Tag: leigh bardugo

  • 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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  • T5W | Most Anticipated 2019 Releases

    T5W | Most Anticipated 2019 Releases

    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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  • Review | Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

    Review | Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

    Title: Six of Crows (2016) Author: Leigh Bardugo Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group/Orion Read: 2nd – 6th June 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams – but he can’t pull it off alone. A…

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  • Review | The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

    Review | The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

    Title: The Language of Thorns (2017) Author: Leigh Bardugo Illustrator: Sara Kipin Publisher: Orion Children’s Group Read: 27th – 28th January 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and…

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  • Currently Reading/Watching | 1st December

    Currently Reading/Watching | 1st December

    You may have noticed, my blogging has slowed down. Why? No real reason, to be honest, apart from the fact that I’m lazy and right now I’d rather consume the culture (be it films, TV, or books) than write content about it. I go through phases, my blogging mojo will undoubtedly (read: hopefully) pick back…

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  • October Favourites

    October was a rather lovely month; it usually is. It’s my birthday, so that’s always very nice, mainly because it gives me an excuse to spend money on books and/or food. October brings a proper sense of moving into Winter at last, with all the suitably aesthetically pleasing golden leaves falling off trees, and with…

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  • September Favourites

    September Favourites

    Last month’s Favourites post was a reasonably long effort. Either this month I’ve been more discerning, or I’ve had less new favourites to report, or I’ve had less time to procrastinate and so find new favourites. Actually, that last one sounds most likely. What with finally, mercifully finding a job, worrying about starting that job for…

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  • T5W | Books You Want To See As TV Shows

    T5W | Books You Want To See As TV Shows

    Welcome one, welcome all, to ‘Emma Remembers Top 5 Wednesdays Exists And Decides To Join In’… again. Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingereadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts of Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This…

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  • Friday Reads | 2nd September

    Friday Reads | 2nd September

    Just a quick Friday Reads post from me today! Here I’ll share what I plan to read this Friday and into the weekend ahead but, as we all know, I rarely follow through on reading plans once I document them here. However, there is one book in particular that I have to finish this weekend because it’s getting embarrassing now…

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  • T5W | Books To Be Read By the End of the Year

    T5W | Books To Be Read By the End of the Year

    Welcome one, welcome all, to ‘Emma Remembers Top 5 Wednesdays Exists And Decides To Join In’… again. Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingereadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts of Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This…

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