I've been reading so many people's Top Ten Tuesday posts that I couldn't resist writing my own. That and this theme was impossible to resist, I'm such a picky reader and often for the pettiest reasons. Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the beyond amazing The Broke and Bookish. As I say I've... Continue Reading →
This is a series that starts with a bang. Whale Gods, betrayal, murder, more betrayal and hawks galore. Goodreads Summary: In the sky, the fire spirits dance and ripple. Grandma says they showed our Tribe that I’d be a captain, before I was even born. Ever since Ma died, Mouse has looked after her little... Continue Reading →
It's time for part two of my reviews of The Hollow Gods series by Rebecca Levene. In yesterday's blog post I talked about how much I enjoyed the first book in the series, but how does book two compare? Goodreads Summary: Born in tragedy and raised in poverty, Krishanjit never aspired to be anything greater than... Continue Reading →
More dragons please. A thunder of dragons and then another thunder of dragons and then at least ten more dragons. If you want to, you can read my review of the first book in this series here (but no obligation). Goodreads Summary: Three years after her fateful journeys through the forbidding mountains of Vystrana, Mrs. Camherst... Continue Reading →
Well this is the first time I've ever jumped into a series not in the second book...but in the fourth! But honestly I'm so pleased I gave this book a chance. My intense draconic obsession grows every day. But how did Legion compare to all the other books I've read about my scaly friends, and... Continue Reading →
From 17th century Essex witches to witches in the frozen north of Russia. I'm 100% sure I like where this trajectory appears to be going. Goodreads Summary: At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights... Continue Reading →
I'm in a little bit of a 'witches phase' at the moment. My first inkling of this was this wondrous bit of historical fiction The Witchfinder's Sister from the pen of creative writing tutor Beth Underdown. Goodreads Summary: Before Salem, there was Manningtree. . . . "This summer, my brother Matthew set himself to killing women, but... Continue Reading →
My first ever paychecks were spent on a lot of different things, cake, a Birchbox subscription, rent and of course books. But when I realised that my book buying habits were quickly going to make me utterly bankrupt I realised I needed to look to alternative places to find stories. I turned, of course, to... Continue Reading →
Here be Dragons. Here be a happy Judith. Here be a magnificent book. Goodreads Summary: Everyone knows Isabella, Lady Trent, to be the world's preeminent dragon naturalist. Here, at last, in her own words, is the story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation, prospects, and her life to satisfy scientific curiosity; of how... Continue Reading →
This book is weird...not that that's a bad thing... Goodreads Summary: There is another world than our own—one no closer than a kiss and one no further than our nightmares—where all the stuff of which dreams are made is real and magic is just a step away. But once you see that world, you will... Continue Reading →
Goodreads Summary: Years ago, witch hunters came to Carolina and devoured the Willows. Sixteen-year-old Collette, a powerful empath, was one of them. A part of a long line of witches that stretches back as far as the slave auctions of Charleston, she was especially gifted. Decades later, a series of strange kidnappings prompts a member... Continue Reading →
Are there enough synonyms for 'overjoyed' in the thesaurus to fully convey how happy I am that I finally got to read this? Answer: no there are not. Goodreads Summary: A new epic fantasy by National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Laini Taylor of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy.... Continue Reading →
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