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Month: February 2017

March 2017 Releases I’m Excited For 

March 2017 Releases I’m Excited For 

March seems to be quite a hard month for my bank account – which is probably terrible as my student finance is coming to an end and I have to make it last until April! Apart from Strange the Dreamer, this lot of books are probably some that I can wait for as well and not books that I’m so excited for, that I’ll get them the day they come out. *my bank account cries because it’s so happy*

Disclaimer: all of the release dates that are shown here are the official UK release dates taken off Amazon.co.uk

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Finishing Your First Year of Uni

Finishing Your First Year of Uni

This May will be the second time that I have finished year one of university. Confused? Last year, I went to Staffordshire university and I hated it. Don’t get me wrong, I met some awesome people and I’m still friends with some of them now, but I just had to leave. The course was awful. So I went to Birmingham City University and started year one all over again (doing a different course).  …

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Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

I used to work in a charity shop bookstore and one day, I came across this majestic being of a book and bought it. It was £1.50 and I had no clue that it was one of the most hyped up books of the time until I went onto Goodreads and saw all of the raving reviews that surrounded it. I’m so glad that I ended up buying this book! …

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See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng

See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng

When I was sent this book, I didn’t really know what to expect because of it being categorised as a middle-grade novel. I haven’t actually read that much middle-grade (maybe 2 or 3), so I never know what I’m going to get. See You in the Cosmos in Jack Cheng’s debut middle-grade book and whenI heard it was about space, I couldn’t wait to start reading as – when I was younger – I used to be obsessed with all things to do with the universe! …

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Fairy Loot Unboxing Feb 2017

Fairy Loot Unboxing Feb 2017

Ahhhh! Another month of Fairy Loot means yet another amazing book subscription box to open! I got home from spending the day in Lincoln to my Fairy Loot box waiting on the doorstep for me (thank God it wasn’t raining!) and as soon as I got into the house, I went straight upstairs to my bedroom and opened it. I was so impatient!

February’s box was focused around the theme of Emporers and Fugitives! …

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A Curious Tale of the In-Between by Lauren DeStefano

A Curious Tale of the In-Between by Lauren DeStefano

Knowing that A Curious Tale of the In-Between was a middle-grade book, I went into this book knowing I may not get the same supernatural effect as a YA book would give off. The concept of the book seems fantastic: a girl who can talk to ghosts. I love reading about kids with supernatural abilities and there’s even a hypothesis floating around that says children are more susceptible to seeing ghosts. Hmmmm… How fascinating… …

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The Fishing-boat Picture by Alan Sillitoe

The Fishing-boat Picture by Alan Sillitoe

One of the brilliant things about studying English at university is that I come across stories that I would never normally pick up in my spare time. In one of my modules, I am studying the short story and whilst they are very quick to read, most of them have huge underlying depth and meaning.

Whilst I enjoyed reading The Fishing-boat Picture and I knew that there must be some underlying meaning, I couldn’t quite put my finger on what Shillitoe meant by this short story. …

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