Top Ten Book to Film Adaptations I Still Need to Watch

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. It’s been four months since I last did a Top Ten Tuesday, so it’s about time I did one again! This week’s prompt is Top Ten Book To Movie Adaptations I’m Looking Forward To or Ten Book To Movie Adaptations I Still Need To Watch, […]

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Invaluable Books I Wouldn’t Mind Owning

A while ago I was approached by Invaluable, an online auction website with a huge collection of antique books. They asked me if I would like to put together a little collection of antique books that I would love to own, and if there’s one thing I love it’s browsing through books, so of course I said […]

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Cress by Marissa Meyer

Cress, having risked everything to warn Cinder of Queen Levana’s evil plan, has a slight problem. She’s been imprisoned on a satellite since childhood and has only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and […]

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Carrot Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Yesterday I baked something for the first time since my birthday. That’s over three weeks without any baked goodies from yours truly! I’ve been a bit too busy to create new recipes over the past few weeks, so it was so nice to finally be able to get back into the kitchen and bake my […]

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Monthly Recap – October

And that was October! It’s been a busy month, starting with my birthday and ending with the first two weeks of midterms. I think that’s the reason that I only read two books this month, the second of which I finished yesterday evening. Technically, I finished reading Cress in October as well, but I also included […]

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Blogiversay Post: My Favourite Posts

Books Baking and Blogging is 2 years old! Today, the 28th of October 2015, marks the second anniversary of Books Baking and Blogging! I’ve had an absolute blast over the last two years, and honestly, it feels as if I’ve been doing this for much longer than that. It’s become such a big part of […]

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What Makes a Good Review?

Lately, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about what makes a book review a good book review. It began when we discussed this topic in my modern literature class, and I felt like I didn’t really agree with the strict rules most people thought a review should adhere to.

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Childhood Favourites: Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda Wormwood is an extraordinary genius with really stupid parents. Miss Trunchbull is her terrifying headmistress who thinks all her pupils are rotten little stinkers. But Matilda will show these horrible grown-ups that, even though she’s only small, she’s got some very powerful tricks up her sleeve… First published: 1988

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An Autumnal Walk in the Woods

Last year around this time, I wrote a post about how much I loved autumn and I added some pictures I took of the autumnal colours while walking around my neighbourhood. So when my father asked me this morning if I felt like going with him to a wood in the area for a nice walk, […]

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Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

Celaena Sardothien, royal assassin, is the King of Adarlan’s deadliest weapon. She must win her freedom through his enemies’ blood – but she cannot bear to kill for the crown. And every death Celaena fakes, every lie she tells, puts those she loves at risk. Torn between her two protectors – a captain and a […]

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