Monthly Music | January 2019

I've been really into my music recently with the same few artists and songs constantly blaring through my headphones so I thought to share my favourites from this month. Jeremy Zucker Late last December I bought tickets to go see Jeremy Zucker in February as his tour dates popped up on my Spotify and I …

Reading Goals for 2019 and Reviewing my 2018 ones

Now that 2019 has begun and it's already halfway through January, it only seems right that I get a move on and review the my book related goals of 2018 as well as what my new ones are going to be this year. Reflecting on my 2018 goals I made one goal at the beginning …

Leah on the Offbeat | Book Review

Title: Leah on the Offbeat Author: Becky Albertalli Series: Creekwood #2 Publisher: HarperCollins / Balzer + Bray Publishing Date: 24th April 2018 I went to the What If It's Us event with Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera a while ago and to get myself in the mood I read Leah on the Offbeat, by Albertalli, …

2018: My Year in Books

Now 2018 has come to an end it only seems fitting to review the year, especially to look over what I read and whilst I felt as though I was reading a fair amount, looking back it doesn't seem to be the case. Most likely due to the dry periods caused by exams and going …

Books I’m planning to read before school starts | Jan 2019

I don't know how your school works, but in mine, the library lets you take out an unlimited number of books, both fiction and non-fiction, to take out over each holiday. Since school begins next week, sad I know, I thought I'd give you the run down over which books I want to read before …

Who I voted for in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2018

As some of you may know, tomorrow, 3rd December, marks the announcement of the winners for the Goodreads Choice Awards. This is a set of annual book awards which us, Goodreads users/the common people, can decide which book should be reigning champion for the next year. There's categories for all the main genres: fantasy, thriller, …

A Gathering Of Shadows | Book Review

Title: A Gathering Of Shadows Author: V E Schwab Series: Shades of Magic #2 Publisher: Tor Books Publishing Date: 26th February 2016 Whilst I do try to make sure my reviews don't have any spoilers in them, this review does contain mentions of events in the first book, so if you haven't read it I …

What If It’s Us Event : In conversation with Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

On Friday 26th October I went to the Prince Charles Cinema in London to go to one of the talks with Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera on their new co-authored book: What If It's Us. The event was run by Waterstones Piccadilly and Simon James Green was tasked with interviewing the two of them. I …

Thoughts on Thunderhead: Does Mortality Give Us Meaning?

I'm currently reading the novel Thunderhead, the sequel to Scythe which I've previously read and reviewed, and as it's set in a world which has achieved immortality, amongst other things, a lot of questions were raised throughout, and some of them particularly interesting. The lives the people lead in the universe are generally similar to …

A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares | Book Review

Title: A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares Author: Krystal Suthderland Series: N/A Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers Publishing Date: 5th September 2017 When I took A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares out of the library I was expecting a rather trashy, stereotypical teen book, with underdeveloped, 2-D characters and a cliché plot, …