Discussing Bridget Collins’ The Binding Warning: Spoilers Ahead. This is a short book discussion and not a book review. There will be spoilers in this article. Bridget Collins’ The Binding was not at all what I expected, but a story…
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A Review on Paula Brackston’s The Little Shop of Found Things. Somewhere between a Jane Austen novel and The Good Witch series I couldn’t help but get drawn into Paula Brackston’s enchanting and venturesome tale, The Little Shop of Found…
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A Story by James Hendry Reggie & Me is a witty, tragic and beautiful story that crept into my heart. This coming-of-age novel follows the brave, yet unfortunate adventures of Hamish Charles Sutherland Fraser – a boy growing up in…
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Oh, my Hogwarts! This author is a genius. This review is long overdue. Most probably because I did not know where to start. There are so many facets to The Night Circus, that it is almost impossible to keep the…
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A Book Review on The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare Nothing brings out the nerdy kid in me like a fantasy novel with an angsty pre-teen protagonist throwing sarcastic comments at the world while also trying to…
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Warning: This blog post contains mixed language. Deal with it. I recently became aware of just how selfish we are in the lives that we lead – even when we lead them with the best of intentions. We want to…
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Reading A Walk At Midnight Everyone who knows me, is well aware that I’m an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy novels. If it wasn’t for my book challenge (to read a book where the author and I share…
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My Favourite Sad Book Micheal Rosen’s Sad Book is one of my all-time favourite children’s books. One could say it’s because of the touching story, or because of my admiration for Quentin Blake’s illustrations. I say, it’s because of both,…
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Book vs. Post The Reading Slump For the past few years I’ve been going through quite the reading slump, which is unsettling, because I’ve been building my existence around books and literature since I can remember. If I had to…
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Walking in Tsukiji With all my fellow South Africans visiting Japan for the Rugby World Cup I’ve got a serious case of FOMO. Decided that (after a year) it’s time to stop being lazy and do more of my Japan…
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