“You shall be an empress with the moon for your throne” – The Star-Touched Queen [REVIEW]

Author: Roshani Chokshi Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 3.5/5 I wanted a love thick with time, as inscrutable as if a lathe had carved it from night and as familiar as the marrow in my bones. The Star-Touched Queen is the story of Mayavati, whose grim horoscope has condemned her to a life as an …

Book Challenge 2017 – Update 3: Goodreads Challenge Complete

[This post will be long so scroll down to find 1. Intro; 2. Goals; 3. Books read in 2017; 4. My 5 favourite reads so far this year] Last night, I closed the cover on The Hidden Light of Object, officially meeting my 20 book goal for the year. Yes, it was kinda low but I …

Top 3 Favourite TV & Movie Tropes

There are some things in films and tv shows which, no matter how problematic the show may be, I love because they're just, tbqh, ridiculous.  Here's a list of my top three. 1. Horses in places they shouldn't be.  I love, love, love this trope. If we had fewer love triangles and more horses in …

Write what you know (it’s more than you think)

This post was provoked inspired by today's #readwriterepeat prompt - worst writing advice. Writers, especially those starting out, are so often told write what you know. And often, because writer's are (often) pernickety folk, and most start out writing, and so hear this advice over and over, as teens, those four little words may be the most …

August Goal Breakdown

It's August and I don't know how. Luckily, I know what I what/need to get done by the end of the month. Read 3 books Rewrite average minimum of 1 scene per day Send 4 chapters to my CPs (but maybe more?) Blog weekly (and plan my posts in advance!) Instagram daily. I'm hosting the …

[REVIEW] Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index

Author: Julie Israel Genre: Young adult; contemporary Rating: 4.5/5 “[I]t's this very darkness, the cutouts, the envelope of holes that makes the stars so sharp and beautiful.” 65 days have passed since since Juniper lost her sister, Cammie, and the only thing holding her together as she starts the new school year is the ritual …

#readwriterepeat August Book Tag

Calling all bookstagrammers, bloggers, and general bookish folk! This August I'm running a booktag on Insta so come take part. 🙂 My decision to host a booktag was motivated by two things: While there are a huge number of book tags to take part in each month, there aren't many tags for writers and authors …

July Goal Update

Where has the month gone?? Last I checked, it was mid-July (which was when I meant to do a goal check) and it's already heading into the last week! Goals Arrowsong to 60k Outline new story Gather old stuff from Arrowsong prequel Post regularly to insta; #booktag Read 2 books – 1 x fiction, 1 x non-fiction …

Book Challenge 2017 – Update 3

So, I realised I've been reading a lot but I haven't done a reading challenge update in months. Oops! GOALS: Read 20 books Read from unfamiliar genres Read a book written by authors from at least ten different countries Turkey (1) India (1) Australia (1) U.S.A. (5) U.K. (1) Canada (1) Jamaica (1) Pakistan (1)  BOOKS I’VE …

QUARTERLY GOALS July – Sep 2017

So as well head into the second half of the year, I thought I'd share with you my goals for the upcoming quarter because if I don't share them, they won't get done. Nothing like the phantom of expectation to motivate! Here’s what I’ll be working on over the next three months. I’d really appreciate …