The Grisha Trilogy
I finally got round to reading the rest of Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha trilogy, only five years after reading the first book. There was plenty I had forgotten in the meantime, like the first book was called The Gathering Dark when…
Moonrise
Warning, you will need tissues for Sarah Crossan’s next book! Moonrise‘s sparse yet beautiful free verse tells the story of Joe whose brother is on death row. It follows Ed’s final weeks as well as flashbacks to their childhood, which…
Book Box Unboxing Bonanza!
I received three whole bookish subscription boxes this month, so I thought I’d unbox them in one post. This post contains spoilers for Illumicrate, Ninja Book Box and FairyLoot, so don’t scroll past the photo of Scully checking out the…
Release
The contemporary story at the heart of Release is powerful and moving. Adam is a preacher’s son and he is gay. He’s quite comfortable with his sexuality but his family are in denial. The boy he thought he was in…
Murder on the Orient Express
I’ve most likely seen an adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express in the distant past but I didn’t remember any details of the plot other than Poirot is stuck on a train and murder happens. So it was quite…
The Real-Town Murders
Adam Roberts’ books are definitely for those people who want extra layers in the stories they read. On the surface, The Real-Town Murders is a locked room mystery, albeit in a future setting, but it’s also about how governments seek…
Top Ten Science Fiction Books to Read if You Think You Don’t Like Science Fiction
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Despite its huge popularity on the screen, readers often shy away from science-fiction, but it’s not all aliens, technobabble and space battles. I would say I am a fan…
A Quiet Kind of Thunder
I loved this adorable story about Steffi and Rhys, filled with so much damp-eye inducing kindness, which can be so hard to come-by (although I hear a rumour that kindness is all set to be the next big publishing trend)….
The Reading Quest
Hosted by Read at Midnight, character art by CW @ Read, Think, Ponder. I saw Charlotte tweeting about this super fun reading challenge yesterday and I think there’s enough books on my immediate TBR that fit the Mage path so…
The Underground Railroad
It’s possible that you’ve been hiding from the book world for the past year and haven’t heard about The Underground Railway. It’s been nominated all over the place and won the Pulitzer Prize and Arthur C. Clarke award. Look outside…
![[gifted] A Letter to the Luminous Deep is one of my most anticipated debuts for 2024. Magical, underwater, academia in epistolary format? Yes please! Thanks so much @gambit589 @orbitbooks_uk for the review copy.
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