“We lose ourselves in books, we find ourselves there too."
Hello hello, Another month down, another book review to post! “I am dead: Thou livest; … draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.” Hamlet, Act V, Scene ii This time we are travelling back in time to 1596 – a time when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne, a series of treaties …
Hi everyone, “But he that once embarks, too surely finds A sullen Sky, black Storms, and angry Winds. Cares, Fears and Anguish, hov’ring on the Coast, And Wrecks of Wretches by their Folly lost.” Samuel Garth I have just gotten back from the most fabulous trip to Athens with my boyfriend and whilst I was …
So long time no speak! I realise it’s been a while since my last review but I feel like reading a 1325 page Stephen King book is a pretty fair excuse – right? I am so glad that I didn’t read this book during the height of the corona virus pandemic or I would be …
Hello all, So this is a book that has been on my TBR list for an age and I decided that my recent holiday to Malta was the perfect time to read it. And that I did. I actually finished it on the plane back to the UK. “We can never know whether we are …
Hello all, I’m back on the reading train you’ll be pleased to hear. Remember the last Mistborn trilogy I read earlier in the year? The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension and The Hero of Ages? Well this is technically the 4th book in the series. I say technically because it’s almost a stand-alone series …
Yay! The start of my Greek readings! For those of you that don’t know, I am going on a retreat in Corfu in May and I thought now would be a fantastic time to read my Greek mythology books. Now this is a short book, only 57 pages so needless to say this took me …
Hello everyone, So for those of you who follow me on Goodreads, (and if you’re not, then why not?!); may have noticed that I finished this book over a week ago and with no review. Unfortunately I contracted COVID-19, yes that’s right, it finally caught up to me. Whilst feeling horrendously poopy, the one thing …
I hope you’ve all read the review for The Final Empire because this is the second book in the trilogy; The Well of Ascension. A terrible evil has just been defeated, the battle has been won. But the war has only just begun… They succeeded in doing what no one else could do before. The …
Hello all, First non-Jo Nesbo book for a while! This trilogy of books was lent to me by my boyfriend after he had read them because he enjoyed them and thought I’d like them too! You all know how I feel about book recommendations from friends so naturally I said yes to reading them and …
Good day to you all, I have made it! I have finally read the final book in the Harry Hole series (for now, as I’m sure there’ll be more). Internet dating, we’ve all been there right? With varying degrees of success of course! Well, when a woman is found murdered after an internet date, they …