Clash of Kings – George R. R. Martin

"...she was killing him, shouting 'Winterfell! Winterfell!' while Hot Pie screamed 'Hot Pie' beside her..." this was honestly my favourite quote from the book lol 4/5 Stars I originally wasn't going to write a review for Clash of Kings but then I wrote an instagram post (feel free to follow me @bibliobethan 😉 ) which was …

How To Not Give Up a Book

The Hobbit. Catcher in the Rye. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Pride and Prejudice. What do all these books have in common? I never managed to finished reading them. Yep, I'm my own worst enemy. I HATE not finishing books, it actually pains me to admit defeat on any book even if I'm really not enjoying it. …

The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath

  WARNING: SPOILERS!!! 5/5 Stars "Wherever I sat - on the deck of a ship or at a street café in Paris - I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar." I feel like I owe Plath an apology. I've had this book collecting dust on my shelf for so long because of …

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe – Benjamin Alire Sáenz

5/5 stars   "Remember the Rain" At 6 PM I decided to pick up this book just to see what the first chapter was like. Without realising, next thing I know I'd finished the whole book. It was 10 PM and I sat on my bed baffled at how I had managed to read the …

Thirteen Reasons Why – Jay Asher

3 stars SPOILERS (kind of) I recently bought this book on a whim, simply because it was cheap, thinking it was one of those books that I'd buy but probably never get around to reading. You know like 'oh it's only £2, how could I not buy this?!' and then it stays at the bottom …

The Wizard of Oz – L. Frank Baum

5/5 Stars The Wizard of Oz is a book that I have been meaning to read for such a long time and has been recommended to me by so many people. So when I was taking my usual stroll through Waterstones and saw the prettiest cover of the book I'd ever seen I just had to …