“When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.” — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo. Genres. My personal go to genre is fantasy. Don’t get me wrong, 9 times out of 10 I enjoy any ‘good’ book no matter what it’s about, but if you asked … Continue reading All About That Genre
Before I get started with my book related blog posts I thought it best to do a quick introduction. So, without further adieu, my name is Georgia and at the time of writing this I am a 20 year old studying history at university with the hopes that I will go into publishing when I finish my degree. Anyone who knows me, knows I have … Continue reading A Little Introduction
You only have to click on my blog posts to see that I have been extremely absent the past year and I feel like I owe you an explanation. First of all, I am sorry! I am a little sad I let other things get in the way of my blog, but that is like and I am back with vengeance. I plan to read, … Continue reading Where have I been?
So I didn’t research this book as much as I usually would before delving into a new read, instead I got caught up in the social media hype* surrounding this book and after skimming over the synopsis; it was in my Amazon basket. It just so happens that on this rare occasion I was delightfully shocked. *Side note – Do not try this at home. … Continue reading House of Salt and Sorrows – Review
The Shadows Between Us – Tricia Levenseller (book is a @fairylooy special edition) Alessandra and the Shadow King (book is @fairyloot special edition) This book wasn’t perfect, I mean to be honest I had a fair few issues with it BUT I will overlook them because I still managed to fall completely in love with it! I think the biggest reason for my enjoyment of … Continue reading The Shadows Between Us – Review
I won’t lie I didn’t love it, but by no means was it a bad read. In fact, it was enjoyable, it just didn’t have me gripped like I wished. I have a mixed relationship with the type of magick in this book. I liked how unique it felt to me, personally, it was really different from what I have read in other fantasy books. … Continue reading A River of Royal Blood – Review
So you may have guessed from my previous blog post but for the past month or two I’ve been in a reading slump. Like I said in that post, it happens to us all, but that doesn’t mean its pleasant. Anyways, to sum it up this book, The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh, was the book that got me out of my slump (which says a … Continue reading The Beautiful – Review
As much as it saddens us, we all have them times when we get into a bit of a slump with reading. I know I’ve just been through one of these phases, partly due to university work, partly due to reasons that I just cannot figure out and thats fine it happens. In light of this, I’ve written this post to give some ideas of … Continue reading What to do when you’re in a slump with reading
Here are 5 releases that I literally cannot contain my excitement for, enjoy! House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) – Sarah J Maas Releasing 3 March 2020 After producing amazing series like ‘Throne of Glass’ and ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’, I am so excited to see what Sarah J Maas has in store for us in House of Earth and Blood. … Continue reading Releases I’m Excited For
The way I’m going to go about this is by doing a review of the books separately as my opinion differs slightly with each, so enjoy! Shadow and Bone – 4* So to start off with I have a few criticisms about the first book. For me, the book is a bit slow to begin with, it’s a pretty uneventful time where Alina is basically … Continue reading Shadow and Bone Trilogy – Review
Wow, where do I begin with this book?! Well if you haven’t already guessed this book well and truly blew me away, I mean I haven’t enjoyed a book so much in a while. Don’t get me wrong, I expected to enjoy this book when reading that it was a story where ‘Mulan meets runway fashion’, however I didn’t think I’d enjoy it to the … Continue reading Spin the Dawn – Review
In short: I would give both books 4* (this is just my personal opinion, other people may disagree with me). Would I recommend it? I mean I believe I would read this series again, and to me that is a yes, I would recommend it. (That is if you like fantasy, fae, romance and trickery.) In relation to the story line, I would have to … Continue reading The Cruel Prince and Wicked King – Review
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