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Month: February 2017
ARC Review: The Fearless Travelers’ Guide to Wicked Places by Pete Begler (spoiler free)
The Fearless Travelers’ Guide to Wicked Places by Pete Begler
Series: standalone
Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
Expected publication: March 1st 2017
Genres: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Children’s Fiction
Pages: 384
Format: ARC
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* Received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you very much! This doesn’t affect the review in any way. My opinions, are as always, my own.*
Twelve-year-old Nell Perkins knows there is magic at work that she can’t yet understand. Her mother has been taken by witches and turned into a bird. Nell must journey to get her mother back, even if it takes her deep into the Wicked Places — the frightening realm where Nightmares resides. There she must break the spell and stop the witches from turning our world into a living nightmare.
Review: Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer (no spoilers)
Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer
Series: Twilight #1.75
Publisher: Atom
Genres: Romance, Young Adult, Fiction, Paranormal
Pages: 389
Format: Hardback
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Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Twilight! This special double-feature book includes the classic novel, Twilight, and a bold and surprising reimagining, Life and Death, by Stephenie Meyer.
Packaged as an oversize, jacketed hardcover “flip book,” this edition features nearly 400 pages of new content as well as exquisite new back cover art. Readers will relish experiencing the deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful love story of Bella and Edward through fresh eyes.
ARC Review: Moranifesto by Caitlin Moran (no spoilers)
Moranisfesto by Caitlin Moran
Series: standalone
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
This version will be published March 9th 2017
Genres: Nonfiction, Feminism, Humor, Biographies & Memoirs
Pages: 448
Format: ARC
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* Received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you very much! This doesn’t affect the review in any way. My opinions, are as always, my own.*
‘I’ve lived through ten iOS upgrades on my Mac – and that’s just something I use to muck about on Twitter. Surely capitalism is due an upgrade or two?’
When Caitlin Moran sat down to choose her favourite pieces for her new book she realised that they all seemed to join up. Turns out, it’s the same old problems and the same old ass-hats.
Then she thought of the word ‘Moranifesto’, and she knew what she had to do…
This is Caitlin’s engaging and amusing rallying call for our times. Combining the best of her recent columns with lots of new writing unique to this book, Caitlin deals with topics as pressing and diverse as 1980s swearing, benefits, boarding schools, and why the internet is like a drunken toddler.
And whilst never afraid to address the big issues of the day – such as Benedict Cumberbatch and duffel coats – Caitlin also makes a passionate effort to understand our 21st century society and presents us with her ‘Moranifesto’ for making the world a better place.
The polite revolution starts here! Please.
Blogger Recognition Award
I have been nominated by FabWritings to do the Blogger Recognition Award! Thank you so much!! ❤ Also make sure you check out his blog! And his Award here.
Hope you enjoy it and let’s get to it!
Review: Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
Series: *According to the author sequel comes in 2018*
Publisher: Titan Books
Published February 7th 2017
Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult, Retelling
Pages: 508
Format: paperback
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Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell.
All her life, nineteen-year-old Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, mysterious Goblin King. He is the Lord of Mischief, the Ruler Underground, and the muse around which her music is composed. Yet, as Liesl helps shoulder the burden of running her family’s inn, her dreams of composition and childish fancies about the Goblin King must be set aside in favor of more practical concerns.
But when her sister Käthe is taken by the goblins, Liesl journeys to their realm to rescue her sister and return her to the world above. The Goblin King agrees to let Käthe go—for a price. The life of a maiden must be given to the land, in accordance with the old laws. A life for a life, he says. Without sacrifice, nothing good can grow. Without death, there can be no rebirth. In exchange for her sister’s freedom, Liesl offers her hand in marriage to the Goblin King. He accepts.
Down in the Underground, Liesl discovers that the Goblin King still inspires her—musically, physically, emotionally. Yet even as her talent blossoms, Liesl’s life is slowly fading away, the price she paid for becoming the Goblin King’s bride. As the two of them grow closer, they must learn just what it is they are each willing to sacrifice: her life, her music, or the end of the world.
Valentine’s Day Special Quotes
Hey guys! Happy valentine’s day!!
I didn’t have this post programmed but I was doing a surprise for my boyfriend and I decided to write some cute romantic quotes from some books. And that’s when I had the idea of posting it in my blog too!
I never do much posts with quotes but there are so many that should be shared with everybody! So here goes some random cute romantic quotes.
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Review: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer – movie
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Series: Twilight #4
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Genres: Romance, Young Adult, Fiction, Paranormal
Pages: 800
Format: Hardback
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To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs.
Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella’s life – first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse – seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed… forever?
Manga Review: Blue Exorcist Vol.1 by Kazue Kato (no spoilers)
Blue Exorcist Vol.1 by Kazue Kato
Series: Blue Exorcist Vol.1
Publisher: VIZ Media : SHONEN JUMP ADVANCED
First published August 4th 2009
Genres: Manga (shonen manga), Fantasy, YA
Pages: 200
Format: ebook
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The world of Ao no Exorcist consists of two dimensions joined as one, like a mirror. The first is the world in which the humans live, Assiah. The other is the world of demons, Gehenna. Ordinarily, travel between the two, and indeed any kind of contact between the two, is impossible. However the demons can pass over into this world by possessing anything that exists within it. Satan is the god of demons, but there’s one thing that he doesn’t have and that’s a container in the human world that is powerful enough to hold him! For that purpose, he created Okumura Rin, his son from a human woman, but will his son agree to his plans, or will he become something else…? After killing Rin’s guardian Father Fujimoto in an attempt to bring Rin back to the Demon world, it led to Rin’s journey on becoming an Exorcist in order to defeat Satan.
Review: Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton
Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton
Series: Rebel of the Sands #2
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published February 2nd 2017
Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 512
Format: paperback
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This is not about blood or love. This is about treason.
Nearly a year has passed since Amani and the rebels won their epic battle at Fahali. Amani has come into both her powers and her reputation as the Blue-Eyed Bandit, and the Rebel Prince’s message has spread across the desert – and some might say out of control. But when a surprise encounter turns into a brutal kidnapping, Amani finds herself betrayed in the cruellest manner possible.
Stripped of her powers and her identity, and torn from the man she loves, Amani must return to her desert-girl’s instinct for survival. For the Sultan’s palace is a dangerous one, and the harem is a viper’s nest of suspicion, fear and intrigue. Just the right place for a spy to thrive… But spying is a dangerous game, and when ghosts from Amani’s past emerge to haunt her, she begins to wonder if she can trust her own treacherous heart.
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