Hi everyone, this week I’m giving you a review of an adult read I found myself enjoying more than I should. If you grew up with Louisa M. Alcott’s Little Women, then you can imagine my surprise when I saw this from a shelf at the library. I hope you enjoy the review I have for you below…
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A Classic Teen-Read Re-imagined
Hi everyone, this last week of November I have a doozy of a review planned for you. It’s true what they say that the best things happen when you least expect it. And boy was I pleasantly surprised when I opened the pages of this teen book to discover a few of my favorite characters from the classics I had read as a child… oops… I may have revealed a bit too much here… press below if you want to find out more…
Continue reading “A Classic Teen-Read Re-imagined”Books on Bookshops
Hi everyone, this week I thought I’d geek out a little bit over my love of bookshops and give you a trio of bookshop books!! Oh, my heart flutters at the alliteration there and even imagines the smell of new books! Don’t judge, it’s almost as intoxicating as a slice of chocolate cake!! Press below to see more please…
Continue reading “Books on Bookshops”Tween Books that Taught me some Hard Truths
Hi everyone, welcome to sunny November! This first bookish booklist has a selection of tween reads that taught me not just hard truths, but also historical facts that somehow were not covered during my schooling years! You know the drill folks, press below to see what’s in store this week…
Continue reading “Tween Books that Taught me some Hard Truths”Let’s talk Bookish this November…
Hi everyone, the countdown to Christmas has officially started this week in our house!! Summer is around the corner and long lazy days to look forward to! I can’t think of a better time to get stuck into a bookish inspired month of reads. If you’re like me, then why not wander down below to check out what inspired my selections…
Continue reading “Let’s talk Bookish this November…”Six Spooky Ghost Stories for Tweens
Hi friends, it’s October already and Halloween is not that far away!! In the corner of Auckland where I live, the neighbourhood goes all out in their spooky decorations. If you and your tween are into spooky stories of the ghostly variety, then the booklist below should have a good selection for you!! Delve slowly and carefully below… the layers of the supernatural await you…
Continue reading “Six Spooky Ghost Stories for Tweens”Love & Saffron by Kim Faye
Hi friends, this week I’m bringing you an adult novel I read sometime last year and fell head over heels in love with!! It had almost everything I enjoy in an historical read: friendship, loyalty, adventure, and most of all, letters!! So, if this short blurb has piqued your interest, then why not press the button below and read on…
Continue reading “Love & Saffron by Kim Faye”An eclectic mix for this September
Hi everyone, welcome to the month of September. I can’t believe we’re almost at the last quarter of this year!! Both my nieces will have birthdays coming up soon, and we’ll be planning for parties and such quite soon. As I didn’t have much in the way of themes set for this month, I thought I’d give you all a bit of a mix to your reading options this month. So… if you would like to learn more, click below…
Continue reading “An eclectic mix for this September”Historical Animal Stories
Hi everyone, this first booklist of sorts will take you to a trio of reads featuring animal stories from a different era in time. I’ve tried to change things up a bit and have given you a short selection of titles from different time periods. I hope you all enjoy this and I promise you there will be a few more titles in next week’s post.
Continue reading “Historical Animal Stories”A Trio of Historical Girl Detectives
Hi friends, this week’s small-ish booklist post has a trio of titles featuring detective stories set somewhere in the not-so distant past. My niece isn’t a huge fan of history but I hope to convince her with this short list. Here’s hoping your tweens find something interesting in this post!!
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Miss Mahee's Library of Reads 