My books are my precious children. I cover them with clear adhesive wrap like an overprotective mother. When I read them, I make sure my hands are clean, refrain from eating, and try not to crease the spine too much. You could say I’m a tad obsessive. But who isn’t? I know plenty of book […]
Read MoreStill learning as I go with making mini book banners but I’m happy with how these turned out! Fonts aren’t exact, but close enough.
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I’m so happy I could cry. It’s been so long… too long since I’ve read a book that I’ve genuinely, thoroughly enjoyed. So much, that I was reading one night and suddenly it was three in the morning and I didn’t even care. That doesn’t happen often with me, Lover Of Sleep. And so I, with great […]
Read MoreAs I grew up, I naturally began reading more adult books. They still had aspects of fun, but also included more serious themes of responsibility, identity, growing pains, darker themes of loss and death, and hormones. The books I read in primary school that gave me my first taste of this “grown-up” stuff were the Spy High […]
Read MoreEarlier today, Tahereh Mafi took to twitter to make the announcement. thrilled to say that ABC Signature Studios has optioned SHATTER ME for TV, and that i’ll be a consulting producer for the show. #SHATTERMETV — Tahereh Mafi (@TaherehMafi) June 18, 2015 I know I made a post about how I didn’t enjoy the book […]
Read MoreThere was no book review yesterday because… 1) The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater failed to keep me hooked, and 2) I have a fear of the unread. To address the first: I’m not saying it was a bad book. I can definitely see why people loved it. The characters are interesting and vivid, and the […]
Read MoreThis afternoon, I had a go at making mini book banners. Here are the ones I’ve made for the books I’ve reviewed on this blog so far: Couldn’t find a similar font for Shadow and Bone so I just went with something that had the same feel to it. I definitely need more practice but it was […]
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It’s time for another round of author appreciation. Today, I’ll be talking about the two authors whose books I adored when I was nine years old, in Year 4. The title of this post will make sense later on. First up: ODO HIRSCH About the Author: Odo Hirsch is the pen name of David Kausman, an Australia author of children’s […]
Read MoreApologies if this song is now stuck in your head after reading the title. Apologies if it wasn’t stuck in your head because you didn’t understand the reference, and now is, after clicking the video. Heh. Anyway, this morning, my friend I were talking about the dreams we had last night and then the conversation turned […]
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On Saturday, I went to the library and picked up some books. As you may have noticed by the selection, I’m taking a sort-of-break from YA. The books are: Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld The Martian by Andy Weir Touch by Claire North Written in Red by Anne Bishop The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets […]
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