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
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
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
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
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
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
Pages: 341Published: 25th May 2021Genre: Young Adult ContemporaryContent warnings: Biphobia, microaggressions Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan - she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can’t be bi if she’s only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that … Continue reading Book Review – Hani And Ishu’s Guide To Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
Illustrated by: Kelly ChongPages: 150Published: 6th February 2024Genre: Fantasy Tales from the Celestial Kingdom collects nine spellbinding stories - two previously published, seven original, including the epilogue to the duology - set in the enchanting world of Sue Lynn Tan’s stunning debut. Filled with magic and mythology, friendship and love, these stories intertwine through the past, present, and future … Continue reading Book Review – Tales Of The Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan
Hello everyone, I am in the second half of the alphabet in my lookback of all the noteworthy authors, books, characters and settings I encountered during my first five years of book blogging. It is a large project that is taking long than expected, but they are always fun posts to put together. This time … Continue reading My A-Z Of Books – N
Pages: 405Published: 15th July 2016Genre: Dystopian ThrillerContent warnings: Violence/injury detail, strong sexual references, misogyny, cancer subplot A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner the one you are genetically made for. That’s the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced … Continue reading Book Review – The One by John Marrs
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