10 Books I’m Glad I Read

This week’s topic was a thanksgiving freebie, so I decided to talk about some of the books that I'm thankful to have read. There's a mix of sentimental reads, books that had a positive impact on my life, and some that were just so amazing that I can't help but feel lucky to have read them.

Goodreads Monday: Legendborn

Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners where you choose a random book from your Goodreads TBR to talk about.  This Week’s Book: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Synopsis: Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark allure of City of Bones with a…

Review: The Dragon Republic

Title: The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War #2)Author: R.F. KuangPages: 658Published by: Harper VoyagerRelease date: 8th August 2019Synopsis:The searing follow-up to 2018’s most celebrated fantasy debut – THE POPPY WAR. In the aftermath of the Third Poppy War, shaman and warrior Rin is on the run: haunted by the atrocity she committed to end the war, addicted to opium, and…

WWW Wednesday:18/11/20

WWW Wednesday is a meme that was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and is now hosted at Taking on a World of Words. The three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What will you read next? I finally finished reading Raybearer last week, and I absolutely loved it. It was…

ARC Review: These Violent Delights

Title: These Violent DelightsAuthor: Chloe GongPages: 464Published by: Hodder & StoughtonRelease date: 17th November 2020Synopsis:Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River. The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.…

Goodreads Monday: Among Others

Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners where you choose a random book from your Goodreads TBR to talk about.  This Week’s Book: Among Others by Jo Walton Synopsis: Startling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant…

WWW Wednesday: 04/11/20

WWW Wednesday is a meme that was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and is now hosted at Taking on a World of Words. The three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What will you read next? I haven't managed to finish a book since I started my new job a…

10 Things I Love Other Than Books

Top Ten Tuesday was created by  The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week they suggest a new theme for bloggers to write about. This week's topic was 'non-bookish hobbies' and my brain short circuited at that, so I'm going to just talk about 10 things that I love. Some are…

Goodreads Monday: A Thousand Ships

Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners where you choose a random book from your Goodreads TBR to talk about.  This Week’s Book: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Synopsis: In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective. This was never…

October 2020 Wrap-Up

Happy Halloween! Things are a little bit different this year, but I hope that everyone has a wonderfully spooky day filled with lots of sugar regardless. My October has been a very packed one, and it feels like it lasted a minute and a year at once. I started the month really strong reading-wise, but…