Strawberries, sunshine and lonely animals… a weekly check-in
You know how I was moaning about the weather last week, well I have only gone and summoned summer by buying a hedgehog boot scraper. Though the mud in the woods hasn’t totally dried up yet, so it may get some use. I feel like…
Ace of Spades
Niveus Private Academy is an elite private school, where their students get the best start to life that money can buy. Chiamaka and Devon are the only two black kids at the school, but they couldn’t be more different, one who plays the game at…
The Rookery
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book free of charge for review purposes only. Receipt of a book does not guarantee a review or endorsement. My reviews are my honest opinion and are not biased for the purpose of personal gain The Rookery is…
Cli-fi, nightjars and miserable weather… a weekly check-in
Bring back summer please?! It’s currently pouring down with rain as I type this and we haven’t really been on any exciting walks thanks to the miserable weather lately. However I did read another five star book this week, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy which I’d…
Migrations
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book free of charge for review purposes only. Receipt of a book does not guarantee a review or endorsement. My reviews are my honest opinion and are not biased for the purpose of personal gain. The Arctic tern…
The Swallowed Man
Everyone knows the story of Pinocchio, the little wooden puppet who came alive, but how much do we know about Geppetto, the man who created him? Edward Carey presents his story in the form of Geppetto’s journal, written while inside the whale, where he has…
Sorting out subscribers… a weekly check-in
First up, now that Google is retiring Feedburner email subscriptions I have moved the remaining stragglers over to follow.it where possible. If you’ve previously opted out of emails via follow.it I can’t import you, so you will 1. probably not be seeing this, and 2….
On My Radar: July
It’s half way through the year and there’s no sign of publishing slowing up with their fabulous new releases. Here are the titles that have made it onto my radar. p Pre-ordered (e) early ebook release 1st It’s Behind You by Kathryn Foxfield Rise to the…
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
Quinn makes lists for everything, from “Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud” to the boys she thinks are hot, in ascending order. She writes them all down in her journal, her way of not having to deal with these thoughts in real life….
Top Ten Most Anticipated
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It’s time to share our most anticipated releases for the second half of 2021. Where did the first half go? The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki I loved A Tale for the…
Hay-on-Wye and waterfalls… a weekly check-in
You may have thought I’d abandoned the blog again, but no, I have merely been on a thing called a holiday! My parents had a holiday cottage booking in Herefordshire carried over from last year, so I got to spend some time with them (we…
The Wolf and the Woodsman
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book free of charge for review purposes only. Receipt of a book does not guarantee a review or endorsement. My reviews are my honest opinion and are not biased for the purpose of personal gain. Évike is a…