I arrived in Athens a week ago and I am proud to say that this time I only brought six books with me. Okay, it turned out it was seven. Plus my kindle. The weather requires reading under the cool protection of the air conditioner, preferably with a cold drink next to me. These are…
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb: Book Review
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, widely known in the fantasy world by her pen name Robin Hobb, published her first novel in the Realm of the Elderlings back in 1995. She recently (2017) completed her series of 13 main novels with the release of Assassin’s Fate….
January Wrap Up
Hello everyone! It’s been a while.. I haven’t been blogging much lately and the main reason for that is that I’m having a kind of “reading crisis”. I will try to explain it in this month’s wrap up that follows. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb My reading year started off beautifully. I returned to the Realm…
The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander: Novella Review
The tor.com novellas, which first made an appearance a few years ago, have proven to be a major force in the literary world, taking over major SFF awards, the Hugo and the Nebula among others. At first, I wasn’t completely sold in the concept of short fiction. The works of fantasy that I have completely…
January Reads (2018)
Happy New Year everyone! May 2018 be a fantastic reading for all. As per usual, the 1st of January starts with many expectations and plans for myself, especially book plans. I am determined to go into the new year strong and read all 83 book on my excel TBR. I am excited, I am motivated…
5 Star 2018 TBR Predictions
Hello everyone and happy new year! Since 2017 is promptly over, I thought I would do a discussion post to predict which books from my 2018 TBR pile, which is mostly fixed and decided on already, will be a 5 star rating for me. This idea originated from Mercy’s BookTube video at MercysBookishMusings and many BookTubers…
My 2018 Reading Goals
Back in November I took a small break from blogging which has helped me read more books in the past few weeks than I normally would have. Now that the end of 2017 is drawing closer and closer, I have been reflecting on my reading goals for 2018, and thinking a lot about what I…
The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey: Book Review
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey My rating: 2 of 5 stars The zombie genre has steadily become more and more popular, considering its dawn with George Romero’s films in the 70s to its current life as TV series in The Walking Dead, experimental mixes with classic fiction – Pride and Prejudice and…
November reads (2017)
Hello book people! Today, I am posting a long overdue update of what I read in October, what I am currently reading and which books I want to finish by the end of November. This past October I finished four books, even though I was planning on reading much more than that. Due to circumstances…
Recommendations: Historical Fiction
Hello everyone! Today, I thought I would do a recommendations post about five historical fiction novels I have read and really enjoyed. I started reading historical fiction about two years ago and, even though I have really enjoyed some, I haven’t read many books of the genre. At first, historical fiction did not seem appealing…
My Bookshelf Dialogues 