I’ve seen this around on a few bookstagrammer’s shelves and thought it was such a good idea. I normally end up staring at my shelves for what feels like hours (probably only a couple of minutes) trying to decide what to read. Some other bookstagrammers plan what they’re going to read each month but I… Continue reading TBR jar
I first saw this meme on Amanda’s blog Literary Weaponry “WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words and was formerly hosted by A Daily Rhythm. It is open for anyone to participate, even without a blog you can comment on Sam’s post with your own answers. It is a… Continue reading WWW Wednesday
So I’m not going to do a proper review, I’m just going to say some of my thoughts on it. It’s way too complicated to write a proper review! I’d been seeing this everywhere on bookstagram, especially with the release of the final book, The Mirror & the Light. I love historical fiction, especially those… Continue reading Wolf Hall
So it looks like I’ll probably be going back to work on the 8th of June after schools finished in the middle of March for lockdown. I have been in a few times but I have been mainly at home! So I thought I would share what I have been doing! Reading All the books. Since… Continue reading Life in lockdown
I’m not going to lie, I’ve done the Pottermore sorting a few times before and each time I’ve come out as a different house. So far I’ve been Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and Slytherin. It’s been a few years so I thought I would try it again! I made a new account and went to the sorting… Continue reading Pottermore sorting
I love seeing how other people organise their bookcases. As much as I love seeing rainbow and pastel bookcases on bookstagram, mine just don’t work like that. For one, I don’t have enough colours, all mine seem to be black. I think that might be a dystopian/fantasy thing. And for two, it stresses me out… Continue reading Bookcase tour
The theme for April’s box was Cursed Kingdoms! The books: Thorn by Intisar Khananai Princess Alyrra is grateful to escape her own kingdom when she is sough as the bride for a powerful prince. But when she arrives at the new palace she finds herself transformed and trapped inside the body of a cruel maid.… Continue reading April Book Box Club unboxing
★★★★★ Sarah J. Mass is the author of the Throne of Glass series, A Court of Thorns and Roses series and most recently the adult series, Crescent City. She wrote the first draft of Throne of Glass when she was just sixteen. This is actually the first book I’ve read of hers but I can’t… Continue reading Throne of Glass review
I think partly helped by lockdown, I’ve read more books this month than I had in total for January, February and March put together! Eight books read in total (although that's now nine as I finished Throne of Glass on the very last day of April!) and one I DNF. The books I finished were:… Continue reading April wrap up
★★★★★ Hold Back The Tide is written by Melinda Salisbury. She also wrote The Sin Eater’s Daughter series which was nominated for many awards including the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Award 2015. I haven’t read anything by her before but I’ll be sure to look out for her other books! Hold Back The Tide is about… Continue reading Hold Back The Tide review
★★★★ Elizabeth Is Missing is written by Emma Healey and this is in fact her first novel. It also won the Costa Book Awards in 2014. She has also written Whistle In The Dark which focuses on teenage depression which I would be quite interested to read. Elizabeth Is Missing is about an elderly woman… Continue reading Elizabeth Is Missing review
The theme of this box was Mythical Monsters which may possibly be my favourite theme, although May’s sounds pretty awesome! Being a fan of all things fantasy, I love anything featuring dragons, mermaids, krakens, unicorns etc. The featured book is Hold back The Tide by Melinda Salisbury. The blurb for this one is: Alva is… Continue reading Book Box Club March Unboxing
★★★★ Oops. Well it has definitely been more than a week since my last post. You'd think I'd be writing more now we're in lockdown not less. But I have been doing a lot more reading, playing Northgard on the Switch and getting better at knitting! Let me start by saying that I don’t normally… Continue reading Then She Was Gone review
Roses are red I’ve been a member of the Book Box Club for about two years on and off now and (even though I should be saving money for boring adult things) I can’t see myself stopping any time soon. The theme of the February box was Roses are Red. I must admit I wasn’t… Continue reading February Book Box unboxing
Scythe by Neil Shusterman After seeing this series everywhere on Bookstagram, I decided to treat myself to a purchase from The Book Depository. Since reading The Hunger Games about 8 or 9 years ago I love anything dystopian! I’d never read anything by this author before but I know lots of people love his novels… Continue reading Scythe Review
Follow my blog with Bloglovin My very lovely housemate gifted me Circe by Madeline Miller as a Christmas present. She knows me well! I had seen it a few times on Instagram and, as I love historical fiction, knew I wanted to read it so was thrilled when I unwrapped it! I hadn’t actually heard… Continue reading Circe review
By Joseph Elliott I seem to be on a streak with my five star reads at the moment! This book has everything I could want; a map in the front, Vikingesque characters, author’s knowledge on SEN, and a great plot! So the story focuses on two main characters, Agatha and Jamie. The clan view Agatha… Continue reading The Good Hawk review
I received this in the Book Box Club’s December box but had only just got round to reading it this month. So many books to read, so little time! But how glad am I that I finally got around to reading it. I’ve only finished a few books this year but this has definitely been… Continue reading Dangerous Alliance review
January Book Box unboxing If you haven’t heard of the Book Box Club, it’s a monthly subscription box run by Libby and Kate. Each box has a different theme and includes a new young adult book as well as lots of bookish goodies. Past items I’ve received include candles, hats, mugs, coasters, bookmarks, notebooks and… Continue reading January Book Box Club
I received this book as an ARC copy in Book Box Club December’s Fireside Favourites box. They had ten different ARC books they were sending out all with different release dates this year. And The Stars Were Shining Brightly is released in March this year so I will keep it spoiler free! There are a… Continue reading And The Stars Were Shining Brightly review
Hi all. I thought I’d write a post including my favourite authors. Some are new in the last year, others have been firm favourites for years. I’ve loved Phillippa Gregory since I borrowed my mum’s copy of The Other Boleyn Girl (before the film came out). I love history anyway so historical fiction will always… Continue reading Favourite Authors
Last year my Goodreads goal was to read 35 books and I managed to exceed this by 7 books. Thank goodness for school holidays! Decent weather last summer meant that when I went home for two weeks in summer I could jut lie on the beach and read. This year I’ve set my goal to… Continue reading To read 2020
Hello everyone. I’m Katie, a 30 year old living in Bristol but longing to move back to Cornwall and be by the sea again. Been feeling a bit lost recently and so have been trying some different outlets. I used to write all the time but lost my motivation after uni, which was ten years… Continue reading Hello!
