Bridie's Book Abyss

After many many many hours of work and pulling my hair out over technology. I have set up my  SHINY NEW BOOK BLOG  Please head over to https://bridiesbookabyss.com/ For all future posts. Come and join me, it'll be a hoot.

EVERYONE'S A ALIEBN WHEN UR A ALIEBN TOO by JOMNY SUN “Hmm... Well I guess everybody tells me i am too small and too slow to make a diference in this world but i am makimg a diference in my own world and i hope that is enough”  ―  Jomny Sun ,  Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too Don’t let the fact that this is a very short review fool you - this is an extremely important book. This book needs to be read by anyone who suffers from depression, anxiety, or who is just struggling to find themselves and their path in life.  This graphic novel is a story about an Aliebn called ‘Jomny’ who has been sent to earth to learn about Humabns. Instead he ends up learning about love, friendship and life.  It's as simple as that and yet this book totally blew my mind. I tell ya, I never thought I’d be philosophically inspired by a snail. But there we have it. The style of this book is extremely charming, and it’s full of whimsical misspelligns. I'm a fairly rece

CARAVAL by STEPHANIE GARBER “Some things are worth pursuit regardless of the cost.”  ―  Stephanie Garber ,  Caraval Pssst. Come closer…  Closer than that…  Just a little more….  I didn’t like this book.  I know I know. I really wanted to enjoy this book. I did. I just.. Couldn't  Caraval is a story about two sisters who have always dreamed of attending an annual performance/carnival event called CARAVAL. However, their father is extremely abusive and controlling, so leaving their home is pretty much off the table. Until finally one day Scarlett (sister one) receives exclusive invites to Caraval from the Master Legend himself. Scarlett is reluctant to leave as she doesn’t wish to anger their father, as well as the fact she is to marry a wealthy Count whom she has never met in ten days time. So Donatella (sister two) kidnaps Scarlett, fearing her sister may regret the decision not to go, with the help of a dashing young sailor called Julian and they ma

Reading is such a personal activity; there are no two readers in the world that are the same. While some people may have similar tastes, there is not one mould for a ‘Booklover’ and that’s what I love most about my fellow bookmaggots. On account of my ‘being all new to the Book blogger community’, I thought perhaps I should take the opportunity for y’all to get to know me a bit. So here we have ‘Would you rather’. The Bookish Edition… All of these questions were taken from JesseTheReader's Youtube channel which I love, so if you haven’t checked him out yet; do so https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDPo9-NZFNi2Gwe8LnlvAUQ 1.) Read only trilogies or stand-alones Yee-owza, straight in there with a tough one. My absolute favourite book of all time is a standalone ( Uprooted by Naomi Novik FYI). But ordinarily I am a big fan of trilogies. I find a trilogy gives you more time to fall in love with the characters, their development and discover more about the

As I mention in my little introductory ‘about me’ page, I work at one of London’s largest bookshops as a part-time bookseller. Now we all know that retail work can be a little… trying… at times. But having worked in other retail jobs before I have to say that although some aspects are the same, there is something wholly unique about working in a bookshop. From very strange characters to crazy expectations from customers; it is a world of its own. I absolutely adore working in my (not so little) bookshop, but gosh dang it, there is a list as long as Tolstoy’s War and Peace of things I wish bookshop customers would know.  So here we have 10 Things your Bookseller wants you to know . 1. Please respect the books. This has to be my NUMBER ONE PET PEEVE. How you treat your own books is your own business. But if you do not own the book yet then for goodness sake please treat it with respect. I see so many customers picking up a book to read a few pages and bending