Hello Humans! Now, friends will know that this year I had something of a revelation. Now, please don't judge me, but until this year I fully believed that Pan's Labyrinth and Labyrinth were the same films. Yes, having never seen either I just assumed that the film with David Bowie and the film with the scary hand-eye... Continue Reading →
Hello humans! I am edging close to my unofficial goal of reading 200 books in 2017 and so many of them I am so grateful for. Not that I'm doing Thanksgiving here in the UK but I can appreciate a good TTT theme when I see one! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted... Continue Reading →
Morning mortals! How's it going? (No seriously, let me know in the comments, especially if you're in the mood for a good old fashioned moan!). Today I have the exciting pleasure of reviewing something which I said I was going to read in a want to read Wednesday. Always fulfilling to tick something off that... Continue Reading →
Hello friends and fellow readers. I hope you are having a good day and that your TBR isn't looming over you ominously as mine is! Today I'm reviewing a quick little fantasy read with a unique feel to it. This was one of those books that stuck with me once I'd finished it so I'm... Continue Reading →
It is a fact commonly known (to me) that the one thing that can improve any book or book series is in fact a Dragon. I think it's partly because they are just so fantastical that they instantly let you know the kind of world you are in and the level of magic and fantasy... Continue Reading →
Circus? Female WOC as main character? Written by an author who is an award-winning Ghanaian-British filmmaker? Sign me up sign me up right now! Goodreads Summary: Fourteen-year-old Sante isn’t sure where she comes from, but she has a recurring dream of escaping a shipwreck in a sea chest as a baby with her lifelong companion, golden... Continue Reading →
Greetings earthlings! Welcome to today's review of a new science fiction book from Solaris publishing. Solaris are the same Oxford based publishing company who brought us Scourge (which I reviewed earlier in the year) so I started this book without particularly high hopes and expecting to have to slog through in a similar manner. But... Continue Reading →
Have you ever started a book thinking 'gosh I hope this is incredibly confusing and leaves me not really sure where I am or what I'm doing?' I certainly haven't. But perhaps that's exactly what you're looking for in life. If so, read on and find out what I've managed to piece together after reading Gleam.... Continue Reading →
We need to talk about labelling books 'feminist' as a way of selling them. Seriously. CONTENT NOTE: Sexual Assault, Rape, Violence against women. Goodreads Summary: In the opulent palace of Ohaddin, women have one purpose - to obey. Some were brought here as girls, captured and enslaved; some as servants; some as wives. All of... Continue Reading →
Well I've been churned about and pulled every which way and now I'm not sure how to feel! Goodreads Summary: Shelter is about a spirited young woman escaping bombed-out Coventry in WWII to work as a lumberjill within a reclusive community in the Forest of Dean. She is nursing a secret and running from a... Continue Reading →
Definitely not what I was expecting, but I was pleasantly surprised by what I found (and with lots of owls!) Goodreads Summary: Joomia and Aula are Chosen. They will never be normal. They can never be free. On the last island on Erthe, Chosen Ones are destined to enter Ariadnis on the day they turn... Continue Reading →
Hello mortals and welcome to another Chain Interaction book review. Before we kick off with this review of Aliette De Bodard's The House of Binding Thorns I recommend heading back in time and reading my review of the first title in this series The House of Shattered Wings just to give you a feel for where I'm coming from.... Continue Reading →
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