“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
The May FairyLoot theme was 'Save The Kingdom' with gorgeous art as usual by the FairyLoot house artist Tara Spruit. The loot: Inspired by An Ember in the Ashes Series by Sabaa Tahir, which has been on my TBR for ages and which I really need to read ASAP, is a Fear Book Sleeve by Reverie & …
May has been a whirlwind month for me. In Ireland on the 25th May we voted on Repeal the 8th and the lead up to it was nasty, highly emotional and exhausting. As always I had books to make me feel better and take me out of the shitshow that was playing out around me. …
The April theme was 'Whimsical Journeys'. Disappointingly this was a little late in arriving due to a supplier issue. These thing are of course beyond anyone's control and all a person needs is a bit of patience. I'm not at all patient but the wait was definitely worth it. 😀 The loot: This month I …
“I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera.” -William Butler Yeats On the 1st of May I traveled to Oxford with friends to see Victoria Schwab deliver the sixth Tolkien lecture …
Super behind on blogging. May has been crazy and there is still more crazy to come. This post was delayed because of my trip to see V.E. Schwab in Oxford on the 1st of May. I stupidly thought I'd write it on the plane/train on the way over and back but of course that didn't happen. …
The March theme was 'Memorable Moments' and we celebrate FairyLoot's second birthday. To mark the special occasion this months box was purple. It's the little things and this little thing made me ever so excited! 😀 The loot: First up was the Cork Bunting from Paladone. To be completely honest with you I'm not sure …
March was all about finishing up The Illuminae Files with the release of Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I absolutely adored this trilogy and Obsidio was an epic end to it. I didn't want it to be finished but they ended it so well and really knocked it out of the park, or in this case, universe …
