A magical adventure to delight the imagination. A curl-up-on-the-sofa debut from a uniquely talented author.Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents' bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing more than to escape into the pages of her favourite stories.One day Tilly [...]
If you look around this blog you'll know I SUCK at keeping up with it. Second, I suck at keeping any goals I set for myself so why do I set myself up for disaster? Because I can I suppose... and because I want to be better. I genuinely INTEND to read, and then share [...]
I get very, very annoyed these days (irrationally so, I know) because Anne with an E
I realized just how little I actually talk about myself around here...and because this is my blog, and y'know, the world must therefore revolve around me I figured I should change that. So I decided to come up with 20 questions about me and my horrid reading habits. Because I can, obviously. So here's my [...]
Okay so I’m sure it’s not a secret that I ADORE Cait / CG Drew’s / Paperfury, and her debut novel A Thousand Perfect Notes last year still haunts me now. Because it does, it haunts me in the BEST of ways. So naturally I preordered her second book too, The Boy Who Steals Houses. [...]
Girls of paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan Question: Did I like this book? Answer: F*** YEAH I DID! *** Okay folks…So here’s the thing, I started out scared because WHAT IF IT DIDN’T MEET THE EXPECTATION I HAD??? AKA the one thought which was “it has to be good, look at that cover, read [...]
IT IS PACKED WITH WORDS. (Wow who would expect words in a book???? What??? What is this concept???)
I started to like this book from page one mainly because I love books that give me a sense of culture I guess it is. A sense of mutual understanding, and also I suppose I like flowery language. I can’t help it I’m a sucker. “What those rich people don’t always know is that broken [...]
I don't understand tags and challenges so I apologize for that but here's my first tag ever, I suppose.
Lily has a mortal enemy like most teenagers?? A best friend who actually totally gets her. A family that is all over the place like most functioning groups. It’s all hunky dory right?
