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Weekly Wrap Up 10/06
Hello, welcome to Weekly Wrap Up (10/06)! It’s sunny here in Edinburgh, if a bit windy, and I think we can say it’s summer soon? You never know with Scotland! Anyway here is what I’ve been reading and enjoying lately! Books Read Grass by Sheri S. Tepper I have had this science fiction classic on my TBR pile for a long time, and I finally decided to pick it up. It took me around 2 weeks to read it, which for me is quite a long time, but it is a dense one! Worth it though, it had a good plot! Buy from Waterstones or Bookshop.org Long Live Evil by…
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Weekly Wrap Up 13/05
Hello, and welcome to another weekly wrap up (13/05). The weather has been beautiful here in Edinburgh, and it’s really encouraged me to read more! So let’s see what I got up to last week! Books Read Gallant by V.E Schwab Finally! I hear you all cry, she has finally finished Gallant! I did it, I listened to the end of this fairytale novel last week. It was enjoyable, I liked it, I thought it was clever, and packed a lot into a short number of pages! Buy it from Waterstones or Bookshop.org The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji This is one of Pushkin Press’ Japanese crime novels, and…
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Blog Tour | The House at the End of the Sea
Hello, and welcome to my stop on The House at the End of the Sea blog tour. Thank you to Kaleidoscopic Tours and Andersen Press for having me! Title: The House at the End of the Sea Author: Victoria M. Adams Published: 2nd May 2024 Publisher: Andersen Press Genre: Middle grade, magical Rating: 3.5/5 stars Saffi doesn’t want her new life, living with her dad, little brother and old-fashioned grandparents in their B&B by the sea. She is grieving for her mum and longs for things to go back to normal. But this new home is anything but normal: the walls change colour, a face appears in the mirror, and…
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Book Review | Play of Shadows
Title: Play of Shadows Author: Sebastien De Castell Published: 28th March 2024 Publisher: Quercus Genre: Fantasy Series: Court of Shadows #1 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Swordplay, magic, intrigue and friendships stronger than iron: the first volume in the new swashbuckling fantasy series set in the universe of THE GREATCOATS. Damelas Chademantaigne picked a poor night to flee a judicial duel. He has precious little hope of escaping the wrath of the Vixen, the most feared duellist in the entire city, until he stumbles through the stage doors of the magnificent Operato Belleza and tricks his way into the company of actors. An archaic law provides a temporary respite from his troubles…
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Weekly Wrap Up 06/05
Hello, and thank you for reading another Weekly Wrap Up (06/05) post! I’m happy to report that after last week’s disaster of no books read, I did rather better this week! I also was lucky enough to receive a lovely stack of books for review, which I’ll chat about at the end! Let’s get on with the Weekly Wrap Up (06/05). Books Read The Stars Undying by Emery Robin This was a random pick up from the library for me, and I really enjoyed it! It’s a complex sci-fi novel, with plenty politics and religious debates. It reminded me of Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire, which I loved when…