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Discussion | The Struggle of Reviewing Favourite Books
Read more: Discussion | The Struggle of Reviewing Favourite BooksWell, well, well, what have we here, a post we haven’t had in a while – that’s right, let’s discuss some things. Specifically, let’s discuss the struggle that is reviewing favourite books. Maybe not everyone has this struggle but, in an Internet full of book bloggers, I highly doubt that I am the only one…
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The Full Monte Readalong | Week Two
Read more: The Full Monte Readalong | Week TwoBonsoir mes amis et bienvenue sur le blog pour la deuxième semaine du ‘Le Comte de Monte Cristo’. Ok, that officially exhausts all my French language knowledge. 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…
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Review | An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Read more: Review | An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa TahirTitle: An Ember in the Ashes (2015) Author: Sabaa Tahir Publisher: Harper Voyager Read: 22nd – 24th June 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. When Laia’s grandparents are brutally murdered and her brother arrested for treason by the empire, the only people she has…
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My 2018 Resolutions | Quarterly Check-in #2
Read more: My 2018 Resolutions | Quarterly Check-in #2As 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 here we are today with my…
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The Full Monte Readalong | Week One
Read more: The Full Monte Readalong | Week OneIf you’ve been around these parts for some time, you may remember my participation in the War and Peace Newbies Readalong last year. I didn’t actually finish the book (I still haven’t, ok?) but I enjoyed the hell out of myself reading War and Peace and doing weekly summary posts of what had went down in Russia…
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Review | The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton
Read more: Review | The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa GrattonTitle: The Queens of Innis Lear (2018) Author: Tessa Gratton Publisher: Harper Voyager Read: 7th – 17th June 2018 Genre: fantasy; retellings Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “The erratic decisions of a prophecy-obsessed king have drained Innis Lear of its wild magic, leaving behind a trail of barren crops and despondent subjects. Enemy nations circle the…
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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…