Author: Krissy Kneen
Publisher: Text Publishing
First Published: 31 August 2017
Rating: 5 stars
“I shellfish down into myself, now as I did them when I met her, curling up into the calcium carbonate whorls of me.”
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Hello friends! Today marks my first anniversary on bookstgram. Thank you so much for coming to my little corner on the internet to talk all things books.
Stella Reads: The Fish Girl
Author: Mirandi Riwoe
Publisher: Seizure
First Published: 24 August 2017
Rating: 4.5 stars
“In vain, her eyes search beyond the other houses and palm trees for a glimpse of the sea. She will run away. She will flee to the water’s edge and the Ocean Queen will tell her what to do”
March 2018 Wrap Up
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I am here with March 2018 Wrap Up and it’s on time and everything! Who knew? Still not really reaching the whole consistent blogging 😂 but all I can say is I’ll try my best next month. I’m pretty rubbish at getting organised so it seems.
Circe
Author: Madeline Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
First Published: 19 April 2018
Rating: 5 stars
“I thought once that gods are the opposite of death, but I see now they are more dead then anything, for they are unchanging, and can hold nothing in their hands.”
I will start by saying that I was given an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own.
The Red Word
Author: Sarah Henstra
Publisher: Black Cat
First Published: 13 March 2018
Rating: 5 stars
“This is the trouble with myth. Each of us scoops out our own rotten core and spits it out on stage. We stand around the heap of smoking corpses and declare it fate.”
I will start by saying that I was given an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own.
Febuary 2018 Wrap Up
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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.
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
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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.
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