I promise that come May my Wrap Up's will be on time! That's when I finish my final year of uni. Scary to think it's not all that long off. Anyway, here's my October Wrap Up. I certainly read an awful lot this month and it was so diverse. From Shakespeare to picture books. I loved a lot of what I read...others not so much. November wasn't a…
What a wonderful little book. I've read one A Very Short Introduction book before which was for Archaeology way back when I nearly did that as my degree. Oh, how life would be different if I had. Therefore I knew what I was expecting for the most part. These books give a brief account of certain topics and with the Fairy Tale one, it looked into the evolution…
One of my new favourite picture books. The way the original Little Red Riding Hood was subverted was just so interesting and unique. I mean Little Red Reading Hood, I can't get over how clever it is. The story is so sweet and so different. Rather than having to take a basket of food to Granny, she had to take an overdue book back to the library and…
I said I was going to give it another go and I'm glad I did. The September High Stakes Illumicrate box was so lovely. There were so many items I loved and nothing I didn't really like. The book as well. Oh, it's gorgeous. I think I'm going to try and keep on with this brand too.... Unfortunately, I already had a copy of this book but I'd…
Firstly, a huge thank you to Zaffre and Compulsive Readers for having me on this blog tour. I have a confession, agreeing to this tour scared me. I have never read a historical fiction book, nevermind one heavily entrenched within the military genre. However, I've loved Greek and Roman history for as long as I can remember. I studied it in college and have been independently researching whenever…