Thank you NetGalley, Bonnier Zaffre and Hot Key Books for sending me this book in exchange for an honest review!~One thousand paper cranes to achieve your heart’s desire.1945, Hiroshima: Ichiro is a teenage boy relaxing at home with his friend Hiro. Moments later there is a blinding flash as the horrific bomb is dropped. With… Continue reading Review: The Last Paper Crane by Kerry Drewery
Review: The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for sending me a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! ~ Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society's pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status… Continue reading Review: The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
Review: Monstrous Devices by Damien Love
Thank you NetGalley and Oneworld Publications/Rock the Boat for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review! When twelve-year-old Alex receives an old tin robot in the post, the note from his grandfather simply reads: ‘This one is special'. But as strange events start occurring around him, it doesn't take Alex long to… Continue reading Review: Monstrous Devices by Damien Love
Review: The Foundling by Stacey Halls
Thank you to NetGalley, Bonnier Books UK and Manilla Press for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything . . . London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess… Continue reading Review: The Foundling by Stacey Halls
Review: Break Your Glass Slippers by Amanda Lovelace
Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for sending me this book to review! ~Fairy Godmother says: you are limitless. You can have the lipstick. You can have the sword.~ I absolutely love Amanda Lovelace - I've enjoyed every single book she has written and I re-read them regularly. I already know that I will… Continue reading Review: Break Your Glass Slippers by Amanda Lovelace
Review: The Sisters Grimm by Menna Van Praag
I was incredibly lucky to receive this book from NetGalley and Random House UK/Transworld Publishers in exchange for an honest review! ~ There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of sisters Grimm on Earth. You may well be one of them, though you might never know it. They found each other at eight years-old, were separated at… Continue reading Review: The Sisters Grimm by Menna Van Praag
Happy 2020!
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday period. One of my main goals this year is to be more active on here. Last year was hard because I was deeply unhappy in my job and this lead me to become completely shut off and unmotivated in other aspects of life. At… Continue reading Happy 2020!
Me Again.
Well. That previous post was a bit of a lie, wasn't it? I haven't written anything here in 10 or so months... I've not done a huge amount since I last posted, I'm a little stuck in life if I'm being honest! I want to try and write a bit more on here to give… Continue reading Me Again.
Almost a year on
Hi again. I started this blog a little under a year ago and I originally had so many ideas for what to talk about, but I lost enthusiasm for writing at the beginning of this year. I'm working full-time as a supervisor in the same Supermarket I started at 4 years ago, and whilst it… Continue reading Almost a year on
The Toymakers
I stumbled across a website called NetGalley early last month, which allows Publishers to send books to the media and bloggers/influencers before they are released for free in return for a review. I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to read The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale before general release and I fell in love… Continue reading The Toymakers