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Non-Horror Books that Scared You

Posted October 25, 2017 by Brin in Memes, Top 5 Wednesday / 0 Comments
Non-Horror Books that Scared You

Top 5 Wednesday was created by Lainey @GingerReadsLainey on Youtube and is now hosted by Sam @ThoughtsOnTomes You can join the Goodreads group HERE There’s a new topic every Wednesday, and you then list your Top 5 books related to the particular topic. today’s topic is: Non-Horror Books that Scared You Non-horror books that scared me… at first this seemed like a bit of a difficult topic. I mean, if I want to be […]

June Bookstagram Challenges: Day 11

Posted June 11, 2017 by Brin in Challenges / 0 Comments
June Bookstagram Challenges: Day 11

June Bookstagram Challenges (and what I got up to today) #bookishthisorthat – hosted by: @darkfaerietales_, @cbookaddiction, @novelheartbeat and @eden.hammond With each daily prompt, you choose which of the two choices you prefer. So, let’s say the choice was between Game of Thrones and the Lord of the Rings, you choose which one is your favourite and create a photo using your choice (and FYI, as much as I love GoT, it would […]

Fairy Tale Survey: Part 2

Posted May 18, 2014 by Brin in Discussion Posts / 6 Comments
Fairy Tale Survey: Part 2

Mel at The Daily Prophecy came up with the Fairy Tale Survey, where you answer fairy tale-inspired questions about books. It looked like a lot of fun so I had to take part! Fairy Tale Survey: Part 2 – mix and match Aladdin – The poor boy who found a genie. What is the latest book treasure/gem you found? I would have to go with Faking Normal by Courtney C. […]

Love Triangles: Right v Wrong

Posted March 27, 2014 by Brin in Discussion Posts / 12 Comments
Love Triangles: Right v Wrong

Love triangles: the ‘right’ guy vs the ‘wrong’ guy Now I get really annoyed with the predominance of love triangles in books (it is especially prevalent in YA). I find this trope to be one that has too much focus and often overshadows the plot. How many conversations about your favourite books are actually about who prefers which potential love interest? Why this one or that one would be right […]

Top Ten Book to Movie Adaptations

Posted February 25, 2014 by Brin in Memes, Top Ten Tuesday / 13 Comments
Top Ten Book to Movie Adaptations

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s theme is: Top Ten Tuesday REWIND! Pick from previous topics that you want to do again or may have missed. My choice is: Top Ten Book to Movie Adaptations Not all book to movie adaptations are good (some are downright terrible in fact!) but there are some really great adaptations that break the mold. […]