Alexandra’s Blog
Top Ten Reads of 2015 Part One
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBGVPS1SM3o?showinfo=0] Instead of doing a Top 5 Wednesday video for our favourite reads of 2015, we decided that we would do a top ten list. Honestly, we read...
Top 5 Wednesday: Favourite Audiobooks
Audio books were something that I never used to do until the last few years. Chelsey put it best to me one day during our time at university. She had somehow caught the really awful strain of the stom...
Go Set a Watchman Review
Nowhere near as heart hitting as To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman returns the reader to Maycomb Alabama. Watchman gives you an insight to how To Kill a Mockingbird came to be, and for that thi...
Crimson Peak: Movie Review
After marrying the charming and seductive Sir Thomas Sharpe, young Edith (Mia Wasikowska) finds herself swept away to his remote gothic mansion in the English hills. Also living there is Lady Lucille,...
Deathless Review
Deathless is a beautifully written retelling of the Kosechei the Deathless folktale. The writing style harkens back to having some tell you a fairy tale for the first time. At times the narrative is a...
Top Ten Tuesday: Characters You Just Didn’t Click With
It’s time for Top Ten Tuesday again! Top Ten Tuesday is a Tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Check out their website to join the group and to see the list of topics! This week’s topic is: ...
Top Ten Tuesday: Autobuy Authors
Welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is a Tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Check out their website to join the group and to see the list of topics! This week’s topic is: Auto...
Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I’ve Read the Most Books From
These Top Ten Tuesday lists are a lot of fun… Top Ten Tuesday is a Tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Check out their website to join the group and to see the list of topics! This weekR...
Rolling in the Deep
Rolling in the Deep is a fun little horror novel where mermaids are not to be trifled with. If the book were only a little bit longer it would be perfect...
Top Ten Tuesday: Fairy Tale Retellings
It’s time for Top Ten Tuesday again! Top Ten Tuesday is a Tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Check out their website to join the group and to see the list of topics! This week’s topic is: ...
Ant Man: Movie Review
We didn’t know what to expect when it came to Ant Man. Marvel has had a pretty good run up to this point, where even the worst of its movies weren’t exactly awful. Ant Man isn’t a su...
Through the Woods
Do you like fairy tales? Do you like horror? If you answered yes to any of those questions than I suggest you pick up this book. Through the Woods is full of all the things that make you afraid of the...
Top Ten Tuesday: Fellow Book Nerds
Welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday! In case you’ve never heard of it, the Top Ten Tuesday Tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. If you’re interested in participating, head on over to their website ...
Dream A Little Dream
Dream a Little Dream is a novel in the vein of Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle. An interesting premise that is only held back by it's translation. If you like stories about dream magic, than check thi...