So my good friend Amy over at Tomes with Tea told me about this exciting readathon hosted by G at Book Roast based on the world of Harry Potter. Now I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan but I love the concept of reading books to "pass" exams, pointing you in a certain career path. There's … Continue reading O.W.L.s Readathon 2019 TBR
So this post is just me compiling a list of books I'd like to get around my birthday out loud. And you might like some of these too? The Illustrated Dust Jacket (1920 -1970) - Martin Salisbury (Thames & Hudson): The middle decades of the twentieth century saw an extraordinary flourishing of the illustrated, pictorial … Continue reading Books on my Birthday List 2019
It's Buzzwordathon week! If you haven't already, do check out my TBR for the week here... Monday Started the day with a bit of Wendell Berry over breakfast... Then work all day, nothing too exciting.... oh, except the inaugural meeting of The Throw Away (Your Television) Society Book Club that I'm running with Amy over … Continue reading Buzzword Readathon Day 1
There have been some reallllllly nice book covers cropping up lately so I thought I'd share some of my favourites with you... January: Our Universe (Penguin) How to Leave (Bloomsbury) Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom (Faber) Golden Child (Faber) Little Man, What Now? (Penguin) February: Graceland (Chatto & Windus) The Night Tiger (Quercus) The … Continue reading My Favourite Book Covers of 2019 (Jan – March)
Today I'm sharing my first proper proper book review - how exciting! And a good book to start with I think - Cape May by Chip Cheek. A bit of a shorty at only 272 pages, it packs one sexy punch! I was kindly gifted a proof of this by Orion back in October so … Continue reading Book Review: Cape May by Chip Cheek
So imagine a series of books with beautiful vintage designs, wraparound spines and sprayed edges to look like matchboxes. Just imagine. Well, it looks like that's what 4th Estate have done! It recently came to my attention that these BEAUTIES are coming out on 4th April, so you all know now what to get me … Continue reading Please get excited about 4th Estate’s Matchbook Classics with me
Not the best reading month for me, only six books finished BUT three of them were 5 Star Books so not a bad percentage? Here's what I've been reading... The Lying Game - Ruth Ware: *** I did love Ruth Ware's The Death of Mrs Westaway when I read it last year and so I … Continue reading February Wrap Up
I've been scouring the catalogues and thought I'd share with you my most anticipated releases over the next few months... Lanny - Max Porter (Faber & Faber): 7th March 2019 Not far from London, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it … Continue reading Most Anticipated Books: March – June 2019
I did mean to do the last Buzzwordathon back in January, honestly I did, but we were about to move house and I needed to *sigh* get through some books to get rid of... BUT I'll be doing it in March! If you haven't heard of Buzzwordathon, it's a readathon with a specific 'buzz' word … Continue reading Buzzwordathon TBR
I went to London for a work meeting the other day and decided to make the most of being in the Big Smoke and checking out some of the amazing independent bookshops there. Starting out with Daunt Books in Marylebone (about a 20 min walk from Paddington Station), I got a facsimile hardback edition of … Continue reading London Indie Book Haul
