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Review | The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Read more: Review | The City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyTitle: The City of Brass (2017) Author: S.A. Chakraborty Publisher: Harper Voyager Read: 8th – 20th February 2019 Genre: fantasy; historical fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Among the bustling markets of eighteenth century Cairo, the city’s outcasts eke out a living swindling rich Ottoman nobles and foreign invaders alike. But alongside this new world the old…
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Review | Emma by Jane Austen
Read more: Review | Emma by Jane AustenTitle: Emma (1815) Author: Jane Austen Publisher/Edition: Penguin/Penguin Red Classics Read: 6th – 12th January 2019 Genre: classics Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “Beautiful, clever, rich-and single-Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But…
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Review | Enchantée by Gita Trelease
Read more: Review | Enchantée by Gita TreleaseTitle: 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
Read more: Discussion | The Perils of Star RatingsInspired 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
Read more: Down the TBR Hole #28Welcome 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
Read more: Review | King of Scars by Leigh BardugoTitle: 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
Read more: Review | Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha NganTitle: 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
Read more: T5W | Nostalgic ShipsWelcome 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
Read more: Wrap Up | January 2019Welcome 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
Read more: Top Ten Tuesday | Ten Most Recent Additions to My TBRWelcome 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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