpress.bsky.social will smile to see this! #booksky 📚💙💡

Image and blog tour list for Eva Glyn's "The Croatian Island Library"

My review is up on the blog tour for Eva Glyn's lovely "The Croatian Island Library" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/b... #booksky @evaglyn.bsky.social 📚💙

Paperback copy of Stories for Lovers, complete with postit tags visible, on a blue background.

A great read from @blpublishing.bsky.social - "Stories for Lovers" by a collection of excellent mid-to-late-20th-century writers librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/b... #booksky 📚💙

Ebook covers of Emotion Hacks and Genderqueer Menopause

Two interesting nonfiction reads - Dr Ryan Martin - "Emotion Hacks" and LaSara Firefox Allen - "Genderqueer Menopause" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/t... @watkinswisdom.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙💡

Hardbacks of Out of Character and A Mind of my Own on a flowery background

Two hardbacks off the pile, two good memoirs by actors: Alison Steadman - "Out of Character" and Kathy Burke - "A Mind of my Own" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/t... #booksky 📚💙💡

Six paperbacks by Dean Street Press in the Furrowed Middlebrow imprint, on a striped background

Dean Street December 2025 round-up. Slightly fewer reviews but more participants and more different authors read - so a triumph, in my opinion. librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/d... @deanstpress.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙

That's really interesting. I found it fascinating as I aged past the ages of the main characters last time I read them all (2017-19) and am curious to see what changes. Do you re-read other authors? Other books by IM?

One hardback and three paperbacks of Under the Net on a floral background

Possibly just one for other Iris Murdoch obsessives - I've started reading through her again and doing some Thinking librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/b... #booksky 📚💙

Three shelves of books with one double-stacked and two with horizontal piles in front of the other books

State of the TBR January 2026! librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/s... Some judicious purchasing of books for Emma means I can shift some books onto the Reading Together pile ... Thanks to @summersdalebooks.bsky.social and @britishlibrary.bsky.social for the new review copies. #booksky 📚💙💡

Nice selection - and of course I read two of those too, though they didn't quite make my top 13 ...

Handwritten lists of books on a book-themed cushion. Full lists of best books typed out in linked blog post.

Finally - my book stats and best books read in 2025! librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/b... #booksky 📚💙💡

Yes! I want to know what your best books were!