“We lose ourselves in books, we find ourselves there too."
Hello all! Remember my review for Seven Ancient Wonders? If not then click the link to take you to the review, but anyway this is the action-packed sequel, Six Sacred Stones. Super soldier Jack West Jr and his loyal team reunite for yet another, all-but impossible challenge as a countdown has begun; to what you …
Hello all, A close friend of mine recommended this book to me and whilst he is planning on going on his travels alone, something which was incomprehensible not too long ago. He spoke to me about loneliness, about the punishment of love but how he never imagined travelling alone. It all poignantly reminded me of …
Hello again! In the perks of being a wallflower we meet Charlie, a boy the age of 15yrs and coping with the suicide of his friend Michael. To add to this, he is also just about to start high school. In order to lessen the fear, anxiety and stress of starting high school alone; Charlie …
Me again! This classic novel took me at max. an hour to read and I absolutely loved it and had to share it with you all. FYI this is the 3rd time I’ve read this book. The Great Gatsby. Set in 1920’s New York, the roaring twenties, nicknamed this because of the economic boom following …
Happy Belated World Book Day everyone! Hope you all read some lovely books and shared this with others. Last week an author by the name of Stanley Straub contacted me and asked me if I would like to read and review his book ‘The Segmented Tail.’ Within a few hours, I’d received an e-book version …
When I first started this novel, I had no idea that it was a sequel and I believe this book works just as well as a stand alone novel. At the beginning we are introduced to a multitude of characters and it becomes rather confusing within the first couple of chapters trying to figure out …
Hello to all my new and existing followers! Do you like adventures? Do you like Indiana Jones style adventures? Do you like ancient history? Yes?! Well then this is the book for you! We meet Jack West Jr, a ‘super soldier’ who puts together a team from various nations, to travel to each of the …
This is a tale of a modern day bookworm, reading a series of crime novels, the first of which was published in 1990… 2018, new day, old books. My Nan had collected the three books of this series but books in the middle of the series which means I couldn’t start the series properly. So …
She’s buried beneath a silver birch tree, down towards the old train tracks, her grave marked with a cairn. Not more than a little pile of stones, really. I didn’t want to draw attention to her resting place, but I couldn’t leave her without remembrance. She’ll sleep peacefully there, no one to disturb her, no …
Happy Valentines Day everyone! Valentine’s Day holds a little bit more poignancy than most…3 years ago, my Nan passed away. As well as being my biggest supporter in absolutely everything I did, like me, she was also an avid bookworm. When I was doing A level English, Nan would ask to read the books I …