So... Oliver Jeffers everyone. If you know him and his books, you probably love him. I know I most certainly do. Most teachers I know do. I could talk about his books forever and a day and not quite get across how much I adore his books. But anyway, his newest book 'Here We Are' … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Oliver Jeffers
Hello there! It's Hallowe'en tomorrow! Today I thought I would share a few of the brilliant Hallowe'en-ish books I've either been sent or bought over the past few weeks! I'm featuring picture books and MG books today and would love more recommendations! First up the lovely people of Puffin sent me 'Hortense and the Shadow'. … Continue reading Spoooooooooky boooooooooks…
Hello there! Who stole my half term!? Where did it go? Never mind, to keep me going on this last day we have another #SixforSunday! This week's theme is: Halloween books Now I'm not one for scary books to be honest, I'm much too much of a wuss BUT I've collated a list of 6 … Continue reading S4S – Halloween books!
Bonjour! It's Sunday again, which means another #SixforSunday prompt! This week's prompt is: Books on my TBR Now I've gone for "books that I've recently added to my TBR" (because my TBR is excessive, ha!) So here goes... 6 books I've recently added to my TBR list Polar Bear Explorer's Club (massive shout out to … Continue reading S4S – Books on my TBR
Happy Sunday! How are we all? Today's #SixforSunday is: My favourite genres Now, I'm not going to lie... I thought this would be MUCH easier than it was BUT it made me realise that I read LOTS of books from the same few genres! Ha! But anyway... Magic Fantasy (what, magic and fantasy are different, … Continue reading S4S – Favourite genres
Morning! How is everyone today? Today I am going to give you all an update on how my bookish life is going this year! At the beginning of the year, my Goodreads reading challenge was set at 52 books - I figured that one per week is pretty good going and what with my very stressful … Continue reading Bookish Update
Hello Sunday, my old friend! A few weeks ago I talked about things that I loved about books, this week I'm going for the opposite... things that really grind on me. "Tropes" or themes in books which really irritate me, that I hate reading. Six tropes I hate - or at least that annoy me! … Continue reading S4S – Tropes I HATE
Hello! It's Sunday already, woah how?! This week's theme is: Six types of book cover I love I talked about covers I love on Thursday, so here are the 6 types of books that will make me pick them up! Books with gold on the cover (Hello AQKOT, BBT) Simple covers Rainbow covers (Think Becoming … Continue reading S4S – Covers
A while back I was wondering about what makes a "good" cover of a book. What makes people want to pick up a book? Why do we choose certain covers over others? (I know, I know, we shouldn't judge a book by it's cover but shush, we all do it. I am guilty of it … Continue reading Favourite covers
Welcome to Sunday! I don't normally post on a Sunday but things are going to change, welcome to my new feature: Six for Sunday I'll post 6 things I love/hate every Sunday and topics will vary - mainly bookish ones with wildcards (topics not about books!) coming once a month! I would love to see … Continue reading Six for Sunday!
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