Lady Midnight
byI have tried and tried and tried to read something a little serious this summer, but I don’t know what’s happened to me this…
Books
Being a mother of two children who are mad about Kinder Joy eggs, reading this excerpt from The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa made me feel so immeasurably sad.
Here, a small child from the Gaza strip mourns the loss of Kinder Joy eggs when they are under siege by the Israelis.
- Teaser Tuesdays: The Blue Between Sky and Water
A week with Stephen King and Automobiles
byPurely by chance, I managed to read two Stephen King books back to back, and funnily enough both of the books dealt with havoc…
The Mortal Instruments – Books 1 to 3
bySo, yet again, I embark on a Fantasy series. Unlike previous efforts though, when I stopped at just 1 (think A Discovery of Witches),…
Am on a binge-reading session of Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series, and while the books have their flaws, I love the snark element…
- Teaser Tuesdays: City of Glass
8.4 Unlocking the Magic of The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Book Review
byOrphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity….
Teaser Tuesdays: Pretties
byAfter sitting on the fence for ages, I finally started and zipped through the second book in the Uglies trilogy last week. Second time…
7.8 Review of The Cuckoo’s Calling – A Crime Thriller
byAfter losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to…
The Martian: A Riveting Sci-Fi Survival Story
byYou must be living behind some rock on this planet if you’ve not heard of The Martian book or movie. So, I’m not going…
Top Ten Tuesdays: Top Recent Reads
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list our recent 5-star reads. Since I rarely classify books as…