Author: Alison Goodman UK Publisher: Walker Books Genre: YA, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance Buy now: ebook | paperback See Also: The Dark Days Pact I picked up The Dark Days Club and The Dark Days Pact at YALC last summer, after a pointless resolution to not spent any money that weekend. (I also bought a nail decal kit, because … Continue reading REVIEW: The Dark Days Club – Alison Goodman
Author: Lucy Knisley (twitter / instagram / website) UK Publisher: First Second Genre: Non-fiction, autobiography, comics Buy Now: paperback | ebook When I got engaged in 2012, I... didn't take it gracefully. I panicked, and couldn't explain quite why. I tried googling it, and the internet was less than helpful. Apparently engagement anxiety either meant that I was … Continue reading REVIEW: Something New – Lucy Knisley
Author: C.S. Pascat (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Berkley (Penguin) Genre: LGBT, Romance Buy Now: The Captive Prince paperback | ebook Prince's Gambit paperback | ebook Kings Rising paperback | ebook The Summer Palace ebook Much like The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, The Captive Prince trilogy was a series surrounded by a lot of hype. Unlike Small, Angry Planet, this came to … Continue reading REVIEW: The Captive Prince trilogy (and a bit) – C.S. Pascat
I am a compulsive stationery shopper. I have been all my life. When I was in junior school, it was stickers; in high school I moved onto notebooks. By university, I was continually buying letter writing sets. Now? Post-it notes. In my defence, all of these have had some practical value. I wrote a lot … Continue reading BLOG: Confessions of a Stationery Addict
Author: Becky Chambers (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Genre: YA, Science Fiction Buy Now: ebook | paperback The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is one of those books that comes surrounded by hype. Initially self-published, it garnered enough attention to be offered a publishing deal through Hodder & Stoughton, and was shortlisted for the … Continue reading REVIEW: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet – Becky Chambers
The end of a year always promotes reflection on what was accomplished in the previous twelve months. For me, that is always accompanied by a sense of not having done enough. There is no clear definition as to what ‘enough’ would be, only a certainty that whatever ‘enough’ is, I haven’t done it. I suspect … Continue reading BLOG: New Year, New Career
Author: Maggie Stiefvater (tumblr/twitter) UK Publisher: Scholastic Genre: YA, Urban Fantasy Buy Now: The Raven Boys paperback | ebook The Dream Thieves paperback | ebook Blue Lily, Lily Blue paperback | ebook The Raven King paperback | ebook I will be honest - I would not have picked up these books on my own. My partner-in-crime, Emily, had … Continue reading REVIEW: The Raven Cycle – Maggie Stiefvater
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