I have a rather ambitious TBR for this month, but I am still on track with my Book-A-Day challenge, and would like to get a head over the summer before term starts again. The Gilded Ones Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a … Continue reading August TBR
Long time no see. My exams are finished now so I will be able to post more consistently. Today I have a book review for you. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman. Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench. Caden … Continue reading Challenger Deep Review
There are many different ways that a person can track their reading. I have an overly complicated system that uses a lot of spreadsheets, and I want to share it with you, as some of the features may be useful to others. Reading List The first thing I update is my reading list which has … Continue reading How I track my reading
I have noticed that I am frequently haunted by stories that I haven't finished. You may have noticed that unlike a lot of other readers, I seldom DNF books anymore. This is for a good reason, I can't let go of the stories. They follow me around and haunt me until I give up a … Continue reading Why I Complete Series I Don’t Like
This posted is made in partnership with books2door.com but all views are my own. A world of witches, daemons and vampires. A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future. Diana and Matthew - the forbidden love at the heart of it. When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical … Continue reading A Discovery of Witches Review
Well-behaved women don’t make history: difficult women do. Feminism’s success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Helen Lewis argues that too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines. It’s time to reclaim the … Continue reading Difficult Women Review
Books I Read Arsenic for Tea Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy's birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix. But it soon becomes clear that this party isn't … Continue reading Two Weeks Worth of Books
