Indies all over #1 | Bakewell Bookshop

I really do love a good bookish series - here's a new one! I'm actually a secret Londoner (not so secret if you've heard me recount a story to my London mates in a overexcited cockney squeal) and I've noticed that there seems to be some lovely info about indie bookshops down south on the …

#9 Homegoing| A good book and a cup of tea

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Five stars. Heart-breaking. Conversation-starting. This is a book that can only be properly described by compounds. Homegoing is Gyasi's debut novel, it starts with a fire lit by an enslaved woman called Mamee. Little does Mamee know her fire will burn message across the ages long after her own death. Mamee …

#7 Saga Volume 2| A good book and a cup of tea

Saga Volume 2 is just as bad-ass as its predecessor. 5 great big gold stars!   Here's all you need to know about Saga Volume 2: Alana and Marko are intergalactic couple goals, they fight each other's corner even in the face of the universes greatest adversities, the in-laws, in this second volume. The narrative point of …

#6 Wonder | A good book and a cup of tea

5 stars - Wonder is charming, funny, heart-warming and transports you back to being ten years old. WONDERFUL IN FACT (SORRY I HAD TO). This is one of those books that has buzz that proceeds it, which always worries me a bit because I always have this nagging fear that I'll be the one reader …

#1 I’ve got you covered! | Penguin Threads

'I've got you covered!' is a new feature on whatfifound all about pretty covers! Apparently you shouldn't judge a book on its cover alone but sometimes when you've already read a book and you're looking to adorn your bookcase with spiffing new editions I feel we should make a cheeky exception... I thought I'd give you …

#1 | A good book & a nice cup of tea

Here on whatfifound we like books. Today I've got my first ever review for you chaps. It's on a YA novel that I'm sure a few of you have heard of... I actually found this review on the 'draft' bit of an old blog I had back on blogger back when I was 15 and …