Category: books

  • T5W | Favourite Book Spines

    T5W | Favourite Book Spines

    Welcome 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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  • Down the TBR Hole #16

    Down the TBR Hole #16

    Welcome folks to the sixteenth 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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  • March TBR

    March TBR

    Sooo I have a fraught relationship with TBRs – I’m generally good at sticking to them if it’s for a short-term thing, i.e. a readathon, but if it’s a month-long or (worse still) year-long, I promptly forget about every single book I wanted to read as soon as I write it down on some form…

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  • Wrap Up | February 2018

    Wrap Up | February 2018

    All in all, February has been a pretty damn good month – I’ve got around to reading some books that I’ve been meaning to read for months/years at this point and, personally speaking, life is just pretty good. The January blues seemed far behind as I officially signed a contract for my promotion at work …

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  • Top Ten Tuesday | Books I Could Re-read Forever

    Top Ten Tuesday | Books I Could Re-read Forever

    Welcome 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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  • Tag | Reading Habits Book Tag

    Tag | Reading Habits Book Tag

    Evening all! I bring something slightly out of the ordinary today – I bring you a tag. But, Emma, I hear you say, this isn’t Thursday so surely this isn’t a Tag Thursday?!? No, you’re right, it’s not, but my tentative posting schedule no longer sees me post on Thursday so we’ll have to make…

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  • Review | How Not to Be a Boy by Robert Webb

    Review | How Not to Be a Boy by Robert Webb

    Title: How Not to Be a Boy (2017) Author: Robert Webb Narrator: Robert Webb Publisher: Canongate Read: 8th January – 16th February 2018 Genre: non-fiction; memoir Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “RULES FOR BEING A MAN: Don’t Cry; Love Sport; Play Rough; Drink Beer; Don’t Talk About Feelings. But Robert Webb has been wondering for some time now:…

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  • Review | The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

    Review | The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

    Title: The Language of Thorns (2017) Author: Leigh Bardugo Illustrator: Sara Kipin Publisher: Orion Children’s Group Read: 27th – 28th January 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and…

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  • Femmeuary Cosy Reading Night | TBR

    Femmeuary Cosy Reading Night | TBR

    Hello, folks! I come to you today with a tentative TBR for the upcoming Cosy Reading Night. It will take place during the hours of 7:00-10:00pm GMT on Wednesday 21st February and I’m really looking forward to dedicating an evening to getting cosy with a blanket and a book, a cup of tea, and maybe…

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  • Review | Princess Diaries: Take Two by Meg Cabot

    Review | Princess Diaries: Take Two by Meg Cabot

    Title: Princess Diaries: Take Two (2001) Author: Meg Cabot Narrator: Anne Hathaway Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Read: 10th – 11th January 2018 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Fourteen-year-old Mia Thermopolis is still struggling to come to terms with the fact that she’s a princess – and heir to the throne of Genovia! But…

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