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Weekly Wrap-Up #9
Happy Friday, book lovers! I didn’t do a weekly wrap-up last week because it conflicted with my monthly round-up, so this will cover the past two weeks. Aren’t you guys lucky? Here we go! Continue reading
A Gathering of Shadows, Alastair Reynolds, Blog, Book, Book Reviews, books, Cats, England, favorites, Fellowship of the Ring, Fiction, Flame in the Mist, Geek, Harry Potter, J. R. R. Tolkein, James Abbott, lord of the rings, Nerdy, Novels, Politics, Publishing, Raven Stratagem, Reading, Recommendations, Renee Ahdieh, Revenger, Review, Reviews, Sandhya Menon, sci fi, Space, The Never King, This Savage Song, Tolkein, V. E. Schwab, Weekend, Weekly Roundup, Weekly Wrap Up, When Dimple Met Reshi, Women, Writing, Yoon Ha Lee -
Discussion: The Dreaded Reading Slump
We have all been there – the dreaded reading slump. You burn yourself out reading too much or you’re distracted by other things, and boom! Suddenly you can’t decide on a book to read, nothing is holding your interest, or you just can’t get very far in your current read. Reading slumps don’t hit… Continue reading
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May Reading Round-up
May is over and it’s time for the best part of the month: the reading round-up. I didn’t achieve my reading goals for the month, however it was still a good one. Continue reading
Blog, Book, Book Reviews, books, Bookshelf, Currently reading, England, favorites, Fiction, Flame in the Mist, Geek, History, Nebula, Nerdy, Novels, Publishing, Reading, Reading Roundup, Recommendations, Reviews, sci fi, Strange the Dreamer, TBR, The Hate U Give, To be read, Want to read, Women, Writing -
Review: The Wrath and the Dawn
I saw this book and fell in love with its gorgeous cover. As someone looking to fill the diversity gap in her fantasy reading, The Wrath and the Dawn was the perfect departure from the ordinary. Continue reading
1001 Nights, Blog, Book, Book Blogger, Book Blogs, Book Review, Book Reviews, books, Diverse books, Diverse fiction, Diversity, favorite books, favorites, Fiction, Geek, Khalid, Magic, Nerdy, Novels, Publishing, Reading, Recommendations, Renee Ahdieh, Reviews, Sharhzad, The Wrath and the Dawn, Women, Women writers, YA book reviews, YA books, YA fantasy fiction, YA fiction -
Instagram Sundays
Happy Sunday, everyone! Here’s a roundup from Instagram this week. Okay, I had to do the standard Harry Potter ‘The Unbreakable Vow’ photo with my ring. I couldn’t help it! I’ve been wanting to read some of Kameron Hurley’s books. I have a copy of The Stars are Legion on my shelf and… Continue reading
Author, Author research, Blog, Book, Book photos, Book pics, Book Reviews, books, Caraval, Engaged, Engagement, England, favorites, Fiction, Geek, Harry Potter, HBIC Nation, History, Instagram, Instagram Sunday, Kameron Hurley, Nerdy, Novels, Photography, Photos, Publishing, Reading, Research, Robert Galbraith, Sarah Perry, sci fi, The Silkworm, The Stars are Legion, Weekend, Women, Women writers, Women’s History, Writer, Writers, Writing -
Review: Strange the Dreamer
If you’re anywhere near the Bookstagram or Twitter community, you know all about the excitement and anticipation surrounding the release of Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer. Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-Up #8
Happy bank holiday weekend, UK readers! We seem to get a lot of those at this time of year. It has been awhile since I updated (although there was a brief update here), so here’s how my past two weeks have gone: Continue reading
Angie Thomas, Blackwing, Blog, Book, Book Reviews, books, cat photos, Cat pics, Cats, Claudia Gray, Defy the Stars, Ed McDonald, False Hearts, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, favorites, Fiction, Flame in the Mist, Friday, Friday Post, Gollancz, H. P. Lovecraft, Hugo, Laura Lam, Magic, Nebula, neil gaiman, Nerdy, Ninefox Gambit, Norse Mythology, Novels, Photos, Publishing, Rachel Lucas, Reading, Recommendations, Renee Ahdieh, Reviews, Sandhya Menon, sci fi, Science Fiction, State of Grace, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Hate U Give, The Horror of Red Hook, Victor LaValle, Weekend, Weekly Roundup, Weekly Wrap Up, When Dimple Met Reshi, YA fiction, Yoon Ha Lee, Young Adult, Young adult contemporary, Young adult fiction -
Disney Princess Book Tag
Well, here are two of my interests combined! I’m not a huge Disney person in general, but I grew up on the princesses (I’m pretty sure I wore out my VHS copy of The Little Mermaid). Thank you so much to Nadwa from Painfully Fictional for tagging me! Continue reading
Becky Chambers, Blog, Book, Book blog, Book Blogger, Book Reviews, Book Tag, books, Britain, British History, British India, Disney, Disney Princess, Disney princess book tag, England, favorites, Fiction, History, Laini Taylor, Leigh Bardugo, Lev Grossman, Magic, Magical books, Magical Realism, Mark Lawrence, Nerdy, Ninefox Gambit, Novels, Reading, Recommendations, Red Sister, sci fi, Science Fiction, Six of Crows, Space, Stephen King, Strange the Dreamer, The Bear and the Nightingale, The Bone Gap, The Book of Strange New Things, The Invisible Library, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, The Magicians, The Stand, Women, Women’s History, Yoon Ha Lee -
One Minute Recommendation: History
This is a new series I’m going to try out aimed at people who are looking for a recommendation, a specific type of book, or just want something completely new. Continue reading
Blog, Book, Book recommendations, Book Review, Book Reviews, books, Britain, British History, Cliveden, England, favorite books, favorites, Historic, History, Nonfiction, Politics, Reading, Reading recommendation, Recommendations, Recommended reading, Recommended Reads, Reviews, Women, Women’s History -
Instagram Sundays
The first Instagram Sunday of May! It’s a gorgeous day and there are stacks of books waiting to be photographed. Continue reading
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