The Cozy Life is a cute, short book about the concept/feeling of hygge and how to bring it into your life. Note: I’m NOT sponsored to write this review, I just really loved this book I found out about hygge through a random news article my sister-in -law posted to Facebook a few weeks… Read More The Cozy Life – Book Review
The Dark Days Club This year at Sydney Writers Festival I attended my first TeenCon. As we filed into the room, volunteers handed each of us a calico bag containing six books. Yes, six. Not three years old, let’s-chuck-‘em-out books, but ones published within the past year, many within the past six months. The… Read More Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club – Book Review
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept Synopsis: One day, while browsing in a London bookshop, Elizabeth Smart chanced upon a slim volume of poetry by George Barker – and fell passionately in love with him through the printed word. Eventually they communicated directly and, as a result of Barker’s impoverished circumstances,… Read More By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept – Book Review
Empire’s Daughter by Marian L. Thorpe Book’s summary: “But the world changes. In all the women’s villages of the Empire, this week or next, a soldier like myself will arrive to ask to live in the village, to take up a trade.” Casyn paused, for a breath, a heartbeat. “And to teach you… Read More Empire’s Daughter – Book Review
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo Memoirs from female comedians seem to be coming fast and furious these days. Books by Mindy Kaling, Tina Fey, Anna Kendrick, etc. are all examples of this extremely popular trend in books right now. Personally, I hate trends, I’m the person with a giant scowl on my face as people… Read More The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo – Book Review
Nevernight Author: Jay Kristoff Published: 11th August, 2016 (Harper Voyager) Genre: Fiction, NA, Fantasy ISBN: 0008180016 (ISBN13: 9780008180010) Pages: 643 (ARC paperback, UK edition) Other Books in the Series: None yet. Note: I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Harper Voyager for the copy! First of all, let me just say that I am… Read More Nevernight – Book Review
Twisted Perfection Author: Abbi Glines Genre: New Adult Contemporary Paages: 247 Released: 29 August 2013 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Series: Rosemary Beach #5 Della Sloane yearns to break free of her dark, sheltered past and experience real life on her own terms. However, her discovery trip is nearly cut short, until Woods Kerrington shows up, more than happy to help… Read More Twisted Perfection – Book Review
Details: Title: Empire of Storms Author: Sarah J. Maas Previous: Queen of Shadows Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Date Released: September 6, 2016 Genre: NEW ADULT, Fantasy, Romance, Action/Adventure Pages: 693 (Hardcover)
Snow Crash Snow Crash (3/5) By: Neal Stephenson Length: 470 pages Published: June 1992 Genre: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Dystopian My book club has started a new initiative to read a book each month from a different sub-genre of Science Fiction or Fantasy. The theme for March was Cyberpunk and we all chose Snow Crash to read and… Read More Snow Crash – Book Review
Superstition Title: Superstition Author: Lucy Fenton Genre: Young Adult, Thriller Published: August 3, 2015 Rating: 5 Spines Blurb: What happens when your childhood nightmares of being bitten by strange creatures in a dark wood aren’t just dreams? Sixteen-year-old Arden St. John’s life takes a strange turn when she finds an unusual animal injured… Read More Superstition – Book Review
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