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I genuinely think I squealed with delight and did a happy dance in my chair at work when I received a review copy of Bridge of Clay from the Pan Macmillan/Picador team. I adored The Book Thief and The Messenger by Zusak, and despite the time passed since reading those two books (or indeed, his writing them!), … Continue reading Review: Bridge of Clay – Markus Zusak
For those of you who, like me until I joined Bookstagram, have no idea what TBR stands for - it's what we bookstagrammers call our 'To Be Read' piles! And because this T3T will be short and sweet (it's hard to write much about books you haven't actually read yet!) I'm going to do it … Continue reading Top 3 Thursday: Books that have been on my TBR the longest
Khaled Hosseini's new book, Sea Prayer, was one I put off reading for a little while because although is masquerades as a simple picture book, I knew it was going to also be just a little bit heartbreaking. Sea Prayer was inspired by Alan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian refugee who died at sea, trying to … Continue reading Review: Sea Prayer – Khaled Hosseini
Luckily for me, my Mum is an avid reader as well and recommends a book almost every time I see her. Dad, not so much - he's recently got in to reading but I think Lee Child novels make up 90% of his 'Read' shelf 😉 So here are some of A Cosy Mama's recommendations: … Continue reading Top 3 Thursday: Books my parents recommended
I went in to this book knowing nothing about it other than it had a stunning cover ,and my best friend loved it (along with many other people on the 'gram). Honestly, this was pretty much all the motivation I needed to pick it up and I'm pretty glad I did. The Astonishing Colour of … Continue reading Review: The Astonishing Colour of After – Emily X.R. Pan
Happy day-after-Halloween all! I'll admit that I'm not the biggest fan of spooky or creepy books, so my take on 'creepy' may not be the same as everyone's! 😛 I'll pop them below and you can decide... 1. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold There's just something downright creepy about this story! I really loved … Continue reading Top 3 Thursday: Spooky/Creepy Books
Yoohoo! Another month closer to Christmas you guys! That's definitely how I see the months when we hit this part of the year, and I'm not even sorry 😉 I hit my yearly reading goal of 45 books this month, so I've upped it to 52 to see if I can finish with an average … Continue reading October Wrap Up
