Tag: bookshops
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Review: Not With a Bang – Temi Oh
An end of the world drama with beautiful family dynamics. I’m not actively drawn to end of the world media but I really enjoyed this one, Temi Oh’s writing is beautiful.
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Review: Son of the Morning – Akwaeke Emezi
Deals with the devil never tend to end well, especially when the fate of the earth is at risk. I had a lot of fun with this despite it not being a genre I’m not a fan of.
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Review: A Girl Like Her – Talia Hibbert
The town outcast and town golden retriever guy end up living next door to each other. This small town romance is bursting with heart and soul!
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Eldest Daughters as Readers
I think this this a terrible combination – the eldest daughter and reader combo. As an eldest daughter, over the years I’ve felt like some of those traits clash terribly with being a reader so let’s talk about it.
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Review: Rootless – Krystle Zara Appiah
Efe and Sam were meant to be together, they just were never there at the right time. A book that has truly broken me but I couldn’t recommend more, just stunning.
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Review: James – Percival Everett
James retells the Mark Twain’s The Tales of Huckleberry Finn from his untold perspective. Thoroughly enjoyable and I can’t recommend on audio enough.
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Review: Celestial Lights – Cecile Pin
Celestial Lights follows Ollie as he’s going where no man has gone before, to Jupiter’s moon to search for life. More exquisite writing from Pin that starts gentle but leaves a heavy hole after finishing.
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Bookish Confessions
It’s time to spill the tea. Here are my bookish confessions that I both think you need to know, and will make you feel better about your own reading habits.
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May New Releases
The month of multiple bank holidays is finally with us, so let me help you with the best of this month’s new releases. Get the kettle on, feel the sun on your skin and get ready for a new book. Sounds perfect, right?
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Review: Brielle and Bear – Salomey Doku
A beautifully illustrated graphic novel duology, set at university which romance at its’ core. I come away from these smiling so much!
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Brighton Book Festival: Look What’s Coming
I’m beyond excited to share that I’m back at Brighton Book Fest this year, talking all things new releases with the brilliant Isabella Silvers.
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Review: Kin – Tayari Jones
Two motherless girls, raised side by side until their lives take them in different directions. An unforgettable tale of sisterhood.
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April New Releases
The warmer days have been teasing us and it’s almost outside reading time, so let me help you with the best of April’s new releases. Get the kettle on, feel the sun on your skin and get ready for a new book.
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Portsmouth Comic Con
I’m beyond excited to share that I’m back at Portsmouth Comic Con this weekend and I’ll be interviewing the legendary Juno Dawson!
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Review: Havisham – Elle Machray
You’ll know of Miss Havisham through Dickens’ Great Expectations but get ready to find out who she was and could be when women write their own stories. One of my favourite reads of the year, a stunning reworking of one of literacy’s most ignored women.
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Review: The Quiet Girls – Dorothy Koomson
Dr Kez Lanyon is back and this time in a dark academia setting, under cover of a school girls disappearance. I adored it, Koomson is the Queen of the thriller for a reason.
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How to Keep Reading Stress Free
This one is for the Bookstagram and BookTok girlies: we need to take the stress and pressure out of reading and get back to how good it can be.
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Review: The Killing Spell – Shay Kauwe
A first of it’s kind: Hawaiian inspired fantasy with a magic systemic focusing on the importance of language. This was a lot of fun and fans of Babel will definitely enjoy this.
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Review: Strangerland – Monika Radojevic
Strangerland proves that love can transcend language, borders and whole oceans. Radojevic’s debut is a roaring success, readers will be incredibly moved by this one.
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March New Releases
Spring is definitely on it’s way and it’s time to find something great to curl up with, so let me help you with the best of March’s new releases. Get the kettle on, feel the sun on your skin and snuggle up with a new book. Sounds perfect, right?
The Bookish Mindset 