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05Sep 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

The Seven Books I Read in August 2022

Each month I take a look back at what I've read and post my summaries and a link to the full review below. If you're looking for a new book then there's no better place to look than these lists. August featured four five-star books, possibly the most I've ever had in one month! Please be aware that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase products via the links provided 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. I finished seven books over the month with two being epic fantasies, one historical fiction, one a fairly contemporary romance (I know, unlike me!) and the other three coming…

29Aug 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

How to Write Blog Posts Super Easily – How to optimise your words for Google

Features, How to, Tips and Tricks

I've been blogging for well over a year now and so have some experience when it comes to writing blog posts. In total, I've written over 230 posts at the time of writing this blog post (that's a bit meta hey?) and so I would like to think I know what I'm doing at this point. However, I won't sit here and say writing blog posts has become exponentially easier - in fact as I've learned more about how to optimise blog posts to get them viewed higher on Google, it has become a long process to complete posts. In this post, I'm going to give you tips and tricks on writing a blog post to optimise it for Google including language to use, how to format your paragraphs and…

23Aug 2022 by Luke Harkness 2 Comments

I Answer ALL the Bookish Questions – 50 Book Questions to Ask Your Friends

Features

I was browsing the web, looking for some book tags to do (they're always great fun and I often realise something about my reading habits I didn't know) and came across Owlcation's "50 Questions About Books and Reading to Ask Your Friends" and thought there was great some great questions in there. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via any of 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. Therefore, I thought I would steal the question and answer them myself. As there are 50 here, I've not given the longest of answers as I'd be writing all night…

08Aug 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

5 Fantasy Series I Really Want to Finish

Features, Recommendations

I love fantasy - I don't think that's breaking news for anybody reading this blog if you've been here before. However, I do have a bit of a problem with starting fantasy series' and then possibly not finishing them. This isn't because I don't want to, it's more due to the fact that I pick up another new fantasy series before I start any sequels. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any of the products below via one of the links, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of any of the products. I love starting new series which is a problem as it means I often…

03Aug 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

My 5 Most-Read Articles from July 2022

Features, Monthly Round Ups

At the end of each month, I have a look back and see which articles did the best throughout those four weeks. This is an interesting insight into which articles people found useful, which articles my social media platforms promoted the best, also, which articles maybe need another push to get them into people's eyes. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. July was a quieter month for my blog. I posted 11 articles this month which contained only four book reviews. The rest were author interviews, "best of" lists and…

01Aug 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

My July 2022 Reading Round-up – Why I Only Read Three Books This Month

Features, Monthly Round Ups

Each month I do a round-up of all of the books I've read throughout that month. This gives you, as a reader of my blog or a reader of books, a chance to maybe find a new great read based on my thoughts on what I've read this month. Please note that this article contains affiliate links - this means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. July was a slower month of reading for me because essentially I picked up a tomb of a book in Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. Gardens of the Moon is over 600…

26Jul 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

Author Interview with AJ West – the most honest interview yet!

Author interviews, Features

A couple of months ago, I put out on my social media channels that I'd love to chat to some authors about publishing, writing a book, struggles with being an author and so much more. Please note that this article contains affiliate links - this means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. I received a heck of a lot of responses so narrowed it down and sent off some questions and awaited some responses. This week I interview AJ West in what is one of the most honest interviews to date. He talks about his book The Spirit Engineer, what…

25Jul 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

7 Lessons I’ve learned after 14 months of blogging as a hobby

Features, Tips and Tricks

I started my blog in May 2021 (so last year) and it's been quite an educational 14 months. I've learned more about what I enjoy reading, I've learned more about what you enjoy reading and so much more. I keep writing on this blog because inevitably I love books and I love writing about books. At some point, I hope this becomes a viable source of income? Yes. It would not only give me some motivation that I'm writing about people actually like but also that the amount of time I spend on it is worth it. Yes, it's a hobby currently but as it becomes a hobby where I spend a lot of my free time doing it, having it bring in a successful income wouldn't be so bad.…

20Jul 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

10 Mystery Thrillers you MUST Read – Have you read these gripping page-turners?

Features, Recommendations

Who doesn't love a good mystery thriller? Well, what even is a "mystery thriller"? I have "mystery" and "thriller" down as two separate categories on my blog as sometimes there are other genres which are "thrillers" and others that are also "mystery". When you combine "mystery" and "thriller," I think we all have an idea of a book we can think of. Please note that this article contains affiliate links, this means if you choose to purchase any books via any of the links below, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. Generally "mystery thrillers" are books where something intriguing or interesting happens to a person whether it be a murder, a missing…

11Jul 2022 by Luke Harkness No Comments

Emma Pearl author interview

Author interviews, Features

A while back, I asked my Twitter followers if any of them were authors and whether any of them wanted to take part in a new series where I asked them some questions about their publishing experiences. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. I received an abundance of wonderful responses, so I have decided to turn this into a whole series to give as many authors as possible a chance to get their responses in. This week is Emma Pearl and her responses about publishing, writing, her new book Mending the…

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