Throw Me to the Wolves is another book that I had to read for my MA Creative Writing course. I was actually supposed to meet Patrick McGuinness, but it had to be cancelled due to current happenings in the world. Even though I haven’t really enjoyed the core texts of the course, the secondary reading has been surprisingly enjoyable! …
The narrative of Muslims across the world is tainted by people’s Islamophobia which is perpetuated in the media, through politicians manifestos and through group’s of people who are stuck with the notion that anyone who is not white is deemed ‘wrong.’ …
Whenever I’m browsing NetGalley, it’s always the cover that intrigues me enough to read the synopsis. The cover of Blood Heir is absolutely gorgeous, and I was in awe of the design. So then I read the synopsis of the novel, and that sold me instantly. I clicked on ‘request’, and the next day, I had been approved and started reading straight away. …
You ALL know what Bird box is. When you think of it, some of you think of the hit Netflix show which blew everyone away, and some of you will think of this captivating, thriller novel that makes you feel tense right up until you shut the book, and you feel your body finally relax.
If there is anything about fandoms/comic con/geeky stuff in general, then I’m here for it. Always. I always feel like I’m reading about my own group of friends, and in a world that I can relate to. Plus, it makes me happy, and what more could you want when it comes to a summery, YA novel? …
Another brilliant book from Sandhya Menon! When I read When Dimple Met Rishi last year, I enjoyed it so much, and Menon became one of my favourite new authors. So, when I got the chance to have an ARC of From Twinkle, with Love, I jumped at the chance and I read it straight away (which doesn’t happen often with me.) …
After hearing William Sutcliffe talk about We See Everything at the 2018 YALC convention, my interest was automatically piqued. I love a good dystopian novel, and this one just sounded so interesting! …
So this is going to be a short review for a very short book! When I saw this up to be requested on NetGalley, I knew that I had to request it. I love a good middle grade horror novel and I was interested in the fact that the author was writing a short story set in each state of America. …
Yes, I know that I’m like a billion years too late in reading this. My TBR IS MILES AND MILES long, and if I’m being completely honest, I only read this when I did because Samantha Shannon was at YALC so I probably wouldn’t have read it for another billion years. BUT IT’S OK! I’ve read it now! And I can honestly say that I’m really sad that I didn’t read beforehand, because I really really enjoyed it. …
The one good thing about studying English at university, is that you have to read books that you never dreamt of reading, books that you didn’t even know existed. And sure, analysing the heck out of them *sometimes* takes the fun out of reading them for pleasure, but hey, at the end of the day, you’ve read a book that is new to you and that’s good! With Dawn, it was like that. I’d never heard of it (even though I HAD heard of Butler’s Kindred), and I hadn’t exactly had the best encounters with the other science fiction books that I had had to read for my course. But you know what? I actually really enjoyed this one. …