The Reading Residence News Updates

Welcome to this month’s book readalong. As you know, I absolutely love the book readalong, it’s always one of my favourite #BringBackPaper activities.  If you’ve yet to join in with one of these readalongs, let me tell you a little more about it and tempt you to join us. The… Read more »

After many discussions in our house, we have finally decided where we want to go on holiday this summer. We have booked our flights, and I’ve arranged all of the uninteresting things such as travel insurance, airport parking, plane seats, checked ESTAs are still valid and I’ve made provisional (free… Read more »

I read plenty of different genres, but the one that I come back to most often, and the one that I read when I’m looking for a comfortable, lift my mood type of book, is romance. I’m happy to be a romance reader. I love reading romance, I just love… Read more »

We were gifted tickets to this performance Last night the Husband and I went along to The Alexandra, Birmingham, to see Bat Out of Hell. As the name suggests, it’s a musical packed with the iconic music of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf. This heart-pounding experience, with a powerhouse eight-piece… Read more »

We all know we are supposed to be exercising, we all want to help our bodies to feel fitter and age well, but time and knowing where to start seem to be the biggest barriers to this one. We often think we need to get to a gym, give an… Read more »

Let’s have some fun with a stationery swap. We all love stationery, we all love happy mail, so let’s enjoy both this month. If you have yet to join in with any #bringbackpaper activities, whether it be the swaps or readalongs, then this might be the perfect time for you… Read more »

As we move into February, I’m sure many of us had new goals that we set at the start of the year, perhaps resolutions or habits we wanted to work on, and we’re now a few weeks into them.  They might be working, they might have fallen by the wayside,… Read more »

This is a collaborative post The sun is getting a little brighter, the flowers are blooming, and the birds are chirping, indicating that spring has arrived. Spring is a season of fresh beginning, and one of the best ways to get things started is to clean up your garden. Spring… Read more »

A really fun way to look back over your holiday and capture memories is by creating a holiday scrapbook or travel journal. Now, I’m in the UK so I do mean holiday, like a vacation, but I can see this being a fun thing to do for ‘the holidays’ too,… Read more »

You’ve no doubt heard everyone talking about the importance of strength training as we grow older. But what is it, why should you do it and where to start? Today I’m going to break it down quickly and point you in the direction of 3 resources that should help get… Read more »