I have come across two different blogging prompts/link ups this week that are asking the opposite questions to each other, so I thought I’d combine them into one post. First up, Weekly Wednesday Blogging Challenge! is asking Favourite Book Genre and why and while I’m not sure I can articulate the why, I can …
Drive-by Mini-Reviews
The only issue with reading multiple books at the same time, is that every now and again you manage to finish a whole collection of them all at the same time, which is what’s happened to me over the last few days. And, naturally, I was busy with school and …
Book Review: How To Sleep Tight Through The Night by Tzivia Gover & Lesléa Newman
Title: How To Sleep Tight Through The Night Author: Tzivia Gover & Lesléa Newman Dates read: 15/02/22 Rating 4/5 Publisher: Storey Publishing Number of pages: 64 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: health Book blurb: Whether it’s bedtime or the wee hours of the night, this sweetly illustrated nighttime …
An exploration of my TBR
I am so glad to have finished reading Jane Eyre, you have no idea. I have finished the whole unit of work on the book and now I’m looking at a multi-disciplinary (Classical Studies, Art History, English Literature & Creative Writing) unit on ‘what makes a Classic’ and I’m very …
Book Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Title: Jane Eyrep Author: Charlotte Bronte Dates read: 25/01/22 – 04/02/22 Rating 1/5 Publisher: Oxford University Press Number of pages: 512 Fiction or non-fiction: fiction Subject or genre: classics, romance, gothic Book blurb: “Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!” Throughout the hardships of her childhood – …
Book Blogger Hop: Book Signings
This week’s Book Blogger Hop question is Have you ever attended a book signing? If so, who was the author? And no, no I have not. Despite the number of science-fiction conventions events I go to, and actors I meet, get autographs from and photos with, I’ve never been to …
Book review: Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella
Title: Love Your Life Author: Sophie Kinsella Dates read: 18/01/22 – 27/01/22 Rating 4/5 Publisher: Black Swan Number of pages: 416 pages Fiction or non-fiction: fiction Subject or genre: chick-lit Book blurb: I love you . . . but what if I can’t love your life? Ava is sick of …
Book Review: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Title: The Fault In Our Stars Author: John Green Dates read: 10/01/22 – 17/02/22 Rating 2/5 Publisher: Puffin Number of pages: 316 Fiction or non-fiction: fiction Subject or genre: young adult, romance, contemporary Book blurb: Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never …
Book Review: The Autobiography of Mr. Spock by Una McCormack
Title: The Autobiography of Mr. Spock Author: Una McCormack Dates read: 10/01/22 – 16/01/22 Rating 1/5 Publisher: Titan Books Number of pages: 288 Fiction or non-fiction: fiction Subject or genre: tv tie: star trek, science-fiction Book blurb:Fictional autobiography of the iconic Star Trek character, told in his own words and …