Book quote of the day

“The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing.” – Severus Snape, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by JK Rowling

Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale

I have just finished re-reading “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, a feminist dystopia novel. When i first read it, it was for my undergraduate dissertation, which explored dystopia and utopia novels. It is a fascinating but chilling tale of the extreme measures the government will take to ensure the continuation of the human race [...]

Book quote of the day

“Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn’t really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn’t about who can sit can who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it’s about [...]

Book Review: Replica

I have just finished reading “Replica” by Lexi Revellian. I found this ebook for free on Amazon and thought it sounded interesting. The blurb reads: “Beth Chandler, bright, attractive but unassertive, is accidentally replicated in a flawed experiment at the government research institute where she works. A second Beth comes into being, complete with all [...]

Do I pick the Big Six when I buy books?

How many books do i own published by the Big Six? Good question. In case you didn’t know, the Big Six is compiled of HarperCollins, Random House, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Macmillan. Upon close inspection of my bookshelves, i have tallied the following amount of books published by the Big Six and their imprints [...]

Book Review: The Uke of Wallington

I have just finished reading ” The Uke of Wallington: One Man and his Ukulele round Britain” by Mark Wallington. This is a step into a new genre for me as it is a Travel book, but i found it really interesting! Mark Wallington has what his wife sees as a midlife crisis and what [...]

My May Reading Challenge

I decided that i should do another Challenge on my blog this month, but wasn’t sure if i fancied doing another daily Challenge so i have come up with the idea of setting myself a few books to read this month. I have quite a few books lying around which i need to finish, some [...]

London Book Fair 2012- belated bits and pieces

I know it’s been a whole week since the LBF (woah, that flew by!) but i thought i’d share some stuff. Firstly, the amount of leaflets and newspapers which i gained from the LBF: It’s a bit less than last year, mainly because i wasn’t on a mission to pick up as many bits of [...]