A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. This. Book. Ruined. Me. It's notorious for how how devastating it is, how hatefully sad it is, for how every time it brings you up it slams you back down with twice the venom. It leaves you exhausted, traumatised, and betrayed by the untrustworthy nature of Yanagihara's writing. A …
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – a review
I loved this book. Far more than I had expected to if I'm honest, even though I had heard so many great things about it. It had just never seemed like something that I would enjoy reading, but when I saw it in the library, I thought I would give this highly-praised book a try. …
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Grief is The Thing With Feathers – a review
Hello! 🙂 I read Grief is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter, and I really wanted to write a review for it that would do it justice, so its taken me a while to get it out. Its a book that is truly one-of-a-kind: part story, part poem, part stream of consciousness. It tells …
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Silent Scream by Angela Marsons – a review :)
I've only got a short post for you today 😦 I've been very busy and stressed recently so I'm not really in the right mindset to write a super long review, however I'm hoping to get another just fun post out later on this week. Nevertheless, I was very keen to get a review of …
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Turtles all the Way Down by John Green- a review
So... Turtles all the Way Down. John Green. A crazy pack of John Green fangirls that will not hesitate to beat me if i say anything bad about his writing. These loyal fangirls are one of my greatest fears I won't deny, HOWEVER while I am quivering in my imaginary boots right now I am …
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a kind of review of a book of poems
Now We Are Sixty (and a bit) by Christopher Matthew. I didn't think this would be the first book I finished in 2020, but it seems that it is. Honestly, I'm not sure why I read it. I'm in entirely the wrong demographic, as it is aimed to the audience of ageing men, I have …
2019 Reading Wrap up.
For me, 2019 has been an excellent year in regards to reading. It began with me still very much a YA reader, and as it went on I slowly discovered I found more love within Adult Fiction. That being said, YA still holds a very fond place in my heart, and on my bookshelf. My …
And now, here it is.
The best moments in reading are when you come across something- a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things- which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met. Someone even who is long dead. And it is …
