tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75904887227250371832024-03-05T10:40:47.470+00:00Dual ReadsDual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.comBlogger921125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-14370473555428621952021-07-05T08:00:00.004+01:002021-07-05T08:00:00.229+01:00The Vanishing by Sophia Tobin<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vanishing-Sophia-Tobin/dp/147115162X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1625389635&sr=1-1" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="332" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttq2D9N42lQdh5CzdHSLS8H3oZVmq-mmi06RE0RTwS43tr5Bo84rHUoBj3jdVrEheblFKZ85blJEa-CpVKJkWpBi8gkIYWUwmlUafALnUDrJZq1uspRIQ0SfzNHxONdcX8y0uz5jGfhg/w265-h400/The+Vanishing.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br />Title: </b>The Vanishing</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Author: </b>Sophia Tobin</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Format: </b>Paperback</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Source: </b>Purchased</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Pages:</b> 385</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rating: </b>3.5/5</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Blurb: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>On top of the Yorkshire Moors, in an isolated spot carved out of a barren landscape, lies White Windows, a house of shadows and secrets. Here lives Marcus Twentyman, a hard-drinking but sensitive man, and his sister, the brisk widow, Hester.</i></span></div><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When runaway Annaleigh first meets the Twentymans, their offer of employment and lodgings seems a blessing. Only later does she discover the truth. But by then she is already in the middle of a web of darkness and intrigue, where murder seems the only possible means of escape…</span></i><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Having read both 'The Silversmith's Wife' and 'The Widow's Confession' by Sophia Tobin - and loving them both - my hopes were quite high for The Vanishing. And whilst I didn't enjoy this quite as much as her previous two books it was still incredibly well written and researched and I read it in only one sitting because I was gripped by the story.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The main character, Anna, was likeable but frustrating. Her character development throughout the story was done really well and was understandable. She changed a lot from the sweet and trusting girl she had been to the cynical woman who wanted revenge and I was right there with her at the end - I actually kind of hoped for more on the revenge line but I also understand why she chose to let things develop as they did. And I don't want to go into detail on that because spoilers! The other characters were not as well developed to my mind. Thomas served pretty much solely as a love interest and his character development revolved around Anna. Whilst he had a few strong moments where he stood up for himself - and he was likable - the book would not have been much different without him. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Anna's employers - and the two other servants she worked with - were more complex but they, in comparison, did not get as much of a resolution as I would have liked. Particularly Jeanne who, I think, deserved a final confrontation with Anna and Hester who was an interesting character in the beginning but quickly faded towards the end. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The plot was, as I mentioned, extremely gripping and I was never bored. It also gets very dark very quickly. The first half of the book does an excellent job of building an unsettling atmosphere but the book switches from that to something far darker almost in a page turn and the rest of the book is much faster paced in comparison. Whilst I understood why, the pace change was a little abrupt and I had to reread a few pages in the middle to be sure I was understanding Anna's situation correctly. That said, I was so emotionally engaged in the story that I was sobbing by the end and kept thinking about Anna's story for the rest of the day.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Overall, whilst I did enjoy The Vanishing and it definitely was an impactful story, I wouldn't say it was a favourite and I did prefer Tobin's previous books. If you're looking for an extremely dark historical story - and are prepared to maybe cry - then I definitely recommend it though.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Trigger warnings (spoilers): </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Drugging, captivity, loss of a child, death, rape</i></span></div>Dual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-75833998903195670462020-01-18T23:57:00.000+00:002020-01-18T23:58:02.260+00:00Pondathon Sign-Up: Clare<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Pondathon is a co-operative and story-driven readathon hosted and run by CW from The Quiet Pond. The aim of the Pondathon is to read books and collect points to protect the friends over at <a href="http://thequietpond.com/">The Quiet Pond</a> from the encroaching malevolent forces that threaten our friends in the forest.
