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Discussion: How Do You Prefer to Read?
Readers are picky people. We are loyal to our paperbacks, hardcovers, or e-books, and often will not buy a new book until it is in our preferred format. Then, of course, there are others who are ‘hybrid’ readers. Hybrid readers will happily read one book on their Kindle and the next in physical form. So… Continue reading
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Instagram Sundays
It’s time for Instagram Sundays — a roundup of this week’s bookstagam posts. This week’s post is brought to you by my birthday and a weekend in London. This is an advance copy I was sent for review. I’m really enjoying it (and its simple but effective cover)! It’s an adventure filled with wrongful imprisonment, Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-Up #9
Happy Friday, book lovers! I didn’t do a weekly wrap-up last week because it conflicted with my monthly round-up, so this will cover the past two weeks. Aren’t you guys lucky? Here we go! Continue reading
A Gathering of Shadows, Alastair Reynolds, Blog, Book, Book Reviews, books, Cats, England, favorites, Fellowship of the Ring, Fiction, Flame in the Mist, Geek, Harry Potter, J. R. R. Tolkein, James Abbott, lord of the rings, Nerdy, Novels, Politics, Publishing, Raven Stratagem, Reading, Recommendations, Renee Ahdieh, Revenger, Review, Reviews, Sandhya Menon, sci fi, Space, The Never King, This Savage Song, Tolkein, V. E. Schwab, Weekend, Weekly Roundup, Weekly Wrap Up, When Dimple Met Reshi, Women, Writing, Yoon Ha Lee -
Review: Ninefox Gambit
This book was shortlisted for both the Hugo and Nebula awards this year, and it’s easy to see why. Ninefox Gambit is an incredible feat of science fiction — Lee manages to create an incredibly intricate and complicated, yet entertaining world. Continue reading
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100 Followers!
Hi guys! I only just realised that I’ve just passed the 100 follower mark. Continue reading
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May Reading Round-up
May is over and it’s time for the best part of the month: the reading round-up. I didn’t achieve my reading goals for the month, however it was still a good one. Continue reading
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Instagram Sundays
Happy Sunday, everyone! Here’s a roundup from Instagram this week. Okay, I had to do the standard Harry Potter ‘The Unbreakable Vow’ photo with my ring. I couldn’t help it! I’ve been wanting to read some of Kameron Hurley’s books. I have a copy of The Stars are Legion on my shelf and Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-Up #8
Happy bank holiday weekend, UK readers! We seem to get a lot of those at this time of year. It has been awhile since I updated (although there was a brief update here), so here’s how my past two weeks have gone: Continue reading
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Disney Princess Book Tag
Well, here are two of my interests combined! I’m not a huge Disney person in general, but I grew up on the princesses (I’m pretty sure I wore out my VHS copy of The Little Mermaid). Thank you so much to Nadwa from Painfully Fictional for tagging me! Continue reading
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I’m Back!
Hi all! Sorry for being away for so long, I just knew I wouldn’t be posting any updates to the blog while I was away on holiday. I did so little reading while I was there, which is quite shameful but we were so busy! Continue reading
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