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Book Review: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
I don’t really know where to start with this review. I picked up Nine Perfect Strangers because I really enjoyed Big Little Lies and trusted Moriarty to write a sharp and compelling book. Where Big Little Lies is a well-structured page turner, Nine Perfect Strangers is a complete and utter mess. I was honestly shocked by… Continue reading
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Book Review: Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I absolutely love Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time and was curious to see what his other science fiction books were like. Walking to Aldebaran is the perfect way to sample his writing style — clocking in at right around 140 pages, it’s a short but effective story of an astronaut lost in space. Continue reading
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Book Box Club – April Purely Books Subscription
I was so thrilled to be selected to be part of the Book Box Club’s blogger army! I’ve had my eye on this UK-based book subscription box for ages and am so pleased with their service so far. Continue reading
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Book Review: An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
It has been a long time since I’ve read historical romance, despite it being a favourite genre of mine, and I’ve been craving it lately. Pretty much everything that I have read in historical romance has been set in Regency or Victorian England, and I needed to read something different while in a reading slump… Continue reading
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Weekly Reading Wrap-Up: 24 May 2019
Excuse me, I seem to have lost the entire month of May. Seriously, where did May go? I feel like April lasted forever and now the universe is trying to correct itself by moving at warp speed through May. Just me? Maybe? Okay. I’ve been reading quite a lot lately, but it doesn’t necessarily reflect… Continue reading
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Favourite (Complete) Fantasy Series – Updated!
Game of Thrones got you down? Waiting in despair for Doors of Stone? Do you fear getting caught up in a fantastical world and then discovering that the series isn’t complete yet? The fantasy genre has loads of books and subgenres to offer, as well as authors with varying writing speeds. Below are a few… Continue reading
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Book Review: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
I Capture the Castle is one of those great childhood classics that I never managed to read when I was actually a kid. But after some persuading (pressure) from my sister Julia on our podcast, I decided to pick it up for the first time. Despite having seen the movie ages ago, I didn’t remember… Continue reading
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Book Review: An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker
I’m always on the hunt for some good historical fiction, and An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason caught my eye for a few reasons. First of all, I don’t think we see enough YA historical fiction so it always catches my eye. I love the book’s Elizabethan setting, but I was totally blown away… Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-Up: 17 May 2019
Happy Friday, everyone! It feels like this week has gone on forever, but the weekend is nearly here. I’ve had a good reading week, despite some disappointments. Let’s get to it! Continue reading
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Book review: The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
The Devouring Gray is a book that has had so much buzz around it over the past year. Although it was one of my most highly anticipated books of the spring, I figured it would be a fun but over hyped book — I’ve been burned by this before and I try to be cautious… Continue reading
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