ALL OF 2020

“We take memories and bind them. Whatever people can’t bear to remember. Whatever they can’t live with. We take those memories and put them where they can’t do any more harm. That’s all books are.’” The Binding is split into three parts. Two parts follow […]

“I want to survive this world that keeps trying to destroy me” Ninth House follows a young girl named Galaxy ‘Alex’ Stern. Most will take one look at Alex and think they know her. High School drop out, hangs out with the wrong crowd and […]

“Strange, isn’t it? To love a book. When the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are…” The Starless Sea follows Zachary Ezra Rawlins. He is a student at a college / university when […]

“Fear grew in places unlit by knowledge” The Gilded Wolves follows five characters. Severin, Leila, Enrique, Zofia and Tristan. Severin is the leader of the small crew, each with a unique ability or specialty. As a child his title and place among the Order of […]

“Label’s aren’t big enough for people. And once you try to categorise someone, you stop looking for who they actually are” Love and Luck follows a young girl named Addie. Addie is heartbroken. Over summer, away from school, she and her family head to Ireland […]

“You can’t make anyone be an adult, especially an adult” This story follows Aristotle Mendoza. Ari is often lost with thought, and filled with self-doubt and anger. One day he meets Dante Quintana. Dante is articulate, self-assured and often happy and content. They spend summers […]

“Monday mornings are the worst. Monday mornings should be made illegal. (But then Tuesday would be the new Monday which is complicating my thought process)” This is literally me, pretty much every Sunday night. The Adventures of Katie Button follows – you guessed it – […]

“Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope” The Final Empire follows a young girl named Vin and a slightly older, but still young, man named Kesleir. Vin is a street urchin. She’s learned to live with […]

“Be a little kinder than you have to. Never eat anything bigger than your ass. Do not accept an evil you can change. Always do what you’re afraid to do” There is a reason no-one talks about the plot of this book. There is a […]

“The darkest minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces” The Darkest Minds follows a young girl named Ruby. Children all across America are getting ill and dying form a mysterious illness – but they’re not the ones everyone is concerned about.  It’s the […]

“When no-one understands, that’s usually a good sign that you’re wrong” Vicious follows two men – Victor and Eli. College roommates who have curious minds and a newfound fascination with Extraordinary People (E.O’s). People with abilities far beyond the realms of normal. What started out […]

“If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others” Michelle Obama was the First Lady of the United States of America for eight years. married to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. These are […]

“Detective Pikachu: I can’t help but notice your childhood bed is a Pikachu bed. Tim Goodman: It’s a coincidence. Detective Pikachu: I’m sorry, what? I couldn’t hear you. I’ve never been so flattered and creeped out at the same time. Are you gonna turn me […]

“I’ve certainly heard and read some pretty wild and ludicrous stories about myself, ranging from slightly inaccurate to complete and utter bollocks” Honest by Tulisa Contostavlos is fascinating. Tulisa talks about her life and experiences from when she was a child, through school, the beginning of […]

“I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it..” – Elie to his Father As was the case with ‘A Diary of a Young Girl‘ by Anne Frank, I find it difficult […]

“There is still a story in my lungs” This is my first time reading poetry. Or, at least, it’s my first time reading poetry since school. Before I get started there’s one thing which puzzled me about this book. I’ve since realised it’s most likely […]

Louis Tomlinson released his debut solo album Walls on 31st January 2020. So, this post could be considered late however, I have been pretty much obsessed with it since it’s release. Kill My Mind The first track on the album is Kill My Mind. I […]

“This was why she enjoyed baking. A good dessert could make her feel like she created joy at the tips of her fingers. Suddenly the people around the table were no longer strangers. They were friends and confidants, and she was sharing with them her […]

“I was not made to be lovely for you. I was made to eat monsters for me” – Wonderland Villains This book is filled with magic. These are the fairytales, myths and legends we grew up with. We meet again the Princes and Princesses, Queens […]

“There should be a a word for it. That phantom limb, reaching out from your chest, towards the thing you’ll never have” In Sirens we follow Detective Aidan Waits, though to some he’s more known as ‘Disgraced’ Detective Aidan Waits.  David Rossiter, MP has enlisted […]

“You can’t change what happened. The only thing you can control is how you deal with it” Final Girls follows a woman named Quincey Carpenter. Quincey was a normal girl who, one weekend, rented a cottage in the woods with her friends. Pine Cottage. A […]

I’ve debated on writing this for a while, but I recently (prior lockdown) saw a personal trainer which I still fail to wrap my head around. I feel I need to do a disclaimer of sorts. I’ve seen a few personal trainers over the past […]

