I loved Hanna Alkaf’s debut novel, The Weight of Our Sky, and really liked her other novel The Girl and the Ghost, so I was definitely interested in reading more from her. Queen of the Tiles is different from her previous historical novels as it’s a contemporary YA story about grief, disguised as a murder… Read More Book Review: Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
This was a book that I didn’t intend to read. I was scrolling through my TBR list in Libby and saw The Book of Blood and Shadow. The title reminded me of a typical YA Fantasy novel, which I wasn’t in the mood for. I was going to remove this book from my TBR shelf… Read More Book Review: The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman
One downside of having multiple TBR lists in multiple places (so far it’s a Libby wishlist, a google keep note, something resembling a list on Goodreads, and there’s probably a physical list somewhere around the house) is that books tend to languish on the list. I’ve been really focused on reading ebooks since I moved… Read More Book Review: The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
Thanks to book blogging and bookstagram, my TBR list is at almost unmanageable levels right now. It’s so easy to just miss out on a few books, but thanks to Wyrd and Wonder, I realised that I had a Japanese fantasy waiting to be borrowed and read! The Beast Player contains the first two books… Read More Book Review: The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
I have always loved The Secret Countess (aka A Countess Below Stairs) and it is my second favourite Ibbotson book after Journey to the River Sea. So obviously I had to get myself a copy when I saw it being sold at an extremely reasonable price. The Secret Countess is about Anna, one of the… Read More Rereading: The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson (and comparing it to The Morning Gift)
One amazing thing I found on BookXcess were several titles from Eva Ibbotson. I really loved Journey to the River Sea and The Secret Countess, but I only own Journey to the River Sea. So I took the chance to get a few more books from her and this week will be very much dedicated… Read More Book Review: The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson
This is another one of my impulse BookXcess buys, but unlike some of the others (which were purchased because it hit the price+cover+blurb sweet spot), I wanted to buy Squirrel Meets World because: a) it was written by Shannon Hale, and b) I recalled Krysta from Pages Unbound talking about why you should read Squirrel… Read More Book Review: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl – Squirrel Meets World by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale
Before we start: I’m writing this in a post-book hangover and I’m in the mood to discuss it rather than review it, which is to say: I’m trying to avoid spoilers but no promises. If you need a spoiler-free review, please skip this. I first found Sarah Dessen’s books when I read The Truth About… Read More Book Review: The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
I blogged about how just being part of the online bookish community comes with a fear of whether you’re reading books for the hype or for interest, and a few people pointed out that we can get really good book recommendations from the bookish community. Well, this is one book that I read because of… Read More Book Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
I saw this book while looking through BookXcess’s online catalog but because I cannot buy every cheap book that appeals to me, I found a copy from the library’s e-catalog and decided to just borrow it instead. The Disappearances starts when Aila and Miles’ mother dies. Because their father has to leave, Aila and Miles… Read More Book Review: The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy