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Category: Reviews!

  • The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins

    Follow my blog with Bloglovin Title: The Girl on the Train Author: Paula Hawkins Year Published: 2015 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23347055-the-girl-on-the-train Synopsis: “EVERYDAY THE SAME Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She’s even started to feel like she…

  • The Square Root of Summer + My Summer Time Capsule.

    Title: The Square Root of Summer Author: Harriet Reuter Hapgood Year Published: 2016 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27420164-the-square-root-of-summer Synopsis: “Last summer, Gottie’s life fell apart. Her beloved grandfather Grey died and Jason left her – the boy to whom she lost her virginity (and her heart) – and he wouldn’t even hold her hand at the funeral! This…

  • Kill The Boyband – Goldy Moldavsky

    Title: Kill The Boyband Author: Goldy Moldavsky Year Published: 2016 Source: Owned copy! Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29008643-kill-the-boy-band Synopsis: “Okay, so just know from the start that it wasn’t supposed to go like this. All we wanted was to get near The Ruperts, our favorite boy band. We didn’t mean to kidnap one of the guys. It kind…

  • On The Other Side – Carrie Hope Fletcher.

    Title: On The Other Side Author: Carrie Hope Fletcher Year Published: 2016 Source: Own copy! Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25744542-on-the-other-side Synopsis: “Evie Snow is eighty-two when she quietly passes away in her sleep, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. It’s the way most people wish to leave the world but when Evie reaches the door of her own…

  • LGBTQ* Reads! | George, Unspeakable, All of the Above.

    One of the best things about the start of summer is all the Pride events happening around the world! And recently, I’ve started looking for and reading books with themes on gender and sexuality. I’m trying to read more books along the spectrum, rather than just the centre. And here are some really good ones…

  • Creativity and the idea of Big Magic.

    Back at the start of the year, I wondered into Foyles and decided to pick up Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. This was for a couple of reasons. 1) It was a really nice hardcover and it was half price, who could resist. 2) I had known of Elizabeth Gilbert as she has a lengthy…

  • 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…

  • 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…