A re-telling of Cinderella and geekiness… What’s not to love about the concept of this book. I am a geek. I am proud of being a geek and if anyone calls me one, I’m like ‘HELL YEAH!’ Cinderella isn’t my favourite Brothers Grimm or Disney story so I didn’t think that I would absolutely love it. But I did… I really did. …
Readers all over the world were saying that if you liked The Night Circus, you would love Caraval… I loved the circus setting of The Night Circus so I was excited to read more about magical performers and I loved knowing that Caraval was about two sisters instead of two lovers. When I opened my January Fairy Loot box and saw that Caraval was the book of the month, I started reading it straight away. So yeah, this review is up 2 months after I finished the book but hey – it’s here now! …
It’s 00:27 and I’ve literally just finished reading The Upside of Unrequited and I can tell you this: it had all the feels. My heart was crushed but it also soared because of how amazing Albertalli’s writing is… …
I cried. I actually cried at this book. This is going to sound really cheesy, but this spoke to me on so many levels… Letters to the Lost is about confronting your own demons, about facing loss, dealing with family problems, friendship, and love. It is a beautiful young adult contemporary that deals with so many issues. …
The eBook for Zenn Diagram is 222 pages so it was a very quick read for me; I finished it in a day. It’s a super-cute contemporary that has its quirks and an underlying secret that will leave you shocked. …
Ok… So I have literally – about 10 seconds ago – finished this book and honestly? I have no idea what I think about. I’ve got no clue as to how many stars I should give it and I have absolutely no idea if I recommend it or not. But there was something… Something about this book that made me want to read til the very end so that has to be worth something, right? …
I used to work in a charity shop bookstore and one day, I came across this majestic being of a book and bought it. It was £1.50 and I had no clue that it was one of the most hyped up books of the time until I went onto Goodreads and saw all of the raving reviews that surrounded it. I’m so glad that I ended up buying this book! …
One of the brilliant things about studying English at university is that I come across stories that I would never normally pick up in my spare time. In one of my modules, I am studying the short story and whilst they are very quick to read, most of them have huge underlying depth and meaning.
Whilst I enjoyed reading The Fishing-boat Picture and I knew that there must be some underlying meaning, I couldn’t quite put my finger on what Shillitoe meant by this short story. …
Evening’s Land by Pauline West is the kind of book that you have to read closely and with an open mind as there are plot lines that are very far-fetched and moments in the book where something doesn’t quite fit. It was an interesting read due to being mainly after life after death and questioning that, but I felt like there was too much going on at the same time. …