It was a bit of a slow start this month, but I managed to read 12 books this month. Being in locked down has taken its toll. I'm so used to reading on my commute to work that it took a while to get going this month. I started to read the books when I would usually be doing my commute and it helped me to keep the routine even though I'm not going anywhere.
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First Line Fridays: 27th March 2020
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?
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Book Review: The Sky is Mine by Amy Beashel
In a house adept at sweeping problems under the carpet, seventeen-year-old Izzy feels silenced. As her safety grows uncertain, Izzy know three things for sure. She knows not to tell her mother that Jacob Mansfield has been threatening to spread those kinds of photos around college. She knows to quiet the grief that she's been abandoned by her best friend Grace. And, seeing her mother conceal the truth of her stepdad's control, Izzy also knows not to mention how her heart splinters and her stomach churns whenever he enters a room.
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Book Review: Skylarks by Karen Gregory
We watch the bird as it flies high above us, singing like it's the only thing in the world that matters. And I feel it - that life can be beautiful. That there are possibilities. Keep your head down and don't borrow trouble is the motto Joni lives by, and so far it's seen her family through some tough times. It's not as if she has the power to change anything important anyway. Like Dad's bad back, or the threat of losing their house. So when Annabel breezes into her life, Joni's sure they're destined to clash. Pretty, poised, privileged - the daughter of the richest family in town must…
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Book Review: The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
The Gravity of Us is a story about Cal, a teenage boy who is finishing his last year of high school: he wants to become a journalist. He has a platform where he posts regular live videos about Brooklyn, politics and NASA's newest mission, Orpheus V.
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Book Review: Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper is one of those books that has been making its rounds all over Bookstagram and I finally got around to picking it up. I was hooked from the first page.
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First Line Fridays: 20th March 2020
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?
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First Line Fridays: 13th March 2020
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?
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Book Review: Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
The Infernal Devices contained some of my favourite characters of Cassandra’s world, so when I found out that she was writing a new series about those character’s and their children I knew I had to read it.
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Book Review: A Strangely Wrapped Gift by Emily Juniper
In A Strangely Wrapped Gift, you will find journeys from mental illness to recovery, from heartbreak to heart growth, from hopelessness to empowerment, and from the ocean to the stars. In these pages, Juniper takes heavy, emotional raw material and weaves it into stunning, relatable poetry you’ll long to share with friends and loved ones. This collection is a reminder that broken pieces make the most beautiful mosaics, and that all of us possess the power to bloom even after a harsh winter.
