Hayley Sprout

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • 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.…

  • 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.

  • #BookishSpinsters | Equality in Sport.

    IYA. Today I am here with my post for Bookish Spinsters! Bookish Spinsters was created by Joanne at OnceUponABookCase where every week a different feminist topic is chosen to be discussed! The posts actually go up on Fridays but as this is my first one I really wanted to get this one right. For more…

  • 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…

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