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  • NEWTs Readathon | Progress Report #1

    NEWTs Readathon | Progress Report #1

    As you may be aware if you saw my TBR post a few weeks ago, the entire month of August for me is taken up by those dreaded Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests aka NEWTs examinations! For the entire month of August, Gintare from the Book Roast is hosting a readathon based around the examinations at Hogwarts. Pretty…

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  • The Full Monte Readalong | Week Five

    The Full Monte Readalong | Week Five

    Bonsoir mes amis et bienvenue sur le blog pour la cinquième semaine du ‘Le Comte de Monte Cristo’. For those unaware of the reason for my (frankly shoddy) French, I am currently taking part in Laura from Reading In Bed‘s 2018 summer readalong for Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. To catch up, check out my sign-up post,…

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  • Review | Roomies by Christina Lauren

    Review | Roomies by Christina Lauren

    Title: Roomies (2018) Author: Christina Lauren Publisher: Little Brown Book Group- Piatkus Read: 14th – 22nd July 2018 Genre: contemporary; romance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Monday night. Wednesday morning. Friday lunchtime. Holland Bakker plans her journeys to work around the times the handsome Irish musician, Calvin McLoughlin, plays his guitar in the 50th Street subway…

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  • Wrap Up | July 2018

    Wrap Up | July 2018

    Welcome one, welcome all, to my July Wrap Up. It’s been a pretty good month overall. Although I’ve had a massive impending deadline at work which is super important of 1st August (fingers crossed all is well since I’m writing this post the day before then!) and has made me a little stressed, thereby aggravating my…

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  • The Full Monte Readalong | Week Four

    The Full Monte Readalong | Week Four

    Bonsoir mes amis et bienvenue sur le blog pour la quatrième semaine du ‘Le Comte de Monte Cristo’. For those unaware of the reason for my (frankly shoddy) French, I am currently taking part in Laura from Reading In Bed‘s 2018 summer readalong for Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. To catch up, check out my sign-up post,…

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  • NEWTs Readathon | Sign Up & TBR

    NEWTs Readathon | Sign Up & TBR

    Back in April I sat my O.W.Ls (as you may remember from my Twitter updates thread and my mid-way progress report), and I ended up passing Ancient Runes, Astronomy, Charms, Muggle Studies, Potions, Transfiguration. Well, friends, August has now rolled around which means it’s time to sit those dreaded N.E.W.Ts! For the entire month of…

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  • Review | A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

    Review | A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

    Title: A Thousand Pieces of You (2014) Author: Claudia Gray Publisher: Harper Teen Read: 22nd – 24th July 2018 Genre: young-adult; science-fiction; romance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. None more so than the Firebird, a device that allows users to jump into different universes, which…

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  • Down the TBR Hole #23

    Down the TBR Hole #23

    Welcome folks to the twenty-third 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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  • The Full Monte Readalong | Week Three

    The Full Monte Readalong | Week Three

    Bonsoir mes amis et bienvenue sur le blog pour la troisième semaine du ‘Le Comte de Monte Cristo’. For those unaware of the reason for my (frankly shoddy) French, I am currently taking part in Laura from Reading In Bed‘s 2018 summer readalong for Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. We’ve reached Week Three in which I…

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  • Review | A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

    Review | A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

    Title: A Torch Against the Night (2016) Author: Sabaa Tahir Publisher: Harper Voyager Read: 24th – 30th June 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt Elias and Laia as they flee the city of Serra. Laia and Elias are determined to break into…

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