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Wrap Up | June 2019
Read more: Wrap Up | June 2019Welcome one, welcome all, to my June Wrap Up! June was a bit of a mixed bag month. Reading wise, I ended up deciding to take part in two readathons – A Game of Booksathon and Simsathon – despite the fact that I knew full well that I had a couple of holidays booked over…
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A Game of Booksathon & Simsathon | Progress Update #4 aka Wrap Up
Read more: A Game of Booksathon & Simsathon | Progress Update #4 aka Wrap UpIf you’ve seen my TBR post, my first progress update, my second progress update, or my third progress update, you’ll be well aware by now that in June I was taking part in two readathons this: A Game of Booksathon and Simsathon, based on A Song of Ice and Fire and The Sims respectively! This is by…
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The Book Junkie Trials | Scribe Sign Up & TBR
Read more: The Book Junkie Trials | Scribe Sign Up & TBRWhat’s this, Emma has decided to participate in yet another readathon because she’s forgotten how else to pick what she wants to read next when she doesn’t have a set of challenges to fulfil? Yes, that’s alarmingly correct. For the next month I will be taking part in the Book Junkie Trials. This month-long readathon is…
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My 2019 Resolutions | Quarterly Check-in #2
Read more: My 2019 Resolutions | Quarterly Check-in #2Sometimes, I make resolutions/goals for the year. Mainly so I have something to write in the front of my bullet journal. Sometimes I succeed at them, sometimes I fail (spectacularly), but it’s always nice to have something to aim for and work towards. In recent years I’ve found that doing quarterly check-ins helps to keep…
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Review | Furyborn by Claire Legrand
Read more: Review | Furyborn by Claire LegrandTitle: Furyborn (2018) Author: Claire Legrand Publisher: Sourcebooks Read: 1st – 5th June 2019 Genre: fantasy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is…
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A Game of Booksathon & Simsathon | Progress Update #3
Read more: A Game of Booksathon & Simsathon | Progress Update #3If you’ve seen my TBR post, my first progress update, or my second progress update, you’ll be well aware by now that I’m taking part in two readathons this month: A Game of Booksathon and Simsathon, based on A Song of Ice and Fire and The Sims respectively! I’m not doing as well as I hoped which…
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Review | Beastly Bones by William Ritter
Read more: Review | Beastly Bones by William RitterTitle: Beastly Bones (2014) Author: William Ritter Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Read: 21st – 25th May 2019 Genre: YA fantasy; historical; mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Some girls work in shops or sell flowers. Some girls find husbands and play house. I assist a mad detective in investigating unexplained phenomena. My name is Abigail Rook, and…
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Discussion | Assigning ‘value’ to genre books
Read more: Discussion | Assigning ‘value’ to genre booksThis is going to be something of a discussion post, but also something of a wake-up call for myself. It is all spurred on by one particular book: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren. (Before we start this: I know this is an incredibly privileged position to be in. The fact that I have the means to buy…
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A Game of Booksathon & Simsathon | Progress Update #2
Read more: A Game of Booksathon & Simsathon | Progress Update #2If you’ve seen my TBR post, or my first progress update, you’ll be well aware by now that I’m taking part in two readathons this month: A Game of Booksathon and Simsathon, based on A Song of Ice and Fire and The Sims respectively! Let’s not waste any time and just jump in to seeing how I…
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Review | Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Read more: Review | Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidTitle: Daisy Jones & The Six (2019) Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher/Imprint: Cornerstone/Hutchinson Read: 3rd – 7th April 2019 Genre: historical fiction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “They were the new icons of rock and roll, fated to burn bright and not fade away. But on 12 July 1979, it all came crashing down. There was Daisy,…
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