Book Review – The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes by Suzanne Collins

July 27, 2024December 28, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Pages: 517Published: 19th May 2020Genre: Dystopian FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail, violence/torture It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its … Continue reading Book Review – The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes by Suzanne Collins

My A-Z Of Books – P and Q

July 24, 2024December 28, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Hello everyone, I am really hoping to finish my A-Z of books by the end of the year, so I have decided to combine some of letters for my remaining posts. It was an easy decision, especially when there are not many things to read about beginning with Q. Fun fact...Q is the only letter … Continue reading My A-Z Of Books – P and Q

Five Books On My TBR – July 2024

July 17, 2024December 28, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Hello everyone, It is a very long time since I last wrote one of these posts. To think it was one of the most regular features on my blog! Well I guess that now I am not as good (or to put it another way, even worse than before) at keeping up with new releases, … Continue reading Five Books On My TBR – July 2024

Book Review – The Household by Stacey Halls

July 13, 2024December 28, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Pages: 374Published: 11th April 2024Genre: Historical FictionContent warnings: Misogyny, sexual references In a quiet house in the countryside outside London, the finishing touches are being made to welcome a group of young women. The house and its location are top secret, its residents unknown to one another, but the girls have one thing in they are fallen. Offering refuge … Continue reading Book Review – The Household by Stacey Halls

TV Adaptation Review – The One

July 10, 2024December 28, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Image credit: Netflix Hello everyone, In April I read The One by John Marrs, a 2016 novel that imagines a world where everyone has a biological match - one person that they are guaranteed to fall completely in love with. This is turned into an app that people can download for a small fee, and the founder … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – The One

The Mid-Year Check-In 2024

July 6, 2024December 28, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Hello everyone, We have made it to halfway through the year - where did that go?! Anyway, that means it is time for the mid-year check-in, where I not only look back at what I have read so far in 2024, but also the directions my reading might take for the rest of the year. … Continue reading The Mid-Year Check-In 2024

My A-Z Of Books – O

July 1, 2024December 28, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Hello everyone, My latest A-Z post takes me to the letter 'O'. It is not the most common for character names and settings, but I have read several books beginning with this letter. I managed to remember enough for a total of 20 - here they are! Odile Bastian The main narrator in The Muse by Jessie … Continue reading My A-Z Of Books – O

Book Review – The September House by Carissa Orlando

June 22, 2024December 28, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Pages: 352Published: 5th September 2023Genre: HorrorContent warnings: Strong gore/injury detail, references to domestic abuse and alcoholism When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street - for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price - they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls … Continue reading Book Review – The September House by Carissa Orlando

Book Review – Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

June 15, 2024December 28, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Pages: 393Published: 1st August 2023Genre: Mystery/Psychological ThrillerContent warnings: Violence, misogyny I will start this post by saying the review you see below is not the original. I started a review on Goodreads and was very pleased with what I had written, but then it all got deleted! As much as I wanted to, it was hard to summon the … Continue reading Book Review – Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

Books That Contain Boats

June 12, 2024December 21, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Hello everyone, Today I have a list of all the books I have read in which some of the story has taken place on boats, ships, and other marine vessels. For the title of this post, I honestly had to Google to see if a ship was a type of boat or vice versa, just … Continue reading Books That Contain Boats