Still a light reading month, I mean two of the books I read were picture books! In fairness, it took me a while to get through my course books and I had a lot of assignments due in March...and I'll have more due in May. But the end is in sight and the summer of reading is soon coming. That being said I did like a lot of…
Jane Eyre is now one of my favourite books. It's one I'd always wanted to try if only for the accolade of having read it. I didn't think I was going to love it this much. Getting to see Jane grown from child to accomplished woman was such a wonderful narrative experience. She developed so much and really came into her own. It was easy to like her…
A bit of a lighter reading month for February, but it is the shortest month and I did an awful lot. Then again, look at the size of Kingdom of Ash...nearly 1000 pages. I'm so happy I finally read that. Strange for me to be reading a picture book, alas Uni is a weird one. I loved Franklin's Flying Bookshop, the story was absolutely adorable. Anything with a…
I've read very few Victorian novels, the only one I can recall immediately that I've read is Dracula. I didn't know what to expect with these books but I've been pleasantly surprised so far. Elizabeth Gaskell had always been a name I recognised for North and South, so when I saw Mary Barton on my reading list I had no expectations for the book. It follows a young…
What is Top 5 Wednesday? Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes on YouTube. Here is the link for the Goodreads group where you can find the list of topics and such. This weeks topic is: Reading Resolutions I've never done one of these before but I decided to give it a go this year and it happens to be the first Top 5…