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19Sep 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

What makes a really good thriller?

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The thriller genre is one of the best-selling genres of books out there. It is, without a doubt, a genre of book that gets most people talking and has become a space where many authors find a lot of success. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. There are some of the massive hitters in the genre such as Lisa Jewell, Lee Child, James Patterson, Michael Connelly, Anthony Horowitz, David Baldacci, John Grisham etc (apologies if I’ve missed out any big names you can think of). These are the authors who…

11Sep 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

How to make sure you’re always motivated to write

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I have owned and been writing on a blog for well over two years now and it has meant that I've had to learn how to keep productively writing without feeling burned out. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. Yes, I'm not sitting here and writing some huge essay or writing out a novel of hundreds of pages but it does require me multiple times a week to build up the motivation to pull out my laptop or iPad and start writing. Therefore, I thought I'd use some of the…

03Sep 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

The Three Books I Read in August And Why I Read So Few

Features, Monthly Round Ups

So August was a very busy month for me, just not when it came to reading. I managed to finish three books throughout the month, probably the least amount of books I've finished in a month for quite some time. Don't get me wrong, they were nearly all great books, but it's still not as many as a book blogger should be reading (don't worry, I don't actually set myself any unachievable goals). But there's a good reason why, I was on holiday! Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. Yeah,…

08Aug 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

The Most Read Articles on My Blog in July 2023

Features, Monthly Round Ups

Welcome back to another monthly article where I round the top five most-read articles I wrote in the previous month. As always, I organise these from least most-read to most most-read. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. I do this for a couple of reasons: mostly as advice for others who are looking for ideas on what they can be posting about and specifically if you're a book blogger, which books are popular. Another reason is that it's always good fun to be able to look back and see which articles did well for…

31Jul 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

The Four Books I Read in July 2023 and what I thought about them

Features, Monthly Round Ups

Well, it looks like July wasn't a particularly productive month for me then! I only managed to read four books throughout this month - I'm not too sure why I read so few but there we go. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. There was quite an interesting selection of different books however which makes up for it. Plus one of the books I read did end up featuring on my recent list of the best books I've read so far this year. So as always, what I've done is compile the four books…

26Jul 2023 by Luke Harkness 2 Comments

The Best Books I’ve Read So Far This Year (2023)

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I put out a poll on my Twitter the other day asking if people would be interested in reading an article about the book best books I’ve read so far this year. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. Obviously, with most of my followers being bookish folk and me offering them a free list of good books, most of them came back and overwhelmingly voted “f*ck yeah”. So then I had to go out and have a look at my StoryGraph and have a look at the books I’d rated…

12Jul 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

93 Blog Post Ideas for Every Blog Niche

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Did you think blogging was dying? Oh no. Blogging is still a very popular medium. According to OptinMonster, 409 million people view more than 20 billion pages every month with over 70 million posts being posted just on WordPress. Therefore that means there are most certainly going to be some people out there that would benefit from some ideas on what you can post to your blog. Blogging has become such a fascinating way for me not only to get across my opinions on all the books, but also a way for me to simply sit down and write about what I want, expressing my own thoughts, experiences or opinions in a blog post. This is what makes blogging so great and is often the reason so many people choose…

08Jul 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

The Top 5 Most Read Articles I Posted in June 2023

Features, Monthly Round Ups

Hi! Welcome to my website. Every month on here, I post a summary of the five most-read articles from the previous month in order from least read to most read. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. This serves a multitude of purposes: one is the give me a summary of the articles and genres of books that people want to read but it also gives other book bloggers a chance to see which posts do well and hopefully provide some ideas. Therefore, if you're a blogger then you may find…

06Jul 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

Is it worth jumping over to Meta’s Twitter rival Threads?

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I’ve been doing social media professionally for over half a decade now. I wouldn’t say I could make any account in the world go viral or even that I’m fully informed on every single element of social platforms. However, I have used social media both for work and also personally almost every single day for over a decade now. I’m always one of the first to try out new apps when they come along and am very keen to then compare them to whichever platform it is they’re trying to replicate (because being original isn’t cool anymore). Enter: Threads, an Instagram app. Threads was only released about 12 hours ago and I’ve had a good extensive look at it so I thought I would give my initial impressions from someone…

03Jul 2023 by Luke Harkness 2 Comments

The 8 Books I Read in June 2023 and what I thought about them

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Being a book blogger (and a general fan of reading) I read a fair amount of books a month. Therefore, I like to write an article each month stating the books I’ve read so if you, like me, are a book blogger or a general fan of reading, you can pick up some reading ideas. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. In June, I managed to pack in eight books. I’m not sure how I had such a productive reading month and still manage to squeeze in three fantasy books…

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