I’ve seen the idea of ‘book boyfriends’ going around on twitter recently, and it’s such an excellent idea I couldn’t resist writing a list of mine. These are fictional characters who you would totally marry if they were real and available, like, no questions asked. Straight to the alter. So. Here are mine. Note: theseContinue reading “My top ten Book Boyfriends”
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My favourite Literary Fiction novels (written by women)
Following up on my post of my Favourite YA novels, and inspired by a discussion on tumblr about my post on female authors, here are my favourite Literary Fiction books, written by women! Basically my blog is now just a place I post book recommendations, I hope you’re all okay with that. My Education –Continue reading “My favourite Literary Fiction novels (written by women)”
REVIEW: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Catherine Doyle chose The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender as one of her favourite books to be read by our book club. I can definitely see why Cat chose this book as one of her favourites. Her novel Vendetta is all about family, and Ava Lavender is the ultimate family saga. The relationships betweenContinue reading “REVIEW: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton”
My favourite Young Adult novels
More than this by Patrick Ness Ness’ writing is sparse and delicious, with a great use of space and emptiness. In particular this book is almost a work of art. It’s one of those amazing books where there’s somehow a cliffhanger at the end of every single chapter, so your heartbeat rises and rises andContinue reading “My favourite Young Adult novels”
2014 Reading Review
I came across this reading survey by Perpetual Page Turner, and even though it’s February, I couldn’t resist doing it for 2014. Lots of book recs ahead! Number Of Books You Read: 141 Number of Re-Reads: 3 (The Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix) Genre You Read The Most From: YA 1. Best Book YouContinue reading “2014 Reading Review”
REVIEW: Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman
When I was a teenager, I didn’t read YA. I read ‘grown up’ books and thought YA was for kids. (Note that I’ve since seen the light, and I now read so much YA that I ended up writing it.) However, back when I was 11 or 12, one of the only exceptions to myContinue reading “REVIEW: Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman”
15 books I want to read in ’15
As a follow up to my post on my favourite books of 2014, here are all of the YA books coming out in 2015 that I haven’t been able to resist preordering, or that I have already read and loved. Some of them don’t have covers yet, but all are on goodreads, and most areContinue reading “15 books I want to read in ’15”
My favourite books of 2014
In 2014, I’ve read 140 books (so far!). Yeah, I know. I may have a problem. I promise I did other stuff too – I wrote two novels, graduated, got a new dog….anyway. Many of the books I read were wonderful, but here are my absolute faves, the ones you should really try and read.Continue reading “My favourite books of 2014”
Wren James 