The hunger games – The ballad of songbirds and snakes

As a book and film blog, I have the perfect opportunity to talk about a film that’s recently been adapted from one of my favourite books! The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The book (and film) is a prequel to ‘The Hunger Games’ (64 years before those books began) and is essentially […]

I need to talk about heartstopper

So last year I wrote a post about book adaptations of my favourite books and what I thought about them and as you may know (I think most people do at this point) the webcomic series turned graphic novels ‘Heartstopper’ was just adapted into an 8 part series on Netflix, and I think it’s perfect! […]

Books you should read if you like murder mysteries…

Ok so I took quite a long break, but exams are now finished and I have a bit more time for reading and writing now, which I’m happy about! I do really enjoy writing this blog and sharing my passion for reading with others. For this reason I decided to start a mini series across […]

The Things We Don’t See – Review

Thank You to Netgalley for the chance to read this book! “The year is 1987 and the sleepy village of Sandown Bay is waking up . . .” To its residents, Sandown is home – a tiny village holiday resort in the western United States. To everyone else, it’s a minuscule island, that brings tourists in […]

In The Ravenous Dark Review

Spoiler Free Review! ‘In Thanopolis, those gifted with magic are assigned undead spirits to guard them—and control them. Ever since Rovan’s father died trying to keep her from this fate, she’s hidden her magic. But when she accidentally reveals her powers, she’s bound to a spirit and thrust into a world of palace intrigue and […]

The Reader’s Problems Book Tag

This week is a big week for me with two of my most anticipated books being released, so I thought whilst I read these and gather my thoughts on them to share with you all. It would be fun to do a book tag! The tag is called the Reader’s Problems Book Tag and the […]

Adaptations: part 1

As any book lover would know, book adaptations can be very hit or miss. As many of us build connections to the books and hold high hopes for the films/series we can’t help but sometimes feel disappointed by the outcome but it doesn’t necessarily mean they are bad; we just hold them to higher standards.So […]

January Reads

January has been a bit of a slow reading month for me, especially with the return to online school and mock exams! I was still able to finish three books this month and started my fourth though so not a really bad reading month! So I thought it would be cool to recap the books […]

‘Concrete Rose’ Review

Warning: Minor spoilers for ‘The Hate U Give’ and ‘Concrete Rose’. ‘Concrete Rose’ revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of ‘The Hate U Give’ which recently became a major motion picture, exploring black boyhood and manhood and the struggles Maverick had to face. ‘With his King Lord dad in prison and his mom […]