This beautiful book broke my heart. About the Book When I next open my eyes, I’m back . . . in front of the house again. It’s night time. The stars wave hello, like they’ve been expecting me. The door of the house, Mum’s house, is wide open, like it expects me too. This time,... Continue Reading →
Today's tag was stolen from my lovely friend Sarah's blog. If you're not already following Sarah, you really should be. 1. You have 20,000 books on your TBR. How do you decide what to read next? This is the story of my life. I find a friend who is willing to pick one for me,... Continue Reading →
Today I'm reflecting on some happy things from this month. Join me? The Coffee: Another week, another Steampunk fave. This week I am drinking the Guatemalan San Antonio de Esquipulas with Christmassy tasting notes of dark chocolate and orange. The Happy Things: Sleeping all of the sleep. Lunch out with husband. Seeing family. Having a... Continue Reading →
Today in Mini Reviews I'm featuring summery books. It's around this time of year I start to crave a warm sunny day, so this seemed an appropriate theme. One Italian Summer by Keris Stainton Milly and her family are heading back to Italy for the first time since their dad died. Italy was a special... Continue Reading →
This week's prompt from Steph at A Little But A Lot is a new take on keeping warm in winter...by throwing books in the fire. Normally, I wouldn't advocate throwing any book into a fire, but I've managed to pull together six that I wouldn't mind seeing burn. 1. Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. No... Continue Reading →
The dark, twisty vampire story we've all been waiting for. About the Book They say the thirst of blood is like a madness - they must sate it. Even with their own kin. On the eve of her divining, the day she'll discover her fate, seventeen-year-old Lil and her twin sister Kizzy are captured and... Continue Reading →
The lovely Rosie of Rosie Freckle Reads tagged me in this months and months ago. I'm ashamed it's taken me so long to do this tag, but here we are. Rules: Thank and link back to tagger. (I wasn’t tagged I just saw this and wanted to do it but I’m using Shaz’s post) Credit to Daniel @... Continue Reading →
Join me in a coffee whilst I look at the latest additions to Mount Ted, my TBR? The Coffee: This week I am drinking another Steampunk coffee. The Brazilian Patricia is nutty with tasting notes of caramel and brown sugar, which is kind of perfect for this time of year. The Books: Bought Ninth House... Continue Reading →
Mini Reviews this week is a day late (because life happened), and features some YA books I read recently (ish)! On the Come Up by Angie Thomas Bri dreams of being a famous rapper, and composes lyrics constantly. When she is singled out by security for being black, she uses rap to explore her feelings... Continue Reading →
Steph has another perfect winter prompt for us in this week's #SixforSunday: books we want to snuggle up with. Snuggling under a blanket with a hot drink, maybe a doggo, and a book is one of my favourite winter activities. Here are six books from my TBR I'm hoping to snuggle up with this winter:... Continue Reading →
Charlotte, Somewhere 