Feature and Follow!

Feature and Follow is an awesome meme hosted by ParaJunkee and Alison Can Read. You should check them out because they are fantabulous. We're given a question, and we get to answer it and then go along our merry way stalking following and finding new awesome blogs! It's all quite exciting! So, this...

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The Boy Who Could See Demons - Carolyn Jess-Cooke [Book Review]

"As I pulled through the busy streets of Belfast in a taxi, I heard her voice. I love you, Mummy. I love you. And then I saw her, clear in my mind. Her chocolate-brown eyes curved with laughter, her thick black hair swept across one shoulder. She was turning to me, the white sheen of a curtain brushing against...

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A Bookish Bank Heist - Guest Post by Ginger-Read Reviews

I am thrilled to announce a visit from the fantastic Ali from Ginger-Read Reviews.  We've paired up to bring you a bookish list that is slightly out of the norm. We're not casting characters for wannabe relationships, or our book crushes... no, we're a little more HARDCORE than that. We've cast ten characters...

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Feature and Follow Friday!

Good morning everyone!So I've decided to do the fantastic Feature and Follow Friday this week! ParaJunkee and Alison Can Read are the hosts.  So the question this week is a doozy. I've never really thought about it to be honest (which sounds crazy) but there it is... in red below! Q: If you could...

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The Book Crisis in the UAE

We have a book crisis here. It is a pretty absorbing issue for book-worms and can be quite frustrating. Let me explain why. Y'see, here in the UAE we have Borders, we have WH Smith, we have smaller book franchises and we also have the mega-book shop in Dubai Mall called Kinokuniyah also known as Book...

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Ten Movies That Will Make You Weep

I love listing things... and I love reading lists; I'm sure that has become pretty obvious. So here are the top ten movies that have reduced me to tears... and so I am going on the crude assumption that they will emotionally wreck you too. They are rated by how many buckets I needed to collect the water from...

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Re-Watching... E.T. (1982)

Haha! Yes, that's what I did! I totally rewatched E.T. to see if it was as good as I remember it being when I was a kid. Come on, you all know E.T. right? It's the classic tale of spaceship landing in America... alien getting left behind, boy meets alien, alien creates telepathic link with boy, alien starts...

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