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 …

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, …

ARC Review: The Memory of Souls (A Chorus of Dragons, #3) by Jenn Lyons

WHAT IF YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HAS TO DIE? Now that the city of Atrine has been destroyed and Relos Var's plan to free the dark god Vol Karoth has been revealed—the end of the world is closer than ever. To buy time for humanity, Kihrin, Janel, and Thurvishar must convince the king of the …

Double Book Review: The City of Brass and The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty

Hi all! Today I'm bringing you a special book review: two in one! I absolutely adore S.A. Chakraborty's Daevabad series and I think its criminally underrated on Book Twitter/Booktube. This series is so much fun, the characters are phenomenal and the worldbuilding is iconic. Check out my reviews of the first two books (the final …

ARC Review: The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

What if you knew how and when you will die? Csorwe does — she will climb the mountain, enter the Shrine of the Unspoken, and gain the most honored title: sacrifice. But on the day of her foretold death, a powerful mage offers her a new fate. Leave with him, and live. Turn away from …

My Favourite Fantasy Standalones

Hi all! You all know I love fantasy books -- it's my favourite genre. But I do understand why not a lot of people enjoy fantasy books: most of these genre books are in a series; the worldbuilding can be confusing (especially when it develops over multiple books); and sometimes people just don't like following …

2020 Reading Goals

Hi all! It's a new year and that means it's time for some new reading goals! I didn't succeed nearly as much as I wanted to with my 2019 reading goals, which is why I haven't wrapped them up, but I think it was because I was being too ambitious. I'm going to be more …

2019 Bookish Stats

Hi all! I don't normally write up a post about my book stats, but this year I decided to because I thought it would be a good way to gauge my reading. I've never given much thought to this before but I feel like I should! I always see fellow bloggers discussing their stats and …

6 Reasons You Should Read The Binding by Bridget Collins

Hi all! If you follow me on Twitter, you'll know that I've recently become obsessed with The Binding by Bridget Collins, and so far I've convinced two of my friends to read this book -- and they've both rated it 5 stars! I just can't stop thinking about this magical, soft but vividly intense novel. I was …

Review: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a …