Hi friends! It’s been a while since I did a Thursday Quotables post, hasn’t it? Today’s quotes are from the first book that made me sob my eyes out in 2021 – Half a World Away by Mike Gayle. You can read the full review here. Thursday Quotables is the place to highlight a great quote, line, or passage discovered during your reading each week. Whether it’s something funny, startling, gut-wrenching, or just really beautifully written. Thursday Quotables is where my favorite lines will be, and you’re invited to join in! Created by Lisa, over at Bookshelf Fantasies, and joined in by, well, me! It doesn’t matter how often I’ve been…
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Weekly (Reading) Update | 2021 | Week 6
Another Sunday, another Weekly (Reading) Update friends! I’m getting a little fed up with the fact I can’t fly home, and have been feeling incredibly homesick this past week. Fingers crossed I’ll be able to see my family soon.. But, that’s not what I wanted to talk to you about, today’s post is again my weekly (reading) update: BOOKS Oh boy did I finish The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah, finally! It was WILD; so wild! You can read the full review here. I also finished (re)reading Sleep by C.L Taylor. It’s a funny story. Sleep is @abookloversdiary February pick for her Thriller book Club and I was approx.…
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Book review | The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
Hello friends! What’s been happening? I finally finished The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah yesterday. It was a very warm recommendation by my boyfriend’s cousin and she did NOT prepare me for what I was about to experience.. so, without further ado, here’s the book review for The Coldest Winter Ever. The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah Score /5 Published in 2005, by Washington Square Press Get your copy from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookdepository. I came busting into the world during one of New York’s worst snowstorms, so my mother named me Winter. Ghetto-born, Winter is the young, wealthy daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family. Quick-witted, sexy, and business-minded, she knows and…
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January Reading Wrap Up | 2021
Congratulations, friends! We made it! We made it to the end of the longest month of the year and isn’t it just lovely that spring is quietly starting to show us it’s on it’s way? I ventured out into the garden earlier today trying to figure out where to plant my herbs and vegetables this year and I could already smell spring in the air! It’s lovely 🙂 Anyway, it’s time to do a quick January Reading Wrap Up for 2021. I promised myself that I would be taking it slow this year and as it turns out, I started the year doing just that. In January I read 4…
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Weekly (Reading) Update | 2021 | Week 5
Happy Sunday friends! As usual, today’s post is my weekly (reading) update, cannot believe it’s week 5 already. It’s the end of the longest month of the year and it continues to blow my mind how it simultaneously dragged its feet and flew by.. anyway, here’s what I got up to in the past week: BOOKS I’m still reading The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah. I keep getting distracted by the absolute worm hole that is Tik-Tok and any progress I make with the book is worth celebrating! I make it my goal to finish it next week. @bookshelfraiders announced their February book club prompt (Number in the title), so…
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Book review | The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Hi friends! A very short book review for The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley *incomiiiing!* in today’s post. I picked it up because of @abookloversdiary, who runs monthly book discussions for her Thriller Book Club. I really look forward to chatting to everyone on Sunday for the final discussion. Judging by the chat we’ve been having throughout the month already, this one definitely feels like a “marmite” kind of book. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley Score /5 Published in 2019, by Harper Collins Get your copy from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookdepository. In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather for New Year. The beautiful one The golden couple…
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Book review | Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
One of my favourite things about being part of the bookish community on Instagram is the countless book recommendations from like-minded people. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin was a recommendation present from Anna (@girlswhoreadaround) who saw how much I liked The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Afterlife, and speculative books about what happens after we die, do interest me a lot and I was so excited to get started with Anna’s recommendation. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin Rating .5/5 Published in 2016 by Bloomsbury You can order a copy from Amazon, Waterstones In this delightful novel death is a begining, a new start. Liz is killed in a hit a run accident and her…
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Weekly (Reading) Update | 2021 | Week 4
Happy Sunday, friends! The day is here to give a weekly update about what I’ve been reading, watching and listening to throughout the past 7 days. But before I start can I just put it on record that it was snowing in London town today! The boyfriend took me on a nice lunchtime walk. It’s the first time in months that I’ve left the house with no actual reason other than wander around aimlessly and get some exercising in! And it felt good. I even made a mini snowman! The whole park was full of life-size snowmen and it reminded me of home so much. Every winter our town would…
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Blog Tour | Forever Ends on Friday – Justin A. Reynolds
Happy Humpday, friends! Today’s blog tour stop is for one of my all time favourite author’s new UK book release and I am buzzing! I actually pre-ordered Early Departures, which is the US version of Forever Ends on Friday, without even reading the synopsis. You may be aware that I’m a diehard fan of Opposite Of Always! Jack-Attack for the win. If you haven’t already – read the review here. So you can only imagine the joy in my little cold heart when I got approached to get involved with the UK book tour. (Screams internally!!) Forever Ends on Friday by Justin A. Reynolds Score /5 Pub Date 21 January 2021,…
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21 books in 2021 | Read what you own
Afternoon friends! Am I too late to jump on the 21 books in 2021? Oh well, it’s happening anyway. Oops! Yes, one of my New Year resolutions was to only read what I’m in the mood for and not set a monthly to-be-read list, but an annual can’t be too much of a struggle, surely..? Forgive me, I’m not quite sure if this is a thing, but I chose the books from those I already own, so I can support my doomed-to-fail attempt to not buy *too many* books this year… So here’s the list for 21 books in 2021 (in no particular order) from my current TBR: Tiffany D.…
