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How Books Help You Learn Languages
If you’re learning a language, you need to try this tip, then sit back and watch your progress skyrocket. After doing this, you will understand how books help you learn languages. In any language, there are four main elements: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Even if you don’t realise it, these all form part of our day to day lives as we use English. You’re reading this right now. If you just had a conversation with a friend, you used the skills of listening and speaking. And for you to be able to be seeing this post, I had to write it. So here’s the tip: get as many books…
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Ranking Harry Potter Books…
If you’ve ever read Harry Potter (if you haven’t, you should try getting the books!), you’ll know the magic of the series. Here, though, we’ll be pondering a question that may be lurking in your mind; what do people think is the least popular Harry Potter book? What are all the Harry Potter Books? Firstly, we need to know what the books in the Harry Potter series are, so we can figure out some of our options. Most of us know, but, for recap, they are… Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the…
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Why Home Libraries are Just Amazing
Imagine this: there’s this room, all filled with books. Books, stacked on the bookshelves filled to the brim, waiting to be read. Overflowing with sumptuous quietness, the only sound to be heard of is the birds’ dainty songs from the trees nearby. You head over to a window, perfect size with a comfy window seat below. This room, is all yours. Your very own home library. This is my dream, to have a beautiful home library, and for most people, it is too. I tried to avoid any details, because while some people might long for dark wooden floor, with the same dark wooden bookshelves all the way to the…
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Books I’ve Been Reading: Reading List Update
With all these busy times, it’s been harder to post often. So, here’s an overview of the books I’ve been reading recently (and am reading now). One thing, though: these are only the fiction ones. The self- help, and others get a whole separate post! I’ll keep you in suspense for now. But first, let’s look at this post. Keep reading for the reveal. So, the Books I’ve been reading are: Little Women This one gets a whole separate post in my book spotlight series. That’s why I won’t tell you too much about it here – take a look at that post for more. Rest assured, this one’s worth…
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Why You Need To Read Hunger Games
As you should be able to tell from the types of books here, I’m not the biggest fan of dystopia. But Hunger Games? This is a book on a whole new level. I’d always heard of Hunger Games. It was somewhere on my list of ‘I’d like to read this sometime’. And I happened to begin reading it entirely by accident. Also, I began in the middle of Catching Fire! So now I’ve read book one and two, but not three. So shhh, no spoilers! What is Hunger Games? This is a dystopian trilogy set in the country of Panem in North America, the main idea was that while children…
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Jim Kay Illustrated the new Jaw-dropping Harry Potter Books
Harry Potter, a childhood favourite all of us (hopefully!) have read. But for the more serious fans of you all, this might just be your chance to dive back into the books and re-read them, because Jim Kay will amaze you with his illustrated Harry Potter books will take your breath away. ↑ But first, take a look at this board by In a Nutshell featuring a collection of illustrations from the books by Jim Kay ↑ A Bit About Jim Kay… He was born on the 4th April 1974, and is from Northamptonshire. Harry Potter is his biggest job and he’s still working on it! He’s also illustrated A…
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Things That Go Brilliantly with Books
As the rush of daily life resumes after the holidays, we need to remember to schedule in some down-time. And you know what down-time can mean – books. So here are lots of things that go brilliantly with books, for every season. Contents: Winter Spring Summer Autumn Winter Image by Kat von Wood via Unsplash Let’s start with winter, as that’s where we are now. The Sofa Have to start with this. Curling up on the sofa with a book? Perfect for cold days. Snow Even though to many of us this can only be a dream, books go with snow amazingly. A perfect snow day includes reading a book…
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If You Haven’t Read These Books, Read Them Now
There are some things in life that you just have to do. No arguing. You might not like them (although that’s unlikely), but they add so much to your life that it’s worth it. Seriously, if you haven’t read these books before, what have you been doing in life? (Psst! If you haven’t even heard of some of these, that’s okay, as their popularity varies by region, but they’re still solid gold and deserve a spot on your Book Bucket List. Some, like Harry Potter, are world famous though.) The Harry Potter Series By J.K. Rowling, this masterpiece is probably something you’ve already read but will keep coming back to.…
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Get Into The Habit Of Reading Daily: A Detailed How-To
Reading is fun and important. But if you didn’t grow up with a love of books, it can be tough to get into the habit of reading daily. So here’s a guide on how to do that. Skip straight there or learn why it’s important to get into the habit first. Contents: Why is Reading Daily So Important? You’ll Enjoy It More You’ll Get Better At It It Adds Up Part Two – The Tips Carry A Book Around Everywhere You Go… …so you can Read Whenever You Can; Be Spontaneous… … But Schedule Time… … Like Before Bed… …Or At Lunch Break Make It Fun Switch it Up Why…
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Ways to Use Books To Get Productive For 2022
New year coming up, fresh start. We always seem to be doing nothing in this weird week before the New Year and after Christmas. But I, for one, love this time; it’s easy and relaxed, but also the perfect time to get your productivity sorted while everyone else is lazing around. And the perfect way to do that? To use books to get productive. That, and normal life/school/work is starting again, and I don’t want to repeat last term’s mistakes. So in this post we’ll be looking at a different kind of books than we usually do – the kind of books your write in. Diaries, jourals, notebooks- the lot.…
