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Blog Tour | Scareground
Hello, and welcome to my stop on the Scareground blog tour, published by Neem Tree Press and organised by The Write Reads. This is a middle grade horror novel, read on to hear my thoughts! Title: Scareground Author: Angela Kecojevic Published: 7th September 2023 Publisher: Neem Tree Press Genre: Middle grade, Historical, Horror Roll up, roll up, the Scareground is in town! Twelve-year-old Nancy Crumpet lives above a bakery and her life is a delightful mix of flour, salt, and love. Yet her mind is brimming with questions no one can answer: Why did her birth parents disappear? Why can she speak with the sky? And why must she keep…
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August Wrap Up: A real mixed month, some new favourites and some disappointments!
Hello and welcome to my August wrap up! I was able to read 11 books this month, which I’m very pleased with! It definitely helped that I finished the month with a weeks holiday… Here’s my August Wrap Up! What I Read Call of the Bone Ships by RJ Barker. August started off really strongly with a 5 star read! This is the second book in the Tide Child trilogy, an amazing fantasy series set on ships made of the bones of giant sea creatures! I love this trilogy and I’m trying to savour it by not reading it all at once! Buy Call of the Bone Ships from Waterstones…
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Book Review | Yellowface
Hello, and welcome to my book review for Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang. This is a very popular and hyped literary thriller of sorts, with a very close focus on the book industry. Read on to hear my thoughts! Title: Yellowface Author: R.F. Kuang Published: 25th May 2023 Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Fiction, Thriller Rating: 2.5/5 stars Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody. White lies… When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song. Dark humour… But as evidence threatens June’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will…
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Blog Tour | The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm
Hello and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm by Karen Foxlee. Huge thanks to Pushkin Press for inviting me to take part in the tour and sending me a copy of the book to read and review. Title: The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm Author: Karen Foxlee Illustrator: Freda Chiu Published: 3rd August 2023 Publisher: Pushkin Children’s Books Genre: Children’s, Fantasy, Rating: 4.5/5 stars There are those that hunt monsters to harm them and there are those that hunt monsters to help them. Which one are you? Dressed in sparkly red shoes and carrying her strawberry-scented notebook, Mary-Kate accompanies her archaeologist…
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Blog Tour | Peril on the Atlantic
Hello and welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Peril on the Atlantic! Thank you to Kaleidoscopic Book Tours and Usborne for having me! Title: Peril on the Atlantic Author: A.M. Howell Published: 3rd August 2023 Publisher: Usborne Series: Mysteries at Sea #1 Genre: Middle Grade, Mystery, Historical Rating: 3/5 A twisty and heart-pounding mystery at sea, from award-winning A.M. Howell. July, 1936. As the Queen Mary sets sail across the Atlantic, Alice can’t wait for the summer of adventure that lies ahead. She’s excited to explore the huge ship, with its shops, animals and even celebrities on board. But while Alice’s sailor father focuses on winning a…