A folklore story set in the Isle of Man? Count me in!
And that was probably about as far as my thoughts went when considering whether to accept this review or not. And here we are today 🙂
You know the drill by now…
Title: Blue Sun
Author: Tracy Abrey
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Series Status: The 1st in a series
Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy
Number of Pages: Â 360
The bookish community has taken over social media. WE WILL RIIIIISSSEEEE. We’re everywhere.
But where is it most people go? Well, usually it’s either book blogs or booktube. If a bookworm wants to start their own little bookish corner on the internet, it’s usually one or the other – or both.
Aimee over at lovelybookloves inspired this discussion, when she ran this poll on twitter:
Because when I went to vote, I actually had to stop and think for a moment. Think about what I love about each, compare them to each other, and how often I spend on each. So here’s the discussion!
Continue reading Let’s Talk: Which do you prefer – booktube or book blogs?
Another classic!
I don’t know why I said that as if it were surprising. I’m part of a Jane Austen book club. I’ll be reading a classic every month 😆
But yes! This was the September book for the Austentatious Book Club. I’m actually so thrilled I managed to finish this on Friday night, considering the movie night for the TV film adaptation was on Saturday – I didn’t want to be spoiled! But I did it! *throws confetti*
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Title: Persuasion
Author: Jane Austen
Publisher: Wordsworth Classics
Series Status: Standalone
Genre: Classic
Number of Pages: Â 199
Remember the blogger tips from last week? Well, here’s round 2!
So for this week, I decided to make it about the actual writing of blogs. Because like everything when it comes to blogging, that stuff can be hard.
But never fear. I’ll be acting as your li’l fae friend today, frolicking around and sprinkling words of advice in an attempt to make your task that little bit easier.
Continue reading Blogger Tips: Helping you frolic through your blogging life [Writing Edition]
I feel like this review is just going to be all over the place. So many mixed feelings. So much confusion on how to word them.
Title: Kids of Appetite
Author: David Arnold
Publisher: Headline
Series Status: Standalone
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Number of Pages: Â 331
If you’re sat reading this, then there’s probably a 50% chance (or maybe higher) that you’re also a book blogger. So ladies and gentlemen, this one is about us.
Blogging is hard. There so much that comes with it. But…is there a sort of added pressure? Is there something making blogging just that little bit harder?
Continue reading Let’s Talk: Is there a sense of pressure on book bloggers?
Hi guys!Â
This week, I’m bringing you the start of something new *cue singing to High School Musical*
No, but really. So in recent days, I’ve had quite a few people asking me for blogging tips, or just for general help with their blogs, and when Christine @ WeeReader specifically asked me if I’d write a blog post about it, she gave me the inspiration to create a mini-series of blogging tips (thanks Christine!).
Now, I’ve done blogging tips before. In fact, I wrote this roundup of tips as a guest post on Emmi @ BookWithEms’ blog not too long ago. Now, those tips will be included in this mini-series too, but I’ve thought up a whole lot more since then, and figured it would only be right to share.
So far, I plan for this mini-series to be four posts, with sections on Personal tips (todays), Writing tips, Design tips, and Miscellaneous tips that don’t quite fit into the other categories.
By doing this series, I’m by no means claiming I’m a great blogger. Hell – I’ve been blogging for less than a year! I’m rubbish at technical skills…but I’ve learnt. And now I want to pass on some of the things I’ve learnt from my own experience, because you guys asked for it. And I listen.
Continue reading Blogger Tips: Helping you frolic through your blogging life [Personal Edition]
You knew this review was coming.
And you probably know how big a fan I am of everything Sarah J Maas writes, so you can probably guess which side of the love/hate scale this review is on.
But either way. Here’s my review!
Title: Empire of Storms
Author: Sarah J Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Series Status: The 5th book in the Throne of Glass series
Genre: Young/New Adult, Fantasy
Number of Pages: Â 689
We bookworms are collectors at heart. We spend years collecting stories, whether just to read and love or to fill our own bookshelves.
And yet when it comes to owning multiple copies of one book, people don’t seem to understand why some of us do it. Some people see it as materialistic. Or pointless. A waste of money.
Continue reading Let’s Talk: Owning multiple copies of the same book – materialistic or helpful?
So you might be thinking something along the lines of “Ashleigh…a review…of a COLOURING book? What?”
I know. It’s different. But there’s a story behind it.
But recently I joined the SocialBookCo Reviewing Programme. This is a site that compares all the different prices of books from different retailers, showing you where you can buy each book for the cheapest price. And then there’s the reviewing side – If you join their programme, there are opportunities for you to be sent books for free in exchange for an honest review by a given date.
That was quite a flimsy summary of the website – I’m not too great at explaining things. But basically, SocialBookCo sent me this colouring book in exchange for a review, and I couldn’t be more thrilled about it because I didn’t think I’d get this book for months! So thank you!
Is it even possible to give spoilers for a colouring book?
Title: Throne of Glass Colouring Book
Author: Original story by Sarah J Maas, Illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert , John Howe & Craig Phillips
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Series Status: Companion colouring book to the Throne of Glass series
Genre: Colouring, Young Adult, Fantasy
Number of Pages:Â 96
A frolic through fiction 