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30B430 / 23 / Read A Book For Every Year

Anyone who knows me will know that I'm a massive reader, it's something that I've always enjoyed and has always bought me peace and a sense of calm that nothing else does. I learned to read precociously early and have read voraciously ever since. I wanted to challenge myself to something a little different  than the usual reading challenges- one book from every year I've been alive. I want to celebrate 30 years of sneaking out of bed to read by the landing light, of reading through every car journey, of queuing up at midnight to get the new Harry Potter book, of coping with insomnia with a good story, of falling in love with so many fictional characters and worlds, of curling up on the sofa with a book, oblivious to everything else. Here's the list so far: 1990 - Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman 1991 - Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett 1992 - Songs of the Humpback Whale - Jodie Picoult 1993 - Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk 1994 - Good Bones & Simple...

30 Things to do before I'm 30

2018 was a great year for me and I had some really amazing experiences last year - the highlights being our beautiful wedding and amazing honeymoon in New Zealand. I've had the chance to do things that are on a lot of people's bucket lists (swim with dolphins) and also my own personal one (meeting a penguin in the wild!) but there's still a lot of things I want to challenge myself to do before I hit the big 3-0 in 2020. To that end, I've made a list of 30 things to accomplish by that date, which gives me 18 months to try and cross them all off. Some of them are grown up adulting things, some of them are much more fun, and some are just there to challenge myself to step out of my comfort zone. Here's the full list: 10 x Treasure Trails (10/10) Complete a 30 day photo challenge on Instagram   Complete a 30 day writing challenge following a prompt a day Write and post a letter to someone every month for a year (12/12) Let someone plan something for me to he...