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Charms Extra Credit | Wrap Up
Read more: Charms Extra Credit | Wrap UpThis past week I’ve been loosely participating in the Charms Extra Credit readathon, as orgnanised by the lovely Gi of the Book Roast. This is supplementary to the OWLs and NEWTs readathons that she runs and is a fun and creative way to get a little head-start on your exams before the next round of the readathons. If you…
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Top Ten Tuesday | Longest Books I’ve Ever Read
Read more: Top Ten Tuesday | Longest Books I’ve Ever ReadWelcome one, welcome all, to Top Ten Tuesday! For those who are unaware (or who might need a reminder) Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by book bloggers and list lovers, The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted fantastically by Jana from That Artsy Girl! Each week a topic is chosen for bloggers to respond…
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Unboxing | Illumicrate Magic & Mayhem
Read more: Unboxing | Illumicrate Magic & MayhemToday I bring you a rare but anticipated unboxing that I am delighted to share. I love a good book box, but I’m often hesitant to subscribe to them – I tend to opt for the ones that offer single purchase options so that I can make sure I’m likely to enjoy the theme and…
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My 2018 Resolutions | Quarterly Check-in #3
Read more: My 2018 Resolutions | Quarterly Check-in #3As you may have seen if you’re been around the blog for a while, I do check-ins for my yearly resolutions as a way of keeping me accountable to more people than just myself. At the end of the first quarter of 2018, I posted my first check-in, and at the end of June I…
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Charms Extra Credit | Sign Up & TBR
Read more: Charms Extra Credit | Sign Up & TBRHave you heard, Hogwarts students? Professor Flitwick will be accepting extra course work for Charms between the 8th and the 14th October. This means getting a little extra credit and a helping hand towards the Charms examinations coming up later in the academic year. Doesn’t that sound sensible to put in a little work now?…
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Wrap Up | September 2018
Read more: Wrap Up | September 2018Welcome one, welcome all, to my September Wrap Up. As a month, September was pretty great for one key reason – I started off the month with a quick jaunt to Barcelona, a city I’ve never been to before despite having frequented coastal Spanish towns for yearly family holidays since I was 18 months. How…
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Discussion | When Childhood Favourites Are Republished
Read more: Discussion | When Childhood Favourites Are RepublishedThis post comes to you from nostalgia, which I’ve just been hit full in the face with, due to seeing the Matilda at 30 marketing. For those unaware, to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the book, Puffin have teamed up with illustrator Quentin Blake to produce special editions of Roald Dahl’s Matilda with brand new covers,…
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Review | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Read more: Review | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidTitle: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017) Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher: Simon & Schuster Read: 3rd – 10th September 2018 Genre: historical fiction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. When she chooses unknown magazine…
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T5W | Favourite Covers
Read more: T5W | Favourite CoversWelcome one and all to this week’s Top 5 Wednesday post! For those of you who don’t know Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingerreadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This Wednesday’s…
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Top Ten Tuesday | Books By My Favourite Authors That I Still Haven’t Read
Read more: Top Ten Tuesday | Books By My Favourite Authors That I Still Haven’t ReadWelcome one, welcome all, to Top Ten Tuesday! For those who are unaware (or who might need a reminder) Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by book bloggers and list lovers, The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted fantastically by Jana from That Artsy Girl! Each week a topic is chosen for bloggers to respond…