I’m so excited for today’s blog post, because it’s all about one of my favourite new middle grade books: Wonderscape by Jennifer Bell! Jennifer was kind enough to (virtually) sit down with me to chat about all things Wonderscape to celebrate Indie Bookshop Week.
This week, Top Ten Tuesday celebrates turning 10, and so I chose an old prompt from the archives to do this week - authors I always pre-order books from! These are my real faves, and authors I know I can depend on for a really great read.
This week on #SixForSunday it’s all things LGBT+ Romances! I’m aware that this could be quite spoiler-y, so please proceed with caution! But here are some of my favourite queer romances.
Happy Independent Bookshop Week! This is one of my favourite weeks of the year, where usually I’d make a point of getting to as many of my favourite indie bookshops as possible. But given the current situation, I thought instead I’d highlight some of my favourite indie bookshops, and encourage you to all order from your indie where you can!
This is actually really early for me to set myself a summer 2020 TBR! Usually I sit down in the first week of the summer holidays, set myself a stack for the summer, and off I go. So I suppose this TBR is a list of the books that will tide me over until the summer break…
This week for #SixForSunday it’s all of our favourite LGBT+ characters! There are so many queer characters that I love, I’m sure I’ll miss some gems, but here’s the ones I could fit in to today’s blog post!
Hello! So I was thinking about quite a few different bookish things the other day, and figured that rather than writing twitter threads at 11pm when I can’t always trust my brain and my typing to match up, I’d try writing an actual blog post every time I think about something that I can’t fit in to a tweet.
So get yourself a cuppa, and let’s get chatting!
When I saw this prompt, I nervous laughed. Because I tend to make big TBR stacks (I’m a mood reader) and then either get to them quickly, or they languish in a TBR stack on the floor by my reading chair for far longer than should be allowed. So, here’s what’s on those stacks!
I read a real mix of books in May - some brand new books I was excited for, some surprise book mail that I loved, as well as some adventures on audiobook! Here’s what I got up to…
I cannot resist a good readathon, and when I saw Ashleigh’s video (and my twitter feed) getting excited over #MakeYourMythTaker, I thought I needed to give it a go! I love fantasy as a genre anyway, as well as myths and retellings - my WIP is a myth/legend retelling! - so I’m excited to read the books I’ve chosen, as well as getting loads of recommendations from everyone else who’s participating throughout the month!
I read a LOT in April, and not just because of Kate’s fab Easter Readathon! I also tried to read a little outside of my comfort zone (read: I tried adult books. WHAT.) and the results were actually quite surprising! Including - spoilers - possibly my book of the year. It’s been a wild ride…
Yes, I am that person who is sat here writing a post about all things Shakes for his birthday. Did you expect ANYTHING else?!
So for today’s post, I thought I’d go with my reasons that everyone should be able to find something to enjoy in the works of Shakespeare!
I didn’t have a blog post scheduled for today, but then I saw the wonderful Steph’s Six For Sunday and… well, let’s just say I started counting all the books I own but haven’t yet read the other day, and I stopped counting when I got north of fifty. Oops.
So, here are five of the books that have been waiting on my TBR for the longest!
What’s this? I’m blogging again? Well, I suppose there’s nothing like a pandemic to give you time and space to do all the things life has somewhat got in the way of in the meantime!
The reason I decided to crack out my keyboard and get blogging is because I’m really looking forwards to joining in with…
Going in to this screening of the RSC’s current production of The Taming of the Shrew, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I knew the general gist of the plot - although that’s like saying you know Hamlet because ‘it’s the one with the skull’. Thankfully some friends had begun my Shrew education with 10 Things I Hate About You in the not-so-distant past, so I wasn’t going in entirely blind.
For those of you who might not know…
