I bought this partly on a whim in Waterstones and partly because it had been recommended to me by a great many people. I was hesitant to read because when I was a teenager I read a lot of stories based on the Fey and ended up getting bored with the repetitive nature. I made…
Month: Feb 2019
Happy Birthday to the Last Year of my Twenties
Today (Wednesday 27th), is my birthday. I wasn’t going to write a post for it but then I got some amazing books as presents and realised I wanted to read them now!! So it will probably be quite a while till I get back to what I should be reading. In honour of the interlude…
24. City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
This is a book that I took a picture of about a year and a half ago and then finally bought it in Waterstones at the beginning of January. I was very excited to read this because the synopsis held so much promise for me. Synopsis (as taken from back of the book) is as…
23. Explorers’ on Witch Mountain by Alex Bell
Having just read ‘The Polar Bear Explorer’s Club’ the first in this series, I was eager to read this second installment and found myself lost in the pages and delving into the thrilling world from the first page. This was the perfect sequel to the first book and also a great book in its own…
Weekend Catch Up
I am late with this week’s catch up – it is in fact Monday! I had rather a busy weekend and I even managed to read 3 books! I have 4 books left in my current tbr pile and I have now chosen the the next 10 books to read and the next 10 after…
22. The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club by Alex Bell
I was so excited to start reading this, partly because the book I was trying to read was boring me senseless and partly because the synopsis of this sounded so good. This is another book from my Waterstones Haul. Synopsis (as taken from back of book) is as follows: Meet Shay Silverton Kipling, the Captain’s…
21. The Lost Garden by Kate Kerrigan
I must have had this book on my shelf for well over a year and every time I went to read it I got distracted by something else. I finally got a chance to read it when I pulled it from my book basket as one of my reads. Synopsis (as on back of book)…
Weekend Catch Up
This week has passed slowly and quickly for me. I spent half of it in bed and half of it living. I had a horrific head cold that developed over last Sunday and though I bravely ventured into work Monday morning, within half an hour of being there I was told to go home because…
20. A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
Another Waterstones Haul book. I was quite excited to read this book. I thought the premise was quite interesting. It was giving me ‘City of Ember’ by Jeanne DuPrau vibes. Synopsis (as taken from the back of the book): She was alone. This child. This odd and terrible child. In the underground city of Caverna, the people are unlike any other: they have faces…
19. The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Another book from my Waterstones book haul. I was intrigued by the book cover and the short reviews from other authors on the first page. Synopsis (as taken from the back of the book) is as follows: When their plane crashes, four children are stranded in the Amazon jungle. Now they have to survive alone….
At the End of the World is a Book 