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 …

DNF: Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control by Barbara Ehrenreich

Title: Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control Author: Barbara Ehrenreich Dates read: 18/01/22 – 23/01/22 Rating DNF Publisher: Granta Books Number of pages: 256 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: health, science Book blurb: Bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are …

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 …

Book Review: Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern by Mary Beard

Title: Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern Author: Mary Beard Dates read: 27/12/2021 – 09/01/22 Rating 3/5 Publisher: Princeton University Press Number of pages: 392 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: art history, history Book Blurb From the bestselling author of SPQR: A …

Book Review: Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare

Title: Twelfth Night, or What You Will Author: William Shakespeare Dates read: 03/01/22 – 04/01/22 Rating 3/5 Publisher: Oxford University Press Number of pages: 140 Fiction or non-fiction: fiction Subject or genre: classics, play Book blurb: Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays in the modern …

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Hi, I’m Cassie and welcome to ‘A Dream In My Hands’ I love reading, I love talking about the books I read, and that pretty much sums up the whole site really. Just me, talking about the books I’ve read, the books I’m reading and the books I want to …