Hello everyone, It is only six days until Christmas, and I hope you are all having an excellent week! Today I would like to share some of my favourite quotes that I came across in the books I have read on my Kindle in 2018. There are a fair few, so I have decided to … Continue reading Top Kindle Highlights of 2018 – Part One (Blogmas #15)
Hello everyone, For me, the ending is one of the most important parts of a book. It helps form my lasting impression of a book and it should fit well with everything that has happened already. Today I have picked out five books I read in 2018 that all contained memorable endings, which felt ideal … Continue reading Five Memorable Endings I Read In 2018 (Blogmas #14)
Hello everyone, I have tried to think of as many categories as I can to review my year of avid reading, and this one is definitely one of my favourites! Of all the different book genres, the one I read most frequently is mystery/thriller. They are the kind of books I am immediately drawn to, … Continue reading Top Five Dramatic Twists I Read In 2018 (Blogmas #13)
Hello everyone, It is time for my next top five list as I take a look back at the books I have read in 2018. Some of these books have been incredibly powerful, and what helped to make them so powerful were the issues they explored, and the events they depicted. These things were also … Continue reading Top 5 Powerful Books Read In 2018 (Blogmas #12)
Pages: 260 Published: 4th June 2015 Started reading: December 6 Finished reading: December 12 Trigger warnings: Suicide, drug use Synopsis John Venton's drunken fall from a Devon cliff leaves his family with an embarrassing ghost. His twin children, Morwenna and Corwin, flee in separate directions to take up their adult lives. Their mother, enraged by years of unhappy marriage, … Continue reading Book Review – The House At The Edge Of The World by Julia Rochester
Hello everyone, It is time for a festive tag! Thank you so much to Misty for tagging me for this one. I have enjoyed reading these posts, so am looking forward to answering the questions! RULES Tag & link the person who tagged you Tag and link me/this post - Jenn Tick/cross off the ones you’ve … Continue reading Bookish Naughty Or Nice Tag (Blogmas #10)
Hello everyone, I have written another bookish poem which I am really excited to share, and this time I have given it a bit of a festive feel. It is blogmas after all! It did not take me long to write this poem. Sometimes it can take me ages to decide on the odd troublesome … Continue reading Poem – The Festive Bookshelf (Blogmas #9)
Hello everyone, With so little time remaining in 2018, I have decided to write a series of posts about my year in reading! I never expected to read and review so many books this year, but I have ended up taking in a huge range of plot devices, writing styles, and interesting characters. And characters … Continue reading Top 5 Character-Driven Books Read in 2018 (Blogmas #8)
Pages: 272 Published: 5th May 2016 Started reading: December 1 Finished reading: December 3 Synopsis Skye is looking for an escape from the reality of last summer when her sister died in a tragic accident. Her parents think that a camp for troubled teenagers might help her process her grief. All of the kids at the summer camp have … Continue reading Book Review – Lying About Last Summer by Sue Wallman
Hello everyone, During 2018 I have read a few books that contained abrupt and unexpected endings. Some of them left aspects of the plot unresolved, while others just felt like the rest of the story still had not been told, or was simply rushed. And that made me wonder, are sudden endings ever a good … Continue reading Discussion – Should Books Contain Abrupt Endings?
