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Review: Viper Wine
Read more: Review: Viper WineTitle: Viper Wine (2014) Author: Hermione Eyre Read: 11th-20th September Genre: historical fiction (with plenty of glorious anachronism) Rating: 5/5 Links: Goodreads | Amazon Set in 1632 England, Viper Wine follows Venetia Stanley, a noblewoman once considered a beauty by society who is now less that impressed with what the ravages of time do to said infamous beauty.…
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Friday Reads | 18th September 2015
Read more: Friday Reads | 18th September 2015Long time no see. I was away enjoying a lovely relaxing holiday in Menorca for a week without proper Internet access – that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. I did manage to finish a couple of books whilst I was there though, so there is that. I come to you from the same…
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September Update: Guess who’s back? Back again…
Read more: September Update: Guess who’s back? Back again…What happened? Well, university happened. It turns out when you slightly maybe procrastinate your dissertation research and it gets to August you panic and spend most of the time you’re awake thinking about it, or feeling guilty for not doing more on it. But now, as of yesterday’s hand-in, I am done. Officially done. I…
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Review: The Princess Diaries
Read more: Review: The Princess DiariesTitle: The Princess Diaries (2000) Author: Meg Cabot Read: 16th July Genre: Young-adult; humour; romance Rating: 4/5 Links: Goodreads | Amazon “Lilly says I have an overactive imagination and a pathological need to invent drama in my life.” Mia Thermopolis is just your average fourteen-year old girl, worried that she’s ugly, worried that her hair is dorky,…
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T5W ¦ Bookshelf Things
Read more: T5W ¦ Bookshelf ThingsTop 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme created by the wonderful Lainey. As you might have seen I dip in and out of this but this week’s topic was really fun and I’m nosy/curious about other peoples’ bookshelves so this is right up my street. Top 5… Things On Your Bookshelf That Aren’t Books This is…
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Top 5 Books of 2015 So Far
Read more: Top 5 Books of 2015 So FarSo, we’re halfway through the year. I know, I didn’t realise either until I saw a spate of Top 5 of 2015 So Far videos and blog posts making the rounds. Because in my own little bubble of delusion it is not 2015, let alone July 2015, it’s just not, all the calendars in the world are…
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Review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Read more: Review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseTitle: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2012) Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Read: 27th-28th June Genre: Young-adult; contemporary; LGBTQ Rating: 4.5/5 Links: Goodreads | Amazon I open this review with a confession: I underlined so many quotes in this book. I’m generally not a person who underlines or annotates novels for the simple…
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Reading Rainbow Readathon TBR
Read more: Reading Rainbow Readathon TBRI’ve just been made aware of the upcoming Reading Rainbow Readathon which is happening throughout next week and of course because I feel like I’ve missed out (and/or failed) every read-a-thon so far this year, I’ve decided to participate. Despite the fact I’m at work more in the upcoming week and Monday/Tuesday will basically be…
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Monday 8th June | 22:30
Read more: Monday 8th June | 22:30I’ve been wanting to do something similar for a few weeks now but put it off because I thought that I don’t have the artistic skills or creative knack or way with words to do this quite as much aesthetic justice as I would like to. But you know what? Fuck it. You heard that right,…
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