Well, here we are: the reveal of my first readathon book! I chose The Night Circus for so many reasons: the story has action, intrigue and romance so there’s hopefully something for everyone and essentially I’m just a fantasy nerd! Erin Morgenstern writes some of the most vivid, evocative descriptions I’ve ever come across and I […]
Hi everyone! So, it’s all a bit real now: I’m fundraising for Acting For Others with a readathon. I wanted to drop by with a little teaser video for you! I set up my fundraising page today and ALREADY had donations before reading a word, so thankyou, you lovely folk ❤ To reiterate the […]
Hi all, I hope everyone’s doing ok in these strange, uncertain times- I just wanted to drop by with an idea I’ve had to see if it had enough interest to be worthwhile. You might remember that back in May, I took part in Read For The Globe and had the BEST time sharing my love of […]
Well, this is a turn up for my blog: my first ever review of a final book in a trilogy! My 6th read of 2020 saw closure with a fictional world that was new to me and that I fell really hard for: Holly Black’s The Folk of The Air. As with my review for […]
As I fell completely head over wheels for Holly Black’s writing style and the universe she created in The Cruel Prince, it felt only right that my next two books of 2020 were books two and three of the Folk of The Air trilogy. A spoiler warning will have to be in place though as I can’t […]
I’m very blessed to have a best friend in Stagey Bookish that is such a passionate and supportive member of the Booktube community. It means that we can share our love of books, as well as theatre – I can always count on her to introduce me to new authors and sometimes I think she […]
After starting my reading for this year with Brigid Kemmerer’s two Cursebreaker novels, I decided that my 3rd read of 2020 was going to be Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens. The decision came about for two main reasons: a combination of word of mouth friends, and anticipation of the tv series. Perhaps most […]
This is it then folks: the conclusion of the inaugural Beauteaful Stagey: The Read Along series. I’ve had a great time reflecting on The Hate You Give, and hope you have enjoyed our insights, maybe they’ve encouraged you to pick the book up for yourselves, which would be amazing! Let’s crack on with my thoughts […]
Here we are then: part two of our first book in Beautiful Stagey: The Read Alongs series. On Monday, we covered chapters 1 – 9 of our first book The Hate You Give – you can catch up with my thoughts on that first section here. Onwards then, to explore chapters 10 – 18. This […]
Hello all! Thankyou for the lovely response to this new venture from Kara and I, we’re really excited to share our insights into our recent reads, both with each other and with you in Beauteaful Stagey: The Read Alongs! You’ll remember from our blogs yesterday announcing the project that we wanted to try and split […]
Wheelie Stagey 