Mini Classic Review: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power — the only thing that …

Mini Classic Review: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Scarlett O'Hara, the beautiful, spoiled daughter of a well-to-do Georgia plantation owner, must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea. Perhaps - I want the old days back again and they'll never come back, and I am haunted …

Mini Classic Review: Little Women by Louisa May Allcott

Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing …

Mini Classic Review: The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality they slip gradually from obsession to …

August Wrap Up: The Month of X-Men

Hi all! Well, August really slipped away like a moment in time, didn't it? I genuinely can't believe it is September already, aka Magpie Season in Australia. There's only four months left in the year and I don't know how to process that information. Anyway... this month I read very little but watched way too …

Mini Classic Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries in his client's castle. Soon afterwards, disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck; and a lunatic asylum inmate raves about the imminent arrival of his 'Master'. …

Magical Readathon: Orilium – The Novice Path TBR

Hi all! So, it's that time of the year again for the Magical Readathon and this year, the creator, Book Roast, has developed her own world and it looks incredible! Check out the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74WujNazkMo So the first part of the readathon begins September 1 to 30, where you have to read books to …

July Wrap Up: The Month of Marvel

Hey all! So. July is done. Time is just gonna keep going hey? And now we're officially in the second half of 2021? Get lost, I'm over this. Anyway, this month I rediscovered my love of reading and I think it's safe to say my semi-reading slump is gone! I also rewatched a heap of …

Review: The Hate Project by Kris Ripper

Oscar is a grouch. That’s a well-established fact among his tight-knit friend group, and they love him anyway. Jack is an ass. Jack, who’s always ready with a sly insult, who can’t have a conversation without arguing, and who Oscar may or may not have hooked up with on a strict no-commitment, one-time-only basis. Even …

ARC Review: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy. In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, …