Title: Renegades. Author: Marissa Meyer. Format: Paperback. Publisher: Rampion books. Page count: 552. Release day: November 7th 2017. Genre: YA, fantasy, science-fiction. Rating: 2.5 stars. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice. The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies — humans with extraordinary abilities —…
Month: June 2019
Studying abroad – after one year!
I’ve done like two (?) posts about my studying abroad before. And I thought it was high time to do another one. Especially since I now officially finished my first year! YAY! I think this post is mainly for myself, just to think about everything that I’ve done and learned this past year. Going to…
Top Ten Tuesday – Anticipated releases July to December
About the meme: Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, but is now moved to That Artsy Reader Girl! The read more about this meme, look at this page! This week’s meme is my most anticipated releases of the second half of this year! There are so many, but I will choose 10 (or 12..): August 1st – All the bad apples – Moïra Fowley-Doyle. August 1st –…
Weekly wrap up – June 10-16
What I read this week: The poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo (finished, audio) – 3 stars! I enjoyed the story but I really was not a fan of the writing style. The way of kings part 1 – Brandon Sanderson (finished) – 4 stars! I really liked this and I’m so happy I finally read…
ARC review – The last Tsar’s dragon
Title: The last Tsar’s dragon. Author: Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple. Format: E-arc. Publisher: Tachyon Publictions. Page count: 192. Release day: July 6th 2019. Genre: Historical fiction, fantasy. Rating: 3 stars. *Thanks to NetGalley for providing this arc!* What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) It is the waning days of the Russian monarchy. A…
Undead girl gang (audiobook review!)
Title: Undead girl gang. Author: Lily Anderson. Format: Audiobook. Publisher: Razorbill. Page count: 305 pages. Release day: May 8th 2018. Genre: YA, fantasy, mystery. Rating: 4.5 stars. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Mila Flores and her best friend Riley have always been inseparable. There’s not much excitement in their small town of Cross…
Backlist Blast: Cinder!
About the meme: Blacklist blast is created by Milana from A couple reads and Flavia from Flavia the bibliophile! It is meant to talk about blacklist books, books that were published 6 months ago or earlier. This to remind ourselves why we wanted to read the book in the first place, or to share our…
DNF review – The outside
Title: The outside. Author: Ada Hoffman. Format: E-arc. Publisher: Angry robot. Page count: 352. Release day: June 11th 2019. Genre: Science-fiction. Rating: DNF *Thanks to NetGalley for providing this ARC !* What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) The Pride of Jai was supposed to be humanity’s greatest accomplishment—a space station made entirely by humans and their…
Hook and Crown – blog tour and giveaway!
I was asked to participate in this blog tour, which made me really excited! Hook and Crown is a dark retelling of Peter Pan, which sounded really good to me! I don’t think I have read that many Peter Pan retelling, so it is exciting to find one! My thought on the book are at…
Top 10 Tuesday – Unpopular bookish opinions
About the meme: Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, but is now moved to That Artsy Reader Girl! The read more about this meme, look at this page! This week’s meme is unpopular bookish opinions! I actually don’t think I have that many haha, but here are some: I love cracking the spine of my paperbacks, it reads way more conveniently! I don’t like Lord of the…