But I’m a book blogger, so obviously I’m here to tell you what we book bloggers actually do…
In the summer of 2016, I went with my family to Berlin. It was a place that had never really crossed my mind as a ‘holiday destination’ before my Dad suggested it to me. After a week of being there and absolutely loving everything about it, I genuinely cried when I had to leave the hotel. It’s such a historic and breathtakingly beautiful place that I want to keep going back to. …
I never used to read a wide range of books. My reading material would just consist of young adult books and then one day, I decided to branch out. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street was one of the books on my list: ‘Books to Branch Out To’. It sounded interesting, it sounded very different and I was very intrigued by the whole premise of the book. Even the blurb left an aura of mystery still shrouding the storyline.
The cover is so interesting as well. I’m not 100% about the U.S edition, but with the U.K edition, there’s a hole in the front cover where the watch is and when you open up the book, the watch that is a significant part of the story, is shown on the inside page. It’s an absolutely gorgeous cover and one of the things that pulled me towards the book.
Shattered is the final book in the Slated trilogy and an epic ending to the world of the Slateds and their government.
This is a world that I don’t think I will ever forget due to its realistic nature and Terry’s way of creating a place that was truly unforgettable.
Studying English and Media at my university has opened my eyes to a whole different section of literature that I never thought I would enjoy: short stories. Not just any old short story though, short stories that have a deeper meaning and a through close reading, you can take a lot away from it.
So it’s that time of the month again where I have to hang my head in shame and introduce myself like this: ‘hello, my name is Kirsty and I’m a book addict’. You know how I said in my September book haul that I was going to try to buy only a few books in October? Well, the key word there is ‘try’. Because I really did try… I just failed… Epically.
I don’t even know what happened. One second, I had only bought four and then the next thing I know, I have a pile of twenty-five books just waiting to be hauled. So here we go then… Here is the list of books that I bought in October: