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  • Books,  REVIEWS

    [REVIEW] #ad Vendetta – Jack McSparron

    August 28, 2017 /

    GIFTED* Mafia, Murder and drugs; all in one book? This book caught my eye when it came up on my bulk emails (linked to up and coming authors & review ebook copies) as an advertisement. So I grabbed it before it disappeared. This book is a quick read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It took me just under 24 hours to completely finish this as it was so entertaining. The man character is a kick-ass woman called Maggie Black, who is incredible. Her partner in this book and part-time lover is Leon. I feel both have an interesting backstory which propelled the story on well. The story takes place mainly in…

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    August 23, 2017

    [REVIEW] #ad Cold Feet: The Lost Years – Carmel Harrington

    November 17, 2017

    [book tag] HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Q&A

    October 31, 2017
  • Books,  REVIEWS

    [REVIEW] Harry Potter 1 (atPS) – J.K. Rowling

    August 15, 2017 /

    A boy a cupboard …who becomes a wizard. Harry Potter is a book close to my heart. I remember reading this book while still in Primary school for the reading hour. It is still as exciting as it was all those years ago. We start at the beginning with a young boy being ignored and basically feeling unwanted by his adopted parents after his real ones perish. we are given a brief idea about how important this boy is to the world he was not able to be brought up in. It follows average peoples lives via his aunt and uncle with their son Dudley. The drama doesn’t really pick up until…

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    GoodReads Reading Challenge 2017.

    November 25, 2017

    [REVIEW] #ad Murder in Little Shendon – A.H. Richardson

    September 25, 2017

    Annotating Books…

    October 12, 2017
  • Books,  REVIEWS

    [REVIEW] #ad The Betrayed – Casey Kelleher

    July 18, 2017 /

    GIFTED* A modern tale of family & loyalty. Part 1 – 1982 The first 100 pages are fast-paced drama which kicks you right in the teeth with impact. Jimmy in the first chapters is what I would describe as borderline inhuman and quite evil, toward his own father. After the first two chapters, it settles down to a novel with romance for the first half of the book. Edel is the cliche mother figure; loveable because she comes across as a real human rather than a character just added to the plot. After Jimmy and Colleen meet, you see a different more likeable side to Jimmy. Although it comes across…

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    [REVIEW] Harry Potter 1 (atPS) – J.K. Rowling

    August 15, 2017

    [REVIEW] Animal Farm – George Orwell

    April 15, 2018
  • Books

    About unpaid books online,

    July 11, 2017 /

    Well, this topic has recently come to light. How do you free about sent copies of books online? Are they worth it? How do you get them? I have found out the hard way, via Facebook, how controversial this subject actually can actually get. I asked an innocent question “how do you get free books and how long does it take you read them. I had over 130 comments ranging from”good luck with your blog, it takes time” to “I think you’re blogging for the wrong reasons” type thing. I then went out there anyway and just asked for one – YES, it is worth trying. I have recently joined up on NetGalley and…

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    Why I cancelled my readathon last year // Why it’s back!

    September 1, 2019

    [book tag] HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Q&A

    October 31, 2017

    [REVIEW] Deal Breaker – Harlan Coben

    June 15, 2017
  • Books,  REVIEWS

    [REVIEW] The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne.

    July 4, 2017 /

     Set in World War 2 from a 9-year-old boy’s point of view. The beginning is just run-of-the-mill descriptions of family, life and friends, set in the early 1940’s. Nothing really happens except moving to new house in first 100 pages.  The part where it starts to get interesting is when the boy Bruno moves with his family to what he calls “Out-with” because of his father’s connections to the “Fury” which we know it as Auschwitz and the Fuhrer – IE. Adolf Hitler. It starts to get eerie & unsettling as an adult reader because we understand a lot more than Bruno. You can tell this book was aimed at children…

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    Goodreads 2018 + fave book

    December 24, 2017

    [REVIEW] Girl, Interrupted – Susanna Kaysen

    November 5, 2017

    [REVIEW] Sherlock Holmes & the Titanic Tragedy – William Seil

    May 18, 2017
  • Books,  REVIEWS

    [REVIEW] #ad The Wrong Suspect – Leigh Russell

    June 29, 2017 /

    GIFTED* The third in the series of an investigative reporter. The characters are interesting to read but it takes the reader a while to feel comfortable hearing about them. Amelia is very odd to read about but you still want to know more. Lucy is both clever and holds your attention but towards the middle, you start to wonder what is the point of your investigation? Her colleague, Benoit, seems to be the voice of reason throughout & although he is mentioned a lot he is not a main part of the storyline. There are numerous other characters that pop into the book to say hello but not really worth…

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    [REVIEW] Sherlock Holmes & the Titanic Tragedy – William Seil

    May 18, 2017

    NarnAThon #Readathon

    August 24, 2018

    [REVIEW] #ad Murder in Little Shendon – A.H. Richardson

    September 25, 2017
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About Me

I’m 30 something years old, from South Wales, (near Cardiff) UK.

I volunteered at the library 2017-2020, then re-joined as a volunteer in 2022, after Covid & Lockdown ended.

I started this blog in May 2017.

Full-time Creative, who loves pasta & eating freshly cooked food while drinking lots of coffee & alcohol…
*Favourites include Costa, Nescafe | Gordons (pink), Smirnoff & Carling*

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