I asked my librarian for something to read for the train over half term. She handed me a battered, torn, stained and spine-broken book. Not surprisingly, I was a bit disappointed. A quick flick through did not produce any more pleasing results. It had not been checked out of our school library since 2012 and…
The Hate U Give || In Conversation
They say don't meet your heroes. It's definitely a bit weird being in the same room as the author of your current favorite read but this was on a new level. I didn't just like The Hate U Give (THUG) because it was a pleasant book but I admired what the author was trying to…
Conjuror A Book Review
One of Conjuror's main strengths was its characters. The MC (called Rémy) is a black teenage boy who discovers he is a descendant of a 'Conjuror'- someone who can alter reality with music. I must admit when I first picked up the book I thought Rémy was going to be as cliched as cliched could get. The authors…
All The Truth That’s In Me
Sometimes when I read a good book I unconsciously start writing like the author. I saw this trend when I was deep within my obsession of Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunter series. But now my eyes are wide open and The Mortal Instruments seems generic and dreary compared to All The Truth That's in Me Julie Berry's…
Radio Silence a Book Review
It doesn't matter that I know the novel may not make much sense come 100 years because this simpleness in voice and words creates something very easy for me to lose myself in; a fiction that seems realer than reality can be. 5/5
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