Have fun participating in the Pondathon readathon by <a href="http://thequietpond.com/2020/01/16/pondathon-prologue-we-need-you-and-your-magic-choose-a-team">joining one of five teams, each with a unique way to collect points</a> and <a href="http://thequietpond.com/2020/01/18/pondathon-prologue-join-us-in-battle-and-armour-up-sign-up-create-your-character">signing up</a>! You can also <a href="http://thequietpond.com/2020/01/12/pondathon-prologue-somethings-wrong">follow the story of the Pondathon as it unfolds</a>, and participants can also complete 'side quests' during the readathon to collect extra points. The readathon takes place from January 24th 2020 to March 7th 2020. <a href="http://thequietpond.com/2020/01/14/pondathon-prologue-its-time-to-protect-and-fight-readthon-information">More information about the readathon can be found here</a>.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Create a blog post, bookstagram post, booktube video, Twitter thread, or whatever medium you wish, with '#Pondathon' in the title or your tweet. Share the character you have created and your character card!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My Pond Character is called Fliss, and she's as fabulous as she is fearful! Fliss is a fox who is afraid of everything. Even so she is joining the frontlines against the darkness that threatens the Pond. Fliss is kind and hates conflict but always does what's right. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You know how sometimes life just gets away from you? 2019 was the year from hell for Ann and myself (if you follow us on Twitter you'll know some of why) and we've been really bad at blogging (and reading) as a result. But here at the beginning of 2020 I'm feeling hopeful and ready to plunge back into blogging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Nadia Stafford Series by Kelley Armstrong:</b> 4 stars, I'm a huge fan of Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series but I rarely venture into her non-paranormal reads which is a shame because as this series proves they're just as good. The romance was about as slow burn as it can get (although I really could've done without Quinn) and I found even the novellas to be compelling, which is rare for me because I usually just get frustrated when they're over too quickly. Nadia was a very compelling character and Jack was great.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong:</b> 4 stars, Continuing with Armstrong, I read the second book in the Rockton series. I enjoyed it even more than the first (which I'll be honest I don't remember much of) and I'm now looking forward to continuing the series when I can!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Chill Factor by Sandra Brown:</b> 3 stars, A weird one because my experience with Sandra Brown's books are strong on romance, weaker on mystery but this was the total opposite. The mystery kept me guessing throughout, the romance felt stale too quickly. Overall compelling.</span></span></div>
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</span>Dual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-63864503144622689482019-06-10T07:22:00.000+01:002019-06-10T07:22:21.085+01:00Blog Tour: The Switch Up by Katy Cannon<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1556298371l/45309070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Switch Up" border="0" id="coverImage" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1556298371l/45309070.jpg" /></a><br />
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<b>Source: </b>Received for Review</div>
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<b>Rating:</b> 5/5</div>
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<i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">"</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">WILLA</b><br style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Drama queen</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Fashion guru</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Spontaneous</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Looks like Alice</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">LAX Departure Lounge. Two girls board the same flight to London as complete strangers. When the plane touches down, it’s the beginning of the craziest plan ever. Can Willa and Alice really swap lives for the summer?</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Things are going to get complicated..."</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I loved the way in which the main characters of Alice and Willa were introduced during the beginning of this book, with the character descriptions being done in a way that didn't stop the flow of the book while still allowing me to see the clear differences between the two characters from the very beginning despite their similar appearances. This helped a lot later on in the book, making it easy for me not to become confused, which I find I am sometimes in other books with a similar plot or many characters. This book was easy to follow while still introducing difficult family situations for teenagers that may have </span></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">family's that differ from the stereotypical normal, giving the readers something to identify with which I love. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This book was written in a way that helps show the angst teenagers may feel daily while also helping to show another side of them that the readers would identify with and I loved this as many of the situations written about, are things that teenagers experience daily, getting in trouble for being out late, or making apologies and being given chores or told of for having a messy room. All of this helped to add to the realism of the situation and make it easier for a teenage readership to understand and enjoy the book.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The ending of this book set up the book for the following books in the series and I look forward to seeing where Katy Cannon will take the story of Willa and Alice next. I can't wait for the next book! This is the perfect summer read for everyone and I loved it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The absence of any acceptable ship name aside (seriously think about it) - these two were one of my first ever book ships! And actually is one of those that stood the test of time. I<i> still</i> think Peeta was the best (and only) choice here - I have zero patience for Gale. I mostly enjoyed how different they were and how it complimented their relationship rather than distancing them from each other. Plus they were just cute.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Look the Harry Potter fandom was a weird place way back when. You ever read My Immortal? Cause yikes. Oh now I'm nostalgic for that as well. But in the dark recesses of my teenage mind Harry and Draco made<i> all</i> the sense. I still now, and forever, will maintain that Draco was the product of abusive parenting and had potential to grow (which I hope he did), but he was in no way in a place for a romantic relationship and teen me was weird. Side note though - I will forever believe that Draco had an unrequited crush on Harry and was<i> very</i> confused about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I remember getting<i> really</i> needlessly worked up over the whole Will vs Jem debate. Now I'm like "why not both" and seriously - why not. There's even a line about them being perfectly fine with her loving both of them so I reckon they'd have been totally down for polyamory. I still love Will best though. Just saying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Forever and ever. Literally every relationship in every Riordan book tbh, including the best friendships. But Percabeth are the original and most nostalgic. I love them so much and I've put The House of Hades as my book to represent this because frankly them going through Tartarus was basically one of my favourite book things ever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Leave a link or a comment below so I can check out your Top 5's!! </b></span></div>
