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Review | The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven
Read more: Review | The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura StevenTitle: The Exact Opposite of Okay (2018) Author: Laura Steven Publisher: Electric Monkey Read: 14th – 18th May 2018 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Izzy O’Neill here! Impoverished orphan, aspiring comedian and Slut Extraordinaire, if the gossip sites are anything to go by… Izzy never expected to be eighteen and internationally reviled. But when…
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Review | Unconventional by Maggie Harcourt
Read more: Review | Unconventional by Maggie HarcourtTitle: Unconventional (2017) Author: Maggie Harcourt Publisher: Usborne Read: 13th – 14th May 2018 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “Lexi Angelo is a Convention Kid – she’s got a clipboard and a walkie talkie to prove it. Aidan Green is a messy-haired, annoyingly arrogant author and he’s disrupting her perfect planning. In a…
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Down the TBR Hole #20
Read more: Down the TBR Hole #20Welcome folks to the twentieth round of Down the TBR Hole! As I mentioned in my last round of DtTH (nope, that acronym isn’t particularly attractive, is it?), this little project has been a great way of weening down my TBR over the past year so I’ve decided to keep it up and make it a…
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Bout of Books 22 | Sign Up & TBR
Read more: Bout of Books 22 | Sign Up & TBROh, look, Emma is back armed with nothing but good intentions and a TBR to foolishly try to participate in yet another readathon even though she kind of sucks at them in terms of productivity! Yep, it’s time for another round of Bout of Books, everyone’s favourite low-key readathon! For those unaware of the delight…
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V.E. Schwab’s J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College
Read more: V.E. Schwab’s J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke CollegeLast week, I was fortunate enough to have friends who would indulge my blatant fangirling over one of my favourite authors enough to plan an entire trip to Oxford to indulge this whim. What am I talking about, you ask? Why, V.E. Schwab’s Tolkien Lecture given at Pembroke College, Oxford. Of course. An annual lecture,…
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May TBR
Read more: May TBRHello folks, I hope you’re all well on what is a rather nice Spring day in England. This past weekend was filled with low-key fun with friends from university who decided to visit me and Liz up in Liverpool and soak up some of that totally unexpected sunshine. We wandered around pretty places, ate a…
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Review | Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
Read more: Review | Falling Kingdoms by Morgan RhodesTitle: Falling Kingdoms (2012) Author: Morgan Rhodes Publisher: Penguin Read: 21st – 24th February 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “In a land where magic has been forgotten and peace has reigned for centuries, unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms battle for power… A princess must journey into enemy territory in search of a magic…
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Wrap Up | April 2018
Read more: Wrap Up | April 2018Welcome one, welcome all, to my April Wrap Up. April opened up with the end of the Easter weekend which, for me, meant a whole lot of relaxing and doing not very much apart from staying home and reading. There were 2 very important events on my calendar for April – seeing Hairspray when its UK touring production…
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Down the TBR Hole #19
Read more: Down the TBR Hole #19Welcome folks to the nineteenth round of Down the TBR Hole! As I mentioned in my last round of DtTH (nope, that acronym isn’t particularly attractive, is it?), this little project has been a great way of weening down my TBR over the past year so I’ve decided to keep it up and make it a…
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Review | The Power by Naomi Alderman
Read more: Review | The Power by Naomi AldermanTitle: The Power (2016) Author: Naomi Alderman Publisher: Penguin Read: 5th – 11th February 2018 Genre: science-fiction; dystopia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “All over the world women are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain – even death. Suddenly, every man on the planet finds…
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