2022
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Weekly Wrap Up 16/05
Hello everyone, I thought it was about time that the Weekly Wrap Up posts returned! I love sharing what I have been enjoying over the week, and hopefully you enjoy reading them! Books Read Café con Lychee by Emery Lee This was the perfect book to pick up this week, I have been struggling to finish anything and I needed a quick read that would get my engrossed. This book was perfect for that! It’s a brilliant queer YA featuring competing cafes, and loads of mentions of bubble tea! Buy from Bookshop.org Buy from Waterstones The Carnival of Ash by Tom Beckerlegge I read this book for a blog tour…
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Blog Tour | The Knave of Secrets
Hello, welcome to my post on The Knave of Secrets blog tour hosted by The Write Reads and Rebellion Publishing. Title: The Knave of Secrets Author: Alex Livingston Published: 9th June 2022 Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Genre: Fantasy, Rating: 3.5/5 stars A twisty tale of magicians, con artists and card games, where secrets are traded and gambled like coin, for fans of The Lies of Locke Lamora and The Mask of Mirrors. Never stake more than you can afford to lose. When failed magician turned cardsharp Valen Quinol is given the chance to play in the Forbearance Game—the invitation-only tournament where players gamble with secrets—he can’t resist. Or refuse, for that…
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Blog Tour | The Carnival of Ash
Hello everyone, welcome to my stop on The Carnival of Ash blog tour hosted by The Write Reads and Rebellion Publishing. Title: The Carnival of Ash Author: Tom Beckerlegge Published: 15th March 2022 Publisher: Rebellion Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Rating: 4/5 stars Cadenza is the City of Words, a city run by poets, its skyline dominated by the steepled towers of its libraries, its heart beating to the stamp and thrum of the printing presses in the Printing Quarter. Carlo Mazzoni, a young wordsmith arrives at the city gates intent on making his name as the bells ring out with the news of the death of the city’s poet-leader. Instead,…
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Blog Tour | The Sky Over Rebecca
Hello everyone! I am very excited to be a part of the blog tour for The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox today. Thank you to Lucy and Hachette for having me on the tour! I am very excited to be sharing a brilliant piece of writing by Matthew today! The Stockholm Winter Six years ago I moved from Liverpool to Stockholm in Sweden, to live with my Swedish partner. We arrived just as winter was approaching, and the days grew shorter and darker, and it snowed and went on snowing, and the great lake that surrounds Stockholm froze to white stone. I realised this was not just another country…
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Blog Tour | Dread Wood
Hello everyone! I am so excited to be a part of the Dread Wood blog tour organised by The Write Reads today! I loved Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick when I read it last year, so I jumped at the chance to read this one! Killick writes brilliant spooky middle grade horror novels! Crater Lake was pretty scary so I was ready to be scared again! Title: Dread Wood Author: Jennifer Killick Published: 31st March 2022 Publisher: Farshore Genre: Middle Grade, Children’s, Horror Rating: 4/5 stars The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine’s Goosebumps. “Deliciously scary and hilarious…