The end of July has snuck up on me. Join me in a coffee whilst I reflect on this month's reading? The Coffee: This week's Steampunk coffee is one we've had before: their Brazilian Fazenda Macaubas Microlot, with tasting notes of pineapple, cacao and pecan. We've been drinking a lot of it iced recently and... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Raising Hell Bryony Pearce
"I was meant to save kids, not kill them - and I was hardly an angel myself. But if I didn't stop her, how many more would there be." Ivy Mann is a school security guard, a role she took on after making a stupid youthful mistake which caused dark magic to leak into the... Continue Reading →
Six for Sunday: Books Set Somewhere Warm
It's been a bit of a week here in Somewhere HQ, so today's #SixforSunday will be a short one. Today is books set somewhere warm and I'm sharing six of my favourite books set in the desert. They're all excellent and if you haven't read them yet, you should. 1. Rebel of the Sands by... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall
"But Julia doesn't know that. None of them can know that; none of them can know we were dating. "Corrine are you ok?" Julia asks, but I can barely hear her because all I can think is Maggie, my Maggie, is dead, and none of these girls will ever know what she meant to me."... Continue Reading →
ThursTag: The Disney Side Kicks Book Tag
It's ThursTag time, and today I am pinching the Disney Sidekicks Book Tag from Amy Golden Books Girl. MUSHU FROM MULAN: THE COMIC RELIEF – NAME YOUR FAVOURITE HILARIOUS CHARACTER OR YOUR FAVORITE COMEDY/FUNNY BOOK Felix from The Love Hypothesis by Laura Steven. He's one of the main character's dad and he made laugh so hard... Continue Reading →
Coffee and… My July TBR
I'm a little late posting today, but join me in a coffee whilst I share what I'll be reading this month? The Coffee: This week's Steampunk coffee is the Brazilian Fazenda Macaubas Microlot which has tasting notes of pineapple, cacao and pecan. I am really enjoying this one. The Books: This is my second month... Continue Reading →
Six for Sunday : Summery Colours
Six for Sunday, hosted by my favourite one of them all (Steph) is back for a new month with a new theme. These are genuinely my favourite posts to write each week; I look forward to seeing what prompts Steph is going to torture me with next. July's theme is Sounds of Summer, featuring all... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Edge of the Ocean by L.D Lapinski
""I don't know how to help him," Flick said. "What do you do when someone's had a shock like that?" "I don't know either," Avery said. "Nothing like that has ever happened to me. In fact, I had so little childhood trauma that I've been forced to develop a personality instead."" After reading The Strangeworlds... Continue Reading →
ThursTag: The Mid Year Freak Out Book Tag
It's ThursTag. It's mid-year (ish). What else could I share but the Mid-Year Freak Out Tag? This will be my fifth year doing this tag (you can see previous years here: 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017). Best Book You've Read So Far in 2021? This is a really tough question to answer, because I've read... Continue Reading →