I do love a good graphic novel. I’ve always loved comic books and graphic novels, so I’m always on the lookout for new stories to immerse myself into. I think one of the things that really draw myself into graphic novels is the artwork; I love poring over the illustrations.
I’ve gone a bit click-happy on Netgalley when it comes to graphic novels. I think it’s because I’m searching for the next Saga: something to fill the hole in my chest whilst I wait for vol. 9 to be released. Unfortunately, Infinity 8 is not the next Saga… …
Oh, I do love a good book about books. They make me feel all warm inside and I can relate to absolutely everything that happens… Perks of being a book lover! When I saw this book on Netgalley, I instantly requested it. It’s just the type of contemporary that I love reading and I had such high expectations!
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Like with Graceling, I listened to Fire on audiobook with Emma Powell narrating it, and after loving Graceling, I was so excited to get round to reading Fire. It was only recently that I actually found out that Fire is actually a spin-off prequel to Graceling and not an immediate sequel. So it follows a completely different character, and a different storyline, but it’s set in the same world… But in a different part of the world. …
Oleanna was the last book that I had to read for university. Well… I say book, it’s a play that discusses the differences in power between men and women. It literally took me about half an hour to read, it was quite interesting. I didn’t understand a couple of things, but it was still an interesting read. …
The Passion of New Eve was another book that I had to read for my Gender, Sex and Culture class for university. I’m normally a massive fan of Angela Carter’s writing but TPONE was a story that I just couldn’t wrap my head around.
*spoilers ahead* …
So during October, I had this completely unoriginal thought to read creepy books and A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay had been on my TBR pile for a very long time. It took me absolutely ages to get through this book and if it wasn’t for the fact that I was on a very tight blog schedule, I think I would have DNF’d it. …
Like The Northern Lights and The Subtle Knife, I listened to The Amber Spyglass on audiobook where Philip Pullman narrates his own books alongside a full cast. If you’re going to listen to anything on audiobook, I definitely recommend this trilogy because of how well it’s narrated, maybe not due to how good the book is though… …
I had heard quite a bit about this book before studying it at university for ‘The Gothic’ module. I’d heard that it was the founder of gothic literature and that it was a story full of frightful happenings and tragic characters. …
I do love a good dystopian novel. They keep coming and going ‘out of fashion’, and they are definitely a hit or miss when it comes to the plot because of how formulaic they are, but I do love reading them and reading about how bad some authors think our world is going to turn out to be. How cheerful…