The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh Genre: Historical Fiction Author: Fiona McIntosh Published: October 2018 Publisher: Penguin Random House Pages: 500 {paperback} Review on Goodreads Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing Absolutely incredible!! Holy wow, this is my first Fiona McIntosh book I've read and I see what I've been missing out on. I loved this! The … Continue reading Pearls and Nazis in The Pear Thief | Spoiler-Free Review
Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce Genre: Historical Fiction Author: A. J. Pearce Published: April 2018 Publisher: Picador Pages: 288 {paperback} Review on Goodreads Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing This was absolutely brilliant! What a plucky and inspiring wartime novel. I'm thoroughly annoyed with myself that I didn't simply read this sooner. The characters are wonderful … Continue reading Pluck and Bombs in Dear Mrs Bird | Spoiler-Free Review
I actually did a surprisingly good job in March for not buying ALL the books and forcing my TBR to get even more out of hand than it already it. The fact that there's the whole isolation thing happening right now is great because it means I can't go on any sneaky adventures to my … Continue reading March Book Haul | 2020
We all have our things that we go a little extra on, don't we? Well, there's cover buying and then there's this. I love to choose books because the cover design is stunning - it's the worst reason supposedly to choose a book but it rarely does me wrong. But I will often spend an … Continue reading Cover Buying 2.0 | Top Ten Tuesday
Seeing as we have little else to do in April as the whole world shuts down for quarantine, it's excellent time to get onto some of these new releases! I am personally quite excited for the all the reading time I'm going to have! FANTASY Incendiary | Zoraida Córdova RELEASE DATE: 28 April This is … Continue reading Books to Buy This Month | April 2020
Did you know, 131 years ago today the Eiffel Tower was opened to the public at the World Fair for the first time?! What an exciting anniversary this is. Is the Eiffel Tower something you want to see? Or something you've already visited?! I will never forget seeing it for the first time and being … Continue reading Book Set in France | Top Ten Tuesday
I have been so conflicted because I forgot to do my January wrap-up (honestly, I'm still laughing at myself for something missing that). But I decided (as you can see) to do a combined wrap-up! And before you freak out, it's fine, this won't be unbelievably long. February was a reading FLOP. Floppier than Peter … Continue reading January & February Wrap-Up! | 2020
My big and exciting (exciting? idek) question for you today, is are you in isolation? This is like the most epic dystopian novel come to life right now, isn't it?! Obviously, it's quite serious too so no dismissing that - BUT - it made me think that I want to go rogue and pick my … Continue reading Quarantined Books | Top Ten Tuesday
Hello, everyone! I can't believe we're over a week into March already, the days are flying by. I was really good with my self-control in February. I think after the intimidating onslaught of books from Dec/Jan, I found the will to say NO to buying anything new (well, to fewer books, I guess). However, I … Continue reading January & February Book Haul! | 2020
Verity by Colleen Hoover Genre: Romance, Thriller Author: Colleen Hoover Published: December 2018 Publisher: Independent Pages: 314 {paperback} Review on Goodreads Initial Thoughts Upon Finishing I don't think I will ever finish processing this book. HOLY GOD. This was an unbelievably brilliant work of fiction, enough to rival And Then There Were None. One of … Continue reading Untruth in Verity | Spoiler-Free Review
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