Happy Sunday everyone! We've been enjoying some unexpected warmth here in the UK (obviously guaranteed to happen since I've had to spend the day inside at work). But I hope you've all managed to take advantage of it and that those elsewhere have had an equally fabulous day! This review is somewhat on the hoof … Continue reading Review: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Post otherwise titled 'Why all non-YA/fantasy fans should read this book'. "Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well." So opens what is by far one of the most unique, captivating, and acutely tragic books I have read to date. Recommended to me by an extremely knowledgeable … Continue reading Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Confession: I am really terrible when it comes to picking out contemporary fiction to read. Generally speaking, it takes a specific recommendation from someone to provoke me into reading a book that I'm mostly unfamiliar with. Otherwise, a book's journey onto my bookshelf (or, more realistically, onto my towering book stacks) is a lengthy one, typically … Continue reading Review: The President’s Hat by Antoine Laurain
This post comes as something of a heads-up for UK-based readers and a 'get to Barnes and Noble right now' for those in the US. I am completely happy to admit that there is no way that I could indulge my crazy book habit without a fairly extensive global support network. Having lived in both … Continue reading Review: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Evening all! Having spent a freezing Easter Monday out of the books and at work (giving tours around the gothic fantasy that is Knebworth House), I thought I would use the evening to offer up a review of one of my most recent reads. I picked up The Night Circus about a year ago and … Continue reading Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Book Habit 