book review: the undesirable by david boling

BACKGROUND || This book is a historical novel that relives and educates us about the Boer war from the perspective of a fourteen year old girl. SYNOPSIS || While the vastly outnumbered Boer commandos fight in the field, half a million British soldiers torch a flaming path across the South African veld. As they go, …

book review: bloodchild – octavia e. butler

This book left me reeling after finishing it; I found it quite disturbing due to the themes explored by the plotline. It was a shock to the system - I wasn't expecting what unfolded to happen. The genre is sci-fi, which initially made me sceptical as it's not my go to theme. I decided to …

Review: Resurrection

Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection Tagline: You can’t keep a dead man down Derek Landy Synopsis: “Omen Darkly,” Skulduggery said. “I realise this is a lot to take in, but we have to know – will you help us save the world? Review: As always the cover art of the latest addition to the Skulduggery Pleasant series …

Review: The Shock of the Fall

The Shock of the Fall Nathan Filer COSTA Book of the Year 2013 Synopsis: I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was …

Must Reads for December ft Mahriya

Hey there everyone! Today I am joined by the fabulous Mahriya from My Bookish Life and together we have put together a December Reads list for book lovers like us. Mahriya also has an amazing book blog running, so it would be super sweet if you guys headed over there and checked the aesthetics and …

Confessions of a Book Addict

​ ​Hey there and welcome to today's first ever collaboration post on my blog featuring the fantastic Kate from Plethoric Thoughts, and together we bring you Confessions of a Book Addict! Enjoy 😉 We can't speak for all the bookworms. And you're gonna think we're a whole new level of weird after reading this. But oh well... …