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Blog Tour: The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale [extract]
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Welcome to my stop on The Toymakers blog tour! I’m so pleased to be doing something a little different with this post. Below, you’ll be able to read the opening pages of this marvellous and magical new book. With just the right hint of childlike wonder and magic, Robert Dinsdale’s writing is guaranteed to ensnare… Continue reading
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The Girl in the Tower Blog Tour: Q&A with Katherine Arden
As I’m sure you guys know by now, The Bear and the Nightingale was one of my favourite reads of 2017. I am so happy to kick off the blog tour for the second book in the Winternight trilogy, The Girl in the Tower, and bring you guys an interview with Katherine Arden herself! Continue reading
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One Minute Recommendations: Black Wolves by Kate Elliott
One Minute Recommendations are flash recommendations of books I think you’ll love and why! These will all be books that haven’t had a full review on this site yet. Continue reading
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Instagram Sundays
I’m posting this a little later in the day than I usually like — it has been a busy day! Scottish Fiancé ran his first race, so my big sister and I made signs to taunt/support him (see photo below). It has been a really hot day here in London, so there has been a Continue reading
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Review: Spellbook of the Lost and Found
I took a chance on Moira Fowley-Doyle’s Spellbook of the Lost and Found after falling in love with its gorgeous cover on Twitter. I haven’t read The Accident Season, her debut novel, so I didn’t really know what to expect in terms of style. Continue reading
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ARC Review: Flame in the Mist
I read The Wrath and the Dawn for the first time in anticipation of Flame in the Mist’s release, but I really wish I hadn’t — I couldn’t help but compare the two. I did enjoy this book — it has a well-constructed world filled with interesting men and women and a hint of magic.… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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