Pages: 507Published: 27th September 2022Genre: Historical Fiction/FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail It’s 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging—and allows her to heal from any wound. … Continue reading Book Review – Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
Hello everyone, To mark my first five years of book blogging, I have decided to do an A-Z series of posts based on all the books I have read in that time, and about blogging in general. It felt like a fun idea! These posts will include all of the most significant things for each … Continue reading My A-Z Of Books – B
Pages: 417Published: 29th March 2022Genre: Historical FantasyContent warnings: Domestic abuse, injury detail On Crow Island, people whisper, real magic lurks just below the surface. Neither real magic nor faux magic interests Annie Mason. Not after it stole her future. She’s only on the island to settle her late father’s estate and, hopefully, reconnect with her long-absent best friend, Beatrice, … Continue reading Book Review – Wild And Wicked Things by Francesca May
Hello everyone, I hope you are having a good week. Today I have another new list post, and it is all about characters who I found annoying in books that I liked, or even loved. Some of these characters are just plain annoying, while others are just a bit pesky in the way they get … Continue reading Top Five – Annoying Characters Who Appeared In Books I Enjoyed
Hello everyone, To mark five years since I started book blogging, I have decided to do a Q&A post, where I answer questions sent by friends and fellow book bloggers about my blog and my reading habits/preferences. Outside of regular tag posts, this is the first time I have done a Q&A here, so even … Continue reading Five Years Of Book Blogging – Q&A
Pages: 397Published: 1st February 2022Genre: Young Adult ThrillerContent warnings: Child abduction, child death When Crystal Donovan gets a message on a mysterious app with a video of her little sister gagged and bound, she agrees to play the kidnapper’s game. At first, they make her complete bizarre tasks: steal a test and stuff it in a locker, bake brownies, … Continue reading Book Review – These Deadly Games by Diana Urban
Pages: 323Published: 30th August 2018Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Misogyny, sexual content, injury detail, animal sacrifice Queen Briseis has been stolen from her conquered homeland and given as a concubine to a foreign warrior. The warrior is Achilles: famed hero, loathed enemy, ruthless butcher, darkly troubled spirit. Briseis's fate is now indivisibly entwined with his. No … Continue reading Book Review – The Silence Of The Girls by Pat Barker
Pages: 369Published: 22nd January 2019Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Child death All Stevie Bell wanted was to find the key to the Ellingham mystery, but instead she found her classmate dead. And while she solved that murder, the crimes of the past are still waiting in the dark. Just as Stevie feels she’s on the cusp of putting it … Continue reading Book Review – The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
Hello everyone, This is the penultimate post in my mini-series marking five years since I began book blogging, and here I am looking back on some of my previous posts. I have published over 600 posts since the beginning of 2018 including over 200 book reviews. When I started and for a long time afterwards, … Continue reading Five Year Blogging Anniversary – My Favourite Posts
Pages: 271Published: 4th November 2022Genre: Domestic/Paranormal Thriller This is the second book self-published by my book blogging friend NS Ford. As well as being a creative blogger, she is a very talented author! Kat Green has made a career out of tracking down reclusive former celebrities. When she moves to the quaint English city of Waelminster, she’s on … Continue reading Book Review – They Lie Here by NS Ford
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