April Wrap Up

I expected April to be a great reading month but it was unfortunately pretty awful (relative to other months). I found it really easy to want to read and want to pick books up but incredibly hard to actually finish them. This has resulted in my starting books constantly but seeming to just make it…

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The Value of Owning Books

There is nothing quite like the call of the school book fair. For me, this was one of my favourite events of the entire school calendar. I would enter the assembly hall and all the shelves would have been set up with colourful, tantalising books ready for my consumption. My mother would take me to…

Review: The Other People

The Other people - C.J. Tudor The Other People is a thriller with supernatural elements that focuses on grief and how people react to horrible situations which shatter and change their life forever. It is the third novel by C.J. Tudor who seems to specialise in these otherworldly, creepy tales that take some very ordinary…

Review: Potkin and Stubbs

Potkin and Stubbs by Sophie Green Synopsis Lil Potkin is a future reporter who is desperate to bring down the corrupt Peligan City. One night she stumbles upon a boy in a bus station and from here the real story begins... Review Characters - 7 I think that Lil and Nedly make a great pair.…

Sealed

Sealed Naomi Booth Publisher - Dead Ink Goodreads    | Dead Ink    | Waterstones | Amazon 4 out of 5 stars: This book was gutsy and disgusting. It made me shudder and cringe yet I couldn't put it down and was compelled to keep reading. It is a short novel that packs a huge…

February Wrap Up

In the month of February, I managed to read 7 books. This is a quick wrap up of those titles. Flame in the Mist - Renee Ahdieh - DNF It was not because this book was bad, I have struggled with Ahdieh's writing before, but that was more to do with pace than it was…

When Dimple Met Rishi

When Dimple Met Rishi Author: Sandhya Menon Genre: Contemporary | Young Adult | Romance Amazon  | Book Depository | Goodreads 4 out of 5 - A solid, enjoyable and fun contemporary romance story between two young adults who need to find themselves and their place in the world. This story gives a different cultural perspective than…