Friday, 29 July 2016
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Book Review // A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson
A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson {Goodreads}
Published by Pan Macmillian in 2015
Ellen is a
London girl brought up by her aunts who are suffragettes. However, she is not
interested in any of that. She studies in a school where they learn to cook,
clean, etc and then decides to move to boarding school in Austria since she’s
been fascinated by the country thanks to a cook she’s known all her life. She
finds a paradise in there, taking care of the children. But there she meets a
gardener, Malek, and something arises between the two. However, their idyllic
world is being threatened by Hitler’s advance.
Monday, 25 July 2016
Harry Potter Tag
The Harry Potter tag was created by the people at Bookidote and I got tagged by Ruz & Veronika over at The Regal Critiques. Thank you girls! I can't really say no to anything Harry Potter related.
Friday, 22 July 2016
24in48 Readathon
This weekend the 24in48 hours readathon takes place. The rule is simple: reading for 24 hours in a span of 48 hours.
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson (No Spoilers)
Welcome to
the Final Empire, a world ruled by a Dark Lord named Lord Ruler. He’s been in
power for hundreds of years, spreading terror among the population especially
the Skaa people, who are slaved and work for the nobility – supported by the
Lord Ruler. There have been many revolt attempts but all of them failed.
However, people still have hope and there is a new rebellion on its way run by
one of the most wanted criminals in the Empire, an allomancer called Kelsier.
Allomancy is the ability to burn metals within you; and each metal gives the
allomancer a certain type of power – for example, burning pewter will give the
person physical strength. There are ten different metals to burn. Most
Allomancers can only burn one type of metal and they are known as Mistings.
However, there are some mistings that can burn all metals and they are known as
Mistborn. Kelsier is a Mistborn and he intends to overthrow the Lord Ruler and
free the Skaa. Along the way he encounters an unlikely alley, a Skaa urchin
called Vin. Will this rebellion succeed?
Monday, 18 July 2016
Book Review // Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near
Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near {Goodreads}
Published by Random House Australia in 2013
Isola Wilde
is not your typical teenager. She is a human Child of Nimue and is able to see
magical creatures: ghosts, faeries, unicorns… all of them living in the woods
near her house in Avalon. Since she was very little she has had 6 protectors,
her brother-princes as she calls them; 5 of them are ghosts: Alejandro, a
Victorian dandy; Ruslana, a Fury and a ferocious warrior; Rosekin, a faerie;
Christobelle, a mermaid; Grandpa Furlong, and elderly ghost; and finally James,
the only one of her protectors who is human. All of them take care of her and
keep her company. Nobody else can see the ghosts, not even James even though
he’s a brother-prince, and every time she mentions them, there is always the
same answer: “you are too old for imaginary friends!”
However,
these magical creatures might be the only chance Isola has to survive when she
founds a dead girl inside a birdcage in her precious woods. The girl was
brutally murdered and as a consequence, her mind is twisted, poisoned and she tries
to taint Isola, hurting her and making her afraid of the only safe haven she’s
known all her life, Vivien’s Wood, since her father is practically an absent
figure in her life and her mother is fighting her own battles with her mind.
Friday, 15 July 2016
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Faber Nature Poets
Behold the
gorgeous Faber Nature Poets collection that Faber & Faber published last May.
The collection consists on 6 poetry books by John Keats, John Clare, Samuel
Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Edward Thomas and Thomas Hardy.
Monday, 11 July 2016
Mid-Year: Favourite Books of 2016
July, the 7th
month of the year is already here so what better time to tell you about my
favourite books of 2016 so far. All of them were special in their own way and
they are listed taking into account the date read. Without further ado here are my favourites so far:
Friday, 8 July 2016
Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Disappointing Reads
In June I
read a few books which were incredibly disappointing and since I don’t have
enough to say about them to write a full review I thought this post to be a
good idea to tell you what went wrong with these stories in a simple yet
‘straight to the point’ way.
Friday, 1 July 2016
June 2016
June was stressful to say the least. I had my finals but I can finally say they went well. Got my results yesterday and I'm very happy indeed; during the first two weeks I didn’t do much reading but I bought a few books to keep me happy. Now, however, I’m in a book buying ban. My TBR is completely out of control and I need to balance things a little bit. Yet, July is my birthday month and I guess I will get a few of them. I don’t mind it though and I know I will buy one or two here and there when I feel like it until the end of the year. The gist of it all is to read more and buy less. Sorry, I digress… and this is a wrap-up.
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