The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is Stephanie Meyer's standalone novella in the Twilight universe.  It picks up from when the memorable innocent Bree Tanner is turned into a vampire to be part of Victoria's army until her second and true death. This is an easy read and only suitable and…

They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera is a truly beautiful book, so filled with emotion and built on an ingenious idea.  The premise of the book is that the day you are going to die you receive a call from the agency, letting you know. What you do with this information is up to you, but for Mate…

You guys know I love my books, and in particular fancy-schmancy copies of my favourite books!  And my favourite type of fancy books is Barnes & Nobles Leatherbound Classics, they are chunky, colourful and have beautiful illustrations inside. In this case, this is the Wizard of Oz copy - it'…

Similar to this lovely copy of The Jungle Book, I also have a gorgeous Penguin Leatherbound copy of Dr Jekyll and Hyde!  This cover is illustrated by Coralie Bickford Smith and has some gorgeous copper foiling all over it. I actually haven't read Dr Jekyll and Hyde yet - but it is a classic and…

Look at this gorgeous edition!  I love it - this is a Penguin Leatherbound special edition of The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling.  I love Classic Children Fiction and I have a real soft spot for The Jungle Books and all the different tales within it.It was lovely that my Mum gave me this edition a…

Let The Games Begin by Niccolo Ammaniti is a fantastical and absurd novel which won't be for everyone, but I certainly enjoyed it! 
Summary  I am well aware this will sound bonkers when I write this - but basically... Let The Games Begin is centred around a satanic cult's attempt to attack a …

After the Fire by Will Hill is a truly enthralling Young Adult novel; base din a cult and so life-like I had to Google and see if it was based on a true story! But first, if you haven't read After the Fire - stop reading!  It is a great book to go into cold - I certainly did, I just liked the c…

I don't know about you, but I still love reading children's books - particularly those in a fantastical and well crafted world!I recently re-read The Borrowers on audiobook (you can sign up for Audible here and get a freebie affiliate link), and thoroughly enjoyed getting pulled back into t…

H is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald, is a difficult but thoughtful book.  

In essence it is a book about grief, after Helen loses her father unexpectedly, she spirals into grief which developed into an obsession with re-igniting her childhood hobby of falconry (which she used to do with her father).  …

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a classic, a book that almost everyone has read.  However I had never read it - I decided to change that last year and I finally read it.  I wasn't going to write a review on this as there are so many about but I visited a Modern Art Gallery in Oxford yest…

I've gotten around to reading F Scott Fitzgerald's debut novel and really enjoyed it!

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone has a lovely 2019 - and to start the year off I thought I would share a trilogy of young adult books which I think Trump should read in 2019.