Review : When Life Gives You Mangos By Karen Getten

I received a copy of this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review! This title comes out 15 September 2020. I am person who loves reminiscing about how carefree I was when I was younger and all the shenanigans I used to get up to! Sometimes I’m really tempted to pick up middle-grade novelsContinue reading “Review : When Life Gives You Mangos By Karen Getten”

Review: The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The Black Kids comes out in 4th August 2020! I always like to start by giving the synopsis before I head into my review, as someone who’s been doing this for a minute summarising stories is a skill I amContinue reading “Review: The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed”

Review: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This story comes out in 6th August 2020! Here’s the synopsis: It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men ofContinue reading “Review: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron”

Review: The Deep Blue Between by Ayesha Harruna Attah

After coming across this book on Netgalley I was really intrigued by the synopsis. The past few years (when I’ve managed to read a book or two) I’ve been strictly reading fantasy so in a hopes to explore other genres I requested this book. I received a free copy of this ARC from Netgalley inContinue reading “Review: The Deep Blue Between by Ayesha Harruna Attah”

Review: Paper Towns by John Green

About a week ago I held a poll on my Instagram asking which of the following John Green books (that I currently own) people recommend I read! The options were the following: An Abundance of Katherines Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The first and only John Green book that I had read was The FaultContinue reading “Review: Paper Towns by John Green”

Review: Everything I Never Told You

I consider myself an adrenaline junky when it comes to books. Maybe because in real life I’m such a subdued human being that when I read I prefer to live vicariously through characters doing crazy stuff. That’s one of the main reasons I tend to avoid contemporary/mystery books unless they REALLY stand out to me.Continue reading “Review: Everything I Never Told You”

Manga Adaptation of Hamlet:

I really had high high expectations for this but unfortunately I was a little disappointed… I thought a manga adaptation would may make Shakespeare’s work more accessible and easier to read but if anything this made everything a little bit confusing.   Title: Manga Shakespeare: Hamlet Authors :Richard Appignanesi (Adapter), Emma Vieceli (Illustrator), William Shakespeare Length: 204 Source: PurchasedContinue reading “Manga Adaptation of Hamlet:”

Replica Review:

Replica had literally been sitting on my shelf for a 2 years waiting to be picked up… Whereas other people were excited by the interesting format of having the story told from two different perspectives. I was a bit put off to be honest, because I felt like I’d just be reading the same storyContinue reading “Replica Review:”

July Book Haul!

Today was the first day in a whileeeeee that I’ve actually been to a bookshop with the intention of buying books (doesn’t make sense right??) . A lot of times I just go to browseee or see what’s just been released! Anyway of course I did some damage… but I only left with four booksContinue reading “July Book Haul!”

JUNE TBR/WRAP-UP

This post is going to be a TBR/Wrap up because I’ve actually already read and even reviewed some of the books on here! I didn’t know if I wanted to do a full TBR for this month because I honestly wasn’t sure how many books I’d read, (if any…)) BUT seen as I seem toContinue reading “JUNE TBR/WRAP-UP”