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Rings of Time by Renee Veillet | Outlander, but Canadian

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Ashleigh

Rings of Time

Following a girl called Emilie as she digs through her family history and inadvertently falls back in time to 1913, I’ve dubbed this one as a less dense version of Outlander – but Canadian. Although, come to think of it, you do still get a Scottish guy, so…

Reading this on a train journey home, I found myself whisked into a history I hadn’t previously seen much of. It’s not often you find books set in Canada, and it made a nice change compared to the usual US or London settings that seem to overwhelm books in general.

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The Dollmaker of Krakow by R.M. Romero | The whimsical story of magic during the war

Posted on November 19, 2017November 19, 2017 by Ashleigh

The dollmaker of krakow

It took me awhile, but my review for this lovely li’l book is finally here! Usually, if I had left it this long between reading the book and writing the review, I would just leave the full review altogether. But I feel like this book deserves the full thing…if I can gather my thoughts properly. I still find it difficult to describe this one! But I shall try.

Let’s dive right in!

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All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr | A slow read and not quite worth the hype

Posted on June 28, 2017June 22, 2017 by Ashleigh

All the light we cannot see

This book has literally been on my TBR for YEARS. Finally, after many days of overlooking it, I decided to pick it up. At last! Now my bookworm brain can stop niggling at me with that little feeling of guilt.

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Let’s dive right in!

All the light we cannot see

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Who Runs The World? by Virginia Bergin | An interesting concept but somewhat…lacking?

Posted on May 17, 2017May 7, 2017 by Ashleigh

How glad was I when I managed to squeeze this one last book in at the end of April? VERY.

That little extra boost when you managed to get just one more book in before a wrap up is SO satisfying!

Anyway, that’s not the point. We’re here for a review.

Let’s dive right in!

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Let’s Talk: Changing as a reader | Who even am I?

Posted on May 14, 2017January 5, 2018 by Ashleigh

Look at us all, growing up every day. Adjusting habits and tastes with every new thing that comes along. Without even realising, over a year or so we could become a completely different person…and yet still be ourselves.

And lately, I’ve been wondering if who I am as a reader – bookworm, nerdy girl, queen of pages, frolicker of fiction, whatever you want to call it – has changed.

So let’s talk:

Have you changed as a reader?

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A Room With A View by E.M. Forster | One of the loveliest books I’ve read in a long time

Posted on May 10, 2017May 1, 2017 by Ashleigh

So this is a book that wriggled its way onto my TBR for April without me even realising. I was just suddenly hit with the overwhelming OH-MY-GOODNESS-I-NEED-TO-CONSUME-THIS-BOOK-RIGHT-NOW feeling.

So here we are!

Let’s dive right in!

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Favourite underrated characters | Some characters just aren’t appreciated enough

Posted on March 26, 2017January 5, 2018 by Ashleigh

underrated characters

We all have our favourite characters. More often than not, they’re one of the main set. After all, we do read about them the most.

But there’s always the characters that aren’t-quite-a-main-but-are-very-much-there. Or the side-characters, if you will. And a lot of the time, these characters go unappreciated. All the limelight goes on the main few, and so everyone else is left out.

Well NOT TODAY.

Today, we’re shining a light on those underrated characters.

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Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor |A wonderful story full of details that no other author could create

Posted on March 15, 2017March 9, 2017 by Ashleigh

Strange the Dreamer

We have an exciting one today guys!

I’m pretty sure everyone has been fawning over photos of this book on twitter and instagram. I can’t blame them – 1. because I’m part of that crowd and 2. because this book has such a stunning cover.

But I was surprisingly sent an early copy of this book, so I have the pleasure of telling you guys whether this book is as gorgeous on the inside as it is on the outside. ~~(Hint: look at the title of the post. Pretty big spoiler for the review there)~~

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Strange the Dreamer

Title: Strange the Dreamer

Author: Laini Taylor

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Series Status: The 1st in a duology

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Number of Pages: 544

Release Date: 28th March 2017

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Book Title Appreciation | Because some book titles just roll off the tongue in that nice way

Posted on March 12, 2017January 5, 2018 by Ashleigh

title appreciation

It can’t just be me that really appreciates it when a book title is just SO GOOD.

Whether it’s one of those that catches your attention, or makes no sense, or just feels really good to say, there’s always those title that you just think “YES. I LIKE YOU.”

Or…at least there is for me.

So come on, let’s have some title appreciation!

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Discovering a book all over again when rereading and loving a second time…The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

Posted on March 10, 2017March 9, 2017 by Ashleigh

The Bone Season

It’s been a long time coming.

With the wait for The Song Rising – the 3rd book in this series – being so long, I knew I needed to reread this book and the second one. Admittedly, I should have started my rereads sooner, since I still need to read the 2nd book and the 3rd book is now released. But still. Here we are at last.

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