Happy Saturday! This has been the longest, most frustrating week and I am so glad it’s over. Mind you, as you read this, I’m off at a training day, so I guess it’s not totally over. But they feed us at this training thing so I can’t complain too much. Anyway, here’s the song: I’ve… Continue reading Saturday Song: Fine by Noah Kahan
I was so unprepared for the end of September that I actually forgot to add this to my to do list for the week. Whoops. September has been pretty insane, but it was expected to be. Back to school means back to preschool/daycare programs for me, and trying to sort out all my scheduling and… Continue reading September Wrap Up and October Plans
A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcroft move to the tiny Scottish island Angus inherited from his grandmother, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives. But when their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity–that she, in fact, is… Continue reading Review: The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted on Breaking the Spine. This week’s book is… The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk So this book doesn’t come out for a long while yet, not until March 2018. But I came across this in my meandering around the internet one day, and fell in love with the… Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is ‘books that feature _____’, so I filled in the blank with my favourite kickass female characters. Growing up, there weren’t many books that featured strong female leads, at least not in the books I had access to in… Continue reading Books That Feature Kickass Ladies
One second Catherine believes that she is a normal girl, the next she finds herself betrothed to a Prince. Together they are thrust into a world of political intrigue, ancient oaths, & deadly mystery. All Cat wants is to make it through her final exams and to get into a good university but that is… Continue reading Review: The Inherited by Lily Burlington
Happy Saturday! Did you know that the music that you will connect with best for the rest of your life is what you enjoyed in your formative years (think junior high or so through to early adulthood)? Seriously, that’s the stuff they’re gonna be playing for you when you’re in the nursing home as a… Continue reading Saturday Song: Stacy’s Mom by Fountains of Wayne
LOVE AND LONGING IN THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF LONDON When iconic ballerina Beatrice Duvall died, a nation mourned – and a legacy was born. Sixteen years later, her daughter Ava comes to London to take part in a high-profile tribute to Beatrice, and to learn about the mother she never knew. There’s just one snag:… Continue reading Book Spotlight: Swan Song by Charlotte Wilson
A Passport to a Nation of Talking Slugs is a collection of weird, speculative fiction containing four stories of people exploring strange places and situations, from a newly-discovered civilization of six-foot-tall talking slugs to being haunted by a man in a dark chocolate suit. Whether waking up in a prison camp or navigating a city… Continue reading Review: A Passport to a Nation of Talking Slugs by Andrew Kozma
WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted on Taking On A World Of Words (previously hosted on A Daily Rhythm) that asks you three very important questions: What are you currently reading? What did you finish reading recently? What do you think you’ll read next? I was actually going to do a Waiting on Wednesday today, and then… Continue reading WWW Wednesday [20/09/17]
