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Monday Mail featuring the latest book mail that I’ve received from publishers! Lately I’ve become more mindful of what I want to spend my time reading as I am focused on my 40 before 40 challenge for the next 10 months, so these are five books that I definitely am interested in reading outside of my challenge. I always think I have loads of time to get lots of books read, yet the year is almost over already! 😮 Are there many books that you still hope to read before the end of the year? How do you decide what you want to read? I’m always curious to know about your reading habits! 📚 #grimdragon - “I have a good feeling about this.”

Book Review 🗽 Is There Still Sex in the City? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 🏙 “Who wants to hook up with a fifty-something-year old? Exactly two men, it seemed. Both of whom were smokers in their sixties. I examined my profile more closely and discovered that Tinder had automatically adjusted the settings for the age range of men it guessed I would be interested in. Meaning men aged fifty-five to seventy. To get even with Tinder, I reset my age range from twenty-two to thirty-eight. Suddenly, everything changed. This age group was where the action was.” 💋 Is There Still Sex in the City? is @candacebushnell’s memoir of middle-aged dating. The book explores just how much has changed in the NYC dating world since Bushnell’s original Sex and the City book. Bushnell examines navigating the dating scene after divorce and the eternal conundrum for women on how to have it all, as well as the pressure on women to maintain their youth and looks. 👄 The book captures the cheeky tone of the hit SATC television series and addresses the biggest change in dating since the SATC era - dating apps. Bushnell compares Tinder to ordering a takeaway and how the app emphasises the notion of the male gaze. The book also features many of the central themes of SATC - female friendships and independence - while also dealing with issues of bereavement, suicide, ageism and loneliness. Ultimately, the book retains the hopeful tone of eternal optimist and hopeless romantic Carrie Bradshaw, while reiterating the importance of how a relationship should be the icing on the cake in your life, and not your whole life. The book emphasises that nice guys actually finish first, with true love prevailing in the end. 💏 A recent perk of working at @rossiter_books is having access to a range of ARCs and new releases on @librofm. As a newbie to audiobooks and a huge SATC fan, I just had to pick Is There Still Sex in the City? as my first choice. I couldn’t wait to return to that world again and I loved the narrator’s wry tone and sardonic wit, although admittedly I couldn’t help but wonder (😉) how amazing it would have been if Sarah Jessica Parker or Bushnell herself was narrating. This is a must for SATC fans!

Wrap Up Wednesday 📚 October Wrap Up 📚 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Celestial Bodies ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Doctor Sleep ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Imaginary Friend 🎧 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Starless Sea ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 📚 Wrap up Wednesday featuring my very belated October wrap up! October proved to be a great reading month for me and I read a brilliant mix of books. I’ve already read two books so far this month and I’m halfway through my third, so I’m hoping November will be just as good! How was your reading month? How is November going so far for you reading wise? 📚 {#gifted books tagged}

“The book was better!” 📚🎬 Movie Monday...How many times have you said the above quote? Generally I would agree, but as a huge film lover, I would also have to say that there are some excellent film adaptations of books. When @beth.bonini tagged me for #bookstofilms, I thought about all the books that I’ve loved reading that have gone on to become films that I’ve enjoyed too. This was quite a fun challenge for me when I looked through all my books and I ended up with quite a pile! 📚🎬 Do you agree with my choices? Have I included any of your favourites?

Lest we forget 🌺 #remembranceday 🌺 Veterans Day - #cuddleupwithnovember

Shelfie Sunday and Sock Sunday featuring @rossiter_books, where I get to spend every Saturday. I just love these socks that we now have in store. Aren’t they the perfect socks for book lovers and #socksunday?! 😍🧦📚 #cuddleupwithnovember - Sock Sunday

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