‘My name is Libby Strout. You’ve probably heard of me… Three years ago, I was America’s Fattest Teen.’ I really like the way this story opened. You fully got a sense of who Libby is. You understood her conflicts and where the story arc is going to lead us. From the beginning she is made […]
Friendship. That’s what is at the heart of this book; the complexities, the love, the support. It’s the powerful female friendships that Sara Barnard portrays that keeps you hooked. The opening sentence, tactically placed by Barnard, gives a glimpse into the plot without us even knowing; ‘I thought it was the start to a love […]
‘Here is the boy drowning.’ The opening sentence sure to hook you and take you down with the drowning boy, being knocked against the jagged rocks by the icy sea. It’s hard to believe this is the beginning of the story. I had imagined this to be the end, where we loop back to find […]
‘The world after all the rules had stopped existing.’ The United States is crumbling. It is a world where water rights are more important than life itself, where only the esteemed can afford a hot running tap, where the water shortages have broken society, where dust clouds sweep the city. Paolo Bacigalupi has a well […]
So I’m writing a novel. Or at least I’m attempting to write a novel for my course. It’s never something I actually thought I’d do. Being an avid reader it’s always been in the back of my mind, but now I’ve started I can’t quite believe it. I think I’m so scared by the prospect […]
I’m not sure how I managed to reach my forty-book reading challenge last year. I even exceeded it by two, without including academic books I read for my course. Usually I spend the summer months hidden away in my room, my head stuck in whatever book I feel like reading at that moment, but last […]
I love getting lost between the pages of a book. To feel the words and sentences encompass you and completely swallow your surroundings. It’s my way of escaping reality for a few hours, to not have to worry about what I should be doing, or what I need to be doing. If you say you […]
Book Synopsis: Live life in a bubble? Or risk everything for love? Maddy is allergic to the world. She hasn’t left her house in seventeen years. Olly is the boy next door. He’s determined to find a way to reach her. Rating: 5/5 Review: 18-year-old Madeline has a rare disease called SCID (Serve Combined Immunodeficiency) […]
Every now and then, my anxiety creeps in out of nowhere. I get stuck in my head without having a release. In these situations, I like to give myself some me time, away from people and society. I shut myself away for a few days and deal with whatever is going on inside my brain. […]
Book Synopsis: Steffi doesn’t talk. Rhys can’t hear. They understand each other perfectly. Love isn’t always a lightning strike. Sometimes it’s the rumbling roll of thunder… Rating: 5/5 Review: “My name is Steffi Brons and I don’t speak… I’m a natural introvert with serve social anxiety and a shyness that is basically pathological” Every so often […]
