Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★★ 5 stars If I were you, I’d just read this book already. But stick around, if you want to find out why. So let’s ignore the somewhat tacky cover for a bit. (I’m glad I can look past the cover. I’m better than that! But I know that I nearly didn’t click…
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May has been such a good reading month for me! I read 13 books and that’s probably the most I’ve read in a month this year. So happy! Finally feel like I’m catching up on my reading goals! (although my stats still say I’m behind…) I have also acquired 23 books this month, which might also be pushing my record of…
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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…
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Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★✬ 4.5 stars Emotional review coming up. Get your napkins ready! When I requested this title, I was excited, because hey – a rock’n’roll teens memoir? Written by someone whose parents were actually musicians, bohemians? Man, that sounds good. Who wouldn’t want to read that? Then when I let it sit for…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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!),…
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So we are finally here today with the long-awaited interview with Kate Moore, author of The Radium Girls. As Kate takes off on her tour of the US with her book (which I urge you not to miss), we will be reading about the whys and hows of this book coming to life. Are you excited??! So let’s get down to…
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Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★☆☆☆ 2 stars Received ARC for review Man, do we have some deep literary shit here. Been reading this since September, and was it a tough cookie. Parts sparked my interest, and then… the stories would get so mixed up I wouldn’t know what to make of them. When I stumble upon books…
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You might wonder who The Radium Girls were…. They were called The Girls With Radioactive Bones. There were newspaper headlines such as ‘Living Dead’ Win In Court’ about them. And all that – almost a hundred years ago. Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★★ 5 stars I’m going to tell you a very painful, sad, but strong story of fighting for…
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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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Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★★ 5 stars So. How does one start a review for a book as big as this one..? Wool by Hugh Howey feels like the best book I’ve had in my hands this year. I know it’s only April. But I don’t feel like I’ll read another one like it soon. Books like this…
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Time for a monthly book haul and March recap! Here’s to hoping that I got less books this month than previously… (I wouldn’t hold my breath…) But, despite it not being a very good reading month, I did do something new – I had my first author interview! And it was so much fun to do. You can find it here.…
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Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★✮ 4.5 stars If you read my blog, you probably know that I choose YA books quite rarely. I mean, the premise has to be pretty special for me to do it. But this one just had it. And I wasn’t wrong. How can I sum this book up? It brought me…
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Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★☆ 4 stars I’m sure most of you have heard of Redshirts. And let’s admit, Scalzi is a pretty well-known writer, having received many awards (the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel for this one being among them), as well as having worked as a consultant to the TV series Stargate Universe, if any of…
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So last week, in my review of Beside The Music, I promised you an interview with the author, BJ Knapp. Happy to say that I’ve got the interview questions right here and I’m going to share them with you in just a few seconds! But first of all, let’s meet our lovely interviewee. Although we already know that BJ Knapp a writer, there’s…
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Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★★ 5 stars The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane sounds like just another pretty name, when you first spot it. It brings promise, as does the author’s well-known name, Lisa See. A promise of secrets, twilight and fantastic cultures it might take you too. I’m going to tell you that it delivers. Brace yourselves…
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Goodreads average 3.85 ★★★★✮ 4.5 stars This has got to be the coolest spot to write a review. (I’m on a train to another city, to teach a class there.) And for a cool spot we need a cool topic. And I think I’ve got one. Rock music cool enough? I got Beside The Music at Story Cartel, one of the reviewer sites. It’s not…
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Goodreads average 3.87 ★★★★✮ 4.5 stars I’m sure you’ve heard about this one. It’s another fun, ass-kicking and quite inventive Urban Fantasy series, right along the lines of Rivers of London and the like. Except this time, we’re talking catering. And not just any kind of catering. I found out about this series from Tammy’s blog. I wasn’t going to pick up…
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