Dual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-36638842350742229052019-02-04T05:00:00.000+00:002019-02-04T05:00:15.922+00:00Ann Reviews: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1491595796l/16096824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)" border="0" id="coverImage" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1491595796l/16096824.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Title: </b>A Court of Thorns and Roses</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Author: </b>Sarah J. Maas</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Rating: </b>5/5</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">'Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price ...</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.'</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I only recently read this series for the first time during the summer and I immediately fell in love with it. I have now read it about 4 times and would definitely recommend it to you. Kind of annoyed with myself honestly for not reading it after every time Clare would try and recommend it to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of my favourite things about this book is the main female character who is shown to be so strong and determined in just the first few chapters of the book and you are able to grow to love her more and more as the series continues and as she develops as a character. The main male love interest of this story is how I would imagine a perfect guy could be, he was protective but still let the her do her own thing and knew that she was perfectly capable of protecting herself. However the male love interest in the first book is the kind of man who I really hate, he was so possessive and controlling and just got worse and worse as the series continued doing some not very nice things later on in the series. Its important that this behaviour is shown as toxic as too often "protective" guys are seen as romantic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The detail and description that went into the world in this series is incredible, I found it so easy to picture the places and the layout of the world and despite its problems throughout the books I would personally love to live in a place anywhere as nice as the fae world described in this series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love Sarah J Maas, her writing is amazing and not just in the A Court of Thorns and Roses Series but in her other series also, which I have read and loved almost as much as ACOTAR but not quite. ACOTAR has quickly become one of my favourite series with excellent writing that makes me feel like I am right there with them. My favourite thing about this series is that the description and writing is done in a way that makes me feel more like I am watching a movie than reading a book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Overall I would definitely recommend you read this book as you will most likely love it, and if you've already read it feel free to comment down below your thoughts on the series or give me any recommendations for something similar I might like, seriously I need something else to read I have reread it so many times I could quote whole sections.</span>Ann Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742232970916301959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-85699194572854161512019-02-03T14:32:00.000+00:002019-02-04T01:34:07.124+00:00Sunday Post: WE'RE BACK (no really this time)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy belated New Year everyone!! We have both been on a ridiculously long hiatus for personal reasons.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Ann:</b> I have taken a very long time of blogging and at first it was for exams and then some personal stuff happened that its taken me a while to come back from and I am still not 100%. On top of that, I have been having a lot of health problems currently with my spine(Scoliosis) and also my heart but I am coming back to blogging and I am very excited to get back into this! I am sorry I took so much time of but I am now back.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span><b>Clare:</b> I</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> have been taking time to focus on my mental health. I was recently diagnosed with PTSD (previously just called it anxiety) and I've finally been getting the right counselling for me which has been working wonders but has also left me permanently drained. Turns out talking in depth about the worst experience of your life is<i> tough</i> who knew huh?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But now we're both back and super excited to start blogging again. I'd like to apologise to all the books and authors and publishers whose reviews have been put on hold whilst I got my shit together! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now back to the fun stuff!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So obviously since AUGUST (yikes) we've got quite a lot more books! But who has time for that? So here are the books we got in just the last week (it's still a lot for a week)! </span></div>
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<li><b>Ann Reviews: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas</b></li>
<li><b>Top 5 Wednesday! </b></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Friday Reads</b></span></li>
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Dual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-22888846631619397062018-08-08T05:00:00.000+01:002018-08-08T05:00:07.174+01:00The Cactus by Sarah Haywood<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Author:</b> Sarah Haywood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Format:</b> Hardback</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Source:</b> Received from the publisher for an honest review</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 384<b></b><br />
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<b>Rating:</b> 5/5</div>
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<b>Blurb:<i> </i></b><i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO BLOOM</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">People aren't sure what to make of Susan Green - a prickly independent woman, who has everything just the way she wants it and who certainly has no need for messy emotional relationships.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Family and colleagues find her stand-offish and hard to understand, but Susan makes perfect sense to herself, and that's all she needs. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">At forty-five, she thinks her life is perfect, as long as she avoids her feckless brother, Edward - a safe distance away in Birmingham. She has a London flat which is ideal for one; a job that suits her passion for logic; and a personal arrangement providing cultural and other, more intimate, benefits. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Yet suddenly faced with the loss of her mother and, implausibly, with the possibility of becoming a mother herself, Susan's greatest fear is being realised: she is losing control.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">When she discovers that her mother's will inexplicably favours her brother, Susan sets out to prove that Edward and his equally feckless friend Rob somehow coerced this dubious outcome. But when problems closer to home become increasingly hard to ignore, she finds help in the most unlikely of places.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">This sparkling debut is a breath of fresh air with real heart and a powerful emotional punch. In Susan we find a character as exasperating and delightful as The Rosie Project's Don Tillman. An uncompromising feminist and a fierce fighter, it's a joy to watch her bloom.</span></i></div>
