Well hello! I am writing to you from Cork, Ireland - how exciting! Well, not all 100% exciting if you read my previous post and know why I'm here. I've just settled in at my granddad's place after approximately 2927161 hours of travelling to get here. Seriously, whew. What a lot of travelling. Which means … Continue reading February Wrap-Up! || 2018
Howdy friends! Welcome back to a top ten Tuesday. As I went to write this post I noticed how yet again I've barely done anything but TTT each week *gasp*, well thank goodness for TTT or you'd all be in a Kirstie-less blogging hole. Whew. As a minor side-step and precursor to this post I … Continue reading Quotables || Top Ten Tuesday
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
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
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
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
The One by Kiera Cass 3/5 STARS Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Author: Kiera Cass Published: June 2014 Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 323 {pages} Review on Goodreads Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing The ending we’d all been waiting for! This was seriously quite a bit cringe but still enjoyable for being a nice fluffy read filled with all … Continue reading Rebels and Royalty in The One || BOOK REVIEW
The New Ghost by Robert Hunter 3.5/5 STARS Genre: Graphic Novel, Contemporary, Sci-Fi [paranormal - ghosts] Author: Robert Hunter Published: January 2011 Publisher: Nobrow Press Pages: 24 {paperback} Review on Goodreads Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing This was an interesting one. Everyone has been describing it as a “sweet” read and it’s most certainly that! The … Continue reading Birthing Stars in The New Ghost || GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW
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