Book Review: The Letter by Kathryn Hughes
This book was an emotional tale of sorrow, loss and family. Warning: it did contain multiple descriptions of both emotional and physical abuse, an aspect which surprisingly really touched me emotionally and even angered me at times. I was angered by Rick’s treatment of Tina, pantomime internally screaming “don’t do it!” when she returned to […]
TBT #1: The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
So basically, when I was younger I went to this thing called ChatterBooks where we – brace yourself – talked about books! While clearing up I’ve recently found a bunch of old ChatterBooks book reviews which I must’ve written when I was about eight or nine. So instead of letting them rot, I’ve decided I’ll […]
Review of Daughter by Jane Shemilt: A Mixed Journey
“I first picked up this book because I saw it advertised on an underground billboard (great reasoning eh!?) and to an extent, it did not disappoint…”
Book Review: The Girl on The Train by Paula Hawkins
This book has been raved about so much on social media that when I saw a hardback copy for £2.99 at a charity shop, I had to get it! (I love hardbacks, okay?! I don’t have nearly enough) I’m on an internet-less holiday right now (literally posting this was a nightmare) so this book came […]
Book Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Now this is not the kind of book I would normally read, but I saw it came out in cinemas a couple of months ago and I thought: hey, I should really read it before watching it. Also this has made me realise how I seem to have a knack for reading books that are […]
Spell Your Name Book Tag!
I have been super busy these days with exams so I’m so sorry if this feels like a bit of a cop-out but I felt like doing something a little fun on my blog! Essentially, all you do is spell your name out with book titles (pretty simple really). (Also, I was never tagged or […]
Book Review: Room by Emma Donoghue
Now I bought this book back when it was nominated for the Booker Prize and I had heard so many good things about it. But then I somehow forgot about it and there it sat on my bookshelf until last week – boy I do not regret it! (Beware for spoilers if you haven’t read […]
Series Sunday: The Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
This poignantly compelling trilogy (Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant) is by far one of the best YA series I have ever read, arguably even better than the Hunger Games. It explores a number of profound topics throughout. The whole concept is based around the fact (and warning because *spoiler alert*) that the world as we know […]
Paper Towns By John Green
So this book isn’t the most brilliantly written in a literary sense but I feel like the themes and ideas John Green tries to put across in this book are very real and raw. Now I’ve heard this book is very similar to John Green’s ‘Looking for Alaska’ but I haven’t read it, so I […]
Series Sunday: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I know what you’re thinking: Wasn’t this meant to be up on Saturday Nadia? *bows head down in shame* I’m sorry, I swear I’ve been mega busy since Friday. But now I can officially say I am exam (and stress) free! So I will be posting here loads more, and ‘Series Sunday’ works just as […]