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The Book Happiness Project : April

It seems that Spring has well and truly sprung in my little corner of the world, with the sun finally revealing it’s faint fuzzy glow (this is England, after all) and the sight of the daffodils putting a smile on my face. And smiles on faces is the name of the game in The Book Happiness project, which is why this month our subject is “Happiness in Spring Cleaning.” Yes, everything is fresh and…

Book Review: The Invisible Hand by James Hartley

This first in a new series, Shakespeare’s Moon, looks to be a great way to get younger teens enthralled by Shakespeare as they’ve never been before. The fast-paced first installment The Invisible Hand follows a boy called Sam as he finds his rather monotonous life at boarding school suddenly interspersed with vivid dreams set in medieval Scotland, and he can’t stop thinking about these flashes of…

The Book Happiness Project

With the new year comes the promise of a fresh start and a chance to live a more positive life. For many of us in the booktube and bookblogging comminuties this eagerness ties itself to books, and with this in mind, my friend Hannah has thought up The Book Happiness Project: a year-long adventure exploring different ways and types of happiness stemming from books. 12 different hosts (including…