Trillian: Marvin… you saved our lives! Marvin: I know. Wretched, isn’t it? After reading Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and having mixed feelings, I decided to watch the movie. Arthur Dent’s life is falling apart, quite literally. His home demolished and the Earth vaporised mere […]

“So long, and thanks for all the fish.” As I’m writing this it’s 2:20 in the morning. I’ve just finished reading Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and I’m primarily thinking one thing: I’m confused.  I enjoyed it, but confusion is definitely the […]

What started out as a 24 hour reading challenge turned into a challenge to catch up to my Goodreads goal. Why? How? Well, this is the journey. As I’m writing this it’s 3:30 in the morning and I’ve just finished my first book. I’ve seen […]

“Genie: Don’t worry. You are not out of the game yet. Just do whatever you’d normally do at a party. Aladdin: I’ve never been to a party. Genie: What? Aladdin: What? Genie: Oh, well, you gonna need to go back to the room, then. You’re […]

“I was happy, I think, but I wonder now if my memory is playing tricks on me. If it is giving me the gift of an illusion. We all layer them over our remembrances; the filters through which we want to see our lives.” The […]

“It doesn’t matter whether you’re in the public eye or not. You cannot get away from social media, and it’s ruining a lot of people’s lives.” I remember watching Little Mix on The X Factor in 2011 and was thrilled when they won. I always […]

“Jack talked about how music is essentially twelve notes between any octave. Twelve notes and the octave repeats. It’s the same story told over and over, forever, All any artist can offer the world is how they see those twelve notes. That’s it. He loved […]

“He tried to remember how this happened. How she went from someone he’d never met, to the only one who mattered” I was less than 70 pages in when I thought “this book is going to hurt me”. Did it? Yes and no. Not in […]

  It’s quiet. It’s always quiet at this time of the day. Most people are in their warm, cosy beds oblivious that shortly, too short for some, they’ll be up and about like me. Perhaps they’ll get up and shower first, or maybe they’re a […]

“Chiron: Percy, take this to defend yourself. It’s a powerful weapon. Guard it well. Only use it in times of severe distress. Percy Jackson: This is a pen. This is a pen.” Let’s get something out of the way now, just a little disclaimer. I know that […]

“I’d love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!” Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. I […]

OK, so we all know what’s going on in the world at the moment – I don’t think you guys need a refresher.  I’m sure there are many (many) posts and ideas floating around the internet on this very subject, but here I want to […]

“Patrick: What is it? What’s Wrong? Charlie: I didn’t think anyone noticed me.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a book to movie adaptation which was released in 2012. My only excuse for having not watched this sooner, is that I’ve only recently read […]

“Charlie is a freshman. And while he’s not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from […]

This is quite a scary post to write. No matter how much mental health is talked about, everyone has their own experiences. Things haven’t changed too much. I’m still the quiet one and I’m still quiet happy to sometimes blend into the background, and I […]

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn. I have been so excited for this movie and I’m so glad that I finally got the chance to see it. In Birds of Prey we follow one Harley Quinn. After she had the […]

“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things” – Terry Pratchett TW for mentions of potential death by suicide. Nobody is perfect. Nobody on this planet we call Earth is perfect; and if one thinks themselves perfect, that’s imperfection in itself. We all […]

Valentines Day is on a Friday this year, which means a decent amount of the population will either be at work, school, college or University on the day. Personally, I’m leaving work early. Is this because my beau has concocted some surprise to sweep me […]

There’s part of me which feels like, as I’ve only been doing this since the beginning of January, I can’t state this is a staple part of my week. On the other hand, if I want to do a post I should definitely write it […]

I believe I’m about a month late with this post however, “better late than never” is a phrase I live by. At the beginning of the year I thought about upcoming events throughout the year and things I want to do. I wouldn’t call it […]

 “PodUK is a fun one-day celebration of the UK podcasting fandom scene, held in Birmingham. Live recordings, cosplay, meet n’ greets and more!” – @teampoduk on Twitter On 1st February 2020 I had the pleasure of attending my very first convention-type event. Not just in […]

Drinks On Me Writing Prompt: Fireman / Security Guard / End of an Era / London / Fluffy Toy “Cheers to you” one man said to the other, holding out his shot glass in expectation. “And to you” the other man said, as they knocked […]

The one thing that we’ve always known growing up is that nothing lasts forever. When we’re kids we’re told this in reference to toys we like which break or perhaps friends who drift apart. 

As we get older we realise this applies to our lives and the lives of people we love, who we thought would always be there.

But not until recently did I think that this could apply to the universe.