Top Five Saturday: Fake Love Couples

Top Five Saturday is a meme hosted by Devouring Books to discover and share books that all have a common theme. The list of themes currently runs at 11/9/19 โ€” Books with a Survival Theme11/16/19 โ€” Books by Unread Authors You Want to Read11/23/19 โ€” Books with Fake Love Couples11/30/19 โ€” Books to be read by the… Continue reading Top Five Saturday: Fake Love Couples

Top Ten Tuesday: Changes in Reading Habits

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. I skipped over last week's TTT because I am an utter philistine… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Changes in Reading Habits

Top Five Saturday: Unread Authors

Top Five Saturday is a meme hosted by Devouring Books to discover and share books that all have a common theme. The list of themes currently runs at 11/9/19 โ€” Books with a Survival Theme11/16/19 โ€” Books by Unread Authors You Want to Read11/23/19 โ€” Books with Fake Love Couples11/30/19 โ€” Books to be read by the… Continue reading Top Five Saturday: Unread Authors

The Book Lover’s Kitchen: Chocolate Fudge Cake

After a somewhat disastrous attempt with one chocolate fudge cake recipe, I found the old one I used to rely on. Which has turned out so much better! And made a massive cake which fed three adults and a six year old at home for a week, and a Department meeting at school! Ingredients For… Continue reading The Book Lover’s Kitchen: Chocolate Fudge Cake

Blackberry and Wild Rose, Sonia Velton

There is nothing like a rich and sumptuous historical novel and the cover of Velton's Blackberry and Wild Rose was so beautiful I had high high hopes. Possibly too high. The novel revolves around two women in eighteenth century London, a setting that I am not familiar with: the sixteenth century has been such a… Continue reading Blackberry and Wild Rose, Sonia Velton

Deeplight, Frances Hardinge

Some writers just blow you away. The depth of their world-building, the vividness and humanity of their characters, the beauty of their language, the thoughtfulness - the philosophy - of their concept. Hardinge is definitely one of these writers. I was a little concerned picking up Deeplight, however much I adore Hardinge because her most… Continue reading Deeplight, Frances Hardinge

Top Five Saturday: books with a survival theme

Top Five Saturday is a meme hosted by Devouring Books to discover and share books that all have a common theme. Previously, the focus has included witches, werewolves, thrillers, faeries, fairy tale re-tellings, high fantasy and many more. This week's topic from Devouring Books is books with a survival theme - books where the primary goal of… Continue reading Top Five Saturday: books with a survival theme

Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Give Off Autumn Vibes

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. Poetry I thought I'd start this with two of my favourite poems… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Give Off Autumn Vibes