</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b></b><b></b><b></b><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><i></i><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is one of the weirdest reviews to write. Because I loved this book, wholeheartedly. But it's like nothing I've ever read before. And not in a completely-baffling-Alice-down-the-rabbit-hole kinda way. But just, I have never read a character with the perspective Susan had who at the same time felt super relatable. This line from the blurb massively resonates with me and describes my whole experience with the book, "<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>Susan makes perfect sense to herself, and that's all she needs." -</i> you go Susan. You understand and love yourself you perfect little Cactus.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At the beginning of the story I was unsure if I could like Susan. She comes across as very unfeeling and hard but the more I read the more I came to love that about her. And no, this isn't a "oh but she was soft inside the whole time" kind of character progression. Susan's way of seeing the world is so uniquely hers and wonderful and I would never have wanted that to change. Instead I enjoyed watching as she made room for the people in her life, never compromising who she was or her own beliefs, but widening her social circle and allowing herself to believe that sometimes (not often but sometimes) she might not be in the right. This makes the friendships and the romance in the story that bit more affecting, for me at least, because the end result could not have been more perfect or more<i> Susan. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Plot wise there is a lot of legalese going on that went right over my head. I couldn't challenge a will if I wanted to because I would simply have no idea what I was doing. Susan's situation was one I could really feel for, as much as the reader (often) has to disagree with what she is doing, I could never deny her integrity or her willingness to stand up for what she thought was right. The ultimate reveal of the core of her reasoning was also so touching, in a way I'm sure Susan would not appreciate - I nearly cried, and I just constantly wanted to reach into the book and hug childhood Susan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've mentioned on Sunday Posts previously how much this review kept getting rewritten over and over as I struggled to get across just how much I loved and related to this book. And I still can't. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to explain it. I'm about as different from Susan as it's possible to be, and my life is a polar opposite of hers - and yet the whole way through I completely felt like I understood her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Perhaps the real beauty of this story is that it's relatable to everyone. No matter how much, or how little, you have in common with Susan at first glance - you can't help being drawn into her life. And if that isn't enough to convince you to read this then there is a truly, truly hilarious discussion between Susan and the father of her unborn child about visitation rights that I fully lost my mind over. Susan filled me with delight and is hands down my favourite book character of 2018 so far. </span></div>
Dual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-48936395247924114922018-08-06T05:00:00.000+01:002018-08-06T05:00:00.314+01:00Dual Blogger Dual Blogging (Or Am I Going Crazy?)<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Back in March I took the massive decision to join my friends over at The Regal Critiques as a co-blogger. Co-blogging has always made sense to me. I<i> need</i> that support! And I massively underestimated how difficult it would be (and rewarding by the way). My blogging output has increased in quality but decreased massively in quantity and at the moment my goal is to find a balance. Meanwhile, I've developed a totally different writing style over at The Regal Critiques than I have here. Both are authentically me and both reflect my thoughts and personality but in such different ways that I have confused myself on occasions! Also - different fonts and post layouts, different schedules. I'm an easily confused gal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">None of this is by any means a bad thing. Back when I first started blogging my reading took a significant drop. If you look back through my goodreads challenges the time before blogging had me reading frankly ridiculous amounts of books that I can't even comprehend right now. And sometimes, yeah, I miss being able to just zip through books like that. But then I think how much more I enjoy books now - how much I love discussing them with people who love books as much as I do. How much I enjoy just slowly reading a book and then fangirling online about why and how I love it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For me this new blogging experience is similar. I sometimes feel like a failure because I'm<i> not</i> posting every day like I did a year ago. But my life has changed since then, my responsibilities have changed and I've opened myself up to new experiences. So as guilty as I feel (and will continue to feel for a while probably) about dividing my time between two blogs I'm slowly coming to realise - I love both blogs, I love both versions of "me" that I express between them. And I love how proud I am of every post I do now. Even if those posts are so very much fewer than they once were.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Being a co-blogger on two blogs is challenging in a million different ways - all of which probably deserve a whole separate post - but it's so much more rewarding and exciting. And hey, me and Ann have now thrown our YouTube channel into the mix (subscribe to Dual Reads if you're interested) so that's three blogs. I'm definitely over-ambitious and probably a little crazy. But I absolutely love it. </span></div>
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</span>Dual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-91116721899381112932018-08-03T05:00:00.000+01:002018-08-03T05:00:05.214+01:00What I Want to Read in August!! <div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As always when making a TBR there is about a 90% chance that I wont read anything on this list... But I do love<i> making</i> plans and maybe -<b><i> maybe</i></b> - this'll be the time I actually stick to those plans? I can hope right??</span></div>
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I'm feeling particularly anxious at the moment so to save myself any added anxiety I'm reading alphabetically this month (or that's the plan anyway). It sounds dumb but ordering everything in my life sometimes helps with making me less anxious? I don't understand it either but so long as it works! Plus some of these have been on my TBR for a while (the Bear and the Nightingale) and I'm excited for all of them! </div>
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<b>If you've read any of these, let me know what you thought of them? And do you have any tactics for choosing your next read or do you just pick whatever interests you in the moment?</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 21.56px;">The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted at </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 21.56px;"><a href="http://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Caffeinated Book Reviewer</a></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 21.56px;">,</span><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="color: black;"> it's a chance to post a recap on the past week, show the books we have received and share what we plan for the coming week. Stacking the Shelves is hosted by </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://tyngasreviews.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tynga's Reviews</a> </span><span style="color: black;">and <a href="https://www.readingreality.net/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Reading Reality</a></span><span style="color: black;"> and the aim is to show our newest books and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops or downloaded on to their e-reader.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="color: black;">In just four short days Ann and I will be on a train heading to London for this years YALC! We had so much fun there last year and are both excited to go back (although also terrified - but when aren't we?), we will be vlogging as much of it as we can so keep an eye on our YouTube Channel for that. If you're also going to be at YALC let me know so we can freak out together! </span></span></span></div>
