Well hello, everyone! How are we all doing? I have quite a large (but exciting) post for you today, as last Friday (28th July) I went to The Young Adult Literature Convention, or YALC! 🙂 This is an annual YA event hosted in London, UK, at the end of July. It is a 3-day convention… Continue reading YALC 2017 Bumper Post/ Haul
Title: A Shadow Bright and Burning Author: Jessica Cluess Genre: YA, historical fantasy Pages: 404 Published: 20th September 2016 Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Format: Hardback Acquired: Bought from Amazon Rating: ★★★★☆ [3.5] Book Blurb:: Henrietta can burst into flames. Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she’s shocked when instead of… Continue reading Review: A Shadow Bright and Burning
Title: Blackwing Author: Ed McDonald Genre: Fantasy, Grimdark Pages: 435 Published: 27th July 2017 (UK) Publisher: Gollancz Format: Paperback (ARC) Acquired: Received at OrionBlogFest event Rating: ★★★★☆ Book Blurb:: The Misery is a wasteland: a dangerous, corrupted frontier between the Republic and the Deep Kings. When traitors, thieves and spies try to flee they… Continue reading Review: Blackwing
Hello, hello! So, if you’ve been following me for a while you’ll know that last year I went to my first ever YALC. What is YALC, I hear you ask? Well it is the Young Adult Literature Convention! It is based in the UK every July and forms part of the London Film and Comic Con,… Continue reading YALC Tips
Well, hello there! So I’m back with one of my favourite type of posts: a book haul. Now, before you start telling me off as I said I was supposed to stop buying too many books, this is actually a cumulative book haul since April! Compared to the number of books I was buying when I… Continue reading Spring/Summer Book Haul
Title: Song of the Current Author: Sarah Tolcser Genre: YA, fantasy Pages: 373 Published: 6th June 2017 Publisher: Bloomsbury Format: ARC paperback Acquired: Free copy via work Rating: ★★★☆☆ Book Blurb:: Caro is destined for the river. All she needs is for the river god to whisper her name. So when pirates burn ships… Continue reading Review: Song of the Current
Hello everyone- how are you all doing? So, as you may be aware by now, each month I highlight around 5-10 new releases that I am looking forward to. July is no exception and, gosh, there were so many options! There are tonnes of new books being published this month, which gets me so excited!… Continue reading July 2017 Anticipated Releases!
