Book Reviews

“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 […]

“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 […]

“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 […]

“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 […]

“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 […]

“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 […]

I didn’t dislike this, but I’m not sure I loved it either. I’m still processing my thoughts. Julie and Julia is the memoir of a woman named Julie Powell who decides that she would attempt to cook every recipe from Julia Child’s ‘Mastering the Art […]

“When Guinevere Beck strides into the bookshop where Joe works, he is instantly smitten. And so beings an attraction that quickly spirals into a whirlwind of deadly consequences” Let me start off with the word “smitten”. Smitten?? Smitten sounds like a word used in a […]

For a book called “The Big Sleep” this has a lot happening and it’s a struggle to figure out where to start. I suppose we’ll start off with Phillip Marlowe, the private detective with questionable morals yet stone principles. It started out relatively simple. General […]

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.” A Christmas Carol.  An absolute classic and essential for every Christmas. Although, admittedly this is the first time I’ve read it and my previous experiences have been through various movie adaptations […]

“Your now is not your forever” “Anybody can look at you. It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.” So, I have a confession. Turtles All the Way Down is my first ever John Green book. I remember when The […]

“Action is the cause of motivation” I was out for drinks with friends from work and one recommended to me that I read this book, and then they brought it into work for me to read. I can’t imagine why he would think I need […]

“Don’t do it. Eleanor told the little girl; insist on your cup of stars; once they have trapped you into being like everyone else you will never see your cup of stars again” The Haunting of Hill House follows Eleanor Vance. Eleanor has cared for […]

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” Nineteen Eighty-Four follows a man named Winston Smith who works in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth. Winston’s job is to ensure that whatever party propaganda latest to headline is reflected in every documented […]