book reviewer. writer. phd student.
"who actually reads books anymore?"*rolls eyes aggressively* I legitimately hate comments like that written above. You would be surprised at how many times I have heard this. And it makes me so infinitely angry. What motivated me to write this post was a journey of reminiscence. Specifically, I was brainstorming an idea for another blog [...]
Now I'm dead, it's time to grow up I must admit that the premise of Charlie Laidlaw's The Things We Learn When We're Dead, was incredibly imaginative and one I would consider, not so much an amalgamation of the sci-fi genre with a sprinkling of fantasy, but more of a literary work of fiction. However, before [...]
... Another book tag! and an award one, at that! I want to begin by thanking Vinny at Artsy Draft for nominating me! Words cannot express my gratitude - you're an absolute queen! So, I have never heard of this award/tag so I had to read over Vinny's explanation a few times. From what I [...]
If Twilight was written better and for a more mature audience and, of course, if Bella was a witch. This is what you would get. ... I want to preface this by saying that I literally had to force myself not to write this review immediately after completing Discovery of Witches. Not entirely because I liked [...]
A girl at night, a caged monster during the day. ... I began reading Korrigan by Rebecca F. Kenney in the midst of reading A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Why is this important? Just wait, I'll explain in a moment. If you're familiar with Discovery of Witches, you know that it centres around the story of 'no-I-don't-want-to-be-a-witch' [...]
I want to thank Angela for tagging me! She is super awesome and incredibly supportive, so please go check out her epic blog at HidingBehindBooksBlog This is my first time doing this tag, so here we go! The Rules: Thank the blogger that nominated you Write a post to show your award Give a brief [...]
Well, gosh darn it! This was supposed to be scheduled for last week!!!!! So I changed my song because it just came out and i'm jamming Howdy bookish friends! Today is the final day for my 3 Day Lyrical Challenge!!! Thanks again to the lovely and wonderful Angela! You can read my last two entries [...]
the final day of the #WindRider blog tour ... I have read a few P.C. Cast books in my lifetime - I think it is virtually impossible to not read a P.C. Cast novel at some point in your reading adventures, but I believe that I have not read such a detailed, character-driven novel by Cast than [...]
... Hannah Lynn is back with an extraordinary tale of the ordinary man and his family. Peas, Carrots and an Aston Martin narrates a slice-of-life story about Eric Sibley, his wife Suzy and his daughter Abi. Eric's life was defined by his hectic career in London, so much so that he was missing out on watching his daughter [...]
... Well, well, well...we meet again, friends. It's DAY TWO of the 3 Day Lyrical Challenge! Thanks again to Angela over at Hiding Behind Books Blog for this tag and I apologise, yet again, for how long it has taken me to do this!!! Day One of this tag can be seen here! The Rules: Thank [...]
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