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My favourite Christmas books
The tree is up, the advent calendar chocolates are nearly all eaten, and the mulled wine has been drunk – it’s nearly Christmas! Here are some of my favourite YA books with Christmas scenes, to help you feel festive. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis When Peter, Susan, Edmund and LucyContinue reading “My favourite Christmas books”
What Time Period From The Next Together Should You Really Live In?
It’s here! I’ve been dying to share this with you for ages now. Find out what storyline you’d live in The Next Together by doing the Buzzfeed quiz here. And my result:
My favourite books of 2015
In 2014, I read 139 books. These were my favourite. So far in 2015 I’ve read 158. I’m doing pretty well! As with the books I most want to read in 2016, none of these are by people I know personally, because I don’t think that’s fair (how would you know whether I’m just sayingContinue reading “My favourite books of 2015”
Article for The Guardian: Scientific inaccuracies your favourite historical characters definitely believed
From smoking being good for you, to it being possible to turn metal into gold, have you ever wondered what Mr Darcy, Dr Frankenstein and Miss Marple would have accepted as plain fact? Lauren James reveals all here! Mr Darcy (seen here played by Colin Firth in the film of Pride and Prejudice) would haveContinue reading “Article for The Guardian: Scientific inaccuracies your favourite historical characters definitely believed”
November Favourites | Soap & Glory | Joules | Lovelace & Babbage
Previously: April | May | June | July | August | September | October It’s nearly December! Thank god, amirite guys? My November has been pretty terrible. I’ve been deep in edit swampland on The Last Beginning for most of November, so I only actually finished reading two books. However, one of them was a graphic novel so incredible I wish itContinue reading “November Favourites | Soap & Glory | Joules | Lovelace & Babbage”
What’s my writing process?
A lot like this, mainly. With probably more eye rolling. I don’t have a routine, but I’m very picky about my working environment. The slightest excuse not to write and I won’t get anything done! I need chewing gum, a spreadsheet of my daily word counts on myWriteClub (to keep me accountable!) and lots and lots of music.Continue reading “What’s my writing process?”
What would I do with a time machine?
This blog post was originally posted at Teen Reader’s Diary. If I was given access to a time machine for a day, I wouldn’t be able to go to just one place. I’m too greedy. I’d have to go on a tour of history and the future, until I ran out of fuel or causedContinue reading “What would I do with a time machine?”
My favourite soulmate tropes
I don’t believe in soulmates in reality, but as a literary device they are one of my favourite tropes. The idea that your favourite character is only a moment away from bumping into their perfect partner is such an exciting incentive to keep reading. It adds an air of anticipatory delight through the whole bookContinue reading “My favourite soulmate tropes”
Why Hermione inspired me to write a flawed female lead
This essay was originally posted at Mugglenet. I don’t consider myself a Harry Potter fan. That doesn’t mean that I don’t love the series – because I really, really do. But I started reading it when I was six; at this point Harry Potter has been in my life so long that it would beContinue reading “Why Hermione inspired me to write a flawed female lead”
Wren James 