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Hannah Marie
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From winter to spring 🌸 #2026 #LifeRecently From winter to spring 🌸

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Happy New Year 🎊 With 2025 coming to an end, I c Happy New Year 🎊 

With 2025 coming to an end, I couldn’t resist joining this trend again. It’s made me realise how important it is to document the good moments. 

Even the quiet ones 📸

2025 was a year of growth, connection, and learning what a steadier life can look like. When I look back through my photos and memories, I can see just how much has changed. Gently, but meaningfully.

This year I…

💼 Started a new job that I love.
📚 Grew within the book community, joined some fantastic readathons, and made so many lovely book friends.
🎟️ Went to my very first book event.
✨ Met the wonderful Lucy Jane Wood.
☀️ Spent more sunny days reading in the hammock.
💻 Had my most productive year yet with my blog and content creation.
🍽️ Enjoyed more time with friends and many more meals out.
🚗 Travelled better and further than I have in years.
❤️‍🩹 Took part in more bowel and stoma-related events online and met some truly amazing people.
🧬 Uncovered new ancestors and family records.
🎃 Said hello to even more trick or treaters this year.
🔥 Went through my first full year with no flare-ups.
🏋🏻‍♀️ Joined the gym (it didn’t last as long as planned, but I’m hopeful for the year ahead).
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Reconnected with family I hadn’t seen in a long time.

But, as with life, there were lows too.

We said goodbye to our beloved girl, Gwen, after 15 years 🤍 Losing her has been the biggest change to daily life since my stoma surgery. And not one I’ve adjusted to quickly. She is missed every single day.

2025 wasn’t perfect, but I’m ending the year proud, grateful, and hopeful.

Here’s to 2026 🥂

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Merry Christmas!! 🎅🏻🎄 I hope everyone has an ama Merry Christmas!! 🎅🏻🎄 

I hope everyone has an amazing day ❤️

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I updated my reading tracker 👀 Book review blog po I updated my reading tracker 👀 Book review blog post coming soon!

Happy Star Wars Day! 💫 Of course, for today’s prompt…

Day 124 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book set in space 🚀

A little intergalactic travel for a Monday ✨

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When I say I went overboard this month and broke a When I say I went overboard this month and broke all my book-buying rules… I previously only owned two of the Poirot books in this image 😂

I’ve updated the shelf and added the rest from my HarperCollins order, and I already know I’m going to have to move them to another shelf soon 👀

It’s another late post as I had such a lovely time watching The Seven Dials Mystery with @gavgav7 and the book club✨ After discussing the book the evening before, it was so fun to watch the adaptation so soon after. It also inspired today’s prompt…

Day 123 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read an Agatha Christie book 🔍

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It was a late evening, but I had a brilliant time It was a late evening, but I had a brilliant time with @gavgav7 and the rest of the book club for the Christie Crime Solve-Along 🔍📚

This time we read The Seven Dials Mystery and I really enjoyed it. I only got it half right… well, kinda... I had two theories so that may be considered cheating 😂

For Day 122 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book that was published in May 📖✨

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Excited to soon be adding The Daisy Chain Flower S Excited to soon be adding The Daisy Chain Flower Shop to the Dream Harbour series 🌼✨

May brings 12 new releases I’m really excited for:
📚 The Daisy Chain Flower Shop by Laurie Gilmore
📚 Summer State of Mind by Kristy Woodson Harvey
📚 Rules for the Summer by Meghan Quinn
📚 Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune
📚 Broken Dove by Dani Francis
📚 The Seaside Book Club by Helen Rolfe
📚 The Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A. Parker
📚 Fever Dream by Elsie Silver
📚 Brave New Summer by Sally Morgan
📚 Before I Knew I Loved You by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
📚 The Midnight Train by Matt Haig
📚 Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan

It’s another corker of a month for new releases! Are there any you’d recommend?

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