Classics
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Shelf Control #1
A weekly features celebrating unread books on our shelves! Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up. This is hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies. My choice this week: Title: Under the Greenwood Tree Author: Thomas Hardy Description: “Under the Greenwood Tree” is the story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. A pleasant romantic tale set in the Victorian era, “Under the Greenwood Tree” is one of Thomas Hardy’s most gentle and pastoral novels. -Goodreads When/how I…
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Book Review- Dracula
Title: Dracula Author: Bram Stoker Pages: 488 Genre: Classics, Horror, Fiction, Vampires, Gothic Rating: 3.5/5 When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client and his castle. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman’s neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the imminent arrival of his ‘Master’. In the ensuing battle of wits between the sinister Count Dracula and a determined group of adversaries, Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre, probing deeply…
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This Week in Books 02.09.15
This is a weekly meme hosted by Lipsyy Lost & Found in which we can share what we’re reading, now, then and next! Now City of Glass- Cassandra Clare I’m slowly working my way through this series, this is book 3, hopefully it will be a quick and enjoyable read. Then Living Dead in Dallas- Charlaine Harris This is the third book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, which the tv series True Blood is based on. I’ve not watched the programme, but its one I want to see!! This was an ok book, but nothing special. Next The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner- James Hogg This is a novel…
- 2015, Book Reviews, Bout of books, Classics, Dystopian, Ebook, Fantasy, Historical, Net Galley, Wrap Up, YA, Zombies
August Wrap Up
I managed to read a pretty impressive (for me anyway) 8 books last month, due mostly to the Bout of Books readathon, a holiday to the Isle of Skye where there wasn’t any internet or phone signal and the fact that I’ve not gone back to uni yet!! The first book I read was BZRK by Michael Grant. I love Grant’s Gone series so I had high hopes for this novel too. I gave this novel 3.5/5 stars. My review can be read here. The next book I read was a Net Galley ebook I’ve had for absolutely ages, And All The Stars by Andrea K. Host. This was a…
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July Wrap Up
This is quite a short wrap up, as I only managed to read 3 books last month, even though I’m not at Uni at the moment, strange!!! Anyway these are the 3 books I read last month, and their reviews if I did one! The One by Kiera Cass 4/5 stars I received this book from Net Galley, and I really enjoyed it. This is the third book in The Selection series, and is a series that I’ve really liked reading, and I’m looking forward to getting around to the fourth book! Review here Changeling by Philippa Gregory 2.5/5 stars This novel was disappointing, I’d been expecting great things from Gregory,…