I started a quick five minute sidebar update about… half an hour ago? More? I can’t even remember what the intended effect was but I know I don’t want to look at the sidebar for another half an hour. You look instead. Possibly I chose the wrong time to poke about with delicate design work […]
Tag: book blog
Broody BFF Challenge: YA & Music (ft. Maggie Stiefvater, Troye Sivan and… fan fiction)
Okay, so you might have noticed I’m a Maggie Stiefvater fan. I reviewed The Raven Boys way back, I met Maggie at YALC last summer and offered her my dad’s Mustang, I irritated my brother into reading The Raven Cycle and he took The Dream Thieves to Asia with us and now it looks like […]
Read, If You Like… Ostrich Boys, by Keith Gray
I could have sworn that I reviewed this way back in the day before I called it Read, If You Like, but I can’t find it so clearly it didn’t get past the idea stage. I’ve had this book lying around for ages, and although it took me a while to get to it, it […]
Read, If You Like… #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
If any of you are familiar with Sophia Amoruso, the ‘#Girlboss’ movement/Insta hashtag and/or Nasty Gal, you are probably aware that Nasty Gal is a clothing brand, originally on eBay, that enjoyed one of those meteoric rises to fame that puts its founder on the Forbes front cover and wields legions of loyal fans. Said […]
Read, If You Like… The Midnight Fox, by Betsy Byars
As you read this I’m probably staring at my newly-carpeted bedroom, sighing in happiness and planning the perfect way to display my MCR CDs. Operation Instagramable Bedroom will be in full swing, ladies and gents, and there will be fairy lights. Anyway, this week’s Read, If you Like… is something I’ve had on my shelf […]
Read, If You Like… Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson
This is the second in a series. Possibly I am onto a good thing here. It helps I can write them in ten minutes, but let’s not be picky… Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (2015) Read, if you like: Shapeshifting Heroes versus villians Male characters with beautiful flowing hair Female characters who don’t have beautiful flowing […]
