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The Song Rising Review

Samantha Shannon has a really lovely way of writing narration and an incredible way with words. Paige feels truly real. Her internal...

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Celebration - Douglas Adams Days

Celebrating the weird and the wonderful! Happy Douglas Adams Day or otherwise known as #towelday The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is...

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Discussion - A Favourite Read From 2019

Today I’d like to share with you, not only one of my favourite reads of 2019, but one of my favourite reads ever! Sanctuary by V.V. James...

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Celebration - World Tea Day & UNESCO's World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

Today is both World Tea Day and UNESCO’s World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. Now, I don’t drink tea but I know...

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Celebration - A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Release Day

It’s release day for A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes! The hunger games series is one that means so much to me. It’s the only series I’ve...

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The Near Witch Review

Lockdown has led to some creative bookstagramming. I didn’t have a physical copy to hand so, hey, I improvised, and I kind of like it. I...

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Children of Blood and Bone Review

Incredible worldbuilding and concept but unfortunately, the book was let down by the characters. The characters’ thoughts were repetitive...

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Discussion - Book Hoarding

Ok, let’s be honest... How many piles of books do you have around the house? Umm, yeah I kind of ran out of book shelf space years ago!...

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Discussion - Mixed Passions

Hey everyone! I’m so sorry I’ve been M.I.A. lately, I’ve been really ill. Don’t worry! I’m feeling a bit better but got hit pretty hard...

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Speak Up: An Anthology of Young Voices Review

I had the extraordinary honour of being asked by Nottingham City of Literature to review their new anthology Speak Up: An Anthology of...

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The Testaments Review

34 years but this story is timeless. Atwood speaks in a universal voice that exposes the cracks in society and will forever be a...

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The Wicked King

The Wicked King. Oh, how it lives up to its name. Very wicked indeed. This sequel does not disappoint and again delivers twits and turns...

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Tarnished City Review

Tarnished City is the second instalment in Vic James’ Dark Gifts trilogy and it is truly a book about change. ... ‘From the bestselling...

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Vox Review

It only takes one generation to change an entire nation. Just raise one differently and after you take care of the older population who...

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The Cruel Prince Review

A spy thriller set in fairy land by Holly Black. This is what this book is! It has the pace of a spy thriller with all the magic of a...

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Celebration - International Women's Day

Happy International Women’s day! For today’s post I really wanted to honour some phenomenal female writers, creatives, rebels, movers and...

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Discussion - Book Covers That Are Art

Today I want to talk about book covers that are art! I’m so excited to show you three of my favourites. I mean, look at them! They are...

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Circe Review

I am Circe Witch of Aiaia... I can hear the narrator even now. Her voice clear and echoing in my head. I never thought I would take to a...

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Discussion - Books That Got Me Reading

Today I want to talk about the books that got you reading. Is there a series or a stand-alone that you can pinpoint and say ‘This, this...

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The Starless Sea Review

I was excited when I heard this book was a story within a story following a man who finds his life written in the pages of a book, as...

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