Review: ‘It Ends With Us’ – Colleen Hoover 2016
My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s Ends With Us is an important and powerful novel. It may not be a perfect book, but the way in which domestic violence is addressed ...
Book Lover’s Guide to Greece: Rhodes and Crete
While we didn’t have as much time as we would have liked to go book hunting across the Greek Islands, we still managed to put together one final Book Lover̵...
Review: ‘1Q84’ – Haruki Murakami 2010
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Note: This review is for the entire trilogy. Another exploration of isolation and loneliness, overlaid this time with power struggles fr...
How to Style Your Bookshelf + Bookshelf Tour
By popular request may I present: My bookshelves! (Well, the 2 main ones anyway). This video covers: – My organisation system – Top 5 bookshelf styl...
Review: ‘Butterflies in November’ – Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 2014
My rating: 2 of 5 stars An incredibly strange novel in which a fortune teller’s predictions come true and not much else happens. I really wanted to like Butterf...
Review: ‘Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief’ – Rick Riordan 2005
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Great book for Middle-Grade aged readers, but not suited to adult readers without the glow of nostalgia. This review needs 2 parts, beca...
1Q84 – Book 3 – August Book Club Discussion
We’ve made it to the end! How did you go? Did you finish the whole trilogy in a single month? Or are you joining in a little later? **WARNING** The discussion p...
Book Lover’s Guide to Greece: Athens
Athens is a beautiful, flawed and ancient city. We saw sights that delighted, surprised and saddened us, much like Greece overall. But one thing above all else ...
Review: ‘Nevernight’ – Jay Kristoff 2016
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Best new fantasy series of 2016. I love this brutal novel with all the darkest corners of my heart. Undeniably compelling, there is some...
Book Lover’s Guide to Greece: Thessaloniki & Surrounds
A Book Lover’s Guide to Greece: Thessaloniki and Surrounds *Edit* Updated 6 January 2025 Thessaloniki is a city of contrast, with a long history of conquest and...