Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★☆☆ 3 stars As we’re nearing the release of The Rules of Magic, let’s look back to where it all began. Back in the 90’s when I was but a wee lass, there was Practical Magic. Which wasn’t just a book – it became a beautiful movie too! In fact, that’s how I come…
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I Feel Bad About Not Liking This One, But… The Golden House by Salman Rushdie
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★✬☆☆ 2.5 stars Well… You never feel great when you are about to give a not-so-glowing review to a really well known, acclaimed writer’s work. But the review’s gotta be honest. So honest it will be. In fact, I’ve recently written a post about how to write a review for a book…
Continue Reading→What If Men And Women Could Bear Children Equally? The Growing Season by Helen Sedgwick
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★✬ 4.5 stars I don’t think there’s a book by Helen I could hate. Maybe if she wrote it backwards with her left foot, while riding on a gray mare, also backwards over muddy marshes..? Yet, still. I think I’d love it too. There’s just something about Helen’s style and topics that always appeals…
Continue Reading→Switching Places With Someone – Would It Solve Your Problems? The Thousand Tiny Miracles of Living Twice by Katarina West
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★☆ 4 stars This book was great. It’s just one of those cozy, sweet girlish reads that you want to grab when you’re curled up on your sofa, holding a warm cocoa mug and trying to let the fluffy feeling warm up your heart. (I mean, just look at that adorable cover.) I…
Continue Reading→You Know They Both Die At The End, But You Still Read It. They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★☆☆ 3 stars Oh, Adam Silvera. The King of #feels, The Ruler of #BringMeDown. Despite all the hype and excitement about receiving the review copy, I was… not a very happy camper while reading this. So, when it comes to this book as an experience, I’ve got three things to talk to…
Continue Reading→Dark Southern Thriller About Family Secrets – Or Is It Really? Burying The Honeysuckle Girls by Emily Carpenter
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★✬☆☆ 2.5 stars Good, important topic. Nice suspense. Okay execution. Almost unbearable characters. I guess it was alright? This book has been lying around on my Kindle for at least a year. It’s one of the first NetGalley eARCs I’ve downloaded, and to be honest, the premise sounded fab: Althea, fresh out…
Continue Reading→Every Season Must End, And Every Review Must Be Written The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★★ 5 stars Why is it that I can’t seem to be able to write a review for The Fifth Season for so long? I’ve finished it at the end of April, now it’s August, and lo and behold – the review has not materialized. …Why? I’ll tell you why. Because when…
Continue Reading→Things To Do When You’re Goth In The Country ...This title doesn't even *need* a fancy headline!
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★☆ 4 stars Really, the name of Things To Do When You’re Goth In The Country doesn’t even need me to come up with a snazzy headline for the post. It’s already kickass enough. So naturally, when I saw this book and read what it was about, I couldn’t fail to hit the…
Continue Reading→A Life Can Be Lived 4..3..2..1 Literary Ways? 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★☆ 4 stars I have neglected posting this book’s review for far too long. Especially when it has been such a pleasant experience reading it as it has. This is one of those slow-burn books that you just can’t really read fast – what with it being over 800 pages and all,…
Continue Reading→Anne of Green Gables v2.0: Slow Start, Good Delivery Anne of Avonlea by L.C. Montgomery
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★✬☆ 3.5 stars Carrying on with my Anne readalong, I was a bit late to read the second part. That’s mostly due to the fact that at first it completely failed to draw me in. I felt like it’s just filler up to like a third of the book in! Where’s all the…
Continue Reading→What Happens To A Pacifist When He Has To Fight For His Family? When The English Fall by David Williams - not your traditional apocalyptic tale
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★★ 5 stars I find myself struggling to start this review. Because the book was just so unbelievable, I find myself at a lack of words. What would it be like to watch the end of the world as a bystander? As someone who has always thought that living that way was…
Continue Reading→This One May Be A Winner After All You May Already Be A Winner by Ann Dee Ellis
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★☆ 4 stars #Wrong number 1 So at first I thought this book would be easy and fun. A kids’ read. Just what I need right now. #Wrong number 2 Then I thought it would be a three star read. #Wrong number 3 I thought it would be pretty forgettable. And that it…
Continue Reading→Diverse kids books? Yes, please! Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★☆ 4 stars Pop quiz! You like cute books. You also like diverse books. And you enjoy YA and kids books. Question: will you like Felix Yz? (tick tock tick tock…) Answer: Yes! Most definitely YES!! Why? Let’s get started. First I’ll give you some backstory: Felix isn’t a very lucky boy.…
Continue Reading→Taking A Literary Vacation From The 21st Century? Please! Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★✬ 4.5 stars Oh, Anne! How I wish I had known I’d love your story so much – then I would have not postponed reading it for so long. A big thanks to Jackie B. @ Death By Tsundoku and Jane @ Greenish Bookshelf for finally giving me a nudge to read this.…
Continue Reading→#BroodyBFF Challenge: Romance tropes I LOVEHATE. Yes, You Heard It Right
As I’ve been a little behind, you might not know that I’ve joined #BroodyBFFs – the Brooding YA Hero street team. It’s been great fun, except that I haven’t done a challenge yet. So here goes! Romance Tropes I… LOVEHATE. So you might know my complicated relationship with romance. Or you might not. Well, in case you don’t know, let me…
Continue Reading→How To Ruin A Book? You Make A Sequel, Of Course. Shift by Hugh Howey (Silo series)
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★☆☆☆☆ 1 star It is truly a sorry affair that most sequels just do not turn out right. Well, alright, not most. Some. Can we settle on a lot? I can start naming now, (The sequel to Blood Red Road, Metro 2034…) and I am sure you can carry on with this list to eternity.…
Continue Reading→Want a Retro Fantasy about magic and mythology? The Breedling And The City In The Garden by Kimberlee Ann Bastian
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★✬☆ 3.5 stars “So, writer, what sort of tale will you tell me tonight?” “Well, reader, get yourself some strong tea and a nightlight, because I have a warm retro tale about street urchins in the 1930’s and… magic.” “My my, writer, that sure sounds swell!” “Brace yourself, reader, it truly is, even…
Continue Reading→How To NOT Find A Spark In A Brilliantly Set Up Story The Finding of Martha Lost by Caroline Wallace
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★☆☆ 3 stars We need to talk about how I found myself feeling about The Finding of Martha Lost. Cause I for sure am not lost about how I feel about this book. You could say I am finding myself with quite a strong opinion. Enough of the puns! Let’s talk straight…
Continue Reading→Rogue mages, steampunk spells and secrecy – Brother’s Ruin by Emma Newman What looks like a beginning to a truly captivating series
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★✬ 4.5 stars This review has been due for a while, I’m sorry, Emma Newman! (haha…) But here we go. Brother’s Ruin was a book I’d been waiting to read like no tomorrow! I was sadly denied an advance copy, so I had to ultimately wait for the release (like all mere mortals… kidding!),…
Continue Reading→Dead world, primal mind eating monster, kids with powers – Children of the Different, S.C.Flynn 3.5 stars, but it's definitely worth a read if you love fantasy
Check out on Goodreads ★★★✬☆ 3.5 stars Received in giveaway I have been reading this book for quite a while. The reason it took me so long though, was because I was listening to it on a reading app, rather than just reading. I have received this one on a giveaway. Having finished it, I was struggling with the rating…
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