Month: November 2014

Monthly Round-up! November 2014

Posted November 30, 2014 by Charlotte in Monthly Round-up! / 0 Comments

Monthly Round-up, linking everything that has happened in the last month, posted on the last day of said month. This Round-up November 2014. November has flown by! Not really sure what I have been doing this month. There have been lots of seeing the family and going out. And I have been trying to keep up with Uni work. Which for some subjects is better than others. I also increased my Goodreads challenge from 100 books to 110 as I had completed it. I think this is the fourth increase I’ve done this year. Lets’ hope its the last! Currently reading: Reviews: Blog Tours: Bookish Gossip: Pastime Pleasures: Challenges: As per usual I’m participating in the Goodreads Challenge. So what do you think of my round-up November 2014? What have you read this month? Let me know in the comments below! Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 371 other subscribers

Pastime Pleasures #21- Angus Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

Posted November 28, 2014 by Charlotte in Pastime Pleasures / 0 Comments

Welcome to my feature, Pastime Pleasures, posted every other Friday. Today is the turn of Angus Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison. Here I will look at books that have given me great pleasure in the past. These are books I can read over and over again. The only rule is that the book must have been published five or more years ago. Georgia is a very funny and very frank teenager. Georgia is an incredibly self-centered and vain teen who is also prone to exaggeration and finds herself in the most ridiculous situations. Written in a diary style Georgia talks about anything that crosses her mind from her parents to shaving off her eyebrows, her massive cat and boys. Obviously. What works is that Georgia is extremely honest. The situations she finds herself in, are life-changing (in her mind) problems – like her cat Angus attempting to eat next-doors poodle. To sort these situations out Georgia has a plan and it is so going to work – it doesn’t matter how preposterous these schemes are. They will work. If you ever […]

Random Thoughts: Are Second Hand Books Expensive?

Posted November 27, 2014 by Charlotte in Random Thoughts / 6 Comments

This week I want to know how much are you willing to pay for a second hand book? And are Second Hand Books Expensive? Once a week I volunteer at a local Charity shop. It’s fun and I get to meet a lot of lovely people. Also each day is different which means that I do a different job each week. This week it was pricing and sorting the books that had been donated. The Charity shop has a general system for books, where the average is £1.99 for a good paperback and £2.99 for a hardback in good condition. Books start at a mere 59p! And all prices end in 59 or 99. These numbers vary depending on the thickness of the book, the state it is in and occasional (but rarely) what edition it is. But that’s enough waffle. Back to the question at hand, how much are you willing to pay for a second-hand book? Before working in the Charity shop I never really thought about how much I was willing to pay. The Charity shop was cheaper […]

Review: I will Marry George Clooney (… by Christmas) by Tracy Bloom

Posted November 26, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.I Will Marry George Clooney (…By Christmas) by Tracy Bloom Published by Cornerstone Digital on October 9, 2014 Genres: Chick-lit, Fiction Pages: 375 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads A brand new very funny Christmas novel, from the bestselling author of No-One Ever Has Sex on a Tuesday and Single Woman Seeks Revenge. There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only answer is to marry George Clooney. For Michelle, that time is now. Slogging her guts out in a chicken factory, whilst single-handedly bringing up a teenager who hates her, is far from the life that 36-year-old Michelle had planned. But marrying the most eligible man on the planet by Christmas could change all that, couldn’t it? Sometimes your only option is to dream the impossible – because you never know where it might take you… This is a fun, completely fantastical novel featuring George Clooney, and […]

Review: Precious Thing by Colette McBeth

Posted November 25, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Precious Thing by Colette McBeth Published by Headline Review on April 10, 2014 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 384 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Remember the person you sat next to on your first day at school? Still your best friend? Or disappeared from your life for good? Some friendships fizzle out. Rachel and Clara promised theirs would last for ever. They met when Rachel was the new girl in class and Clara was the friend everyone wanted. Now in their late twenties Rachel has everything while Clara’s life is spiralling further out of control. Then Clara vanishes. Imagine discovering something about your oldest friend that forces you to question everything you’ve shared together. The truth is always there. But only if you choose to see it. Precious Thing is told from the point of view of Rachel. With the story changing between the adult Clara and Rachel […]

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