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Looking at the StarsAuthor: Jo CotterillPublished: 30th January 2014ISBN13: 9781782300182Goodreads Rating: 4.18 out of 5Reviewed: June 2014
Looking at the Stars
Author: Jo Cotterill
These is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
Author: Nancy E. Turner
Unremembered
Author: Jessica Brody
A Song For Issy Bradley
Author: Carys Bray
The Atlas of Us
Author: Tracy Buchanan
Books I hauled yesterday from my local charity shop.
June has been such a great reading month for me. Reading collections of short stories, poetry and novels, June has been one of those months that has seen me read books spanning all kinds of genres and I’ve really enjoyed it. Here are the books that for me stood out this past month.
Sweet Home by Carys Bray - A collection of short stories that capture suburbia with a dash of fairytale, I really loved reading this book. The story ‘Ice Baby’ finishes far too soon and some of the stories are still resonating with me now. A fantastic read.
Feminine Gospels by Carol Ann Duffy - I love reading poetry and I’ve been meaning to read more from this author after ‘The World’s Wife’ and this one was the perfect choice. Poems like ‘Beautiful’ are difficult to forget and I highly recommend this book.
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - I bloody love this book. A retelling of ‘Rumpelstiltskin’, Spinning Silver is crafted perfectly and it certainly has made me realise I need to read more from this writer. If you love fantasy and fairy tales, read this book you will not be disappointed.
The Weight Of Water by Sarah Crossan - Another author I’ve discovered this month, Sarah Crossan tells the story of a girl torn up by family and coming to a new country and figuring out who she is in this new situation. Gorgeously written and leaves an emotional impact, it’s just so good.
What have been your favourite books of June? What are you looking forward to in July? Do you have any holiday reads? Let me know in the replies or my inbox here.
Vee xo.
Title: A Song for Issy Bradley | Author: Carys Bray | Publisher: Hutchinson (2014)
My current read.
WWW Wednesday (18 Jan) | What are you reading this week?
WWW Wednesday (18 Jan) | What are you reading this week?
WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It’s open for anyone to join in and is a great way to share what you’ve been reading! All you have to do is answer three questions and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
The three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
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I’ve had a really good reading and blogging week this week so I’m happy at that. My real life has been a bit up and down with another bad fall on Friday that has increased my pain levels. It could have been so much worse though as I had a glass in my hand at the time but thankfully didn’t cut myself. The increased pain has meant I’ve not managed to be around on social media, or to reply to comments on my blog as much as I would have liked to have been over the weekend. I will get around to replying as soon as I can but please know that I do always very much appreciate comments and shares.
This week I’ve finished reading five books:
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Relativity by Antonia Hayes (review book)
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
How Much The Heart Can Hold by Carys Bray et al. (review book)
Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller (review book)
Lies by TM Logan (review book)
This week I’ve blogged seven times:
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Sunday: Weekly Wrap-Up (8 Jan)
Monday: 2017 Reading Plans and the State of My TBR
Tuesday: Review of Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Wednesday: WWW Wednesday (11 Jan)
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Thursday: Review of Everything You Told Me by Lucy Dawson
Friday: Review of Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie by Woody Woodmansey
Saturday: Stacking the Shelves (14 Jan)
This is what I’m currently reading:
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Loving the Life Less Lived by Gail Marie Mitchell (review book)
The Age of Bowie by Paul Morley
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home by Susan Hill
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson (review book)
Last week I wrote a post about the state of my TBR and how I wanted to try and focus on reading the books I already own this year. You can read that post here. To keep myself motivated I’m going to update my numbers as part of my weekly wrap-up post from now on.
Update on my TBR
TBR at the start of January 2017: 1885
Books added this week: 4
TBR now stands at: 1887 (due to my having now started reading two more books off my TBR since the four new books were added)
What have you been reading this week? Please feel free to link to your weekly wrap-up post, or if you don’t have a blog please share in the comments below! I love to hear what you’re all reading.
I’m linking this post up to Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer’s Sunday Blog Share. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Weekly Wrap-Up (15 Jan) I've had a really good reading and blogging week this week so I'm happy at that. My real life has been a bit up and down with another bad fall on Friday that has increased my pain levels.
My Reading Bingo Results for 2016!
My Reading Bingo Results for 2016!
I couldn’t resist joining in with reading bingo as it’s a great opportunity to look back at some of the books I read in 2016. (I did have this post almost written up to post at the end of 2016 but then pesky health stuff got in the way. I didn’t want my efforts to go to waste though so I hope no one minds me discussing my 2016 reads a week into 2017!)
A book with more than 500 pages
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