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  • Tag | Burn, Rewrite, Reread #2

    Tag | Burn, Rewrite, Reread #2

    Guys, guys, another week has passed, including another Thursday so welcome to this week’s Tag Thursday. This week is a little different because I’m going to do the Burn, Rewrite, Reread tag. This is just like the Kiss/Marry/Cliff game (cough Shag/Marry/Kill for the older among us), but book-related! I did this tag a while ago…

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  • T5W | Books Featuring Witches

    T5W | Books Featuring Witches

    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 gingereadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts of Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This…

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  • September 2017 | Wrap Up

    September 2017 | Wrap Up

    All in all, September has been a bit of a mixed bag. At the start of the month I went to my very first (and hopefully not last) trip to the US. Rather optimistically I took a couple of books with me and a Kindle loaded up with many ARCs that I really ought to…

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  • Victober 2017 | Sign Up & TBR

    Victober 2017 | Sign Up & TBR

    Hello lovely people! Can you believe it’s October already? Where has the time gone!? October means one thing though (aside from my birthday/Thor Ragnarok‘s release) and that is the return of Victorian reading month aka Victober. As you may be able to discern from its name, Victober is a month long readathon which takes place…

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  • Down the TBR Hole #8

    Down the TBR Hole #8

    Welcome folks to the eighth round of Down the TBR Hole. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, check out my seventh, my sixth, my fifth, my fourth, my third, my second or my first round post or check out Lia at Lost in a Story who is the creator of this wonderful meme/project. I’m trying to make this a regular feature…

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  • Tag | Time Bubble Book Tag

    Tag | Time Bubble Book Tag

    Welcome one, welcome all – we all know the drill here, it’s Thursday which means it’s time for Tag Thursday. This week’s tag was found, as always, at Thrice Read but it was originally created by The Book Loving Pharmacist – check out both of their wonderful blogs! And now, let’s jump right on it…

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  • Happy National Poetry Day 2017

    Happy National Poetry Day 2017

    Happy National Poetry Day! For those who don’t know “National Poetry Day is an annual celebration that inspires people throughout the UK to enjoy, discover and share poems. Everyone is invited to join in, whether by organising events, displays, competitions or by simply posting favourite lines of poetry on social media using #nationalpoetryday. National Poetry…

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  • T5W | Books I’ve Read Because of the Online Book Community

    T5W | Books I’ve Read Because of the Online Book Community

    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 gingereadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts of Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This…

    Read more: T5W | Books I’ve Read Because of the Online Book Community
  • Currently Reading | 26th September

    Currently Reading | 26th September

    As you might have seen from my last ‘currently reading’ sort of post, I recently came back from a holiday to a crisis as I was, by that point, very behind with the War and Peace Newbies Readalong. Well, folks, I’m still very behind, to the point that I think everyone has finished the book…

    Read more: Currently Reading | 26th September
  • Review | Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

    Review | Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

    Title: Exit West (2017) Author: Mohsin Hamid Read: 2nd – 7th September 2017 Genre: fiction; magical realism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “An extraordinary story of love and hope from the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Nadia and Saeed are two ordinary young people, attempting to do an extraordinary thing – to fall…

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