Today I want to a steal of a moment of your day to note the passing of my precious cat, Smartie. I wish I could bring happier news but I am so, so sad and am going to therefore unburden this grief in the only way a literary blogger can. I want to discuss some … Continue reading Stop All The Clocks || A Sad, Sad Post
Hello one and all! I hope you're having a fantastic week. I myself am motivated to catch up to my Goodreads reading goal - I was doing so well in January but have found myself falling two books behind this months *yikes*. So don't mind me whilst I read a book with one eye and … Continue reading The Most Re-Readable Books || Top Ten Tuesday
Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars by Jeff Lemire 3.5/5 STARS Genre: Sci-Fi, Graphic Novel Author: Lemire, Nguyen & Wands Published: March 2015 Publisher: Image Comics Pages: 160 {paperback} Review on Goodreads this review is spoiler-free Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing This was such a crazy story and really interesting. I thought the pacing was a little … Continue reading Adorable Robots in Descender || GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW
And a good evening to you. Or good morning - look, you can just pretend it's evening and roll with it, alright? We have the exciting task of assessing another of my lists today! Somehow, for the second week running, I am bringing you a Top Ten Tuesday. Clearly February is going to be my … Continue reading Top Ten Forgotten Books || Top Ten Tuesday
Is it past the middle of February? Maybe. But hey, I thought I'd done my January wrap-up and it turns out that I completely forgot about it. So go grab a cookie and stop complaining - WE GOT SOME STATS TO RUN THROUGH. I had an amazing reading month in January. I'm well on track … Continue reading January Wrap-Up! || 2018
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah 5/5 STARS Genre: Historical Fiction Author: Kristin Hannah Published: January 2018 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 440 {paperback} Review on Goodreads this review is spoiler-free Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing **Thank you Pan Macmillan for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review!** So that was amazing. Kristin Hannah … Continue reading Surviving Alaska in The Great Alone || BOOK REVIEW
I have made the spontaneous decision to restart participating in Top Ten Tuesday!! How exciting! This week is a freebie for love (as it's Valentine's Day tomorrow, people!) so I have decided to list book that have settings I wouldn't mind spending the day at with some strawberries and chocolate. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted … Continue reading Top Ten Literary Locations to Spend Valentine’s Day At || Top Ten Tuesday
February is always a scary month of the year. It rolls around and taps you on the shoulder and it's like WOAH DUDE - I did not see that coming. Which is another way of saying, dang, January is done and also: WHO'S EXCITED FOR NEW BOOKS?! I sure am. So today let's have a look … Continue reading Book To Be Excited About! || February 2018 Releases
It's that time again! Guys I'm so excited. The Alphabethon Read-a-thon is by far my favourite read-a-thon that happens. Round five is happening THIS February and OH BOY are my eyeballs ready. Today I bring you and introduction to read-a-thons if you're a newbie, an explanation as to how this read-a-thon works and the specifics … Continue reading Alphabethon Read-a-thon || Round 5 Announcement + TBR!
What-ho! It's time for a yearly wrap-up!! *blasts excited and loud music* WHO'S EXCITED?! I am. I am very excited to write this post, can you feel my enthusiasm leaking out of your screen and into your eyeballs?!!? I bet you can. This will probably be enormously long so how's about we dive right in? … Continue reading Yearly Wrap-Up! || 2017
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