One otterly bookish nerd shares her thoughts
You’ve probably seen So Lucky on your bookstagram feed (if you have one) and praise for this novel seems to have been singing from every reviewer. I’ll be joining that noise, this is a great book, a quick and enjoyable read. The irony that this novel has been so widely advertised on social media cannot… Continue reading So Lucky
Earlier this month I spent a little under a week in the gorgeous County Cork. It was a much needed break for me and my partner and I used it as a bit of an excuse to take some time away from social media and bookstagram. Of course that doesn’t mean that I completely switched… Continue reading A Little Trip To Cork
One of the best things about book blogging and bookstagram is the opportunity to hear about and read novels which you usually wouldn’t pick up. This was the case with Lost Frequencies by Caitlin Lynagh. This piece of fantasy/sci-fi forms part of a series. During a salvage hunt in the desolate wastelands of the planet… Continue reading Lost Frequencies
They set up the ghost wall towards sunset. The shadows of the trees and grass leant long through air hazy with slanting gold light.” My only spooky(ish) read for Halloween might not have left me quivering with fear but it did linger with me. Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss is a tightly woven, delicately plotted… Continue reading Ghost Wall and my new obsession …
So in my last review I discussed how overhyped and slightly disappointing I’d found The Last by Hanna Jameson. And I’m afraid I was left with much the same feeling about Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls. And despite the vast differences in the genre of these two novels they do have a great deal in… Continue reading Sweet Sorrow
You’ve probably seen The Last all over your social media feeds and various book blogs. That red and black cover (which would look more at home with the slew of feminist and dysoptian texts such as VOX and The Power) is simply made for an instagram post. Reviewers too seem to rave about this post… Continue reading Book Review: The Last
We all have those books that we’ve seen in the bookshop multiple times and said “I really want to read that” (which becomes “I really should read that”) or those books we buy and then eye us with an accusatory glare each time we reach for a different book on our shelves …. Just me… Continue reading We Should All Be Feminists
How does nine months at a luxury property in upstate New York, with a pool, media suite, library (!!!), complementary therapies, organic food and all for free sound? Pretty dreamy right? Well that is what visitors to Golden Oaks get to enjoy, and they are paid to do so, provided that they are willing to… Continue reading The Farm: Near future and all too believable dystopian fiction
A different kind of blog post from me today. You might have seen on Instagram this week that I had the absolute pleasure of attending Atypical Reader’s very first event. If you’re not following her instagram account you 100% need to be. Her philosophy is to look at the motivations, inspiration and processes of a… Continue reading A Night with Atypical Reader
She walks up the boulevard. But she changes direction, crosses, and the broken angle of her path is sharp enough to puncture the space like a nail that catches on a piece of fabric and tears along its length" A mini review of this short novel which lingered with me long after I had finished… Continue reading The Collection by Nina Leger