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<li><a href="https://reading-is-dreaming-with-open-eyes.blogspot.com/2018/07/bite-sized-fiction-our-favorite-short.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bite Size Fiction: Our Favourite Short Stories and Novellas</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/1ilBZT9RxU8" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Owl Crate Unboxing July</b></span></a><u></u></li>
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I cant even decide which of these I am most excited for. Possibly Campfire? I<i> love</i> horror movies and I am forever looking for books that grab me the same way. I've never yet found one though so hopefully this will be it! Competence I am also crazy excited for because I adore Gail Carriger and I love these characters so much. </div>
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<b>And I Darken by Kiersten White:</b> 4 stars, I wasn't as blown away by this as I wanted to be. Nobody was quite<i> as</i> brutal as I wanted (although Lada in the first half of the book was incredible). But I didn't like any of the side characters and just wanted Lada and Radu to overthrow everyone together. I get the feeling that's not where the series goes though which is sad. </div>
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<li><a href="https://dualreads.blogspot.com/2018/07/ann-reviews-daughter-of-siren-queen-by.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ann Reviews: Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://dualreads.blogspot.com/2018/07/series-review-young-elites-by-marie-lu.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Series Review: The Young Elites by Marie Lu</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://dualreads.blogspot.com/2018/07/storm-raven-by-k-hanson.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Storm Raven by K. Hanson</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://reading-is-dreaming-with-open-eyes.blogspot.com/2018/07/spellbook-of-lost-and-found-by-moira.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moira Fowley-Doyle</span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm technically on a book buying ban because we're off to YALC in under two weeks now and I will obviously be spending every penny I have up there! But I am buddy reading the And I Darken series so getting Bright We Burn was just sense!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>The Cactus by Sarah Haywood:</b> 4 stars, My review for this will go up next week but I keep rewriting it because the more I think about it the more I love this book. The protagonist is unlike anyone I've read (or known) before and the whole tone is so unique and wonderful. </span></div>
Dual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-24818905139906679692018-07-13T05:00:00.000+01:002018-07-13T05:00:08.978+01:00Storm Raven by K. Hanson<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Series:</b> Storm Raven #1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Source:</b> Received from author for an honest review</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Format:</b> Paperback</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Rating:</b> 4.5/5</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Blurb: </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Captain Nereyda and her first mate, Brynja, lead a band of pirates as they seek out grand adventures and loot vulnerable merchant ships. However, when they attempt an overly ambitious raid, Nereyda and her crew are captured by Commander Erhan of the Imperial navy and separated. Nereyda is pressed into service aboard a ship to patrol the treacherous waters of the Shattered Sea. Meanwhile, Brynja and the rest of the crew are sent to a life of hellish labor deep in an Imperial mining prison camp.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">While serving her sentence, Nereyda is shipwrecked on an unknown island. As she explores it, she stumbles into some ancient ruins and finds…something. Whatever it is, it wakes a part of Nereyda that she had not felt before. Something that could help her free the rest of her crew and return to life on the sea, if only she can learn to control it. Unfortunately, Commander Erhan is also on the island. Nereyda must escape him, get off of the island, and rescue her crew before the commander can stop her and before her crew withers away in the oppressive mines.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The sections within the mines themselves were a bit unbearable for me. I'm extremely claustrophobic to the point where some books and films become completely unfinishable for me because they take place in confined spaces. Whilst I struggled with those sections, they were broken up by bits on the sea and in open air battle so that I was able to, metaphorically speaking, take a breath. The characters themselves didn't get that chance however and my heart broke for Nereyda's crew who were left underground whilst she struggled her way back to help them escape. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I genuinely loved this book. More than I expected to. I felt everything that the characters felt. To the point where it became uncomfortable reading because I felt their guilt or their fear. I adored Nereyda and need more of her in my life and I am so desperate to see where their story goes next. And also if Erhan could just disappear that'd be grand. Thanks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm so glad I read this book, and I am now very much looking forward to finding a chance to read the sequel! Many thanks to the author for sending me a copy for an honest review! </span></div>
Dual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-48395553449293802872018-07-11T05:00:00.000+01:002018-07-11T05:00:13.711+01:00Series Review: The Young Elites by Marie Lu<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Firstly, this is a series I've been looking forward to reading for a long time. I'm a<i> huge</i> fan of anti-heroes and this sounded like it would go one better and give me a villain perspective to root for. It didn't quite deliver as much as I wanted it to - mostly because the third book felt like a let down to the whole series. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For the most part though the first two books were the villain origin story I've always wanted and if it had been left there I would have been happy. But the third book came along to throw a redemptive arc in there and some truly baffling mythology (that unless I'm super dense wasn't in the rest of the series) and it threw the whole experience off for me. By now it's pretty obvious that I love villains. And I really hoped that this would be my one fully unapologetic villain. But instead Marie Lu explained away Adelina's actions by having them be caused by events outside her control. And then she and all her enemies went on a trip to the underworld that, frankly, I didn't fully understand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I feel like this was a problem I had with the Legend series as well in that I just do not get on with Lu's endings. I like endings that are one thing or another. Happy or sad. Closed or unclosed. Marie Lu writes endings that are trying to be both happy and sad and closed and unclosed and I just can't wrap my tiny brain around it. I still think this was an excellent series. And I love what the first two books gave me. I'm just going to do my best to forget the third book happened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Series:</b> Daughter of the Pirate King #2</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Blurb: </b><span id="freeText10199382059609697986" style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>Alosa's mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders. And she takes great comfort in knowing that the villainous Vordan will soon be facing her father's justice.