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My Most Disappointing Reads of 2021
Hello everyone, welcome to my most disappointing reads of 2021 post! This is in no way a reflection of the actual quality of these books, its simply that I personally was disappointed in them! I do have a bad habit of going into books with very very high expectations, which does inevitably lead to some disappointment! Anyway, like I say these aren’t bad books, just my most disappointing reads of 2021. Runaway In complete disregard to the intro to this post, I do actually have one book which I do think is actually bad! Runaway by R.L. Stine is a reissue of the Fear Street series which he wrote originally…
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Books I’ve Picked Up and Put Down | 2021
Hello everyone! I am definitely a mood reader, and despite the fact that I set myself TBRs for every month, I still pick up and put down a lot of books. Sometimes I’m just not in the mood, other times I just don’t click with them. Whatever happens, I know I want to read them at some point, just not at that exact moment. So I thought why not discuss them in a blog post! Here are the books I’ve picked up and put down again in 2021. A Desolation Called Peace This is the second book in the Texicalaan duology (so far) by Arkady Martine. This is a complex…
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Blog Tour | A Marvellous Light
Hello, I am so excited to be hosting a stop on the awesome blog tour for A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske! Thank you so much Black Crow PR for having me and providing a copy of the book!! I adored this novel so much, its an enchanting and lyrical read! Title: A Marvellous Light Author: Freya Marske Published: 9th November 2021 Publisher: Tor UK Genre: Fantasy. Romance, Historical Rating: 5/5 stars Red White & Royal Blue meets Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell in debut author Freya Marske’s A Marvellous Light, featuring an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts, and conspiracies. Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his…
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Book Review | Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good
Title: Loki Author: Louie Stowell Published: 3rd Feb 2022 Publisher: Walker Books UK Genre: Middle Grade, Action, Adventure Rating: 5/5 stars Packed with doodles and cartoons, here is the diary of Loki as he’s trapped on earth as a petulant eleven-year-old—and even worse, annoying thunder god Thor is there, too. After one prank too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to live as a kid on Earth. If he can show moral improvement within one month, he can return to Asgard. If he can’t? Eternity in a pit of angry snakes. Rude! To keep track of Loki’s progress, King Odin (a bossy poo-poo head) gives him this magical diary…
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Blog Tour | You’ll Be The Death Of Me
Hello, welcome back to my blog! Today I am super excited to be a part of the You’ll Be The Death of Me blog tour, hosted by The Write Reads and Penguin! I love Karen M McManus’ YA thrillers, so I was super excited to get to read her newest book! Title: You’ll Be The Death of Me Author: Karen M McManus Published: 30th November 2021 Publisher: Penguin Genre: YA, Thriller, Mystery Rating: 4/5 stars From the author of One of Us Is Lying comes a brand new addictive thriller. Ivy, Mateo and Cal used to be close – best friends back in middle school. Now all they have in common is…