The Month That Was… May 2014
I feel like I had a productive month in May. I got all organised with my review writing and starting drafting stuff up in advance. I read 12 books, a bit above this year’s average but helped by several graphic…
Tinder
Tinder is a retelling of the Hans Christian Anderson tale, The Tinderbox, told through the eyes of a soldier who walked away from the horrors of war. The original tale had a soldier too, but in true fairy tale fashion,…
Beauty
Beauty is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty interwoven with several other fairy tales. It is deemed that the prince needs an adventure and a wife, but he needs some protection so heβs sent off with the Huntsman. On their travels…
The Man Who Couldn’t Stop
A lot of people have misconceptions about what OCD is. Often, they are confusing it with OCPD, where we think of people being overly clean and keeping everything in order. Those with OCPD don’t see it as irrational behaviour. OCD…
Win Deborah Harkness Books!
Not discovered the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness yet? Well never fear, I am giving one lucky winner paperbacks of A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night, so you can start getting caught up before the release of…
Hidden
Hidden is a novella in the Women of the Otherworld series and chronologically falls after Frostbitten. Therefore this review may contain character spoilers for previous books in the series. Elena and Clay want their very own family Christmas. Theyβve rented…
Fracture
The first time I died, I didnβt see God. Delaneyβs on track to become class valedictorian and sheβs best of friends with the boy next door, Decker. Theyβve played manhunt every winter, usually dressed in white but she no longer…
Astonish Me
Jean is a dancer in the corps. She knows sheβll never be good enough for principle, but she has her career ahead of her. She was the one who helped the great Arslan Rusakov defect from Russia, she loves him…
Q+A with Kim Curran
If you could only have six words on the blurb for Glaze, what would they be? ARGH! So tough. So Iβm going to cheat and use James Dawsonβs quote for it: βA chillingly realistic social media nightmareβ Petriβs namesake is…
Incoming!
AKA Showcase Sunday I went a whole week with no new books (I’m not counting the 2 extras I got from the Humble Bundle – but was great to get the second volume of Saga for no extra money). I…