Bookish Matchmaking: What to read if you loved The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

My love for The Bell Jar led me to construct the 'flowchart quiz' below to help other fans of the book find other books they may enjoy.

Only the Ocean, Emergency Contact and The Mermaid’s Voice Returns in This One; The Best New Books I’ve Read in 2019 So Far

Only The Ocean by Natasha Carthew Release date: 1 November 2018 Subjects: Lgbt+ romance 🌈, ship-worthy couples👩‍❤️‍👩, teen motherhood🍼, (literal) ships & stowaways 🚢 Ahh this book... This book left me with that sweet post-book bliss that only the very best story manage to provide. The (queer) (*squeals*) romance, and surprisingly dark character background (not to …

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8 Books I Wish I Could Have Read as Arcs

Arcs, or Advanced Reviewer Copies are an amazing way for bloggers, librarians and reviewers to gain access to new release books in return for their honest opinion. Books by popular or 'big name' authors are hotly contested, and it's not always that you're chosen to receive the book. Here are 8 books I requested via …

My Favourite Reads of 2018 & Early 2019 |(Extremely Late) End of Year Survey

February's not too late to post a 2018 wrap up, right? Right? I've been on holidays for the past few months but now, but have finally decided to get back to blogging at a slower, less structured pace. A huge thank you to the Perpetual Page Turner for organising this annual survey! Find my 2017 …

Bookish Matchmaking: Books for People who Loved Wonder by R.J. Palacio.

My latest idea is to do a little spout of 'bookish matchmaking'. Quite simply, I plan on taking a series of popular, well known novels and then providing some perhaps less known book suggestions for people looking for comparable stories. The books may be similar in theme, characters/voice, plot, genre or just overall ~vibe~. Today's …

Books With Covers That I Love

Everyone knows that you aren't supposed to judge a book by it's cover, but what happens when you do? Today I'm delving into the world of beautiful cover art to try and find the best book covers out there, both from books that I have and haven't read. Autoboyography, Christina Lauren. I have been desperate to …

Kite by Melvin Burgess- A Mini Review

After sitting on my bookshelf for more than two years, I finally decided to pick up Melvin Burgess's novel, Kite. Filled with adventure-novel-esque characters, it was a short and engaging read. This book was read as part of the Beat The Backlist reading challenge. Plot The story, which is set in the late 1990s in …

January Reads So Far

January has been a great month of reading for me so far. With 8 books already behind me, I've decided to highlight my favourite reads of the month so far. Credit Image 1, Credit Image 2, Credit Image 3 The One Memory of Flora Banks, Emily Barr. This was a novel that I was really excited …

Books About Food

Recently I have been investing much more time into reading cook books and food blogs and am hoping to set aside a larger portion of my free time to making and baking food. One topic of specific interest to me is bread baking and much of my research has focused around this. All of this …

October & November Reads- Infographic

Today I decided to get creative and go for a visual representation of my October and November reads. The infographic was made on Canva and can be seen below.  Happy November reading! 🙂