One World, Too Many Pages

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Today is Read a Book Day and I have decided to share with you a handful of quick reads for anyone to enjoy!

Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne

source: jasonsbookreviews(dot)wordpress(dot)com
"To go around the world...in such a short time and with the means of transport currently available, was not only impossible, it was madness" [X]

The Monkey's Paw - W.W Jacobs

source: tes(dot)com

"A haunting tale of how a mans cavalier wishes are tragically granted by an exotic but cursed talisman, wreaking havoc on what was previously a content family" [X]

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops - Jen Campbell

source: amazon(dot)co(dot)uk
"This Sunday Times Bestseller is a miscellany of hilarious and peculiar bookshop moments" - [X]

The Woman in Black - Susan Hill

source: ronreads(dot)com

"Set on the obligatory English moor, on an isolated causeway, the story has as its hero Arthur Kipps, an up-and-coming young solicitor who has come north from London to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of Mrs. Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House" [X]

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"Books are a uniquely portable magic" - Stephen King

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This is my last year of secondary/high school and so I have to be organised this year and by that, I mean I went out and brought supplies two weeks before the end of the holidays and not the day before when every has gone! I am actually quite frugal and for the most part, I am just using everything I used last year. This is just a few things I need to replenish my stocks of!

1) Erasable highlighters - I have said before that these have saved my life!

source: tesco(dot)com
£2 - ASDA

2) Bic Soft Feel Clic Grip (Jeepers, just call them Bic pens!)

source: tigerpens(dot)co(dot)uk
£2 (pack of 4) - ASDA

3) Alice in Wonderland pencil case - It's really nice, but I can't find a picture of it!

50p from a thrift/charity shop

4) Academic Year Diary

source: poundland(dot)co(dot)uk
£1 - Poundland

Total back to school stationery haul: £5.50

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"The best way to predict your future is to create it" - Abraham Lincoln

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So, I'm back and I am terribly sorry for disappearing for so long, I've had a lot of exams and a holiday and yeah, sorry. Last week was World Cat Day but instead of considering this a belated post, consider everyday Cat Day!

1) Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - T.S Eliot

source: utoledo(dot)edu

2) Pussweek
This is a book that is presented as a tabloid magazine for cats and is really hilarious

source: creatureclinic(dot)com

3) The Cat Who Went to Paris - Peter Gethers

source: chinaadopteelinks(dot)wordpress(dot)com

4) The Cat in the Hat - DR. Seuss

source: amazon(dot)co(dot)uk

5) The Cat Who Got Carried Away - Allan Ahlberg

source: walker(dot)co(dot)uk

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"Books, cats life is good" - Edward Gorey

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I saw the 'my life in songs' tag, but as I have a book blog, I'm going to do the My Life in Books Tag. I won't be tagging anyone as I wasn't tagged, but if you want to do it, go ahead!

1) Find a book for each letter of your name

Han -

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K Rowling

Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne

source: bloomsbury(dot)com

source: penguin(dot)com(dot)au

Nope - apparently I haven't read any books with at title that starts with n.

2) Count your age along your bookshelf, what book is it?

Dracula - Bram Stoker

source: nowastedink(dot)com

3) Pick a book set in your city/country

Lost for Words - Elizabeth Lutzeier

source: bookcrossing(dot)com

4) Pick a book that's your favourite colour/ has your favourite colour in the title

The Black Cat - Edgar Allan Poe

source: goodreads(dot)com

5) Pick a book set in a place you want to go

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

What? There's no harm in trying

source: nowastedink(dot)com

6) What book do you have fond memories of?

The Highwayman - Alfred Noyes

Technically a poem, but takes me back to primary school nonetheless

source: goodreads(dot)com

7) What book did you have the most difficulty reading?

Zombicorns - John Green

source: goodreads(dot)com

8) What book in your TBR will you give you the biggest sense of accomplishment when read?

IT by Stephen King or The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

source: goodreads(dot)com

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"What's coming will come and we'll meet it when it does" - Hagrid

Aloha! Ahoy!

Summer is nearing, well the season is but not the weather. I looked like a wet dog this morning. Anyway, these books should either get you in the summer spirit or get you through summer!

Paper Towns - John Green