Category: Random musings

Nix Musing – When the world is a dumpster fire, fall into a Comfort Read

Posted September 19, 2020 by Nix in Random musings / 1 Comment
Nix Musing – When the world is a dumpster fire, fall into a Comfort Read

So, I decided a month ago to try to blog more – that resolution lasted approximately two weeks. Life got in the way, meaning I had less time to blog. Emotional burnout at the suck that is 2020 then also sucked my ability to read new books. I always class myself as a mood reader but what I think I mean by that is I am an emotional reader and I read the books that […]


Nix Musing : Guest-Posts and Blog-tours : When do I take part?

Posted September 5, 2020 by Nix in random musing, Random musings / 2 Comments
Nix Musing : Guest-Posts  and Blog-tours : When do I take part?

Nix note – this has been previously published. It has been reformatted and editted. Please know that this is not a dig at tour-hosts – they are small business owners offering a service and I enjoy working with quite a few of them. This is about blog-tours in general… This week, I have had multiple emails publicising blog-tours and asking for participation. I have stopped partipating in the majority of blog tours and there is […]


Random Musings : Moving forwards with Scorching Book Reviews

Posted June 30, 2019 by Nix in Random musings / 9 Comments
Random Musings : Moving forwards with Scorching Book Reviews

Top Picks will be up tomorrow – there isn’t actually a lot that has caught my attention so I need to keep looking. So, the blog has been little sparse of late. Most of that has been down to real life being busy but there is part of me that just doesn’t know what to do with it. The stats have dwindled for the last couple of years and I know that some of that […]


Scorching Book Reviews – My new weekly schedule the events calendar for 2018.

Posted February 15, 2018 by Nix in Random musings / 0 Comments
Scorching Book Reviews – My new weekly schedule  the events calendar for 2018.

It’s been little old me for a while now and, because of that, the posting has been sporadic. I have posted many, many posts asking what you want to see here and you lovely people have been so helpful that I’ve got some ideas. I’ve decided on what will definitely be appearing here on the blog each week (anything else is a bonus, yes?)  and also what events I’ll be hosting this year so I […]


Musing : I’ve been comfort reading like the world ran out of new authors…

Posted January 16, 2018 by Nix in Random musings / 8 Comments
Musing : I’ve been comfort reading like the world ran out of new authors…

Sometimes I feel like the worst blogger in the world. I look back over the last few months and all I can see is Top Pick Posts and Memes …. I just haven’t managed to get back into blogging like I thought but I think that’s because of one thing; I stopped reading new authors. When I look through my kindle, I’ve got around 2000 books. I haven’t read them all (seriously, I do need […]


Random Musings : I have a series Binge reading issue but do you actually want reviews for them?

Posted September 2, 2017 by Nix in Random musings / 5 Comments
Random Musings : I have a series Binge reading issue but do you actually want reviews for them?

Alright guys, this is a question for you all about what you would like to read here on the blog. I am an absolute sucker for a series. I actually despair of myself because I KNOW that, if I like book one, I’m in for the long haul. My question is do you actually want to read my reviews for a series I came to late and then binge-read in a week? I’m worse with […]


Review Changes at Scorching Book Reviews

Posted December 17, 2015 by Nix in Random musings / 6 Comments
Review Changes at Scorching Book Reviews

Hola people 🙂 Well, as you can tell, I haven’t been as active. It isn’t that I can’t be bothered, it’s that I just don’t have the time. Running a blog solo is completely achieveable when you have free time but I haven’t any at the moment and so the blog has suffered. I’m putting some changes in place as of now to try to ease my stress levels about the lack of blogging and […]


An apology and an update

Posted October 18, 2015 by Nix in Random musings / 5 Comments
An apology and an update

Hey all I haven’t been posting much due to technical issues. I’ve been borrowing equipment when I can but it hasn’t led to very consistent blogging. Hopefully, I should be up and running soon … thank you so much to those still reading! I shall try to get this show on the road but, until that point, thanks for all the support 🙂 Nix   x


Musing Post : Stress, Real Life and the Book Blogging Blues…

Posted July 17, 2015 by Nix in Random musings / 5 Comments
Musing Post : Stress, Real Life and the Book Blogging Blues…

This is pretty much an apology post. Over the last month, I have been a shitty book blogger. The blog has mainly been Top Picks, Hot Cover and nothing else. I’m sorry readers, I promise I will do better.   Over the last couple of months, real life has gotten a little bit stressful. I’m organizing a wedding, my paying job has decided to suck donkey balls and I barely have enough time to clean […]


Terry Pratchett and the Discworld Novels.

Posted March 12, 2015 by Nix in Random musings / 0 Comments
Terry Pratchett and the Discworld Novels.

  It’s not often I do this. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever written down my thoughts and feelings on the death of an author. Then again, I don’t think I’ve ever been this affected by the death of one. Today, the world lost a great author in Terry Pratchett and I am truly saddened that I shall never again be able to read or listen to the opinions of a man whose books […]