The Line Becomes a River
Francisco Cantú studied the US-Mexican border at college and he felt the next step was to work there. He applied to be a US Border Patrol agent despite his half-Mexican mother’s misgivings. He would see both sides he argued, and how better to learn about…
A Conjuring of Light
A Conjuring of Light is the final book in the Shades of Magic trilogy and therefore this review may contain spoilers for the previous books. A Gathering of Shadows has such a cliffhanger there was no way I wasn’t going to prioritise the final instalment….
#24in48 Wrap-Up
Time spent reading: 12 hours 29 minutes Pages read: 717 I reached my goal of 12 hours, woop! I’ve stopped well before the end of the weekend as I just wanted a bit of a break from reading, and I do have work tomorrow. I’m…
#24in48 Readathon
This weekend is the 24 in 48 readathon in which we attempt to read for 24 hours over the whole weekend. There’s still time to sign up over on their website. I’m just aiming for 12 hours, which is a boost over my normal weekend…
Gemina
Gemina pretty much follows the same formula as Illuminae; there are multiple dangers on board and the surviving characters are split up and must communicate mostly via chat. This is not a bad thing and I thoroughly enjoyed the second instalment of this fast-action space…
Still Me
Still Me is the third book in the Lou Clark series and therefore this review may contain spoilers for the previous books. It starts with a moustache. No, it’s not a new love interest but a U.S. Immigration officer. Lou is in New York! Returning…
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
When Philip Pullman’s new trilogy was announced, he told us it wasn’t a prequel, but the first book, The Belle Sauvage, is definitely a prequel to His Dark Materials. If you haven’t read the original books I would do so first, as even though this…
Monstress: Awakening
Monstress is one of the most beautiful comics I have ever read, its art taking inspiration from Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles and a hit of ancient Egypt. It’s a joy to look at even without the fantastic story, themes and characters. It’s rare…
The Idiot Brain
In The Idiot Brain, Dean Burnett explores how the brain makes us behave how we do, in an accessible and friendly manner. I find this stuff fascinating. Dean also makes it clear that we don’t know everything and what we do know sometimes changes, but…
The Book of Joan
Keep reading for a chance to win a copy along with a matching tote bag! (open internationally) I get the feeling The Book of Joan is going to be a Marmite book, there were definitely parts I liked more than others and some things I…
Black Sun
Today he would become a god. His mother had told him so. The opening line may seem like something any mother would tell her son, but in the case of Serapio, his mother truly believes he will become the Crow God reborn. She blinds him,…
Legendborn
The day Bree gets accepted into an early college placement at UNC, is the day her mother dies. The last words they spoke were of anger. Unable to deal with her dad’s grief on top of her own, Bree goes ahead with the placement. Once…
Ninth House
Alex Stern does not belong at Yale. When she awakes as the sole survivor of a multiple homicide, presumed a drug deal gone wrong, she is given an unlikely offer. Come to Yale, join the House of Lethe and oversee the rituals of the other…
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Just let me dust off this blog thing, I have a review for you! One of my anticipated reads released during lockdown was the follow-up to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. If you read that, of course will will be dying to know what happened to…