After a good deal of thought, and after checking everyone would be happy to read some young adult fiction, S from my book club chose this book. This is one of the reasons I love my book club so much, I so often seem to end up reading things I would never have otherwise come… Continue reading Book review: Eleanor & Park
I posted about the book launch for The Wages of Sin back in June. Despite devouring the text in under a week, I’m only just reviewing it now. Why? Because my backlog of reviews is ridiculous. Sorry. First of all, how gorgeous is that book cover? I know, I know, you should never judge… Continue reading Book review: The Wages of Sin
It was way back in February that I won a bundle of books from SciFiNow through a Twitter competition that they were running. What with Christmas in December and my birthday in January, it meant that it took me a while to get around to opening any of them, especially since I was feeling that… Continue reading Book review: Star of the Sea
I admit The Devil Wears Prada is not a book that I expected to read quite so soon. Sure, it was on my Kindle, so obviously I expected to read it eventually, and I enjoyed the movie, so I even expected to enjoy it, but it wasn’t at the top of my to read list. I… Continue reading Book review: The Devil Wears Prada
It was Raj who recommended this book to me and, I have to confess, I forgot about his recommendation immediately (I know, I am a bad person, I am sorry) until my father said he wanted to get me a book for my birthday and I had no idea what I wanted. Then, *ping* back… Continue reading Book review: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
The Lie Tree is a book I was given for my birthday (yes, I know that was in January, trust me, this is far from the longest a book has waited, ignored, on my shelves). I didn’t know much about it and I’d not read anything else by Frances Hardinge but it sounded interesting enough.… Continue reading Book review: The Lie Tree
Go Set a Watchman was a book club choice. I’ll admit that I was curious about the book. To Kill a Mockingbird is a hard act to follow and I’d sort of been putting off reading Go Set a Watchman, just in case it didn’t do as good a job. Still, not reading a book… Continue reading Book review: Go Set a Watchman
This was another book that I’d heard good things about but had forgotten exactly what I’d heard or where I’d heard it. Still, it had collected a good fistful of prizes, including the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, so I was curious. This is definitely a bit of an odd book and not a… Continue reading Book review: A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing
This was an interesting one. I got this book for Christmas from my mother. Since I’d never heard of it, I asked her what inspired the choice. She insisted it had been on my Amazon wishlist. We checked, but it had not. How unusual. Nevertheless, I thought I’d give it a go. The House Without… Continue reading Book review: The House Without Windows and Eepersip’s Life There
Of all the books I was lucky enough to get for Christmas, this one probably has the most delightful cover. I don’t care that I shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, I will anyway, and this one is lovely. It also does rather fit the subject matter, the William Morris-esque look is reminiscent of… Continue reading Book review: The Essex Serpent
In Becky's Head 