The Month That Was… June 2014
I knew June was going to be a bit of a write-off reading and blog wise. I’ve been on holiday to Tunisia, in London for work and had my parents staying for a week. There’s a few photos up on my Flickr stream now, but…
Readers Halt
Photos taken at the weekend in Minehead, Somerset. Everywhere I turn, there are books! I loved the instruction at the station for readers to halt. More photos of my trip will end up on Flickr eventually.
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey Did you miss me? What? You didn’t even notice I missed my memes last week? To be fair I only went two days without blogging (although it felt longer) because I was off watching this: Yup, I went to…
Cuddle Up With a Book
I’ve already gone astray from the review pile this month, but I did need to read my sci-fi pick and am now reading my real life book group book (for Monday!). This week’s Review Cleanup challenge is to share our favourite reading places. Like many…
Show Off Your Pile
I’m glad it’s pile and not piles, could have made for some unfortunate misunderstandings. March is Review Copy Cleanup month in order to get up to speed with our review reading. Prior to Wednesday, my pile (of print copies at least) was fairly modest… …and…
Campaign for Real Books: Apocalypse Edition
An argument for paper-based books in a post-apocalyptic world… Insulation The next ice age is upon us, make sure your home is properly insulated, or at the very least line your walls with books. The dense paper will help keep what heat you have inside….
Me Before You Biscuits
I won these lovely iced biscuits* via Twitter in celebration of the release of Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. Thanks to both Penguin and Biscuiteers for these pretty and yummy biscuits. There is a Biscuiteers book available which I’m thinking of buying however I’m…
Do Snowborgs Dream of Snow Sheep?
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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…