Hello and welcome to my second weekly wrap up 08/01, are you impressed this is the second week in a row?? I know I am! Anyway, lets see what I’ve been reading and watching/listening to over the past week. Books Read Shield Maiden by Sharon Emmerichs I was very excited to read this fantasy novel inspired by Beowulf and norse mythology. Sadly it didn’t quite deliver in the way I wanted it to. You can read more of my thoughs on this book in my review up later this week. Pre-order from Bookshop.org or Waterstones All Systems Red by Martha Wells This is the first in a series that I…

Hello and welcome to 2023! I hope you all had a lovely New Year. I’m back with a weekly wrap up post, for the week ending 01/01. Books Read Adam-2 by Alastair Chisholm I have had this middle grade sci-fi at the top of my TBR pile for quite a while, and I finally decided to pick it up between Christmas and New Year. I’m so happy I did, this novel was so good! Buy from Bookshop.org here Buy from Waterstones here The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris This is one of my books of the year for sure! A non-fiction book about the surgeon Harold Gillies and the important surgery…

Hello, welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up 24/07 post! I had a really good reading week last week, lets chat! Books Read How to be True by Daisy May Johnson I adored this book so much, its a perfect middle grade adventure story, packed with fun characters and delicious food references! Buy from Bookshop.org Buy from Waterstones Babel by R.F. Kuang This is one of my most anticipated reads of 2022, and I was very excited to get access to an e-ARC! I loved this book so much, its a dark academia novel packed full of magic, it’s moving and thought-provoking, highly recommend grabbing it when its released! Pre-order on…

Hello, welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up post (17/07). I had a busy week last week, but I also managed to get plenty reading done! Books Read City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett I have had this book on my TBR pile for ages, and I can’t believe I waited so long to read it! This is an absolutely brilliant first novel in a fantasy series, it reminds me of A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark!! Buy from Bookshop.org Buy from Waterstones Like A Charm by Elle McNicoll Another book that I waited wayyyyy too long to read! This is a brilliant middle grade fantasy novel set…

Hello, welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up (23/05)! It’s been a busy week for me, so I definitely didn’t get as much reading done as I wanted to! Books Read The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave I was lucky enough to get a e-ARC of this book, and I really enjoyed it! Kiran’s writing style is brilliant and the novel is really moving. Buy from Bookshop.org Buy from Waterstones Deep River by Shusaku Endo I borrowed this book from the library, because I had heard good things about it. It’s a fascinating novel about life and death told from the perspective of a number of Japanese characters. Buy from…