My days right now look like a rinse and repeat of wake up, go to the house, come home, cook dinner, shower, sleep. It’s full on as we work towards our September 7th renovation deadline, and so anything other than that laundry list of activities is off the table. I am not hanging out with…
May in the garden has been such a joy. It feels like every day I stepped out into something new in bloom. May is undeniably spring in full swing, but something about watching our neglected, overrun garden burst into life felt extra special, more than just the gifts of the season. We’ve been slowly trying…
This blog post has been created in collaboration with Jet2. Amongst the house purchasing, renovating, moving chaos, travel wasn’t really on our 2023 bingo cards sadly. However, Jet2 have recently launched flights to Athens, and when they appeared in my inbox offering the chance to take a little Greek city break, I just couldn’t say no. We were able to choose early morning flights…
It’s the one we’ve all been waiting for, Samantha Shannon’s much anticipated prequel to The Priory of The Orange Tree, A Day of Fallen Night. Set five hundred years before the events of The Priory of The Orange Tree, A Day of Fallen Night is divided into four view points, Glorian, Dumai, Tunuva and Wulf….
In a world where booktokers are setting 300 book reading goals, setting modest goals for a new year’s reading can be intimidating. This year though, I’m focusing in hard on what will make me happy, not what will look impressive to brag about on Twitter. Set a tiny Goodreads goal. In an ideal world I wouldn’t set one at…
I went into this book knowing very little about it, and it ended up surprising me! I’d seen it described as a cosy little fantasy, which isn’t untrue, but I do think undersells the premise and what this book manages to achieve. This book blends fantasy, history, folklore, mystery and even a little romance, to…
Book gifted by the publisher. When a book is pitched to you as a gothic fantasy romance, inspired by fairy tales, with a woman who needs to unleash her inner monster, well you bump it to the top of your TBR immediately. If you’re looking for an atmospheric and spooky read, pick this this up…
When I tell you I SQUEALED when this book dropped through my letterbox, please know it was so loud my husband thought something was wrong. I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of Chloe Gong’s debut work These Violent Delights back in 2020 and I haven’t known peace since. In the duology, Gong recreates…
The empire’s still standing. Babel’s still there. The sun rises, and Britain’s still got her claws everywhere in the world, and silver keeps flowing in without end. None of this matters. Page 218 I can only start this review by stating that Babel is truly the cleverest book I’ve ever read. I’ve seen this book…