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Review | Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Read more: Review | Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin HobbTitle: Assassin’s Apprentice (1995) Author: Robin Hobb Read: 23rd May-5th June 2016 Genre: fantasy; epic fantasy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice is the opening novel in the Farseer trilogy, an epic fantasy set in the Six Duchies. Hobb gives voice to our young narrator Fitz, the bastard son of the kingdom’s prince, whose arrival at…
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#tometopple | Updates Post
Read more: #tometopple | Updates PostAs you might have seen on my recent TBR post, I’m participating in the Tome Topple Readathon hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. You can find all the information about the readathon via the aforementioned blog post or pop over to Sam’s channel to see her announcement video for the readathon. Since it lasts…
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#tometopple | Stating My Intentions
Read more: #tometopple | Stating My IntentionsClearly, because low-key participating in Hobb-A-Long and #readasoiaf isn’t quite enough to take on (combined with finding a job so I can move and stop wasting hours on the Ikea website for nothing) I’ve decided to also participate in the #tometopple readathon next week. For those who haven’t yet heard of the readathon, Tome Topple (or…
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Review | Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik
Read more: Review | Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged by Ayisha MalikTitle: Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged (2015) Author: Ayisha Malik Read: 22nd-29th May 2016 Genre: fiction; contemporary; romance Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars Ayisha Malik’s Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged is marketed generally as a Muslim Bridget Jones, and it’s not a bad descriptor, if a little reductive. Personally though, I found Sofia much more relatable than dear old Bridget –…
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#readasoiaf | Stating My Intentions
Read more: #readasoiaf | Stating My IntentionsYep, you guessed it, it’s time for ‘Emma signs up for another read-a-long despite the fact she has no sense of sticking power firm enough to last out the duration’. Otherwise known as: I need to re-read the first couple of A Song of Ice and Fire books before trying to get through the third again (I…
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Tag | 3 Days 3 Quotes: Day Three
Read more: Tag | 3 Days 3 Quotes: Day ThreeAs you may have seen in yesterday’s or Wednesday’s post, I was tagged by Stephanie from Adventures of a Bibliophile to do the 3 Days 3 Quotes tag/challenge/meme/thing! The idea of this challenge is to post a book or reading related quote every day for three days, tagging three people at the end of each day’s…
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Tag | 3 Days 3 Quotes: Day Two
Read more: Tag | 3 Days 3 Quotes: Day TwoAs you may have seen in yesterday’s post, I was tagged by Stephanie from Adventures of a Bibliophile to do the 3 Days 3 Quotes tag/challenge/meme/thing! The idea of this challenge is to post a book or reading related quote every day for three days, tagging three people at the end of each day’s post. Of…
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Tag | 3 Days 3 Quotes: Day One
Read more: Tag | 3 Days 3 Quotes: Day OneI was tagged by Stephanie from Adventures of a Bibliophile to do the 3 Days 3 Quotes tag/challenge/meme/thing! As you can see already, I don’t much have a way with words so let’s move onto the entire point of this challenge which is to post a book or reading related quote every day for three days,…
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Discussion | Book Genre Snobbery
Read more: Discussion | Book Genre SnobberyI am guilty, my friends, of book genre snobbery. I like to think I’m an open minded reader, but there are still underlying prejudices that have been instilled into me through years of secondary, further, and higher education. Literature with a capital L is one thing, commercial fiction enjoyed by the masses is another. Or…
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Bout of Books 16 | Daily Updates
Read more: Bout of Books 16 | Daily UpdatesBout of Books 16 is officially upon us – such fun! My goals and TBR stack can be found on my Stating My Intentions post whilst this post is for the purposes of documenting my reading progress throughout this week so expect daily updates to be found sporadically updated here.
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