Charnell @ Reviews From A Bookworm created this tag in celebration of her (gorgeous!) new blog design. I love a good tag, so decided to take part. Check out her original 1989 Book Tag Post to see her answers. I always liked Taylor’s music, but I was never really a fan of her, if that makes […]
BookTubing vs. BookBlogging – Is This Really A Thing?
Apparently, BookTube and Book Blogs are at war, and I’m wondering if I’m the only one who didn’t get the memo? I decided to write this post to share my thoughts on why this perception may exist, and why I think it’s important for members of both communities to not be afraid to speak up […]
Mean Girls Book Tag!
The fabulous BookTuber and Book Blogger, Sarah-Jane (BookTube Channel / Book Blog), created the Mean Girls Book Tag, and I couldn’t not participate in it. I love Mean Girls, can practically quote the whole movie, and used to watch it on repeat when I was younger. It’s basically a classic now, right? Be prepared, there are some cuss words in […]
Review: The Nightingale
France, 1939. In the quiet, rural village of Carriveau, Vianne says goodbye to her husband as he heads for the Front. The invading Nazi soldiers have arrived in droves with their trucks and tanks. Planes fill the skies, dropping bombs on the innocent. When a German captain requisitions her home, Vianne is forced to make one impossible sacrifice after another to keep her family alive.
Vianne’s rebellious sister Isabelle is searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians flee the city, Isabelle meets and falls in love with Gaetan, a committed partisan. When war separates them, Isabelle joins the Resistance, risking her life time and again to save others.
5* Read!
Top Ten Tuesday – Books That Celebrate Diversity
Top Ten Books That Celebrate Diversity/Diverse Characters Since I began blogging, I’ve intentionally tried to leave my comfort zone (by reading Fantasy and Classics), and I’ve also tried to read more diversely. It’s something I’d like to work on, but these are my diverse picks so far: 1. Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman – Diverse […]
I’ve Created A Monster…
Let me introduce you to my Dad – he has many hobbies, but reading was never one of them. He gets obsessive about his hobbies though the same way I do, so I guess I got that from him. While he was never “a reader”, he was always supportive of my reading addiction. The only […]
Top Ten Tuesday – Books That’ve Recently Hit My Shelves
Top Ten Books That’ve Recently Hit My Shelves My book blogging skillz have been slacking lately – I had some time off work last week and was planning on scheduling lots for the blog, but my get up and go? It got up and went. I accidentally ended up posting next week’s Top Ten Tuesday […]
6 Month Challenge Check-In!
2015 was my first chance to complete a full year of blogging (from January to December), and so my first chance to properly participate in some challenges. I’ve seen a couple of other bloggers post updates on their progress and thought it was an excellent idea to try and keep me focused and on track. […]
Top Ten Tuesday – Hyped Books I’ve Never Read
Top Ten Hyped Books I’ve Never Read There are quite a few books I could include in this list, but many of them have already made appearances in other Top Ten Tuesday posts of mine (*cough* The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo *cough*), so I’m going to try and include as many new-to-my-TTT picks as […]
Review: You
When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village book store where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card. There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight – the perfect place for a “chance” meeting.
As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way – even if it means murder.
3.5* Read!
Review: Grey
Christian Grey exercises control in all things; his world is neat, disciplined, and utterly empty – until the day that Anastasia Steele falls into his office, in a tangle of shapely limbs and tumbling brown hair. He tries to forget her, but instead is swept up in a storm of emotion he cannot comprehend and cannot resist. Unlike any woman he has known before, shy, unworldly Ana seems to see right through him – past the business prodigy and the penthouse lifestyle to Christian’s cold, wounded heart.
Will being with Ana dispel the horrors of his childhood that haunt Christian every night? Or will his dark sexual desires, his compulsion to control, and the self-loathing that fills his soul drive this girl away and destroy the fragile hope she offers him?
2* Read!
Stacking the Shelves & Wrappin’ It Up June 2015
We have reached the halfway point of 2015! WUT?! I feel a little like I’m back in the groove with reading and blogging, so lets see what I got up to this month… The Books: No purchases this month (that I can remember). Yus! After last month’s haul, I really didn’t need anything else to […]
Confessions of a Book Geek 