Today marks my quarter century on this planet, and the beginning of my mid life crisis (maybe.)
I wanted to do something bookish, but last year’s birthday book post was a big one. Instead, I turned to my next favourite topic to talk about. Myself.
Review: Needlework by Deirdre Sullivan
Challenge criteria: A book with an unreliable narrator or ambiguous ending
Blurb:
‘I would like to make things beautiful, but a tawdry and repulsive kind of beauty. A braver sort than people have from birth. Sexy zombies on a bicep. That sort of thing.’
Books that need a sequel
This post comes as part of my role as a #BroodingYAHero Street Team member, the #BroodyBFFs.
While I’m a big fan of standalones, one thing I don’t always like is that you’re often left wanting a lot more than the story has given you. When you’ve travelled so far already with these characters, it can be annoying to leave them at what’s essentially a cliff hanger.
There are some books I’m ok with leaving as they are, but with others, I definitely need some answers.
WARNING: spoilers ahead.
Review: Blood Sisters by Jane Corry
Challenge criteria: A book in a genre you usually avoid.
Blurb:
Three little girls set off to school one sunny May morning.
Within an hour, one of them is dead.
Review: Under a Tuscan Sky by Karen Aldous
This book did not fit any of my challenge criteria.
Disclaimer: I was given a copy of this book by the publishers in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way affected my opinion of this book, nor the outcome of this review.
Blurb:
A summer she’ll never forget…
When Olivia Montague’s grandmother passes away, she decides it’s finally time to make some changes in her own life. So she breaks up with her ‘going nowhere’ boyfriend and embarks on a journey to her Nonna’s home in Tuscany.
