Hello humans! Welcome to an incredibly exciting blog post! I'm delighted to be teaming up with the lovely folk at Macmillan Children's publishing* and with my wonderful real-life bookish friend Asha (who blogs over at acatabookandacupoftea.wordpress.com) to bring you this post inspired by Marissa Meyer's Renegades which you may recall me reviewing back in November... Continue Reading →
Want to Read Wednesday – The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Hello Humans! I was struggling to come up with something for today's post, I've been so focused on reading the phenomenal pile of books I have built up around myself that I haven't been looking into the future all that much. So I was pondering new releases and upcoming books and I realised there is... Continue Reading →
TTT – My Top 10 books of 2018 (so far)
Hello humans! Since todays TTT prompt is a freebie I thought I would take this opportunity to write about my top ten favourite books of the year so far! Not all of these will be newly published books, but they were all read by my in 2018. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader... Continue Reading →
Not So Stories, Edited by David Thomas Moore – Book Review
Hello humans! Have you read or been read any of the Just So Stories? I have distinct memories of a picture book I had of them as well as going to see an exceedingly colourful performance of them at a local theatre, the giant crab was made from bin lids, it was (to my eight-year-old... Continue Reading →
The Smoke Thieves, Sally Green – Book Review
Hello humans! We’re back in the safe, comfortable world of YA Fantasy after yesterday’s (incredibly successful) foray into contemporary. The Smoke Thieves was one of those books that I knew I wanted to read but it wasn’t high up on my priority list because it felt like it was going to be too much ‘demon’... Continue Reading →
Want to Read Wednesday – Storm
Hello humans! Yes, it's Wednesday again and here on the blog we don't wear pink (but feel free if that's your thing), instead we talk about a book I'm wanting to read! This week's book is the finale in a trilogy the first two books of which I read sort of on a whim? I... Continue Reading →
TTT – 10 Books I Loved But Won’t Reread
Hello humans! It's another TTT post and this week I'm talking about books that I really enjoyed but won't be re-reading (at least, not anytime soon). Some of these are because they're just too long, some I'm not emotionally ready for, some I don't want to re-read because I don't think they'll be fun the... Continue Reading →
Why Bookworms are basically Disney Princesses
Hello humans! A week or so ago I posted about why Bookworms are basically Disney villains and you guys seemed to like it so I did some more thinking and I've come up with some ideas...but this time for Disney Princesses. Much like Tiana, we're hard workers Just watch a bookworm power through a 500+ page... Continue Reading →
The Queens of Innis Lear, Tessa Gratton – Book Review
Hello humans! Yesterday I reviewed The City of Brass which I thought was quite a long book. Today I’m reviewing another lengthy read from the Month of March. The Queens of Innis Lear is a lengthy 576 pages and honestly, I think it’s worth every word. This book is going even further to prove that... Continue Reading →
The City of Brass, S. A. Chakraborty – Book Review
Hello humans! I’m beyond thrilled to be bringing you my review of S. A. Chakraborty’s The City of Brass. This was one of the many HUGE books I read in March and it felt like such an achievement. At 533 pages this book is no small fry but every page is worth it! (Aside: is... Continue Reading →
All the Crooked Saints, Maggie Stiefvater – Book Review
Hello humans. Bit of a tricky one here...not sure how to start it. I guess transparency is the issue of the day. I bought this book before I had come across any of the controversy surrounding Maggie Stiefvater and this book. I don't want to get into that here, and people have put it far... Continue Reading →
TTT – Ten Characters I liked in Books I Didn’t
Hello humans! It's Top Ten Tuesday and once again it's quite a tricky theme! Often the reason I don't like a book is that I don't like the characters. Nevertheless, I wanted to have a root through some books and pull out some great characters in some not-so-great books! Goodreads | My Review As much... Continue Reading →