Now that July is upon us and the school holidays have started, a lot of people are thinking about heading away to get a break from reality. If you’re lucky, you might get to lounge around somewhere – pool, garden, beach – and read all day. Perfect. My kindle has been an absolute godsend when … Continue reading BLOG: How To Plan Your Holiday Reading
Just over two weeks into Camp NaNo WriMo, I thought I would give you all a State of the Union update. I am not quite on target to reach 50k yet this month – I should be on around 25k by now, but I only passed 21k yesterday. I’m not worried about this. There have … Continue reading BLOG: Camp NaNo WriMo 2018 – the halfway point
Author: Sam Peters (twitter) UK Publisher: Gollancz Genre: Sci-Fi, crime thriller Buy Now: ebook | hardcover | paperback After a five year sabbatical following the tragic death of his wife and fellow agent Alysha, Keon Rause returns to the distant colony world of Magenta to resume service with the Magentan Intelligence Service. With him he brings an … Continue reading REVIEW: From Darkest Skies – Sam Peters
Author: Naomi Novik (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genre: Fantasy, YA Release Date: 12th July See Also: Uprooted Buy Now: ebook | hardcover Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s too kind-hearted to collect his debts. They face poverty, until Miryem hardens her own heart and takes up his work … Continue reading REVIEW: Spinning Silver – Naomi Novik
I have recently been through a trying time. I was coming to the end of my diary, and discovered that Paperchase, who for two years had given me everything I wanted, had discontinued the style. DISCONTINUED. I was trapped in a mid-year diary spiral after buying one when I started my MA in September 2016. … Continue reading BLOG: Dear Diary
Author: Hannah Richell (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Orion Genre: Historical fiction, family saga Buy Now: ebook | hardcover The Peacock Summer isn’t necessarily a book I would have picked up on my own, however the proof copy of the book was so beautiful that I found myself drawn to it – a triumph of judging … Continue reading REVIEW: The Peacock Summer – Hannah Richell
A trend which is on the rise, and which I am rather happy about, is book subscription boxes. I have no idea where the subscription box trend started – was it Sephora? Birchbox? Those are the first I remember hearing about, for make-up, giving people an affordable way to try out products that were usually … Continue reading BOOK SUBSCRIPTION BOX: Book Box Club
Ever since I was a child, I have loved books. Reading them, buying them, just being around them. That’s why I did an English degree. I had idle dreams of owning a bookshop, or of being a librarian, or being an author, because my naïve mind had no concept of the publishing industry at that … Continue reading BLOG: Working, Writing and Camp NaNo
Author: Cara Delevigne (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Trapeze Genre: Young Adult, Realism, Coming of Age story Buy Now: ebook | hardcover | paperback First and foremost, I would like to warn that this review contains spoilers regarding the plot of the novel. This is partly because I feel that some of the material within this book … Continue reading REVIEW: Mirror Mirror – Cara Delevingne
Author: Juno Dawson (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Two Roads Genre: Non-fiction, autobiography, gender studies Buy Now: ebook | hardcover | paperback I was lucky enough to find this book as a proof going spare whilst I was interning last summer. It was not necessarily a book I would have bought myself, but I have … Continue reading REVIEW: The Gender Games – Juno Dawson
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