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August 2017 | Wrap Up
Read more: August 2017 | Wrap UpHow on earth is it already September?! This year is going far too quickly for my liking, and I can’t believe we’re two thirds of the way through 2017. I smashed my Goodreads goal already but I’m still trying to complete the Book Riot and Around the Year challenges and I’m not running out of steam…
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War and Peace Newbies Read-Along | Week Eight
Read more: War and Peace Newbies Read-Along | Week EightWelcome one, welcome all, to week 8 of my weekly progress reports for War and Peace. If you’re curious about how last week went, then you can pop on over and see my week 7 progress. It’s becoming something’s an amusing fact to me that I seem to constantly be falling behind with this read…
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Review | Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Read more: Review | Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieTitle: Murder on the Orient Express (1934) Author: Agatha Christie Read: 18th – 23rd August 2017 Genre: mystery; crime Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger…
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Review | The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
Read more: Review | The Art of Asking by Amanda PalmerTitle: The Art of Asking: How I learned to stop worrying and let people help (2014) Author: Amanda Palmer Read: 20th – 23rd July 2017 Genre: non-fiction; memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly…
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War and Peace Newbies Read-Along | Week Seven
Read more: War and Peace Newbies Read-Along | Week SevenWelcome one, welcome all, to the seventh of my weekly progress reports for War and Peace. If you’re curious about how last week went (terribly), then you can pop on over and see part one or part two of week 6’s progress. I’ve fallen behind with the schedule, to the point that earlier today I read something…
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War and Peace Newbies Read-Along | Week Six, Part Two
Read more: War and Peace Newbies Read-Along | Week Six, Part TwoWelcome one, welcome all, to the sixth (and a half) of my weekly progress reports for War and Peace. You may have seen my previous post which was meant to summarise week 6’s progress, but in fact was a post of two halves because I’d fell behind with the weekly schedule. This post is officially part 2…
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T5W | Characters’ Fitness Routines You Want
Read more: T5W | Characters’ Fitness Routines You WantWelcome 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 Wednesday’s topic is Characters’ Fitness…


