'"We're sinking!" she exclaimed. "Actually, we're diving," said Wilmot. "It's like sinking, but on purpose."' ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I didn't intend to read two middle-grade books in a row but I had to read this one for work (event planning!). I have to confess that I think this book suffered slightly in my estimations because it was... Continue Reading →
"Trouble always starts when you are out of proportion with who you are talking to." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What a lovely book this was. A stunning debut middle-grade novel all about the wonders of books. Even if you don't often read a lot of books from this age group, this one is worth your time. It's super... Continue Reading →
“I barely know him. I guess that is every relationship. You start with nothing and maybe end with everything.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A collab between Albertalli and Silvera? YES PLEASE. I think this might be the holy grail of YA novels. What a sweet novel this was. I'm never going to call this novel a piece of... Continue Reading →
“Something’s wrong in the air, you know, when a book costs less than a bullet." ⭐️⭐️ This book, I just don't know. The premise was very intriguing - a young man who visits the bookshop a lot is found hanged and leaves a trail behind for one of the employees to find. Unfortunately though, this... Continue Reading →
“Let me tell you something that goes against popular wisdom. Love is not blind; it just looks in the wrong places.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bold, brave and moving. Meena Kandasamy has created a literary masterpiece in When I Hit You. Don't read this book if you're looking for an easy read with lots of plot, it is... Continue Reading →
"..she thought there was something wrong with her because she sought the messy, sprawling innards of life, the flesh beneath the skin, the breakages." ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The premise of this book hooked me straight away. It's based on a future New York where the human race has almost achieved immortality, but only for the high classes... Continue Reading →
“So in the end maybe that’s the challenge: to look inside your own heart as perceptively and seriously as you can, and to make peace with what you find there. If we hope to truly see another person, we have to start by looking within ourselves.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I've been suffering from a bit of a... Continue Reading →
“It is your father who has insisted on calling me a ‘witch’. That is simply a term that men give women who are not afraid of them, women who refuse to do as they are told.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ They say don't judge a book by its cover but... look at it. I knew this book was... Continue Reading →
"We are, all of us, wandering about in a state of oblivion, borrowing our time, seizing our days, escaping our fates, slipping through loopholes, unaware of when the axe may fall." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I was hooked from the sub-title of this book because, as morbid as it sounds, I'm weirdly obsessed with the idea of death...... Continue Reading →
