Hey guys, Hope you're all doing well and staying safe! Today's post is a good old fashioned recommendation post, and all of these are some great reads which are book related in nature. Whether it features a bookshop, has books within the wider plot or has generally bookish vibes - this list has them all.… Continue reading Five of my favourite ‘books about books’!
Category: sci fi & fantasy
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shards powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands. Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets.… Continue reading The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever-and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns… Continue reading The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso
A queen of a divided land must unite her people, even if they hate her, even if it means stopping a ruin that she helped create. A debut epic fantasy from an exciting new voice. "I murdered a man and made my husband leave the night before they crowned me." Born under the crumbling towers… Continue reading The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso
10 Books that impacted me
Hi guys, It's no secret to anybody who knows me that I'm a soft person, no seriously, I'm the type of person who can well up over a sad advert and I know it's what the clever company or marketing person behind the ad wants but damn it, I can't help myself! Anyway, if that… Continue reading 10 Books that impacted me
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts Malik’s younger sister, Nadia, as payment into the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal—kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s… Continue reading A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee
Sirscha Ashwyn comes from nothing, but she’s intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen’s next royal spy, her plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend Saengo. And then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life. Unveiled as the first soulguide in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to… Continue reading Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee
Descendant Of the Crane by Joan He
Tyrants cut out hearts. Rulers sacrifice their own. Princess Hesina of Yan has always been eager to shirk the responsibilities of the crown, but when her beloved father is murdered, she’s thrust into power, suddenly the queen of an unstable kingdom. Determined to find her father’s killer, Hesina does something desperate: she engages the aid… Continue reading Descendant Of the Crane by Joan He
I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
Seven days. Seven days. The Earth might end in seven days. When news stations start reporting that Earth has been contacted by a planet named Alma, the world is abuzz with rumors that the alien entity is giving mankind only few days to live before they hit the kill switch on civilization. For high school… Continue reading I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
Monthly Wrap Up: April 2020
April felt like the longest month in existence, but at the same time, it's already May when I'm writing this and it feels like time is all over the place right now. It's been another month of lockdown for the UK and other countries around the globe and Ramadan also began towards the end of… Continue reading Monthly Wrap Up: April 2020
