Narrated By: Santino FontanaPublisher: Scholastic AudioAge: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi – DystopiaFormat: AudiobookPublished: May 19th, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Stars Many, many years ago, a friend suggested I check out a book seemingly everyone had been raving about. I trusted their opinion, picked up The Hunger Games, finished it on a train journey home from university and,ContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins”
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish Had Less Pages
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. I feel like I don’t often get to talk aboutContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish Had Less Pages”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 9
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: October 2nd, 2018Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 / Volume 4 / Volume 5 / Volume 6 / Volume 7 / Volume 8Original Volume 8 Review This is not the first time this series has ripped myContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 9”
Book Casting: Dan Stevens
It has been a long, long time since I did one of these posts, despite the fact I find them generally really fun. But I recently finished (finally) watching Downton Abbey, and despite (please note spoilers for Downton Abbey coming up!) Stevens’ abrupt departure from the show, he honestly was fantastic in it. Through hisContinueContinue reading “Book Casting: Dan Stevens”
#5OnMyTBR: Short Stories
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. I like short stories – I think a good short story can be so impactful, and anthologies are a wonderful way to try new authorsContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Short Stories”
#5OnMyTBR: Adventurous
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. This was an interesting one. I think ‘adventurous’ might be one of those themes that means different things to different people, so it was almostContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Adventurous”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 8
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: December 27th, 2017Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 / Volume 4 / Volume 5 / Volume 6 / Volume 7Original Volume 8 Review The characters are really put through a lot in this issue. I noted inContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 8”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 7
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: April 4th, 2017Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 / Volume 4 / Volume 5 / Volume 6 This volume heads straight for heart-breaking territory, and it’s hard to come out of this one with dry eyes. HazelContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 7”
#5OnMyTBR: Exploration
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. This was a hard but fun one! I had to stretch ‘exploration’ a little, as otherwise I’d really have very little. But I’ve managed toContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Exploration”
Top Ten Tuesday: Quick Reads
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. I do like novellas, but looking for books to matchContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Quick Reads”
Unwrapping Words 