*NO SPOILERS* I have just finished reading Slade House, written by David Mitchell, which is a companion book to ‘The Bone Clocks’. As ‘The Bone Clocks’ is one of my favourite books, I thought instead of only reviewing Slade House, I will review both books in this post. I talked a little about both these […] Read more…
Books 2015
Book and movie review of ‘The Martian’
*NO SPOILERS* I listened to this story by Andy Weir on audiobook after a raving recommendation from a friend, and he was not wrong! The narrator, R.C. Bray, was great, and brought a lot more to the story for me than I could have had I read it. I laughed out loud multiple times throughout […] Read more…
Judge a book by its cover (book club challenge & Church of Marvels review)
The book selection for our book club this time was a bit different. Instead of a set book being chosen for discussion, it was all about a challenge…pick a book by its cover. This means that inevitably we will have all read different books. I am looking forward to seeing what you chose, and adding […] Read more…
Station Eleven book review
Let’s discuss our book club book, Station Eleven, throughout August! As this book was our May/June book, and I finished it in July, it may be an indication of the effect this book had on me. I struggled to get completely hooked by it, which was disappointing because I did have high hopes for it. I […] Read more…
Glimpse into March – April book club book DISCUSSION – Winter’s Tale
The time has come! Our first book club online discussion is here :-). We have the next two weeks to discuss, and then we will start reading our next book on May 1st (the next book will be named on the blog today also!). Winter’s Tale is a book which was published in 1983, written by Mark Helprin. It […] Read more…
Glimpse into book club update – BOOK CHANGE
Hello all! Last week, I announced our first book for the online book club so that we would all have two weeks to find a copy, and start it on March 1st. During this week, I have discovered that the book is being reprinted as a paperback currently, and will be released at the end […] Read more…