Hello!
I am here with a late Febuary 2018 Wrap Up! Still not really reaching the whole consistent blogging but fingers crossed I can get more organised this month and do the things.😂 Maybe by the end of the year you’ll get regular blog posts for me.
Stella Prize 2018 Shortlist
Hello and Happy International Women’s Day!
Today has been a very big day for literary prize. Today we see the announcement of The Women’s Prize longlist along with The Stella Prize shortlist.
Brave New World
Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
First Published: 1932
Rating: 3.5 stars
“’We’ve gone on controlling ever since. It hasn’t been very good for truth, of course. But it’s been very good for happiness. One can’t have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for. You’re paying for it Mr Watson – paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty. I was too much interested in truth; I paid too.’”
Everless
Author: Sara Holland
Publisher: Orchard Books
Published: 4 January 2018
Rating: 5 stars
“I know better than to be afraid of stories.”
January 2018 Wrap Up
Hello!
I am here with my extremely late January 2018 Wrap Up! My one big goal of the year was to me more consistent with posting 😂 which has worked out so well but hey I can only go up from here since things are calming down at my new job.
Sword of Olympus
Author: P.M. Hansen
Publisher: Tsaksenbooks
Published: 22 September 2014
Rating: 4 stars
“’We live in the Age of Heroes and it is called that for a reason. In each generation the gods have chosen a mortal, blessed with special gifts, to be the Sword of Olympus — a mortal to fight on the side of what is right, even when the gods and goddesses themselves might not know what that is. ’ The demigod sighed tiredly.”
Top 5 Books I Didn’t Get to in 2017
Hi again! It’s Wednesday so that can mean only one thing: Top 5 Wednesday.
Today’s topic is the books we didn’t get to in 2017. There are so many books I need to read so there is always books that I don’t get to in a year. But these are the ones are top of my 2018 TBR
Top 5 Wednesday was created over on BookTube by the wonderful Laniey at gingerreadslaniey and run by the lovely Sam of Thoughts on Tomes . Also you can check out the Goodreads page for past and future topics.
These books are listed in no particular order.
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night by Jen Campbell
I adore Jen’s booktube videos and I was so excited for this book that I preordered it and then never read it — no reason but I have just picked it up and am loving it.
Now I Rise by Kiersten White
I love love loved the first book and can’t wait to get to this one! Feels like a wintery read and it’s summer right now so I might save this for the colder months.
The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Hades and Persephone retelling with Indian mythology! This sounds like everything I could even want in a book. So I definitely want to get to it soon.
The Rose & The Dagger by Renee Ahdieh
The Wrath & The Dawn was the first book I brought because of the online book community. I adored it and really have no reason why I haven’t read the sequel.
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
I saw Kate talking at the Historical Novel Society of Australiasia’s 2017 Conference and she was amazing. She knows her stuff and have a PHD in fairy tales—how awesome! This book tells the story of Dortchen Wild the wife of Wilhelm Grimm, which sounds like everything I’m into—fairy tales and historical settings.
That’s all for me. Comment down below and let me what books you didn’t get to in 2017.
Until next time, happy reading!
Dearna
December 2017 Wrap Up
Hello!
I am here with my December 2017 Wrap Up! These are the book I read in December.
I read a total of 6 books—2 YA, 3 Historical Fiction, and 1 Fantasy.
Top 5 2018 Reading Resolutions
Hi again! It’s Wednesday so that can mean only one thing: Top 5 Wednesday.
Today’s topic is our reading resolutions for 2018. New year, new me so new reading goals and things I’d like to achieve with this blog.
Top 5 Wednesday was created over on BookTube by the wonderful Laniey at gingerreadslaniey and run by the lovely Sam of Thoughts on Tomes . Also you can check out the Goodreads page for past and future topics.
A Year in Review
Hi all!
Since it’s the end of the year, which still doesn’t feel real, I thought I’d look back on my reading year with a survey.
I’ve adapted this from questions for Cait at paper fury. It looked like fun and the pie chats looked so cute. However they were not so fun to make so please appreciate them! Mostly just so I can justify the 2 hours I spent on creating them.
Also this is for the books I’ve read in 2017, most of which didn’t come out this year.
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