Hello and welcome back to my collaborative books and Disney posts, matching books to a particular Disney song. Today's song is one I probably should have done right at the beginning - Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo from Cinderella. It is after all the inspiration for the series title! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNKuARjkWEg This song is all about magic - magic, that… Continue reading Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Books: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
Category: Features
Top 5: Favourite Romances
Hello. As most of us were aware, yesterday was Valentine's Day. As a singleton it is simply another normal day for me, but it is a good feature day in which to talk about something that can make or break a book for me - character romances. Now I don't reach for books in the… Continue reading Top 5: Favourite Romances
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Books: God Help The Outcasts
Hello! Or bonjour, I should say as I am diving into one of the French-inspired Disney classics for Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Books today with The Hunchback of Notre Dame and specifically, God Help The Outcasts, arguably my favourite song from the film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQO4TtmmwNc It's a beautiful track with messages about beating the injustices of everyday society and showing… Continue reading Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Books: God Help The Outcasts
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Books – The Cover Is Not The Book
Hello! Welcome back to this month's Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Books, the series where I match a maximum of three books to a Disney song. For today's post I kept racking my brain for a song I wanted to use and I couldn't think of one that wasn't centred on romance or discovering the wider world. I needed a… Continue reading Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Books – The Cover Is Not The Book
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Books: I’ve Got No Strings
Hello! It is time for Disney to be paired with books once again and for this post I wanted to dive into my sister's childhood favourite film - Pinocchio. There were quite a few songs from the film I thought about using, but the one that struck me the most was "I've Got No Strings."… Continue reading Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Books: I’ve Got No Strings
Blogmas Day 25: Five Favourite and Standout Books of 2020
It is the last day of Blogmas and if there any post I would want to wrap it up, it is my favourite books of 2020. I have a lot of books I've enjoyed reading but there are five books in particular that have really stood out to be the best books of the year.… Continue reading Blogmas Day 25: Five Favourite and Standout Books of 2020
Blogmas Day 24: Books I DNFed This Year
We're up to the last couple of days of Blogmas and it is time for the most important book stat posts of the year - the books I DNFed, and my favourite books. I always leave the very best until last so that means it is time for the DNFs. My reading was very up… Continue reading Blogmas Day 24: Books I DNFed This Year
Blogmas Day: 23 End of Year Book Survey 2020
We are nearing the end of Blogmas and it feels right to start rounding it off with the End of Year Book Survey. I had to dive into my old blog archives to find this but it is the perfect post for this time of year. It was created by The Perpetual Page Turner, who… Continue reading Blogmas Day: 23 End of Year Book Survey 2020
Blogmas Day 22: TV Christmas Specials On My Watchlist.
One tradition that has become a staple over the years is crowding round the television on Christmas Day, watching a one-off special episode of our favourite mainstream programmes. Some of our beloved programmes have even become famous for them. Even with COVID disrupting a lot of the Christmas episode filming, we still have a full… Continue reading Blogmas Day 22: TV Christmas Specials On My Watchlist.
Blogmas Day 21: Books With Wintery Settings
Hello and welcome to Blogmas Day 21. Today is the shortest day of the year, marking the first official day of Winter and there is no better way of marking this in Blogmas than highlighting some books on my shelves, both read and unread, that have wintery settings. The Bear in the Nightingale by Katherine… Continue reading Blogmas Day 21: Books With Wintery Settings