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Reframe the Day Review
Requests and to-dos bombard your phone and inbox, day and night. Information and distractions claw at your time and attention. You’re always busy, always searching for the finish line … or at least the pause button. Life feels like an endless series of “what’s nexts”–what’s the next meeting, task, obligation, goal, achievement?
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Romanov Review
Towards the end of last year I read Romanov by Nadine Brandes and thought that it was wonderful, and wanted to share the rest of my thoughts on the book. The history books say I died. They don’t know the half of it. Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient […]
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Muse of Nightmares Review
On Friday, I reviewed the first book in the Strange the Dreamer duology, by Laini Taylor. Today, I will review the second installment, Muse of Nightmares Synopsis In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries […]
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Throwback Thursday: Winter Review
At the start of this month, I began to review the Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer, and today we get to the last book! Synopsis Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mark her face, her beauty is said to be even more […]
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Norse Mythology Review
I bought Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology last year at YALC, and as part of my challenge to read all of the books I bought last year before the event (which I have done now, reviews to come), I read this book. Synopsis In Norse Mythology, Gaiman fashions primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with […]
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Will I Ever Read It? War Storm
Sometimes series end up being DNF’d it is a fact of life. Despite our best intentions, we never quite get round to reading the last book in the series, no matter how long it is on your TBR. The book I am talking about today is one of these. While I am not officially giving […]
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Sampler Saturday: Dry
Yes I am aware that today is Monday, but I was very busy with exams and didn’t have time to write a post sorry. Title: Dry Author: Neal & Jarrod Shusterman Publication Date: 2nd October 2018 Synopsis The drought—or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it—has been going on for a while now. Everyone’s lives have become an endless […]