Since it’s Christmas Day tomorrow, I just wanted to say a Merry Christmas to all my followers and fellow readers. If you’re curling up with a book, during the festive period, whether you’re solving Christmas murders with Poirot or dancing in the night court with Feyre and Rhysand, enjoy both your fictional and real world... Continue Reading →
Whether you’re taking a break from Christmas shopping, wrapping the presents, gatherings with work, family or friends this season, or just choosing to with a book before the Christmas Day run up, here’s how to have a blissful chilled reading experience. 1: Chose your book and bookmark. This may seem obvious but having the right... Continue Reading →
It’s finally time to put down those textbooks and pick up the mulled wine. The incoming results from university, upcoming graduation and nostalgia surrounding my Christmas reads led me to revisit how I felt when reviewing one of my old favourite light academia books from the mind of Cassandra Clare. Early on in the book.... Continue Reading →
2022. What a year. And with that, the 2022 season and the latest good reads challenge has drawn up a close. These final stories from web to print form the final leg of the race to finish another one hundred books this year. Perhaps with my next challenge, I will raise the stakes a little.... Continue Reading →
When looking to escape the bitter winter cold, curling up with a short cosy novel under blankets or by the fire is heaven at Christmas. One of my go to books for the festive season is this little novella, sandwiched between the wings and ruin and silver flames instalments of the a court of thorns... Continue Reading →
As Christmas gets underway, time is running out to take the books off my never ending pillar of unread books and get them logged onto good reads. I’ve gone from short stories to web stories to brick thick books for the next part of this years challenge of reading. 76. The Course of True Love... Continue Reading →
It’s five weeks to go but I say it’s never too early to start getting into the Christmas spirit. To get into the winter mood, I always love to read my old favourite books at this time of year. Read on to see if any of your favourites or potential next years make the list.... Continue Reading →
It’s often in the smaller softer moments of a book, that we’ll see those moments of kindness and genuine connections between our favourite bookish friends, ships and chosen families. On 13th November, it’ll be time to celebrate World Kindness Day, a day where we all came together to celebrate acts of kindness both big and... Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year again, a unsettling exhilarating aura takes over the streets as Halloween is drawing nearer. In honour of this supernatural night, why not prepare with a few magical, mind scaring and mysterious reads that are share to put you in that spooky mood or leave you wheeling over the darkness. So,... Continue Reading →
The fifth instalment of the Throne of Glass series, Empire of Storms, sees Aelin and her growing royal court prepare for the growing war. This book is where the plot really begins to thicken, as the war is finally beginning for the main characters, with each chapter, grabbing your attention with a focus on each... Continue Reading →
the girl and the city of books 