Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases of the Second Half of 2020

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. PREVIOUS TOP TEN TUESDAY TOPICS: May 5:ย Things Iโ€™d Have at My Bookish… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases of the Second Half of 2020

Top Five Saturday: Morally Grey Characters

The Top 5 series is back! Top Five Saturday is a meme hosted byย Devouring Booksย to discover and share books that all have a common theme. Previously on the blog I have focused on witches, werewolves, thrillers, faeries, fairy tale re-tellings, high fantasy and many more.ย I am going to try and bring this series back for… Continue reading Top Five Saturday: Morally Grey Characters

Top Ten Tuesday Turns Ten! Books I Wish I Had Read As A Child

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. PREVIOUS TOP TEN TUESDAY TOPICS: May 5: Things Iโ€™d Have at My Bookish… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday Turns Ten! Books I Wish I Had Read As A Child

The Night Watch, Niall Campbell

I didn't post yesterday because it was Father's Day, so it seems apt to put up a poem from a father's point of view today, from Niall Campbell's tender and personal collection, Noctuary.

Top Five Saturday: Books You’d Give a Second Chance To

The Top 5 series is back! Top Five Saturday is a meme hosted by Devouring Books to discover and share books that all have a common theme. Previously on the blog I have focused on witches, werewolves, thrillers, faeries, fairy tale re-tellings, high fantasy and many more. I am going to try and bring this series back for… Continue reading Top Five Saturday: Books You’d Give a Second Chance To

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Summer TBR

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. PREVIOUS TOP TEN TUESDAY TOPICS: May 5: Things Iโ€™d Have at My Bookish… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Summer TBR

The Ship of Shadows, Maria Kuzniar

Aleja is a dreamer who longs for a life of magic and adventure. So when a mysterious ship arrives in her Spanish harbour city, crewed by a band of ruthless women, Aleja knows it's sailed right out of a legend.And it wantsย her.But life aboard theย Ship of Shadowsย is more than even she bargained for. It will… Continue reading The Ship of Shadows, Maria Kuzniar

My Covid Reading

So, I am heading back into work this week and reading has been one of those things which have kept so many of us anchored and sane and managing in the lockdown. So I thought I would bring together and share my covid reading... and in the interests of new portmanteau words like covidiot, perhaps… Continue reading My Covid Reading

We Lived Happily during the War, Ilya Kaminsky

From Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky.

Daisy Jones and The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid

I remember seeing Daisy on the dance floor one night at the Whisky. Everybody saw her. Your eye went right to her. If the rest of the world was silver, Daisy was gold.

Top Five Saturday: One Word (Eponymous) Titles

The Top 5 series is back! Top Five Saturday is a meme hosted by Devouring Books to discover and share books that all have a common theme. Previously on the blog I have focused on witches, werewolves, thrillers, faeries, fairy tale re-tellings, high fantasy and many more. I am going to try and bring this series back for… Continue reading Top Five Saturday: One Word (Eponymous) Titles

Top Ten Tuesday: Books Iโ€™ve Added to my TBR and Forgotten Why I Haven’t Read Them Yet

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. PREVIOUS TOP TEN TUESDAY TOPICS: April 21: Book Titles That Would Make Good… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books Iโ€™ve Added to my TBR and Forgotten Why I Haven’t Read Them Yet

Top Five Saturday: Books Set On The Sea

The Top 5 series is back! Top Five Saturday is a meme hosted by Devouring Books to discover and share books that all have a common theme. Previously on the blog I have focused on witches, werewolves, thrillers, faeries, fairy tale re-tellings, high fantasy and many more. I am going to try and bring this series back for… Continue reading Top Five Saturday: Books Set On The Sea

Checking Out Me History, John Agard

Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Have A Summer Vibe

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. PREVIOUS TOP TEN TUESDAY TOPICS: April 21: Book Titles That Would Make Good… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Have A Summer Vibe

Flowers by Jay Bernard

750 Taken from the T. S. Eliot and Forward Prize shortlisted "Surge", "a fearlessly original exploration of the black British archive: an enquiry into the New Cross Fire of 1981... ย Tracing a line from New Cross to the 'towers of blood' of the Grenfell fire, this urgent collection speaks with, in and of the voices… Continue reading Flowers by Jay Bernard

Top Five Saturday: Books from a Male Perspective

The Top 5 series is back! Top Five Saturday is a meme hosted by Devouring Books to discover and share books that all have a common theme. Previously on the blog I have focused on witches, werewolves, thrillers, faeries, fairy tale re-tellings, high fantasy and many more. I am going to try and bring this series back for… Continue reading Top Five Saturday: Books from a Male Perspective

Moonflower Murders, Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz... creator of Alex Rider and Christopher Foyle, writer for Midsomer Murders from its inception, trusted with the legacy of Sherlock Holmes and James Bond. If you were ever looking for a safe pair of hands for a light-hearted, entertaining detective novel, Anthony Horowitz is it! His two recent (currently unconnected but very similar)… Continue reading Moonflower Murders, Anthony Horowitz

Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo

For the sisters & the sistas & the sistahs & the sistren & the women & the womxn & the wimmin & the womyn & our brethren & our bredrin & our brothers & our bruvs & our men & our mandem & the LGBTQI+ members of the human family

Top Ten Tuesday: Opening Lines

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. PREVIOUS TOP TEN TUESDAY TOPICS: April 7:ย Books I Bought/Borrowed Becauseโ€ฆApril 14:ย Books I… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Opening Lines

Top Five Saturday: Books About Plants and Flowers

The Top 5 series is back! Top Five Saturday is a meme hosted by Devouring Books to discover and share books that all have a common theme. Previously on the blog I have focused on witches, werewolves, thrillers, faeries, fairy tale re-tellings, high fantasy and many more. I am going to try and bring this series back for… Continue reading Top Five Saturday: Books About Plants and Flowers

Sonnet to the River Otter, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Reasons Why I Love … Shakespeare

Top Ten Tuesday was created byย The Broke and the Bookishย in June of 2010 and was moved toย That Artsy Reader Girlย in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. PREVIOUS TOP TEN TUESDAY TOPICS: April 7:ย Books I Bought/Borrowed Becauseโ€ฆApril 14:ย Books I… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Reasons Why I Love … Shakespeare

Top Five Saturday: Debut Novels

The Top 5 series is back! Top Five Saturday is a meme hosted by Devouring Books to discover and share books that all have a common theme. Previously on the blog I have focused on witches, werewolves, thrillers, faeries, fairy tale re-tellings, high fantasy and many more. I am going to try and bring this series back for… Continue reading Top Five Saturday: Debut Novels