Blog Tours · Book Reviews

Blog tour: The Girl in the Broken Mirror // A powerful, moving tale of assault and recovery

Author: Savita Kalhan Pages: 322 Edition: UK paperback Publication date: 29th March 2018 Read: 25th – 30th October Rating:  TWs: Rape, assault, attempted suicide, emotional manipulation, PTSD, death of a parent (not on-page) Jay’s creative writing exercise is to write a fairy tale, to end with ‘they lived happily ever after’. But the way her… Continue reading Blog tour: The Girl in the Broken Mirror // A powerful, moving tale of assault and recovery

Book Features · features

Literary Discussions // Why I like having an unwieldy TBR

Friends, this title is not clickbait. It’s true. I have 173 books currently on my Goodreads TBR and, although I sometimes jokingly complain that my TBR is too long, I actually quite like it that way. Before I’m excommunicated from the book community for such a brazen statement, hear me out. Yes, sometimes I wish my TBR… Continue reading Literary Discussions // Why I like having an unwieldy TBR

Blog Tours · Book Reviews

Blog Tour: Starfish review

Author: Akemi Dawn Bowman Pages: 352 Edition: Paperback ARC Publication date: April 5th 2018 Read: February 24th – March 11th 2018 Rating:   Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesn’t quite understand, Kiko prefers to keep… Continue reading Blog Tour: Starfish review

Blogmas · tags

Blogmas Day 11: The Real Neat Blog Award

I was nominated for the Real Neat Blog Award by the lovely Ryann The Reader, so thank you so much! You should definitely hop over to her blog and check out her recent posts if you’re not already following her. The Rules: Display the award logo on your blog Thank the folks who nominated you… Continue reading Blogmas Day 11: The Real Neat Blog Award

Blogmas · features · travel

Blogmas Day 9: Cities I’d Love to Visit in Asia

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about cities I’d love to visit in Europe, and earlier this week for Blogmas I wrote about cities I’d visit for a snowy winter. So in the vein of travel, I decided to look at some of the places I’d like to visit in Asia. (Yes, if you… Continue reading Blogmas Day 9: Cities I’d Love to Visit in Asia

The Friday 56

The Friday 56: Forest Of A Thousand Lanterns

The Friday 56 is a weekly blog meme hosted by Freda’s Voice. The idea is to share an excerpt from a book you’ve been reading every Friday, to promote the book or simply just to showcase your current read! Rules: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you… Continue reading The Friday 56: Forest Of A Thousand Lanterns

features · Japan blog · travel

10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Japan

I spent three months in Japan last year and I learned so much about the country and its culture. Japanese culture is incredibly different to western culture and in many ways this is for the better. So I thought I’d share a few of the more unusual and wonderful things about Japan that you might… Continue reading 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Japan

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Books with tasty snacks + food-related issues I want to see more of in fiction

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created by Jamie over at The Broke and The Bookish. The feature was created because Jamie is loves lists, and this weeks theme is: October 17: Top Ten Yummy Foods Mentioned In Books This is a tricky one for me because a lot of the books I’ve read (especially recently) don’t… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books with tasty snacks + food-related issues I want to see more of in fiction