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
Bookish candles are all the craze at the moment and the bug has certainly bit me. I've been wishing and wishing upon a star that someone in Australia would start such a candle store so that I could buy some - and someone did! Burning Pages Candles is fantabulous and I love it so much - the … Continue reading An Interview with Burning Pages Candles
Good day to you. I hope you're all having a splendiferous week thus far. I'm feeling very pleased with myself in regards to organisation: all my Christmas presents have been sorted and are being secretly squirrelled away until it's time to wrap them. That is quite possibly a record for me. On the other hand, … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday [#48]
Well hello, you. Did you know, I am now a lady of luxury. I have recovered from my exhaustion of having finished uni (FOREVER) and am now getting into the swing of doing absolutely nothing. I also just finished series four of Call the Midwife and MY HEART. Which is fitting, because today, I'm not going … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Take Me to the Pictures
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