Hello! I asked people on my Instagram to give me questions regarding my writing! Ever since I was little I wanted to write and I’ve wanted to be an author since I knew the word for someone who is paid to write literature. I used to sit on my couch watching TV with my parents, laptop […]
Archive | July, 2018
Solitaire Review
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Summary: “In case you’re wondering, this is not a love story. My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep and I like to blog. Last year – before all that stuff with Charlie and before I had to face the harsh realities of A-Levels and university applications and […]
Booktube-a-thon TBR 2018
Hello! This’ll be my second year participating in the annual Booktube-a-thon, even though I don’t have a Booktube! What fun! The prompts this year are a little harder than last years, but I’ll persevere… Decide your first book by a coin toss: For this one, I flipped a coin to decide between The Dark Descent of […]
A Thousand Perfect Notes Review
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Summary: “An emotionally charged story of music, abuse and, ultimately, hope. Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to play hour after hour, day after day. He will never play as […]
Moloka’i Review
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Summary: “Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined […]
The Girl from Everywhere Review
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Summary: “As the daughter of a time traveler, Nix has spent sixteen years sweeping across the globe and through the centuries aboard her father’s ship. Modern-day New York City, nineteenth-century Hawaii, other lands seen only in myth and legend—Nix has been to them all. But when her father gambles […]
Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag!
Haha, so I wasn’t tagged for this, but I’ve seen it going around right now, and I’m procrastinating on reviews so here we go! Best Book You’ve Read So Far in 2018? Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, without a doubt. I’ve read a lot of other amazing books this year that I will plan to mention throughout […]
A Reaper at the Gates Review
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Summary: “Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger. The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power. As Helene searches for […]
July TBR 2018
Happy July! It’s only twelve days into July and I’ve already read five books, so I’d say things are going better than June. So far, I’ve finished Moloka’i by Alan Brennert (adult historical fiction about a girl with leprosy in the early 1900s, very under-hyped), A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews (who may be known as PaperFury on […]
June Wrap-Up 2018
Sorry this is so late! I was on vacation at the beginning of July and I’ve finally gotten my act together long enough to post! June was…not the best reading month for me. I expected it to be better because school got out, but I think my newfound freedom had me a little distracted from […]