Hello, Book Geeks!
Today, I’ve done a guest post over on Andi’s ABCs! I talk about an Accessory, Book and Clothing item I’m dying to get my hands on. Find out what I’m lusting after over on the blog!
Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Books of 2015
This is a list of my ULTIMATE all-time favourite books of 2015, picked either because I gave them 5*, or they were close to being 5* reads but have regardless stayed with me throughout the year. Happy reading, Book Geeks!
The Christmas Tag
I spotted this tag over on The Mile Long Bookshelf, and as I’m doing 25 Days of Blogmas, I thought I would take part, because it is hard to think of topics for 25 days in a row! What’s your favourite Christmas movie? The Santa Clause is my ULTIMATE Christmas movie, with Home Alone following closely behind […]
Review: Not That Kind Of Girl
These are stories about getting your butt touched by your boss, about friendship and dieting (kind of), and having two existential crises before the age of 20. Stories about travel, both successful and less so, and about having the kind of sex where you feel like keeping your sneakers on in case you have to run away during the act.
1.5* Read!
Bookish Gift Guide with Exclusive Discounts!
I love some retail therapy, and I really love Christmas shopping – I work on a “two for you, one for me” ratio, and always hunt out the BEST deals. Last year, I put my deal-hunting skills to good use and put together a post offering exclusive discounts for Confessions of a Book Geek readers. It proved […]
Do Publishers Actually Hate Us?
Fear not! I’m still doing 25 Days of Blogmas, I’m just running a little behind on today’s post, which has ended up being a positive thing, as I was stuck earlier for something to rant about, but Book Geeks on Twitter have come to my rescue! For those who aren’t up to date on the latest […]
Crazy and Best Search Terms of 2015
When my blog was an infant at just 6 months old, I decided to analyse my blog-stats, and was amazed/confused/elated by the sometimes ridiculous, and often hilarious, search terms people had used that led them to my little corner of the Internet.
So now, I post an annual response to some of those terms…
Review: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava – in all other ways a normal girl – is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition, and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, 16 year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naive to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the summer solstice celebration. That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Ava’s quest and her family’s saga build to a devastating crescendo.
3.5* Read!
Top Ten Tuesday – Authors New-To-Me In 2015
Top Ten Favourite Authors New-To-Me In 2015 1. Roxanne Gay – I read more non-fiction than I normally do this year, which I really enjoyed. This was kick-started by splurging on Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay at the start of 2015. I ADORED this book and plan to reread it many times. I recently got my […]
Stacking the Shelves & Wrappin’ It Up November 2015
I’m so close to getting a long break off work – I can FEEL it. In the final stretch now and I literally cannot wait for some well-deserved (in my opinion) time off. I don’t even know what I did this month. I worked hard, got the majority of my Christmas shopping out of the […]
The Transatlantic Book Project: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Last month, I posted about The Transatlantic Book Project, which is being hosted by myself and Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense. A quick recap for those who don’t know: 2 books are travelling around 10 book bloggers, 5 in the US and 5 in the UK, and those bloggers are going to annotate the books […]
25 Days OF Blogmas!
Yes, you heard it here first – I’ve officially gone mad. So, for the last few months I’ve been a little absent on the blogging front. I haven’t left the community, far from it, but I am posting a lot less regularly. Vlogmas is something I’m used to seeing on BookTube, but it wasn’t until Samantha @ […]
Death of the “Buy Link”?
We all have our own standard review format, a layout that we copy again and again when we are putting a review together. Most of our reviews also have similar elements – a link to Goodreads, a book synopsis, a final rating. One element that many book bloggers include are “buy links” or purchase links […]
Review: Uprooted
Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, ambitious wizard, known only as the Dragon, to keep the wood’s powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman must be handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as being lost to the wood.
The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows – everyone knows – that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia – all the things Agnieszka isn’t – and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her. But no one can predict how or why the Dragon chooses a girl. And when he comes, it is not Kasia he will take with him.
4* Read!
The Transatlantic Book Project
There was once a Book Blogger, who wanted to buy a book, and have it travel all over the US to her Book Blogging friends, who would write little notes inside, and eventually the book would make its way back to her with everyone’s annotations. This Book Blogger was Alicia from A Kernel of Nonsense. […]
Review: The Good Father
Four years ago, 19 year old Travis Brown made a choice: to raise his newborn daughter on his own. While most of his friends were out partying and meeting girls, Travis was at home, changing diapers and worrying about keeping food on the table. But he’s never regretted his decision. Bella is the light of his life. The reason behind every move he makes. And so far, she is fed. Cared for. Safe.
But when Travis loses his construction job and his home, the security he’s worked so hard to create for Bella begins to crumble. Then a miracle. A job in Raleigh has the power to turn their fortunes around. It has to. But when Travis arrives in Raleigh, there is no job, only an offer to participate in a one-time criminal act that promises quick money and no repercussions. With nowhere else to turn, Travis must make another choice for his daughter’s sake. Even if it means he might lose her.
4* Read!
Confessions of a Book Geek 