summary: A coming-of-age tale to make the muses themselves roar with laughter and weep for pity — sassy, razor-sharp and transformative — from the acclaimed author of Mr Loverman. Londinium, AD 211. Zuleika is a modern girl living in an ancient world. She’s a back-alley firecracker, a scruffy Nubian babe with tangled hair and bare feet … More review: The Emperor’s Babe by Bernardine Evaristo
Decided to combine two months for this wrap-up, hope you enjoy! The Wicker King by K. Ancrum This was my first January read and my first 2022 read and I am so happy about it. This book was AMAZING, it follows two best friends and how they navigate their lives when one of them shows … More january & february 2022 wrap-up
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you had a nice holiday and that you’re staying safe, I hope you have good reading months ahead! I started university in September 2021 which has been going well, but I did get into a reading slump. However, I got out !! Just before 2022, and I managed to read … More december 2021 wrap-up
Hi! I expected to read a little more than I did in July (though I still managed to read quite a lot!) This month was another weird one where it feels like the things I read/did in the first couple of weeks of the month feel like forever ago. I don’t know what this feeling … More july 2021 wrap-up
Hi! Today I have a list of books I read in primary school, so ones I read from the ages of 6-12ish (not exactly primary school but mostly primary school) Its always fun to think about these books and how much I loved them when I first read them. They are definitely a part of … More books I read in primary school
Hi! Its July, I think its past the exact mid year point so I thought I’d do my first ever mid year book check-in tag! I’ve read quite a lot and I’m really into blogging again so this is really exciting to do! best book you’ve read so far in 2021 I’ve read a lot … More midyear book check-in tag 2021
Hi! Since school ended for me in June, it’s felt like two different months. It genuinely feels like I read some of these forever ago when it was just a couple of weeks ago. Time is weird. I decided to do this wrap-up about halfway through the month because I realised I was reading a … More june 2021 wrap-up
summary A god will returnWhen the earth and sky convergeUnder the black sun In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, … More review: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Hi! Its been a while. I’m not going to lie, I have drafted many posts multiple times throughout the year for this blog, but I feel like I kept running out of energy to finish them and instead it led to an almost year-long absence. I know I don’t really need to explain, because pandemic … More summer 2021, update
Thank you Cielo from bellerosereads for tagging me, this was a lot of fun! rules answer the questions given to you by your nominator make up your own questions and tag others questions 1. Would you rather read only ebooks or only listen to audiobooks for the rest of your life? I’m going with ebooks, sometimes … More Would You Rather tag
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