One of Us is Lying, or how to get out of your reading slump

Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.…

Read Until You Dropathon Wrap-Up Post

Read Until You Dropathon is the reason I read more in August than in any other month of this year - and also the reason I finally caught up on my Goodreads challenge. The idea comes from libraryofcerys on twitter and she also posted prompts for the readathon. The idea was to read 31 books…

Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself.A prince in danger must decide who to trust.A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings.Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war.In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths entwine in a shadowy…

Bookish Memory Check

Go to Goodreads 'read' shelfSort by randomTest your memory on the top five books Do you ever go through you 'read' shelf on GR and think "when did I read this? I don't remember this one at all"? No? Well, maybe it's just me. My memory isn't exactly the best and most of the time…

First Lines Friday

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?  If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the rules…

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

This post has SPOILERS!!! Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a…

The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

Tiffy and Leon share a flatTiffy and Leon share a bedTiffy and Leon have never met… Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, and she…

What’s in a Name reading challenge

Another reading challenge for me 🙂 This one is hosted by Carolina Book Nook, it lasts the whole year and the challenge is to read six books, one for each category: An ampersand – & (ex. Blanca & Roja, Rot & Ruin)An antonym (ex. Big Little Lies, Wicked Saints)4 letters or less (ex. Feed, Vox)A given/first name (ex. Tess of the Road, Flowers for Algernon)Reference to children (ex. Baby…

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on the 24th of October, 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator…

2020 Nonfiction Reader Challenge

I always want to read more nonfiction and then I, um, don't. So I need this challenge. Funny how motivation comes as soon as I have a list of things to cross out. There are 12 categories in 2020 Nonfiction Reader Challenge. My goal right now is to read 6 books, but if I somehow…