Bienvenue à Juillet!
I reckon it’s now July somewhere in the world so I welcome you to a month of French themed posts (before you run away there will be some regular posting in between). Paris in July 2011 is hosted by Karen and Tamara and it’s not…
Titus Groan
So, I have reached then end of book one of the Gormenghast trilogy and it has been overall an enjoyable experience. As I’ve previously mentioned, the prose is extremely descriptive and may not be to everyone’s tastes. Certainly, if you’re not used to reading literary…
Show Off Your Shelf!
I found this meme over on I Read That Once and as we all like a good nose I thought I’d take a few snaps of my bookshelves… The first is a cut and paste montage as I can’t easily get them in one photo…
Top Ten Bookish Sites
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by The Broke and the Bookish) is for bookish websites and organisations (not including blogs). My list has a distinctly British feel to it, but that doesn’t mean you can’t visit them too! #1 ReadItSwapIt: I doubt I would…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
IMWAYR is hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey and is a little round-up of the week for bloggers that read. Books I’ve read: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 5/5 Bad Wolf by Tim McGregor 3/5 Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks 3/5 Currently reading:…
Year of Wonders
Based on historical events, Year of Wonders is the story of a small village in Derbyshire that quarantined itself when plague struck in 1665 to prevent the disease spreading to neighbouring villages. For the time, the decision to quarantine the village was unique and courageous….
Machinarium
Something a little bit different today, I’ve been playing a computer game! A colleague recommended Machinarium to me after I’d shown him The Art of Alice. It’s a simple point and click, Flash based puzzle game which means it will run on the most basic…
Bad Wolf
When a body is found eaten by a pack of feral dogs, homicide detectives Gallagher and Mendes find themselves on the trail of a man who believes he is a werewolf. Is he just insane? Or could there be some truth to his crazed ramblings?…
A Monster Calls
Get the hankies ready because A Monster Calls is a powerfully emotional read. It intelligently deals with grief in a way that will appeal to adults and children alike and I would hope it has the power to help children in a similar situation to…
Pre-Loved Giveaway
Me and Mr Darcy is a light read from Alexandra Potter. It’s received quite mixed reviews but it’s enjoyable if you don’t expect great things from it. Books with a Pride & Prejudice connection seem to be quite popular right now too! This book has…
Black Sun
Today he would become a god. His mother had told him so. The opening line may seem like something any mother would tell her son, but in the case of Serapio, his mother truly believes he will become the Crow God reborn. She blinds him,…
Legendborn
The day Bree gets accepted into an early college placement at UNC, is the day her mother dies. The last words they spoke were of anger. Unable to deal with her dad’s grief on top of her own, Bree goes ahead with the placement. Once…
Ninth House
Alex Stern does not belong at Yale. When she awakes as the sole survivor of a multiple homicide, presumed a drug deal gone wrong, she is given an unlikely offer. Come to Yale, join the House of Lethe and oversee the rituals of the other…
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Just let me dust off this blog thing, I have a review for you! One of my anticipated reads released during lockdown was the follow-up to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. If you read that, of course will will be dying to know what happened to…