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Continue reading →: The Last Kingdom – Book vs TV Series
“My name is Uhtred. I am the son of Uhtred, who was the son of Uhtred and his father was also called Uhtred. My father’s clerk, a priest called Beocca, spelt it Utred.” This post contains my feelings and thoughts on the differences between the book (by Bernard Cornwell) and…
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Continue reading →: [Review] Expanded Companion Guide: World of Linaria Part 1 by L.L. McNeil
Last night I stayed up until 2:30am so I could finish reading Moroda by L.L. McNeil and I’ve been exhausted all day because of it! No regrets though as it was fantastic! I’ll be posting a full review sometime this week but I wanted to give some love to the…
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Continue reading →: Happy 6th Birthday to A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 🥳🥳🎉🎉
Today marks the sixth anniversary of A Darker Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab!
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Continue reading →: [Review] Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 🦌✨
I’m probably one of the last people to read Shadow and Bone and the wider Grishaverse. I read the Six of Crows duology a couple years ago and really enjoyed them. With the Netflix adaption due to be released in April I figured it was time to finally give the…
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Continue reading →: [Review] The Citrine Key (Dragon Spirits #0.5) – L.L. MacRae
A thief, an ice dragon and an ancient artefact? Yes, please! This was a wonderful novella, jampacked with action and adventure. Definitely worth a read if you’re thinking of picking up the first book in the Dragon Spirits series next year. I’m super excited and looking forward to it!
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Continue reading →: [Review] Ready Player Two – Ernest Cline: Bland and Disappointing 🎮
Ready Player Two is easily the most underwhelming book I’ve read this year. Release Date: 24 November 2020Genre: Science FictionPages: 384Available formats: Hardback, eBook and Audiobook. An unexpected quest. Two worlds at stake. Are you ready? Days after Oasis founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes…
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Continue reading →: [Review] Palom by L.L. McNeil
A landscape scarred by hate. Shadows rising from the ashes.One man desperate to change his fate. Linaria’s devastation worsens as dragons turn against survivors in retribution for Aciel slaying their kin and stealing their power. Palom – hero and creator of the dragon-forged weapons that thwarted Aciel – is overwhelmed…
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Continue reading →: [Review] The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Genre: DystopiaPages: 528Available formats: Hardback, Audiobook, eBook It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capital, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen…
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Continue reading →: [Review] The Hunger Games
I haven’t reread The Hunger Games since I first read it in March 2012, finishing it just a few days before the release of the first film. I absolutely adored this series when I first read it at age 14 and was completely obsessed with it pretty much until the…
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Continue reading →: 25 Bookish Facts About Me TagHey, everyone! I’m currently working on a post about my experience attending MCM London Comic Con for the first time in 2 years so I decided to do a bookish tag instead. Here’s 25 Bookish Facts About Me!! (Unfortunately, I have no idea who started this tag!) I hated reading…
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Continue reading →: DC’s Young Animal & Gerard Way “Milky” merch reviewHello, everyone! This is a quick review for my recent purchase from Gerard Way’s merch store. My package arrived after two weeks – the standard shipping time for an order from America to the UK. The first item is the DC’s Young Animal picture disk vinyl with comic previews and…
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