<br style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px;" />When Vordan exposes a secret her father has kept for years, Alosa and her crew find themselves in a deadly race with the feared Pirate King. Despite the danger, Alosa knows they will recover the treasure first . . . after all, she is the daughter of the Siren Queen.</i></span></span><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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<li><b><a href="https://dualreads.blogspot.com/2018/07/independence-realm-by-kevin-j-bernadt.html" target="_blank">Independence Realm by Kevin J. Bernadt</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="https://reading-is-dreaming-with-open-eyes.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-beach-read-we-all-deserve-alex.html" target="_blank">The Beach Read We All Deserve - Alex Approximately by Jenn Bennet</a></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>The Favourite Sister by Jessica Knoll:</b> I know basically nothing about this but sisters combined with reality television makes for a book<i> I HAD to buy.</i> It also looks like a very Halloween read so I might save it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows:</b> I've already read this and was a bit disappointed to be honest. This was probably one of my biggest excitements of the year and I just got nothing much from it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>The War in the Dark by Nick Setchfield:</b> Oh boy am I excited for this. This was a total surprise when I got it in the post from Titan Books and I am so pumped. It's spies and Europe and gorgeousness and I will for sure be reading this very soon. </span></div>
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<img alt="Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist, #2)" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1515100323l/36010223.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="212" /> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38606192-spinning-silver" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-family: &quot; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Spinning Silver" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1522536399l/38606192.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="217" /></a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36430924-beneath-the-citadel" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-family: &quot; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Beneath the Citadel" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1518016956l/36430924.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="213" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh:</b> I had a super stressful meeting this week so obviously I went to Waterstones beforehand to relax and found these two beauties. I haven't actually read Flame in the Mist yet but I am excited about this duology so already owned it and was just waiting for this to be released and now I can binge them!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik:</b> SIGNED!! One of my favourite authors, in a beautiful hardcover of one of my most anticipated for the year<i> and it's signed.</i> Obviously I bought it immediately. And my Mum who was with me did her best to join in with my excitement even though she was probably thinking more "oh god not more books". Sorry Mum - I love you! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria:</b> Received via Netgalley. I only just went on Netgalley because I<i> only just</i> became able to read kindle books again and I am so excited to have been approved for this one. It looks so dark and intriguing! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>The Young Elites/The Rose Society/The Midnight Star by Marie Lu:</b> I still haven't fully decided on my ratings for any of these so I'm not going to risk it. Basically, I loved the first two but felt very disappointed by the third. I will have a series review of these going up next week, which I am excited for (maybe by then I will actually have decided how I feel??).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows:</b> 2.5 stars, I already mentioned how disappointed I was with this. I buddy read it with my wonderful co-blogger Vera who posted a review for it yesterday <a href="https://reading-is-dreaming-with-open-eyes.blogspot.com/2018/07/my-plain-jane-disappointing-sequel-to.html" target="_blank">here</a> which you should check out! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Queen by Josephine Boyce:</b> 3.5 stars, This was a super dark, super intriguing novella. I really wish it had been a full length novel because I feel like there was more there to explore<i> but</i> I was so happy with the direction the story went in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Rebellion by Josephine Boyce:</b> 3 stars, I liked this less than Queen. At first I loved it, the concept and the world creation were brilliant. But it was spoiled slightly by a badly handled sexual assault sub-plot which I found enormously triggering both the event and the way some of the characters reacted afterwards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moira Fowley- Doyle:</b> 4 stars, This was so beautifully written and I did enjoy the story a lot. I wish I'd felt more connection at the beginning of the novel but by the end I was fully invested. </span></div>
Dual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-28527038866581148252018-07-06T05:00:00.000+01:002018-07-06T05:00:05.725+01:00Independence Realm by Kevin J. Bernadt<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Blurb: </b><i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Allets and Ryan, best friends and polar opposites since kindergarten, plan to enjoy one last afternoon together before departing for college, going separate ways for the first time in their lives. The appearance of their vivacious high school classmate, Maria, takes them by surprise, but not as much as a magnificent late-summer storm that changes all of their plans.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Transitioned to an entirely new world, Independence Realm, they become embroiled in a society engulfed with the ageless struggle between liberty and tyranny. Now Allets, Ryan, and Maria find themselves risking their lives to free three heroic Revolutionaries and defeat the tyrannical king and queen.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">After receiving guidance from the enigmatic Dr. Richards, Shepherd of the realm and Key Portal Controller, the trio must navigate the dangers of Independence Realm as they courageously face the bloody battles of life and death in the Chamber Wars arena, decipher the perilous puzzles of the Riddling Run, and match wits with the tantalizing Princess of Prose.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Desperate to return home and even more desperate to stay alive, their entire future—and the fate of Independence Realm—hangs in the balance.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was drawn to Independence Realm because I love these stories where our characters live everyday (slightly boring lives) and then they're suddenly dumped into a whole different world and the weight of that<i> entire world</i> is put on their shoulders. It also went full Wizard of Oz with the whole "you cant get home till you've fixed this world". Plus I love the cover. