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May 2021 Haul and Wrap-Up
Hi everyone, hope your weekend is starting well. It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts, in part because I’ve been going through some financial restrictions recently (my scholarship is coming to an end this year, and jobs are a bit uncertain in my field, so I’m trying to spend less and save more to cover any months where I’m between incomes). And also space is a little tight, since we live in a two bedroom flat and the shelves are filling up fast! However, since I’ve been teaching recently, I wanted to treat myself to a bunch of books. So, let’s start with the haul of…
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Sunday Chart: 30/05/2021
Hello everyone, and welcome to the resurrection of the Sunday Chart. Every week on Sunday, I post a top ten list of books I’ve read recently. It’s always fun to see where books end up in the rankings, and how long they stay in those positions 🙂 Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare Loveless by Alice Oseman A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu Master of One by Jaida Jones and Dani Bennett Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni The Chosen by Taran Matharu The Wicked Fox by Kat Cho That’s it for this week! What was your…
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Rule of Wolves Book Review
Please note, this review is SPOILER FREE for Rule of Wolves, but will include spoilers for King of Scars, as well as Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom, and the Shadow and Bone trilogy. I know a lot of people are reading the Grishaverse books for the first time with the TV series, so I wanted to be clear! From Goodreads: The Demon King. As Fjerda’s massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm—and even the monster within—to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king’s gift for the impossible. The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much…
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Ninth House Book Review
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo From Goodreads: Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most elite universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers to this herself,…
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Book Eevents: BookCon 2019
Hey everyone, Yes, I was away in New York attending Bookcon last week. And now that the jetlag is finally falling away a bit, I thought it was time to talk a little bit about my experiences. I know there’s going to be a lot of posts floating around at the moment about the event, so I’m hoping you’ll stick with me just a little bit longer to find out what I did while I was there as I feel like my experiences of the convention will be a little bit different (also, it was my first time, so you’re getting the newbie experience here). I don’t have a whole…
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Wishlist Wednesday
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo When is it released: October 1st What is it about?: Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most elite universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and…
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King of Scars Book Review
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE GRISHA TRILOGY AND SIX OF CROWS DUOLOGY BUT NOT FOR KING OF SCARS. From Goodreads: Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a…
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Wishlist Wednesday
Leigh Bardugo’s King of Scars When: Released January 29th What: Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha Squaller, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest…
