2021
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Six for Sunday | Books That Made Me Feel
Hello everyone, welcome to another Six for Sunday post! Today we are talking all about books that made me feel things while I was reading them! As an emotional wreck, I often feel a lot of emotions while reading, here’s 6 I want to chat about. Thanks as always to the lovely Steph for hosting! The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Although this was a bit of a slow start for me, once I got into this book I fully couldn’t put it down. I fell totally in love with the women in this book. Set on a Norwegian Island inhabited by only women, I highly recommend this novel! Buy from Waterstones…
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Book Review | Black Sun
Title: Black Sun Author: Rebecca Roanhorse Published: 21st January 2021 Publisher: Rebellion Genre: Fantasy Series: Between Earth and Sky #1 Rating: 5/5 stars A god will returnWhen the earth and sky convergeUnder the black sun In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters…
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Book Review | The Forest of Moon and Sword
Title: The Forest of Moon and Sword Author: Amy Raphael Illustrator: August Ro Published: 7th January 2021 Publisher: Hachette Children Genre: Middle Grade, Adventure, Fantasy Rating: 3/5 stars When Art’s mother is accused of witchcraft, she is determined to get her back – at any cost. A lyrical adventure with folklore at its heart, for fans of THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS. Twelve-year-old Art lives in a small village in Scotland. Her mother has always made potions that cure the sick, but now the townspeople say she is a witch. One cloudless night, Art’s mother is accused of Witchcraft, arrested, and taken from Scotland to England. Art mounts her horse,…
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Six for Sunday | Favourite Authors
Hello everyone, welcome to another Six for Sunday post! Today I am chatting all about my favourite authors, those authors that I will buy from no matter what the book is about! Thanks as always to the lovely Steph for hosting! Patrick Ness I love Patrick Ness, I started with The Knife of Never Letting Go when it first came out, and I have read everything he has written since! I honestly think I have rated everything he’s released as a 4 or 5 star read, and I have enjoyed every single one. He is one of my auto-buy authors, and if he recommends something I will read it hands down! Robin…
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Book Review | The Gilded Ones
Title: Gilded Ones Author: Namina Forna Published: 4th February 2021 Publisher: Usborne Genre: YA, Fantasy Series: Deathless #1 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity–and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death. Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her…