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Month: May 2019

Midsummer’s Mayhem (ARC review)

Posted on May 31, 2019July 20, 2019

Title: Midsummer’s mayhem. Author: Rajani LeRocca. Format: e-ARC. Publisher: Yellow jacket. Page count: 332. Release day: June 4th 2019. Genre: Middle Grade, Retelling, Fantasy. Rating: 3.5 stars. *Thanks to Edelweiss for providing this arc!* What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Eleven-year-old Mimi dreams of winning a baking competition judged by her celebrity chef idol. But she loses her…

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June reading plans

Posted on May 30, 2019July 20, 2019

Just as in May I don’t want to make too strict plans.. But some books that come to mind: Tess of D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy. I’m planning to read this as classic of the month. Aurora Rising – Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman. Assuming this will finally arrive.. Finale – Stephanie Garber. Stupid me preordered this but let it send…

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Of rioters and royals (review)

Posted on May 29, 2019July 20, 2019

Title: Of rioters and royals. Author: ML Greye. Format: E-arc. Publisher: Self-published Page count: 412. Release day: January 18th 2019. Genre: YA, fantasy. Rating: 3.5 stars. *Thanks to the author for providing this book!* What is it about? This book is about a small country with an important harbour. It used to be a peaceful…

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TTT – favourite books releases 2009 – 2018

Posted on May 28, 2019May 28, 2019

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 favourite books released in the last ten years (1 per year), I’m not including 2019, since I cannot choose (I don’t know how I am going to choose from the other years haha..). Some of…

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Weekly Wrap up – May 20-26

Posted on May 27, 2019May 26, 2019

So this wrap up will be a lot shorter than the previous two haha.. I had such a crazy week! Monday and Tuesday I was at a conference, so I ended up barely being at home, and when I was I studied for my exam on Wednesday! Then Thursday-Sunday I studied for my coming exams…..

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Truthwitch – Favourite!

Posted on May 26, 2019July 20, 2019

Title: Truthwitch. Author: Susan Dennard. Format: Paperback. Publisher: Tor.com. Page count: 412. Release day: January 5th 2016. Genre: YA, fantasy. Rating: 5 stars. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) In a continent on the edge of war, two witches hold its fate in their hands. Young witches Safiya and Iseult have a habit of…

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Wildcard! (review)

Posted on May 25, 2019July 20, 2019

Title: Wildcard. Author: Marie Lu. Format: Audiobook. Publisher: Penguin. Page count: 341. Release day: September 20th 2018. Genre: YA, science-fiction. Rating: 4 stars. *May contain spoilers for book 1, see review here!* What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that she knows the…

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Books I want to read but don’t want to read

Posted on May 24, 2019May 19, 2019

I saw this book tag @acquadimore books, but is was originally created by Jamieson @Jamishelves, it looked like fun! A book that you feel you need to read because everyone talks about it. The night circus and The book thief! I actually want to read the night circus at some point, I’m just to afraid…

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ARC review – Longer

Posted on May 23, 2019July 20, 2019

Title: Longer. Author: Michael Blumlein. Format: e-arc. Publisher: Tor.com Page count: 125 (on e-reader). Release day: May 28th 2019. Genre: Adult, science-fiction. Rating: 2 stars. *Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this arc!* What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Gunjita and Cav are orbiting in space performing R & D pharmaceutical studies…

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Top 10 Tuesday – Books I don’t want anyone to touch!

Posted on May 21, 2019May 17, 2019

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 Books I don’t want anyone to touch. Honestly I don’t mind that much, I would lend most of my books out to anyone, assuming they will treat them normally. I don’t dog ear my books,…

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