Welcome to 2018! How fast did 2017 go? Where did those months go? I tell you where they went, they disappeared with all of the amazing books that we read! So in 2017 I managed to read 112 books (not counting picture books). That's a lot of books, I know. I didn't think I'd read … Continue reading 2018 Reading Challenges
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British Books Challenge
This is me. The girl who failed MISERABLY at keeping up with the British Books Challenge 2017, signing up again for the British Books Challenge 2018. I pledge to be better. I will make sure that I link my posts. I read British authors excellently last year... most of my books were British authors. I … Continue reading British Books Challenge
BOOKBLOG: Alice Oseman
Radio Silence: honest, emotive and necessary "What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong? Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret – not even the person she is on the inside.But when Frances meets Aled, … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Alice Oseman
BOOKBLOG: Peadar Ó Guilín
The Call: dark, gritty, brutal. Dystopian done proper. "Imagine a world where you might disappear any minute, only to find yourself alone in a grey sickly land, with more horrors in it than you would ever wish to know about. And then you hear a horn and you know that whoever lives in this hell … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Peadar Ó Guilín
BOOKBLOG: Queen Mel
Hello, I'm Steph. I love Melinda Salisbury. Not in a creepy way. I think she's absolutely wonderful. So when I heard The Sin Eater's Daughter trilogy was over, I was most saddened. My love affair with this world and these characters had to come to and end after all of the years I had been in … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Queen Mel
BOOKBLOG: Matt Haig
Reasons To Stay Alive: honest, important, emotive. "WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE? Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again. … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Matt Haig
April Books
It's that time again, April has come and gone! This year is flying by! We're in the final term... (as a teacher, I count my life in terms ha! This means I have only 1 term until I start training... this makes me wanna vomit. We will get to that in a future blog post!) … Continue reading April Books
BOOKBLOG: Rachael Lucas
The State of Grace: moving, insightful and wonderful. "Sometimes I feel like everyone else was handed a copy of the rules for life and mine got lost. Grace has Asperger's and her own way of looking at the world. She's got a horse and a best friend who understand her, and that's pretty much all … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Rachael Lucas
BOOKBLOG: Emily Barr
The One Memory of Flora Banks: heartbreaking, engaging and memorable. "Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks has no short-term memory. Her mind resets itself several times a day, and has since the age of ten, when the tumor that was removed from Flora's brain took with it her ability to make new memories. That is, until she kisses … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Emily Barr
BOOKBLOG: Melinda Salisbury 2
The Scarecrow Queen: the perfect ending to a wonderful trilogy. "As the Sleeping Prince tightens his hold on Lormere and Tregellan, the net closes in on the ragged band of rebels trying desperately to defeat him. Twylla and Errin are separated, isolated, and running out of time. The final battle is coming, and Aurek will … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Melinda Salisbury 2
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