I love autumn, and all the autumn colours AND I love books. So this is a prompt made in heaven for me. Thanks to my pal Steph doing the Lord's work with Six for Sunday. Here are six books from my TBR with autumn coloured covers: 1. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. This book is... Continue Reading →
I picked this book up at YALC 2018 and only recently read it after finding it on my shelf when I needed book with a photo element on the cover for a readathon. I am so pleased I picked this up because it's a real hidden gem and I loved it. It's not at all... Continue Reading →
It's a few weeks since I shared a tag with you, but I'm back today with an Autumn themed one that I first saw on Aoife's blog. It originally came from Emma of Drinking by My Shelf and I could not resist pinching it because I adore Autumn and everything that comes with it. What is... Continue Reading →
This week, I'm looking at the latest additions to my TBR. Join me? The Coffee: This week, I'm drinking another Steampunk Coffee, the Rwandan Shyira. This one has tasting notes of apricot and sweet almond, making for a delicate coffee. The Books: By my reckoning, my last haul post was my YALC haul post back... Continue Reading →
I have been reading many books that feature magic over the last few months. Today I'm sharing mini reviews of three of them. We Are Blood and Thunder by Kesia Lupo* The opening of We Are Blood and Thunder is one of the creepiest and most tense I have ever read. It starts in the... Continue Reading →
This week our dear hostess, Steph is asking us for six books we'd take on an autumn walk. If I'm taking a book to read on an autumn walk, I want something gripping and witchy. Here are six of my favourite witchy books: 1. Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin. This is hands down one... Continue Reading →
This book features bad-ass feminist pirates and I am all here for this, thank you very much. About the Book Seventeen-year-old Marianne is fated to one day become the Viper, defender of the Twelve Isles. But the reigning Viper stands in her way. Corrupt and merciless, he prowls the seas in his warship, killing with... Continue Reading →
This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week, so S and I thought we'd feature some of our favourite books from Dyslexia friendly publishers, Barrington Stoke. About Barrington Stoke Barrington Stoke is a small, independent and award-winning children’s publisher. For over 20 years we’ve been pioneering super-readable, dyslexia-friendly fiction to help every child become a reader. From... Continue Reading →
Another month in the world of my Bullet Journal. Join me in a coffee and a look at this month's theme? The Coffee: This week, I've been drinking Uraga, an Ethiopian coffee roasted by my favourites at Steampunk. I love that they have such passion about the planet and the environment, as well as roasting... Continue Reading →
