Welcome back to Wednesday fellow bookaholics, I hope I find you well and you haven't been eaten by a dragon or anything in the few hours since we last talked. It's time to turn our gaze to my magnificent wishlist and hope that it will materialise in my hands. Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly meme … Continue reading Wishlist Wednesday [#39]
Hello good friends. I'm getting extraordinarily excited for tomorrow - it's the first of December! FINALLY. The month I've have been living for is just a sleep away. I shall be decking the halls tomorrow with the rest of the family and jumping with glee at the Christmas carols that we've all been so eagerly … Continue reading Waiting On Wednesday [#50]
Welcome back to Past to Paper! If you've been keeping up with this feature then I owe you an apology once again for not having one up in October. But the important thing is that I'm back now and with an exciting topic that's close to my heart. Today, we're going to be looking at Australian … Continue reading Past to Paper: Debunking the Australian Myth
Hello one and all. Today I bring to you an exciting post about a book that is being released today! The Jakkattu Vector is a science-fiction novel that is set on a world that's not doing quite so great. Well, our world. Earth is dying and with alien invaders arriving let's just say a dust … Continue reading Book Tour: The Jakkattu Vector by P. K. Tyler + Giveaway
La ragazza di Bube by Carlo Cassola 2/5 STARS Genre: General Fiction, Classics Author: Carlo Cassola Published: 1960 Publisher: Mondadori Pages: 219 {paperback} Originally posted on Goodreads This review is spoiler-free until I state otherwise Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing Well . . . yeah. The great pleasure of this book was reading it (and FINISHING it) … Continue reading Disappointing Pancakes in La Ragazza di Bube (En: Bebo’s Girl)
After missing this post last week I'm excited to finally talk about this book this week. I've been so busy lately mostly because NaNoWriMo is making me want to procrastinate everything including writing my novel. It's a tricky situation. I'm at 25,000 words at the moment and know exactly where I want to go with it … Continue reading Wishlist Wednesday [#38]
I hope I find you all very well today. Yesterday I found out about a bookstore in my home city that I did not know existed. Gah! Do you ever get that offended feeling when a bookstore so rudely goes on existing without alerting you of its presence? I shall endeavour to christen it tomorrow … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday [#49]
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas 5/5 STARS Genre: High Fantasy, Young Adult Author: Sarah J. Maas Published: September 2016 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Pages: 693 {hardback} Originally posted on Goodreads This review is spoiler-free until I state otherwise Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing I have no words. That was simply amazing. It's impossible to … Continue reading Feels Aplenty in Empire of Storms
You might have seen my post last week on some book gift suggestions for various types of people, well, today I'm going to make sure you also have the best buying experience whilst purchasing those books. They're gloriously fun, they're beautiful, they make for excellent whacking tools, they sometimes even have dragons in them, but … Continue reading Buying for Christmas
Strings by David Estes 4.5/5 STARS Genre: Young Adult, Sci-Fi, Dystopia, Retelling [Pinocchio] Author: David Estes Published: February 2016 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: 366 {paperback} Originally posted on Goodreads Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing I really did not know what to expect of a Pinocchio retelling by oh my god this was amazing. I was … Continue reading Wishing Upon a Star in Strings
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