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I finally made it through The Diviners and have some thoughts to share on this final installment. Title: The King of Crows Author: Libba Bray Publisher: Atom Page count: 547 Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fic Average Goodreads rating: 4.01 My star rating: 3 Before we begin, it's safe to say that I was highly disappointed with this concluding novel and it now sits…
Continue reading ➞ Review of The King of Crows by Libba Bray
I’m sure this comes as no surprise but after finishing The Diviners and Lair of Dreams I jumped straight into Before the Devil Breaks You and have some thoughts to share. Title: Before the Devil Breaks You Author: Libba Bray Publisher: Atom Page count: 546 Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fic Average Goodreads rating: 4.28 My star rating: 4 In my current ranking of…
Continue reading ➞ Review of Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray
I had grand reading plans for October, but it seems I’ve been caught up in the Libba Bray hype as after re-reading The Diviners last week I jumped straight into Lair of Dreams. Title: Lair of Dreams Author: Libba Bray Publisher: Atom Page count: 613 Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fic Average Goodreads rating: 4.13 My star rating: 5 Like last time, I read…
I read this for the first time back in August 2019 as part of a week-long read-a-thon and I think I got it all wrong. It was the height of summer, I was listening to the audiobook on 2x speed and as you can imagine the result was a sub-par reading experience and a 3-star…
Since my last 'reading booktubes favourite books' post I’ve made my way through another list and this one is from Alexandra Roselyn! Lexi is truly a joy to watch. She makes incredibly cosy vlogs and really well edited and super helpful recommendation and wrap up videos that cover everything from middle grade to adult books.…
As I was scrolling through Goodreads I realised that I’ve read, and want to read, quite a few Tor.com novellas. For those of you who don’t know, Tor.com is the science fiction and fantasy publishing imprint of the Macmillan publishing house. They publish both emerging and well-established authors in both novella and novel format. As…
Booktube has quickly become a great source of entertainment and book recommendations for me. I watch lots of creators and read lots of their book recommendations but it’s hard to know who’s recs I should be listening to. To help with this, I took inspiration from a few videos and decided to start a ‘taste…
I've set myself the challenge to read all twenty four of the previous winners of the Women's Prize for Fiction and this is my wrap up of the first five books. Some may find it odd that I decided to start at 2019 and work backwards but I think this will give me the best…
Following my first June wrap-up, I’m bringing you my least favorite books that I read in the month of June. GIRLS MADE OF SNOW AND GLASS BY MELISSA BASHARDOUST ☆ ☆ This was one of my most highly anticipated releases of 2019 and I was seriously disappointed. Girls Made of Snow and Glass promised to…
As the end of the month draws nearer it’s time to look back over the month and wrap-up what I’ve read. I finished 25 things in the month of June and I’m currently in the middle of another book. With this in mind, I’m not going to review everything because this would then become the longest…
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