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our main characters, Maria, Ryan and Allets, are introduced rather suddenly. Allets and Ryan were already friends whilst Maria is more of an unknown. I initially disliked Maria, perhaps because I was seeing her through the (ever so slightly jealous) eyes of Allets. But she grew on me. She has an infectious joy and exuberant personality that makes her a delight to read - even if I couldn't super identify with her. A was more easily relatable, at least to me. A bookworm (seriously so many book references here) with a love of learning who kept getting pre-occupied with<i> how</i> this all happened whilst Ryan and Maria were just enjoying it. Which is so very me. Ryan was my least favourite character, probably just because I never felt like I got a handle on him. Allets was relatable and Maria was likable but Ryan, kind of forgettable. But that's fine because you're never going to love<i> every</i> character and being attached to 2 out of the main 3 is a pretty good start point. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The world itself was super intriguing to me, Independence Realm was a sort of parallel universe where they learned from different periods of Earths development. So you had taverns with old-timey clothing and social mores but also more modern technology, gladiator style rings but then Harry Potter novels. And as a bit of a history lover it was fun to see past and present collide to make a completely unique world. I did wish the world was more fully developed upon, it's a short book and a lot is happening so I understand but I do love world building and I just wanted to know more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Plot wise this felt a lot like a video game. And I mean that in a good way. It felt very linear and quest-y which is something I actually love sometimes. Sort of "first go here, do this, then on to the next task". Which made for a nice reading experience that felt a little bit like a series of short stories in an overarching narrative. I also loved the section with riddles because oh boy do I love riddles (plus I felt like a genius when I solved them first).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I definitely think some good editing would be really beneficial. There is definite overuse of metaphors and sometimes two words are used that mean the same thing - but none of this ruined my enjoyment of the story or of the characters. Independence Realm had its faults, but the core world and characters were so much fun and since that's what matters most to me in any story - this was a good read for me and I definitely would love to read more. </span></div>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVktFFzdHL4&t=119s" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Unboxing Book Box Club</span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36454327-grump" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-family: &quot; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Grump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1508630520l/36454327.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="211" /></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33296575-seeing-red" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Seeing Red" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1495733356l/33296575.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="219" /></a><b></b><i></i><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38096260-wicked-and-the-wallflower" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-family: &quot; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Wicked and the Wallflower (The Bareknuckle Bastards Book 1)" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1524895385l/38096260.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="204" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Most of these came from Unboxings! Seeing Red was sent to me by the publisher and I'm excited enough for it that I might mess up my entire review schedule just to read it now! Wicked and the Wallflower was an auto-buy for me because Sarah MacLean is my second favourite Romance writer (Lisa Kleypas being first of course) and I love her books so much. Of the other four (you can watch the unboxings linked above) I think I am most excited for The Boneless Mercies because it's an ARC from one of my favourite writers (she does creepy so very well) and also Grump just because I'd never heard of it before and I love fairy tale retellings! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Kiss the Girl by Melissa Brayden:</b> 5 stars, I've been looking for LGBTQ contemporary romance like this for so, so long. This was just like a Sarah Morgan novel. Light and fluffy, with an amazing friendship group, a gorgeous sexy romance, and some personal drama that really makes you fall for the characters. I am currently reading book 2 in the series and badly want to do a series review when I am done!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All of these are books that I'm excited about but have heard mixed things of! Except for Girl Made of Stars as I've tried to avoid reading reviews of it. It might be a difficult read for me so I'll need to be in the right frame of mind<i> but</i> I'm really intrigued to see how it's carried out. If you've read any of these, let me know what you thought because I'm getting such conflicting views on them! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews:</b> 4 stars, This was such a strong read. The abuse was handled incredibly well and the story was compelling. I will be posting a discussion review of this soon over at The Regal Critiques! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Fiona by Meredith Moore:</b> 4 stars, Surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It sounded like a fairly typical Jane Eyre retelling but it was anything but. It was super dark and twisted in places and the main character wasn't always likable. I don't think I enjoyed this as much as I Am Her Revenge (Moore's first book) but it was still tense and exciting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan:</b> 3 stars, I feel bad on this one because teenage me would have loved it. But it was so hard for me to relate to the characters who seemed (appropriately) immature and that affected my enjoyment overall. This is more of a me-problem though as I feel like teenagers should love this! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Sundark by Elizabeth Watasin:</b> 3 stars, It took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to figure out whether this was alternate history or actual history - I loved the central couple but didn't see as much of their relationship as I would have liked. The psychic element was interesting but ultimately I didn't find this as compelling as I wanted to. I would still read more though.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Exile by S.M. Wilson:</b> This is the sequel to The Extinction Trials which I read and loved last year. Jurassic Park meets The Hunger Games was always going to be a big draw for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller:</b> 4 stars, There was a lot I loved about this and then a few tiny gripes. I will be posting a full review over at The Regal Critiques next week so keep an eye out for that. But on the whole this was a good, interesting and exciting historical fiction read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is our first video - check out Ann being a total YouTube natural and me being a completely awkward idiot! We've had a lot of ideas that don't work so well in blog format so wanted to add videos. We'll be posting vlogs (from YALC for example) and some hauls and subscription unboxings on the channel. We're totally new to this so apologies!!!
