I’ve got to admit, I was drawn to the cover of the book when I first saw it in the library. The synopsis sealed the deal because it sounded like historical fantasy. And while Rotherweird wasn’t quite like what I thought it was, I really enjoyed this. Rotherweird is a town within England that isn’t… Read More Book Review: Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott
It took me some time but I’ve finally read the third book in the Invisible Library series. Sadly, I wasn’t as impressed as I was with the first two books, which means that I’m at a bit of a crossroads as to whether I want to continue the series. The Burning Page takes place right… Read More The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
My second book tag and the first one where I was actually tagged!!! I was tagged by Brittany from Perfectly Tolerable and I am so excited to talk about fantasy (although I haven’t been reading as much recently). This tag was first created by Jo from The Bookworm Dreamer. The Rules Thank the person who… Read More Quick Fire Fantasy Tag
I’ve been wanting to read this book for a pretty long time (Goodreads says I shelved this as ‘want to read’ in 2012!) but its size has put me off. So before I left for holiday, I decided to download this, thinking that it should last me the entire two weeks. Spoiler alert: it didn’t… Read More Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
I heard about this book from Krysta at Pages Unbound and it sounded really interesting so I hunted down the nearest library copy. As expected, I was not disappointed. The Letter Tor The King starts with Tiuri keeping vigil. This is the last task that he has to do before he becomes a knight. But… Read More The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt
I really enjoyed The Invisible Library, the first book of this series, but for some reason, I put off reading The Masked City until now. Of course, I’m asking myself “why” because this was a really fun read. The Masked City takes place sometime after The Invisible Library. Irene is now Librarian-in-Residence of an alternate… Read More The Masked City
Happy Lunar New Year everyone! Hope you had a great festive season with family and plenty of feasting! I’ve been very happily eating lots of steamboat and catching up with extended members of the family (and spending some time reading and drinking tea, of course) I loved The Bear and the Nightingale and I thought… Read More The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
I enjoyed Midnight Never Come so much that I immediately looked into the second and third books in the series. Unfortunately, the second and third books are set hundreds of years after the first one (and the library doesn’t have book two), so I’m not sure if I’m going to continue the series. I did,… Read More Deeds of Men by Marie Brennan
I’ve been hearing fantastic things about this book for ages now, so I finally read it. I took pretty much the whole week to read (it’s actually pretty long), but I LOVED it and it feels like such a good book to welcome the Christmas season with. The Once and Future King is a retelling… Read More The Once and Future King by T.H. White
I found this book from Lisa Huang’s blog and it sounded so good that when I found out my local library had a copy, I immediately went out and borrowed it! An Enchantment of Ravens is the story of Isobel and Rook. Isobel is a master portrait artist, the best there is for her Craft.… Read More An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson