They say we’re dangerous. But we’re not that different. Jude is running out of time. Once a year, lucky young men in the House of Boys are auctioned to the female elite. But if Jude fails to be selected before he turns seventeen, a future deep underground in the mines awaits. Yet ever since the… Continue reading The Boy I Am by K. L. Kettle Book Review [to love is illusion]
Shadow And Bone by Leigh Bardugo Book Review [make me your villain]
Blurb 'I've been waiting for you a long time, Alina,' he said.'You and I are going to change the world.' The Shadow Fold, a swathe of impenetrable darkness, is slowly destroying the once-great nation of Ravka. Alina, a pale, lonely orphan, discovers a unique power that thrusts her into the world of the kingdom's magical… Continue reading Shadow And Bone by Leigh Bardugo Book Review [make me your villain]
May Wrap Up / June Anticipated Releases
Was May a really rough month for anyone else? I read a grand total of two books. Yes, TWO. I've just been so, so busy, plus I started a new project that's taken up some of my time. I'm so exhausted by the time I sit down I just want escapism rather than books, so… Continue reading May Wrap Up / June Anticipated Releases
House Of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland Book Review [what a gruesome bond we shared]
Blurb Seventeen-year-old Iris Hollow has always been strange. Something happened to her and her two older sisters when they were children, something they can’t quite remember but that left each of them with an identical half-moon scar at the base of their throats. Iris has spent most of her teenage years trying to avoid the… Continue reading House Of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland Book Review [what a gruesome bond we shared]
Things To Do Before The End Of The World by Emily Barr Book Review [do not waste a moment]
Blurb One minute you're walking in the park, hiding from a party. Then you discover that the next nine months will probably be your last. Everyone's last. You realise that you happen to be alive at the time when your species becomes extinct.You have to decide whether to go with it meekly like you usually… Continue reading Things To Do Before The End Of The World by Emily Barr Book Review [do not waste a moment]
May Anticipated Releases / April Wrap Up
It's May already and I'm starting to think about summer plans! The first goal is to get vaccinated but I'm not eligible in the UK yet and likely won't be until at least June. This month I went to a food festival next to a beach in Weston-Super-Mare, which was really fun - I haven't… Continue reading May Anticipated Releases / April Wrap Up
Summers At Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn Book Review [the promises of the future cannot undo the harm of the past]
Blurb As a child, Coriel Halsing spent many glorious summers at Castle Auburn with her half-sister-and fell in love with a handsome prince who could never be hers. But now that she is a young woman, she begins to see the dark side of this magical place... Rating Review This book was so much longer,… Continue reading Summers At Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn Book Review [the promises of the future cannot undo the harm of the past]
Bank It Or Bin It #24 [organising my goodreads want to read shelf]
My Goodreads Want To Read List has 300+ books on it and sadly I cannot stop time to read them all, so it’s time to PURGE. I’m going to choose a few books once a fortnight and Bank Them, keeping them on my Want To Read shelf, or Bin Them, removing them from my wishlist… Continue reading Bank It Or Bin It #24 [organising my goodreads want to read shelf]
Witches Steeped In Gold by Ciannon Smart Book Review [trust no witch]
Blurb Trust no witch... Iraya Adair has spent her life in a cell. Heir of an overthrown and magically-gifted dynasty, she was exiled from her home on the island nation of Aiyca when she was just a child. But every day brings her closer to freedom - and vengeance. Jazmyne Cariot grew up dressed in… Continue reading Witches Steeped In Gold by Ciannon Smart Book Review [trust no witch]
Top Ten Tuesday: Matching Book Covers To Viola Davis’s Fabulous Rainbow Outfits
Viola Davis could wear any colour in the world and look like a Queen. She always looks fabulous and flawless and I am so in love with all her looks. Here's some books that look almost as good as she does! Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce Prepped by Bethany Mangle Yolk by Mary H. K.… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Matching Book Covers To Viola Davis’s Fabulous Rainbow Outfits