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Dual Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290847657953476202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590488722725037183.post-77293424497479735352018-06-08T01:00:00.000+01:002018-06-08T01:00:05.238+01:00My Pride Month TBR<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Pride Month everyone!! To celebrate I'm going to be reading<i> as many</i> LGBTQ books as I possibly can! And please leave your suggestions down below for new or old favourites I should be adding to my list!! </span></div>
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A transgender male protagonist, an historical murder mystery - and so, so many good reviews so far! I'm really, really excited for this one!</div>
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The second book is coming out soon (or maybe already has) so I need to get on this! I've been watching and loving Ben's videos for years now and I'm thrilled to read something he wrote! </div>
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Vera @ Regal Critiques told me this was brilliant and I've been desperate to read it for the longest time! Plus I'm so in love with the rainbow cover!</div>
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Anything Lizzie Borden instantly goes on my TBR but this is even more intriguing than normal because its set in modern times. I'll be interested to see how the author does moving the events and in making Lizzie a compelling Main Character as she deserves to be.</div>
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<b>Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller</b><br />
A gender fluid protagonist is something I don't think I've ever read before and it is so wonderful to see this representation! I've had this since it released but I've been out of the "fantasy" mood lately so haven't read it yet but I aim to change that soon!<br />
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<b>Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is the most cover lust - and it has a bisexual protagonist AND there is necromancy. Which makes this basically my dream book! I can't wait to dive into this! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19140362-sundark" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Sundark: An Elle Black Penny Dread" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1394313960l/19140362.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="131" /></a><b></b><i></i><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35820638-thisby-thestoop-and-the-black-mountain" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Thisby Thestoop and the Black Mountain" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1508481581l/35820638.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="133" /></a><b></b><i></i><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13587105-the-pyramid-waltz" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="The Pyramid Waltz" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1342584228l/13587105.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="128" /></a><b></b><i></i><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17831753-a-history-of-glitter-and-blood" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="A History of Glitter and Blood" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1427901241l/17831753.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="133" /></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Sundark by Elizabeth Watasin:</b> I've unfortunately not got this cover - which looks all comic book cool - I have an alternative cover that I couldn't find on goodreads anywhere. This sounds like the book I've been looking for all summer - historical female led psychic mysteries. Specific genre but its what I'm really in the mood for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Thisby Thestoop and the Black Mountain by Zac Gorman:</b> I really want to read more Middle Grade - it has a charm I find in no other books. So I've subscribed to Owl Crate Junior which is so far really cool. This book isn't one I've heard of before but it looks brilliant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Pyramid Waltz by Barbara Ann Wright:</b> If you ignore the cover (which I do not like and cannot take seriously) this sounds like a great book and its a short read so I should zip through it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz:</b> I ordered this about two months ago from Amazon Marketplace and by the time it arrived last week I'd forgotten about it - so this was a lovely surprise! I've been wanting to read this for the longest time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b></b><i></i><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35534634-a-whole-lotta-love" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><b></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><b></b><b></b><b></b><img alt="A Whole Lotta Love: Florence Love 3" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1526784545l/35534634.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="130" /></a><b></b><i></i><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36415770-the-vanishing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="The Vanishing" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1511089091l/36415770.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="131" /></a><b></b><i></i><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38099846-meddling-kids" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Meddling Kids" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1516357937l/38099846.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="131" /></a><b></b><i></i><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12971664-no-safety-in-numbers" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="No Safety in Numbers (No Safety in Numbers, #1)" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1325511863l/12971664.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="131" /></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A Whole Lotta Love by Louise Lee:</b> Many thanks to Headline for sending me a copy of this. This is the 3rd book in the Florence Love series. The second book was brilliant (I still haven't read the first), this will be published on the 28th of this month!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Vanishing by Sophia Tobin:</b> One of my all time favourite historical fiction writers. She is so incredibly good at tension and atmosphere - and her characters are incredible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero:</b> I heard "Inspired by Scooby Doo" and hit buy if I'm honest. Then I learned there was some kind of Cthulu monster in it and was completely sold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz:</b> Bunch of people stuck in a quarantined mall. It goes from "fun novelty" to "oh dear god" in a really short space of time by the sounds of things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35218493-escape-to-pirate-island" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #00635d; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b></b><b></b><b></b><b></b><img alt="Escape to Pirate Island" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1495647171l/35218493.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="125" /></a></u><b></b><i></i><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null"><img alt="Mask of the Highwaywoman" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1495644482l/35218289.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="124" /><u><img alt="Legendary (Caraval, #2)" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1517336385l/36515061.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="130" /><img alt="Now a Major Motion Picture" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1511884372l/30238172.jpg" style="border-image: none; border: 0px rgb(0, 99, 93);" width="133" /></u></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Escape From Pirate Island/ Mask of the Highwaywoman by Niamh Murphy:</b> Two historical LGBT romances, these both sounded great and I couldn't choose between them. So I didn't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Legendary by Stephanie Garber:</b> The sequel to Caraval. I enjoyed Caraval but didn't love it - and had some problems with it. So I'm keen to see where the series goes next. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Now a Major Motion Picture by Cori McCarthy:</b> This was a strong recommendation from Vera at Regal Critiques so I obviously needed to get it because I fully trust her judgement! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Eve of Man by Giovanna and Tom Fletcher:</b> I found out that they will be signing at YALC and I'd like to read this before then. I think its been a fairly long time since I've read a dystopian but I like Giovanna's writing (haven't tried Tom's before) and I'd love to meet them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Broken Girls by Simone St. James:</b> One of my favourite authors in any genre. I had to order this from America because for some obscure reason it isn't released here until next year? But it was so worth it and I will be reading this very, very soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews:</b> So excited to receive this in a subscription box! Fellow blogger Cait over at Paper Fury has just been published and this is it! So exciting and surreal to see a book from a blogger I've followed and admired! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Light Years by Kass Morgan:</b> And finally an ARC I received in a subscription box. This is one of my most anticipated reads for the end of the year so you can guess how thrilled I am to have it! I'm trying to know as little as possible about it and just enjoy the ride.</span></div>
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