During the holidays before my daunted exams arrived, I went to visit Persephone Books in Holborn, London with a friend, as a nice break from revision. Persephone Books acts as both a publishing house and a bookseller, focusing on 'neglected fiction and non-fiction by mid-twentieth century (mostly) women writers'. They currently have 132 books in … Continue reading Persephone Books
The Six For Sunday prompt this week is characters that deserve their own book. A general theme in this list is character backstories that I wish we got to see more of (especially in fantasy novels) because I'm a downright sucker for a good backstory, and a lot of the time we're only given a … Continue reading Characters That Deserve Their Own Books | Six For Sunday
I've recently read Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames and wow, it's honestly one of the best fantasy reads that I've read for a while (probably since Shades of Magic), so of course I couldn't help but share it. However, rather than writing a full book review I thought I'd share some of my … Continue reading Thought Provoking and Funny Quotes from Kings of the Wyld
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This is my first time doing a weekly book tag … Continue reading Books From My Favourite Genre | Top 10 Tuesday
Title: Asymmetry Author: Lisa Halliday Series: n/a Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publishing Date: 6th February 2018 Told in three distinct and uniquely compelling sections, Asymmetry explores the imbalances that spark and sustain many of our most dramatic human relations: inequities in age, power, talent, wealth, fame, geography, and justice. The first section, "Folly" tells the story of Alice, a young … Continue reading Asymmetry | Book Review
If you're anything like me, you'll have seen various articles over the past months, or even years, about how we're slowly ruining our planet, be it due to eating meat, air travel or otherwise. Alongside this, there always seem to be a drastic lifestyle change / call to action to go alongside it and for … Continue reading Steps Towards Sustainability – 8 Tips On How To Go Greener
Title: The Poppy War Author: R.F.Kuang Series: The Poppy War #1 Publisher: Harper Voyager Publishing Date: 1st May 2018 When Rin aced the Keju, the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies, it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from … Continue reading The Poppy War | Book Review
In addition to being Easter Sunday, last Sunday, 21st April, marked National Tea Day in the UK, a day I'm sure many of you can agree is of great importance. To honour this special day, I decided to attend FesTeaVal, a two-day long event over the weekend prior to celebrate it along with my fellow … Continue reading Fes-Tea-Val 2019: Celebrating National Tea Day
Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott. Fitzgerald Series: n/a Publisher: Publishing Date: 10th April 1925 If you read my post on my 2019 reading goals you would remember that one of them was to read more classics this year. The Great Gatsby fills that criteria so I can comfortably say that I'm working towards … Continue reading The Great Gatsby | Book Review
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 … Continue reading Monthly Music | January 2019
