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Wrap Up | June 2018
Read more: Wrap Up | June 2018Welcome one, welcome all, to my June Wrap Up. Let us all ignore the fact that we’re 6 days into the month and I’m only just posting my Wrap Up, ok? Cool cool cool cool no doubt cool cool. (Can you tell I’ve been watching Brooklyn 99 lately?) In terms of life, June was pretty damn ok.…
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Review | The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Read more: Review | The Cruel Prince by Holly BlackTitle: The Cruel Prince (2018) Author: Holly Black Publisher: Hot Key Books Read: 19th – 22nd June 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars “One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed…
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Review | The Summer of Us by Cecilia Vinesse
Read more: Review | The Summer of Us by Cecilia VinesseTitle: The Summer of Us (2018) Author: Cecilia Vinesse Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: 14th June Read: 30th June 2018 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 3 out of 5 stars “Five friends. Five cities. Two complicated love stories… Aubrey and Rae have been planning their European tour since the moment they met.…
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Marvel-A-Thon | Wrap Up
Read more: Marvel-A-Thon | Wrap UpWelcome all – how are we on this lovely Sunday afternoon? It’s July. Ju-ly. Can you believe it? I can’t. If it wasn’t for the strangely seasonal and sunny weather we’ve been enjoying in the UK for the first time in as long as I can remember, I wouldn’t believe it was July. However, the…
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Tome Topple 6 | Sign Up & TBR
Read more: Tome Topple 6 | Sign Up & TBRIf you’ve been around the blog for any length of time, you will have discerned that I’m quite a fan of a readathon and I’m even more so a fan of Tome Topple as it ditches the frenzied nature of many readathons to instead focus on the longer, weightier books on your TBR. The last Tome…
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The Full Monte Readalong | Allons-y!
Read more: The Full Monte Readalong | Allons-y!Bonjour, mes amis. ‘What is all this poor French in aid of?’ I hear you ask. Well, mes amis, it’s that time of year again when Laura from Reading In Bed hosts her annual summer readalong. Each year, she picks a daunting classic to tackle over the summer months. Last year, I participated for the…
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Review | Eat Up! by Ruby Tandoh
Read more: Review | Eat Up! by Ruby TandohTitle: Eat Up!: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want (2018) Author: Ruby Tandoh Publisher: Serpent’s Tale Read: 10th – 19th June 2018 Genre: non-fiction; cookbooks Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Think about that first tickle of hunger in your stomach. A moment ago, you could have been thinking about anything, but now it’s thickly buttered…
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Review | Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
Read more: Review | Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident by Eoin ColferTitle: Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident (2002) Author: Eoin Colfer Publisher: Puffin Read: 7th – 10th June 2018 Genre: children’s; fantasy Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Someone has been supplying Class A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that her arch-enemy, thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl, is…

