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Find my latest posts below or take a dive into the archives by going onto the blog page and selecting a category that tickles your fancy…

  • Book Review: The Serpent & The Wings Of Night

    Author: Carissa Broadbent Genre: Fantasy Summary: Oraya has been fighting to survive as a human in a kingdom of nightmarish vampires for almost 20 years. Now, she enters the deadly tournament known as the Kejari, where she will face off bloodthirsty vamps in a set of trials in an effort to win a favour from

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  • Are Audiobooks As Good As Reading? What I Like And Don’t Like

    I have been devouring physical books and digital pages on kindle for years and I can’t imagine life without them. What I hadn’t done until recently was try out audiobooks… shocking!! So now that I have given them a go, do I think audiobooks are as good as reading? Let me be honest, the thought

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  • Book Review: We Hunt The Flame

    Author: Hafsah Faizal Genre: YA Fantasy Summary: Arawiya has been struggling for 90 years, ever since the one named Lion of the Night fought the 6 Sisters and won. Subsequently quashing the magic that kept the kingdom thriving. The one magical thing that is present in today’s world is the Arz, and that is not

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  • Book Review: Wreck The Halls

    Author: Tessa Bailey Genre: Holiday Romance Summary: The son and daughter of a famous rock duo from the 90s set off on a journey of trying to reunite their estranged mothers. Although Beat and Melody have only met once before, they feel like they’ve known each other forever. But the task of getting their feuding

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  • Book Review: Iron Flame

    Book Review: Iron Flame

    Author: Rebecca Yarros Genre: High Fantasy Summary: In this highly anticipated sequel, readers continue along with Violet Sorrengail and her life outside of Navarre’s magical borders after defecting from the war college that she attended. Whilst Violet, her friends and other students from the Riders Quadrant, along with the dragons they have bonded, learn the

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  • Word Of The Month: Zany

    Word Of The Month: Zany

    Let’s grow our vocabularies together! I’ve decided to launch a monthly post called Word Of The Month so we can gain more knowledge on words. The chosen word may be one already commonly known, or it could be a completely new one that we can learn about and start using in our day-to-day conversations. October’s

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  • 99-Word Story Challenge (September 26th)

    Have I mentioned that I’m trying new things and pushing myself to grow as a writer? I’ll be honest with you, I’ve never really felt like a writer but I can’t deny my love of words. And earlier this year, I came to the realisation that everything I do involves writing in some way. So

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  • The Best Writing And Reading Hobbies

    Calling all readers and writers! If you’re looking to spend more of your free time doing something you love, let me help you decide on a new hobby. Here are 4 options that are entertaining and educational in some way. Without further adieu, the best writing and reading hobbies… (and yes, I personally partake in

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  • Word Of The Month

    Word Of The Month

    Let’s grow our vocabularies together! I’ve decided to launch a monthly post called Word Of The Month so we can gain more knowledge on words. The chosen word may be one already commonly known, or it could be a completely new one that we can learn about and start using in our day-to-day conversations. September’s

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  • Book Review: Fourth Wing

    Book Review: Fourth Wing

    Author: Rebecca Yarros Genre: High Fantasy Summary: In Fourth Wing, we follow a physically frail main character, Violet Sorrengail, who is mentally anything but. While she may be better suited to join the Scribe Quadrant of the war college that she attends, she is forced by her own high-ranking mother to join the most dangerous

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