Hayley Sprout

Category: books!

  • Silence Is Goldfish – Annabel Pitcher

    Title: Silence Is Goldfish Author: Annabel Pitcher Year Published: 2015 Source: Physically owned! Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25250548-silence-is-goldfish “My name is Tess Turner – at least, that’s what I’ve always been told. I have a voice but it isn’t mine. It used to say things so I’d fit in, to please my parents, to please my teachers. It…

  • Graphic reviews | Lumberjanes, The Fox & The Star, El Deafo.

    Hello all! I have recently been on a graphic book kick! I love reading quick things as it gets my TBR pile down. And also I feel that illustrators need some love too. Lumberjanes Volume 1. Lumberjanes volume 1 is a bind up of the Lumberjanes comic book series, following a group of girls who…

  • A Handful of | Brilliant books I read in my absence.

    HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY! I have once again graced your wordpress readers. After having a bit of a blog crisis, I am back with a blog makeover! I was super ill after my Impractical Jokers weekend (which you can hear all about on my instagram!), I decided to take the month off to think about…

  • January Wrap Up

    Apologies for this very late January Wrap Up! I thought I had already posted it, oops! Had a pretty strong start to the year. Here are my thoughts!

  • All The Rage – Courtney Summers

    Title: All The Rage Author: Courtney Summers Published: 2016 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28320374-all-the-rage “”My dad used to say makeup was a shallow girl’s sport, but it’s not. It’s armour.” Kellan Turner is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is and Romy Grey knows that for a fact. But when she speaks up, she is branded a…

  • Double Dawson Reviews | Under My Skin & Mind Your Head

    Today I am bringing you two book reviews in one post! Both by the fantastic author Juno Dawson. One is a fictional YA horror and the other is a non fiction book all about mental health. Spoiler: I loved both of them.     Under My Skin Goodreads link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23582973-under-my-skin Accidentally ending up in the seedier…

  • Downsizing my TBR.

    IT’S THE DAY AFTER NEW YEAR’S! How’s that hangover? I tried to think of bookish resolutions for 2016 but, after thinking about it, all I want to do is downsize my TBR (to be read). I’m going to put myself on a book buying ban so the money I would use to buy books can…

  • A Handful of | Favourite reads in 2015!

    HAPPY NEW YEAR! May your 2016 be wonderful and full of fun and better than ever! I had a really great 2015 and I cannot wait to see what 2016 has in store. For one last send off for 2015, today I bring you a handful of my favourite books that I read in 2015!

  • December 2015 Wrap Up

    FINAL WRAP UP OF 2015! As I mentioned in my Friday Reads earlier in the month the books I read this month were influenced by the #ReadWomen campaign on tumblr! But I ended up forgetting to submit to the giveaway but I did read some really great female authors this month!

  • Lies We Tell Ourselves – Robin Talley

    Fun fact: this was one of the book club picks for the Spinster Book Club that I am a member of! It’s run by Lydia at Something LikeLydia and the goodreads link is here if it sounds like something that interests you! 🙂 Title: Lies We Tell Ourselves Author: Robin Talley Published: 2014 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22710376-lies-we-tell-ourselves Plot: It’s 1959.…