Hayley Sprout

Category: books!

  • The Gap of Time – Jeanette Winterson.

    Title: The Gap of Time Author: Jeanette Winterson Year Published: 2015 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25214259-the-gap-of-time Synopsis: New Bohemia. America. A storm. A black man finds a white baby abandoned in the night. He gathers her up – light as a star – and decides to take her home. London. England. After the financial crash. Leo Kaiser knows how…

  • November Wrap Up 2015!

    Is it halfway through the month already? Good time to wrap up last month’s reading then! I read quite a few different things this month. 2 YA, 3 plays and 1 graphic novel/comic bind up! Getssss toooo wrappinnnn.

  • A good ol’ Friday Reads. 04/12/15

    (I realise that it’s almost Saturday by the time this is posted but I got right into bed and realised I hadn’t posted today’s post! Ooooooops!) Hello! It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these! Friday Reads is where you post about what you’re reading this weekend!

  • The Desert Island Book Tag!

    I am here with a tag today! Haven’t done one in ages, but I was tagged by Emily at alwaysopinionatedgirl – thank you for the tag! On to the questions! 1- Water: A Book You Can’t Live Without Definitely my well loved, battered copy of Les Miserables. The first day I started reading that beast of…

  • Afterworlds – Scott Westerfeld

    Title: Afterworlds Author: Scott Westerfeld Year Published: 2014 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20759444-afterworlds Synopsis “Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she’s made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd of other seasoned and…

  • October 2015 Wrap Up

    Another belated wrap up apologies! Been exhausted and ill. Blah. Today I bring you some mini reviews of the books I read in October!

  • #SpinsterBooks | Asking For It – Louise O’Neill + We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler.

    Hello all! Sorry it’s been a while but I am going to make writing a priority from now on! In the meantime I joined a book club on Goodreads! It is the Spinster Book Club which is run by Lydia over at Something Like Lydia on Youtube (her channel is HERE!). Inspired by The Spinster…

  • September Wrap Up

    Hey all! Sorry for the delay. Here is my September 2015 Wrap Up!

  • Page to Screen | The Martian.

    Hey everybody! Today I shall be talking about The Martian. First the very good book by Andy Weir and also the film adaptation directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. The plot of both works follow Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) who has been left behind on Mars after him and his crew…

  • August 2015 Wrap Up!

    Yup, I realise I’m SUPER duper late on this one so let’s get right to it! After reading a ton of books that I LOVED in July – naturally I had a very mehhhh month in August.