Recommended For You – Book Review

I've had this book on my TBR since I first heard about it back in 2019 and I was so excited to finally read it as my first book in 2021; it was definitely a great way to kick off the new year! This book was pitched as To All The Boys I've Loved Before…

Shiver – Review

Warning: this review contains spoilers Every winter, Grace watches for the wolves in Boundary Woods from her backyard. And every winter, one of them seems to watch her back. Sam has lived a life in two halves. In summer, he is Sam, reader, musician, boy. In summer, he watches Grace from afar, falling in love…

Winter Favourites and a Post-Lockdown Chat

Make a mug of tea (or any other hot beverage of your choice), and settle in for something a bit different. We're going to talk books but also life during lockdown in Melbourne last year. Favourite Reads Amber My reading during lockdown went up down depending on my uni workload, but I ticked quite a…

What’s on my 2021 TBR?

Hi friends, Emily here! Usually I start off the new year with a Most Anticipated Releases post, but I'm doing something a little bit different for 2021 because I've decided to try and minimise my book-spending this year. I have *a lot* of unread books on my shelves at home so I'm aiming to get…

Before the Beginning – Book Review

One of my favourite reads of last year was All That Impossible Space, so when AusYABloggers announced their book tour for Before the Beginning I got very excited. And I probably texted Emily using all caps and lots of heart-eye emojis. When my copy arrived I read it in one sitting and almost didn't regret…

Book Scavenger Hunt

Hello friends, Emily here with another book tag. I had a lot of fun doing the Mid-Year Book Freak Out a few weeks back so I'm back with the Book Scavnenger Hunt. I've seen different versions of this on booktube and some blogs but I got these questions from The Book Nut. I did take…

Amber’s Favourite Book to Film Adaptations

Being back in stage four lockdown means my days off from uni and work are spent reading, playing piano, or watching something on Netflix/Stan/Disney+. So, it seemed appropriate to compile a list of some of my favourite book to film adaptations! Put the kettle on, make a cup of tea and let me take you…

Emily’s (Late) Mid-Year Book Freak Out

I know it's not really 'mid year' anymore, but back in June Cait of Paper Fury posted her annual Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag post and I loved reading it so much that I wanted to do it too! So here is my slightly-past-mid-year-freak-out, for January to July. 1. How much have you read? 21…

2020 Best of Shelf So Far…

Can you believe we've crossed the halfway point of 2020? It's been a strange year, with a lot of my plans either cancelled or altered for online platforms, and I found myself falling into a bit of a reading slump during April/May. It took me a little while to get back into reading, but the…

Reading During Lockdown

We had such grand plans for the blog, but like a lot of things, these plans went a little awry when lockdown began in March.  The past few months have been scary, stressful, and strange, and my reading habits have been all over the place. Now that we're in lockdown 2.0, I thought I'd share…