"Their years of imprisonment burned in their eyes, adding strength to their bones." ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Another middle grade (9-11 years) book onto my read list! I try to review these books against each other rather than generally and although this was readable, it didn't wow me. I felt that it was a bit predictable. I think... Continue Reading →
“I simply didn't know how to make things better. I could not solve the puzzle of me.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I'm not quite sure what I can say about this book which hasn't already been said. I tend to be a bit reluctant with extremely popular books like this because they never live up to the hype... 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 →
"As long as there is someone to remember you, you are never truly gone, and neither is your story." ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I mostly read middle-grade children's for the magic, there's nothing like it in adult novels! And that's why I loved books like Nevermoor and The Girl of Ink and Stars. But for some reason, The... 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 →
“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 →
"But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth." ⭐⭐⭐⭐ By now, most people interested in fiction will have probably seen or heard of Circe, Madeline Miller's second Greek mythology inspired novel. I have not read her first, The Song of... Continue Reading →
“However hard we try to make a deal with the world, the world hasn’t agreed. Nature can’t love us back.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kirsty Logan’s first novel The Gracekeepers is one of my favourite novels, so when I got the chance to read this new book I was very excited and thankfully, it didn’t disappoint! It obviously... Continue Reading →
I really thought that this month was going to be a bit slow in terms of reading but alas, here I am with six books to talk about! In other news, I've got a new job in a bookshop so this is only going to get worse... or better, let's be positive! Have you read... Continue Reading →
