Monday, 28 March 2016
Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro | Guest Review
'Never Let Me Go' is an emotional, heart-breaking novel. I went into it not knowing what to expect, but knowing that it was a powerful story. Not much is given away in the book...
Saturday, 26 March 2016
Bookish Links #15
Once again it's time to grab your hot beverage of choice and settle in for another list of awesome bookish links from around the web! Here's some of the articles we've been reading...
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Glass Sword | Victoria Aveyard | Review
I received this book from Hachette Publishing New Zealand, in exchange for an honest review. “If I am a sword, I am a sword made of glass, and I feel...
Monday, 21 March 2016
Ted Saves the World | Bryan Cohen | Review
Summary: Ted is a stereotypical, unpopular, white, teenage boy. He only has two friends and gets bullied frequently. Like the rest of the world, he is unaware that there is...
Saturday, 19 March 2016
Group Collaboration | Favourite Literary Heroines
We're celebrating Women's History Month here on the blog with an appropriately themed collaboration! We challenged our bloggers to list off who their favourite literary heroines and...
Friday, 18 March 2016
Features | Audiobooks
As a child I went through a phase of listening to the audiobook of Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World almost every night before I went to sleep. I would usually fall...
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Rose Under Fire | Elizabeth Wein | Review
“Hope is the most treacherous thing in the world. It lifts you and lets you plummet. But as long as you're being lifted you don't worry about plummeting.” Rose Justice...
Sunday, 13 March 2016
Hoot | Carl Hiaasen | Guest Review
Let me start this review with the disclaimer that I am probably not who the author envisioned reading his book. Not his "target audience". The story follows Roy Eberhardt who...
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Mosquitoland | David Arnold | Review
I have such mixed feelings about this book, I don't even know where to start. Mim sets off across America on a Greyhound road trip when her parents divorce and a new step mother...
Monday, 7 March 2016
Little Red Fish | James Moffitt & Bizhan Khodabandeh | Review
*Image and books provided by Netgally in exchange for an honest review. Summary: This series is an allegory for the Iranian Revolution for adults and an adventure story for...
Saturday, 5 March 2016
Features | #5books7days Readathon Roundup
Last week I crossed off one of my 2016 reading goals by taking part in my first ever readathon! I opted for the #5books7days readathon which took place from 22-28 February and was...
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Features | Thick Books
I am generally of the opinion that there are very few books that need to be longer than 500 pages. There are some exceptions, of course, (The Harry Potter books, for example, could...
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