Surprise! I'm back with a V.E.Schwab review! For those of you who are new, or just missed this fact, I absolutely love V.E.Schwab - she is one of the absolute best authors I have read and I will read pretty much anything of hers, including graphic novels (but I'm waiting till Christmas for Steel Prince #1). Title: … Continue reading City of Ghosts (V.E.Schwab)
Hello all! Happy November. Following my little blog hiatus, this post is basically gonna be some Harry Potter, pretty lake pictures and my new book policy! The literary adventures of a lakeside Bea At the beginning of the month, I went to the Lake District - Windermere to be precise. I wanted to do some … Continue reading A pot of Potters – October in Review
I love Jane Austen. That has never been a secret. During my teenage year, Sense and Sensibility and steady Elinor were touchstones, then once I was a little older and in sixth form, Persuasion became my favourite. As recently as last year, Emma was read, and adored. I would probably still rank them as Persuasion, Emma, S&S, P&P, with Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park ranking … Continue reading Jane Austen At Home (Lucy Worsley)
Happy October! Blimey time flies. I swear it was just last week we were shucking winter boots and now, somehow, it is Autumn again! October is rather quiet this year for me! I have just started Jane Austen at Home: a biography by Lucy Worsley, as Jane is one of my favourite authors, and I … Continue reading October Intentions
Confession - it took until I was writing the title of this post to realise that Passenger was written by the same person who wrote The Darkest Minds. This post is about both Passenger and it's duology sequel Wayfarer. I'll be the first to admit - I picked the books up because of their cover, … Continue reading Passenger/Wayfarer duology (Alexandra Bracken)
I've been seeing Fairyloot subscription boxes every month on Instagram, and I decided that as August's theme was pirates, I was gonna treat myself. After a mission getting the parcel delivered, I got a candle, a water bottle, a banner thing, a wax seal and the book was These Rebel Waves by Sarah Raasch. It's … Continue reading These rebel waves (Sarah Raasch)
Alien mathematician takes over the body of human mathematician with the intent of destroying evidence of a mathematical theory. Alien-as-human finds humans disgusting and baffling, but grows to like Newton the dog. The Humans by Matt Haig is a hilariously critical satire of a social commentary, because thinking about it, society really makes no sense … Continue reading The Humans (Matt Haig)
