Oh yes, I waited ages to make another post. Life keeps getting in the way! I won’t bore you with the details, but I have been reading and writing short reviews on Goodreads It has taken me a while, but I am hoping to post more, starting with my most anticipated reads of 2016. Of … Continue reading Most anticipated books of 2016
After a rather successful Readathon, and a so far successful four and a bit months of reading (oh my, are we in May already?!) I am more obsessed with books than ever. Which is unfortunate, as I have very little time at the moment in which to read. I have an amazing pile of books … Continue reading That feeling when you want to get stuck into your book pile, but life gets in the way…
Well, I may not have blogged much, but I did complete the readathon. It took me a couple of hours extra to finish my 3rd book, but I started late and spent a lot of time not reading so I don't mind. Apart from sleeping, playing The Simpsons Tapped Out, going in the bath and … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon – April 2015 – Hours 10-24
I have finished reading the play Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse. This is a GCSE set text at my placement school and I thought it best that I read it so that when I work with Year 11, I can help them understand it. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and loved the characters. It was … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon – April 2015 – Hours 6-9
I have now finished Brown Girl Dreaming. This is such a fantastic book! It is unusual in that it is a memoir that is written in free verse. It follows the life of the author from her birth and early months in Ohio, through to her mother moving the family back to her childhood home … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon – April 2015 – Hours 4-5
It's been so long since my last readathon! I am busy working on my teacher training so have had so little time for blogging, and barely much time for reading, but today I will try and rectify that! I will still need to plan lessons, but I am going to sit, chill out and read … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon – April 2015 – Hour 1
Today saw the announcement of the shortlist for the Bailey's Womens Prize for Fiction 2014. The list is as follows. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Americanah Hannah Kent - Burial Rites Jhumpa Lahiri - The Lowland Audrey Magee - The Undertaking Eimear McBride - A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing Donna Tartt - The Goldfinch I started to read the longlist (20 … Continue reading Bailey’s Prize Shortlist!
It's that time of year again! Womens' Fiction Prize longlist time, that is! What is this Bailey's Women's Prize you speak of? I hear you ask. Well it used to be called the Orange Prize for Fiction, up until 2012. Last year, it was just known as The Women's Prize for Fiction and was won … Continue reading Bailey’s Women’s Prize 2014 Longlist
A while back, I made a post about Kim's Review of Ruby Red, the first in the Edelstein Trilogie by Kiersten Gier, posted at her blog, Reflections of a Book Addict. Well, it took me a while, but I managed to get my hands on the trilogy and read them to review for myself. Oh … Continue reading Book Review: The Gemstone Trilogy (Edelstein Trilogie) by Kiersten Gier
I must say, I had a lovely sleep. Unfortunately, it has left me with only an hour of reading time left. Oops. I will add though, that my dreams were full of references to A Tale for Time Being. It was as though spending all those hours reading it were not enough and it refuses … Continue reading Readathon Oct 2013: Hours 13-24
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