Category: books

  • Review | Enchantée by Gita Trelease

    Review | Enchantée by Gita Trelease

    Title: Enchantée (2019) Author: Gita Trelease Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Release Date: 21st February 2019 Read: 23rd – 26th January 2019 Genre: fantasy; young-adult; historical fantasy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries – and magicians… When seventeen-year-old Camille is left orphaned, she has to…

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  • Discussion | The Perils of Star Ratings

    Discussion | The Perils of Star Ratings

    Inspired by Sam from Thoughtsontome’s recent video on the subject, I thought today I’d talk about rating books and how the numbers/stars might not always tell the whole truth. As you can see from Sam’s video, I think there’s a misconception around the bookish world that rating something 3 out of 5 stars means it…

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  • Down the TBR Hole #28

    Down the TBR Hole #28

    Welcome folks to the twenty-eighth round of Down the TBR Hole! For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, check out the previous posts via the tag or check out Lia at Lost in a Story who is the creator of this wonderful meme/project. I’m trying to make this a regular feature of my blogging schedule…

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  • Review | King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

    Review | King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

    Title: King of Scars (2019) Author: Leigh Bardugo Publisher: Orion Children’s Books Read: 29th January – 5th February 2019 Genre: fantasy; young-adult Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “Face your demons… or feed them. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war – and…

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  • Review | Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

    Review | Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

    Title: Girls of Paper and Fire (2018) Author: Natasha Ngan Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Read: 4th – 8th February 2019 Genre: fantasy; young-adult; LGBTQ Rating: 3 out of 5 stars “Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It’s the highest honour they could hope for…and the most demeaning. This year, there’s…

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  • T5W | Nostalgic Ships

    T5W | Nostalgic Ships

    Welcome one and all to this week’s Top 5 Wednesday post! For those of you who don’t know Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingerreadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This Wednesday’s…

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  • Wrap Up | January 2019

    Wrap Up | January 2019

    Welcome one, welcome all, to my January Wrap Up. January is, quite rightly, often portrayed as either THE BEST or THE WORST – there’s nothing inbetween. Some people see January as that arbitrary annual start of the ‘new you’. There are entire industries that depend on (and feed into) this constructed narrative and, hell, I…

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  • Top Ten Tuesday | Ten Most Recent Additions to My TBR

    Top Ten Tuesday | Ten Most Recent Additions to My TBR

    Welcome one, welcome all, to Top Ten Tuesday! For those who are unaware (or who might need a reminder) Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by book bloggers and list lovers, The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted fantastically by Jana from That Artsy Girl! Each week a topic is chosen for bloggers to respond…

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  • Review | The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

    Review | The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

    Title: The Gilded Wolves (2019) Author: Roshani Chokshi Publisher: Wednesday Books Read: 19th – 23rd January 2019 Genre: fantasy; young-adult; historical fiction; Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “It’s 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no…

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  • 24in48 | Sign Up & TBR (January 2019)

    24in48 | Sign Up & TBR (January 2019)

    Howdy folks, it’s that time again: Emma foolishly signs up for another readathon! This time my foolishness will only last as long as a weekend, this upcoming weekend in fact, which will play host to the 24 in 48 Readathon. For those unaware of the readathon, you aim to read a total of 24 hours within…

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