Update: August 2019
I can’t believe it’s September already! Today I officially started my job. I’m still writing up my thesis but it’s at its final stages now. I’m also making all sorts of bookish accessories for my Etsy shop and having so much fun doing it! Read Blood Song – Anthony Ryan (Orbit) ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Storm Crow – Kalyn Josephson (Sourcebook Fire) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Sword of Kaigen – M.L. Wang (Self-published) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 Currently Reading Someone Like Me – M.R. Carey (Orbit) Received/Bought The Rage of Dragons – Evan Winter (Orbit) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (Chiltern Publishing) Blog Posts Review: The Girl Who Could…
Spotlight: Someone Like Me – M.R. Carey
About the book: SHE LOOKS LIKE ME. SHE SOUNDS LIKE ME. NOW SHE’S TRYING TO TAKE MY PLACE. Liz Kendall wouldn’t hurt a fly. She’s a gentle woman devoted to bringing up her kids in the right way, no matter how hard times get. But there’s another side to Liz—one which is dark and malicious. A version of her who will do anything to get her way, no matter how extreme or violent. And when this other side of her takes control, the consequences are devastating. The only way Liz can save herself and her family is if she can find out where this new alter-ego has come from, and…
My Fabric Bookmarks
Hello everyone! The last few weeks I’ve been thinking what awesome bookish products I can make and what fun things I can do with them. I love sewing and cross stitching so I’ve been working for a while now to combine that and my passion for books. As you might have seen, I’ve been making cross stitch version of book covers for a while now. I’m currently working on three more covers! And they’re all very big projects, so I’m not sure when I’ll be able to finish them :p In the meantime I’ve also been learning to make lots of stuff on my sewing machine and I wanted to…
Spotlight: The Ten Thousand Doors of January – Alex E. Harrow
About the book: In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a…
The Rotherweird Trilogy – Andrew Caldecott
The town of Rotherweird stands alone – there are no guidebooks, despite the fascinating and diverse architectural styles cramming the narrow streets, the avant garde science and offbeat customs. Cast adrift from the rest of England by Elizabeth I, Rotherweird’s independence is subject to one disturbing condition: nobody, but nobody, studies the town or its history. For beneath the enchanting surface lurks a secret so dark that it must never be rediscovered, still less reused. But secrets have a way of leaking out. Two inquisitive outsiders have arrived: Jonah Oblong, to teach modern history at Rotherweird School (nothing local and nothing before 1800), and the sinister billionaire Sir Veronal Slickstone, who has somehow got permission to renovate the town’s…
Cross Stitch Project: Nevernight
To celebrate the release of Darkdawn very soon and because I really loved reading Nevernight, I made a little cross stitch pattern! It’s an easy pattern that is fun to stitch and would look nice in a bookcase or on your library wall. If you want to make it yourself, you can find the pattern in my Etsy store. It’s a PDF download, a colour file and a black and white file. I’ve been really enjoying designing and stitching these patterns inspired by books I’ve really loved and I hope I can do some more original ones in the future.
Spotlight: The Dollmaker – Nina Allan
About the book: Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive but graceful, unique, and with surprising depths. Perhaps that’s why he answers the enigmatic personal ad in his collector’s magazine. Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange, sheltered life in an institution on Bodmin Moor, and the terrible events that put her there as a child. Andrew knows what it is to be trapped, and as they knit closer together, he weaves a curious plan to rescue her. On his journey through the old towns of England, he reads the fairy tales of Ewa Chaplin–potent,…
The Sword Of Kaigen – M.L. Wang
A mother struggling to repress her violent past,A son struggling to grasp his violent future,A father blind to the danger that threatens them all. When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies even reach their shores? High on a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire’s enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of…
The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind – Jackson Ford
Teagan Frost is having a hard time keeping it together. Sure, she’s got telekinetic powers—a skill that the government is all too happy to make use of, sending her on secret break-in missions that no ordinary human could carry out. But all she really wants to do is kick back, have a beer, and pretend she’s normal for once. But then a body turns up at the site of her last job—murdered in a way that only someone like Teagan could have pulled off. She’s got 24 hours to clear her name—and it’s not just her life at stake. If she can’t unravel the conspiracy in time, her hometown of…
Cross Stitch Project #3: Red Sister
My third project is finally done! This one was a bit of a challenge because I made a lot of mistakes in the beginning. It was frustrating and made me put it aside for weeks on end while I worked on other projects. But in the end, I’m super happy with how she turned out! My next project will be a full cover, not just part of it. It’s based on beautiful artwork from Raymond Swanland. It’s so big though that I don’t know how long it’s going to take me to finish it… But for now, I hope you like my cross stitch version of Nona! Colours: 36 Thread:…
