Monday, 29 June 2015
The Book of Phoenix | Nnedi Okorafor | Review
*Image courtesy of Ann Arbor District Library Summary: This book is a prequel to Okorafor’s Who Fears Death. It covers the story of a woman named Phoenix who, though she looks...
Saturday, 27 June 2015
Being A Book Blogger | Interview With Ruby aka Feed Me Books Now
Welcome to another Being A Book Blogger interview! Today I'm talking to the lovely Ruby of the fab blog Feed Me Books Now. Here's what she had to say about everything books from her...
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Features | Reading the Book First
At the end of my first term at university, one of my lecturers asked us all what our favourite text from that module had been and why. When it was my turn I totally panicked and...
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Ms. Marvel (Volumes 1 & 2: No Normal & Generation Why) | G. Willow Wilson, Jacob Wyatt | Review
“A hero is just somebody who tries to do the right thing even when it's hard. There are more of us than you think.” Kamala Khan is just your run of the mill ordinary...
Monday, 22 June 2015
Paper Jewelry: 55 Projects For Reusing Paper | Barbara Baumann | Review
*Review copy c/o Netgalley, image via goodreads Today’s review is all about a jewellery craft book with a twist; all of the designs found within it’s pages are made from paper! Paper...
Sunday, 21 June 2015
Being A Book Blogger | Interview With Joy aka Burn Or Buy That Book
It's time for another Being A Book Blogger post where we chat to the writer behind one of our favourite blogs! Today we're talking to the lovely Joy who blogs over at Burn Or Buy That...
Saturday, 20 June 2015
Group Collaboration | Fictional Playlists
If you're a regular reader of BB you may have noticed that at the end of each of her reviews Ria shares a playlist to accompany the book. The rest of us love this idea so for this...
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Features | Top 5 beach reads
Source: http://dreamatico.com/beach.html I may be a bit premature with this post since it is only June, but it feels like summer is finally here and so I wanted to make...
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
It's Not Summer Without You | Jenny Han | Review
It's Not Summer Without You is the second book in the Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy but despite that, this review won't contain spoilers from the previous book. The series...
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
News Round Up: All Hail Chris Riddell
I think by now everyone has heard the news that Chris Riddell was formally announced at a very prestigious ceremony at the British Academy For Film And Television Arts in London last...
Monday, 15 June 2015
The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe | Peter Clines | Review
*Image courtesy of Amazon.com Summary: Most of us are familiar with the story of Robinson Crusoe, stranded on a deserted island for nearly three decades with only his wit...
Saturday, 13 June 2015
Being A Book Blogger | Interview With Char aka Basically Books Blog
Today we're back with another book blogger interview, talking to the lovely Char from Basically Books Blog! Here's what she had to say about joining the book blogging community, her...
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Features | Libraries
When I was in secondary school a few of my friends went through a phase of spending every single lunch break in the school library. We weren't allowed to eat, drink, or talk in...
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow | Katherine Woodfine | Review
image via Goodreads Sinclair's Department Store would like to welcome you through it's gilt doors and into a world of extravagance and commercial wonder. And it's within these...
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Guest Review | Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore | Robin Sloan
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore follows Clay Jannon, a web designer recently unemployed during the Great Recession. One day he's out for a walk around San Francisco and comes across...
Monday, 8 June 2015
Dangerous Girls | Abigail Haas | Review
"It's Spring Break of senior year. Anna, her boyfriend Tate, her best friend Elise, and a few other close friends are off to a debaucherous trip to Aruba that promises to be...
Sunday, 7 June 2015
2015 Reading Goals | Update #1
Back in January we shared some of our reading goals for the year and today's post is the first in our update series sharing how we're all getting on so far. Read on to find out who's...
Saturday, 6 June 2015
Bookish Links #5
Welcome to another Bookish Links, where we bring you some of our favourite content from all over the web! 1/ Putting Faces To Names? - first up is Cait's interesting piece on...
Friday, 5 June 2015
Church of Marvels | Leslie Parry | Review
*Review copy provided by Hachette Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Image from GoodReads. It's 1895 New York. Four people, each searching for something, find...
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Features | YA books that deal with real world issues
As much as I love escaping into fantasy worlds far different from the real one, some of my favourite books are those which deal with real world issues. Not only do they make...
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
The Summer I Turned Pretty | Jenny Han | Review
The Summer I Turned Pretty follows Belly, a young girl who spends every Summer with her mother, brother, mother's best friend and her two sons, Conrad and Jeremiah. Despite...
Monday, 1 June 2015
Unnatural Creatures | Neil Gaiman | Review
*Image courtesy of Ann Arbor District Library Summary: This book is a collection of short stories, new and old, written...
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