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Feature | Favourite Eateries #3 ft. Bakchich, Liverpool
Read more: Feature | Favourite Eateries #3 ft. Bakchich, LiverpoolIf you’ve seen my previous Favourite Eateries, you will have vicariously sampled the delights of The Tavern Co and Lunya. Today, now for something completely different – Lebanese street food via Bakchich on Bold Street in Liverpool. “Bakchich vision is to introduce Lebanese Street food to Liverpool and Manchester. It is also to educate and…
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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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Discussion/Brain Dump | Avengers: Infinity War
Read more: Discussion/Brain Dump | Avengers: Infinity WarIn case you hadn’t guessed from the title this is a “discussion” of Avengers Infinity War. I hesitate to use the word discussion because it’s going to be more of an (probably) incoherent jumble of thoughts/gushing about the film as I try to process what the hell I actually watched. It is SPOILERS GALORE so,…
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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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Feature | Favourite Eateries #2 ft. Lunya, Liverpool
Read more: Feature | Favourite Eateries #2 ft. Lunya, LiverpoolIn my inaugural Favourite Eateries blog post I gushed at length about The Tavern Co in Liverpool. This time, I bring you something completely different – we’re ditching the tex-mex breakfast food and heading to the Iberian peninsula via Lunya in Liverpool. With independent, family-owned restaurants in both Liverpool and Manchester, Lunya is Peter & Elaine…
