I actually read enough this month to warrant doing a little wrap-up! Books I read in March Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Mini-review: This book was something a little different to my usual reads, however, I'm thinking maybe I should stick to what I know I love as this one didn't really do …
Synopsis Eleven-year-old George Washington Black--or Wash--a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master's brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying …
Hello all! I didn’t manage to get anything read in February so I’m skipping on the monthly wrap up. I did, however, purchase a few books so I thought I’d do a little haul to show you what I picked up. As you can guess by the title of this blog, the books I picked …
Since coming back to my blog after my unannounced hiatus at the end of last year, I've decided to change up my monthly wrap-ups a little bit. I want it to be a looser format than it was before, with one section for books and another section for pretty much anything else. Books I read …
Synopsis: Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Review: I first heard about this book back when …
A while ago I was tagged by Bookish Rita in this fun tag about books you’re conflicted about reading. All of the below books are on my TBR but they’re ones I’ve been hesitant to pick up…
Read my book review on nonfiction psychology book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks, here...
