I’m back from Paris! (Though yet to catch up on reading blog posts and responding to comments. Sorry.) I thought it would be best for me to return with a WWW Wednesday, despite my failure to adhere to what I said a fortnight ago…
WWW Wednesday is the weekly meme formerly hosted by MizB at Should be Reading and revived on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below to participate. … More WWW Wednesday [9 September]
Now to complete my five-day week of blog posts: my first book tag. I was tagged by Aimal @ Bookshelves & Paperbacks in this, and I thought it looked like fun, even though I’ve never been to Bath & Body Works as I live in the UK. I did consider renaming the questions after Lush products (I adore Lush), but the original names work really well; I like the sound of the Warm Vanilla Sugar product, whatever it is. Anyway, here goes with the tag… … More Bath & Body Works Book Tag
I’m on a mission to post every weekday this week, so here’s my WWW Wednesday update, the weekly meme formerly hosted by MizB at Should be Reading and revived on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below to participate. … More WWW Wednesday [26 August]
It’s Top Ten Tuesday time! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week, the theme is Top Ten Books That Would Be On Your Syllabus If You Taught X 101. If you’re anything like me, you will have spent some time sorting your favourite characters into their ideal Hogwarts houses. Usually, I sort characters in TV and film, but I thought it was about time I sort characters from books. As head of Gryffindor for my university’s Harry Potter society, I felt obliged to source literature containing characters from the same house as myself, and as potential inspiration for future Gryffindors of course. I realise I may have incorrectly sorted some characters, or you can easily argue differently, but I’ll do my best to justify my decision! … More Gryffindor Literature 101
I’m back with a fresh set of books in time for WWW Wednesday, the weekly meme formerly hosted by MizB at Should be Reading and revived on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below to participate. … More WWW Wednesday [19 August]
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week, the lists focus on the last ten books acquired, whether through bookshops, libraries, from a friend or elsewhere. I’ve organised my ten based on where I got them from. … More Last Ten Books That Came Into My Possession
Warbreaker is a story of magic, gods, and politics (but in an exciting way, not like the debates over budget cuts we see between our own politicians). Two kingdoms take very different approaches to the ‘Returned’—people who are deemed worthy when they die to return to life and be revered as gods—and the magic fuelled by colour and the breath of others by an ‘Awakener.’ One kingdom, Hallandren, embraces the ethereal forces, adorning themselves with colours of every hue, and structuring their ruling system around a pantheon of gods. The other, Idris, emphasises modesty, frowning upon any display of colour, and allowing the Returned to die once more. With two such different approaches, war between the two kingdoms seems inevitable as rebellious princess Siri is wed to the God King of Hallandren, but is there any way she can reason with him to prevent it? What other forces are at play in this world filled with tensions anyway? … More Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
Bookmarked Ponderings 