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Mini Hiatus Announcement: NaNoWriMo!
Hello everyone! I’ve been around here a little less than usual because I’m participating in NaNoWriMo. In case you don’t know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and it takes place every November. Everyone’s goals are a little different for NaNoWriMo, but most people (like me) aim to write 50,000 words in 30 days.… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue was a smash hit last year, and the sequel has been getting so much attention and hype. I really enjoyed the first book, although the fantasy elements threw me off a bit. Rather than following our beloved Monty and Percy, The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy follows Monty’s… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Royal Runaway by Lindsay Emory
Despite living in the UK now, I’m not a huge Royal Family person. However, I’ve always loved a good princess story and grew up on Disney films. The Royal Runaway sounded like my exact cup of tea — like The Princess Diaries, but all grown up. I threw myself into Theodora’s world and drank it… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris
Joanne Harris is rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors. Pocketful of Crows was a standout read from last year, and The Blue Salt Road is just as good. I really appreciate retellings of lesser known fairy tales and folklore, and the Child Ballads fit the bill perfectly. Harris’s haunting style and talent for storytelling… Continue reading
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Blog Tour: Rejoice, a Knife to the Heart by Steven Erikson
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Steven Erikson’s newest book, Rejoice, a Knife to the Heart. This thrilling sci-fi novel is out in UK stores today! I’m so pleased to be able to share an extract from the book on publication day — take a peek below. Continue reading
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Discussion: Underrated Books
In the blogging community, we talk about books all the time. But sometimes we get caught up in reading and reviewing the same books as everyone else, and great books can slip beneath our radar. I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about a few books I really loved, but I think are underrated… Continue reading
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Book Review: Sadie by Courtney Summers
Sadie is a book that is getting a whole lot of buzz right now. A dark contemporary YA novel centered around a sister going after her sister’s suspected killer and the true crime podcast inspired by Sadie and Mattie, this book is the perfect 2018 novel. I absolutely love true crime podcasts and was really… Continue reading
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Book Review: Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
Horror is a genre that I just don’t read very often. I never know where to start, what books I’ll like, and what wont scare me half to death. Sawkill Girls caught my eye way back at YALC in July because of its fantastic cover and intriguing premise. Billed as a YA horror novel filled with… Continue reading
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Book Review: Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix by Julie C. Dao
I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to have gotten my hands on an early copy of Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix! I read Forest of a Thousand Lanterns earlier this year and absolutely adored it. Xifeng is easily one of my favourite fantasy villains because of her callousness, her calculated choices, and her… Continue reading
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Book Review: Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
I love a good pirate story, but I find that they’re not too common. I was certainly intrigued by Daughter of the Pirate King when I first heard about it, but didn’t pick it up until my pal Asha lent it to me. She said it had pirates, adventures, and kissing — what more do… Continue reading
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