The website is working again!

Wow, ok, so this has been a wild ride spanning months. In November, my previous hosting provider just…stopped hosting mine and many other websites. I managed to get access to the files and database backups temporarily, and then it took ages to figure out how to get them uploaded properly onto the new hosting provider’s servers. During all this, I’ve been dealing with a lot of other stuff in my personal and professional life, and I just didn’t have the mental capacity or time to really focus on getting it running, so it lingered in a limbo state, readable but […]

Posted February 20th 2023 in Uncategorisable things / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: DANGEROUS REMEDY by Kat Dunn

The girl’s eyes were black from lid to lid, but filled with crackling blue sparks like the ones that leapt off her skin. Like stars in the night sky. Camille followed their dancing path, feeling the low hum in the air between her teeth and in the curling ends of her hair. A cold spike of fear held her frozen in place. Set during the French Revolution (1789-1799), the book opens up with a bang, or rather a crash. A hot air balloon falls into a prison in Paris while the Battalion of the Dead attempt to rescue one of the […]

Posted August 14th 2022 in Historical Fiction, Reviews, Science Fiction, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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2022 So Far…

By the numbers Book life Book of 2022 so far Most anticipated release Books read Clicking on the coloured bars will show you the list of books read and links to the Goodreads pages. I’ve also included ratings for books I considered 4+ stars. Young Adult SFF Romance Non-fiction Media life Favourite movies of 2022 so far The Lost City This movie was made for me. It’s an adventurous rom-com that calls out the romance tropes, while never disrespecting the romance genre. I loved it and will probably watch it again a few times this year just for comfort. Turning Red […]

Posted July 4th 2022 in TBRs and Wrap-ups / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: THE LAST LEGACY by Adrienne Young

I spotted this book at random in the Libby app while looking at the audiobooks available from the Orange County Library System, which, if you didn’t know, offers a membership for people outside of Florida for a fee. (I get nothing back for sharing this with you, I just thought you might like to know!) Having previously adored Adrienne Young’s Sky In the Deep, I had high hopes for The Last Legacy. Sadly, it was not a repeat experience. Initially, I rated it 3.5 stars, but the more I thought about the story, the less I liked it. I dropped my […]

Posted March 28th 2022 in Fantasy, Reviews, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: THE IVORY KEY by Akshaya Raman

The Ivory Key can be described in five words: family drama, mystery, magic, and adventure. (My favourite thing about Hot Key Books is their “what’s in it” wheel, and their contents are: magic, secrets, ciphers, and sibling rivalry. I think we’re fairly aligned.) Their country Ashoka relies on mining magic, but with the mines running out and war looming, four estranged siblings must work together to find a powerful key that can unlock more magic. On the front (UK) cover, you can see “One quest to save them all.” This is quite the clever tagline, as it can be understood […]

Posted January 5th 2022 in Blog Tours, Fantasy, Reviews, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#GuestPost: Josie Williams, author of THE WANDERER, on music and writing

You may remember I did a cover reveal for The Wanderer not too long ago, and I’m so excited to be featuring this new release on the blog today now that it is ACTUALLY AVAILABLE NOW! I even had a chance to read it a little early (thanks Firefly Press!), so I can tell you already that it’s worth your notice. For some reason, this book kept making me think of the movie Casper, which was a moment for me. I remember shipping Casper and Kat during that scene at the dance, wishing Casper could come back to life for real and be […]

Posted October 9th 2021 in Blog Tours, Guest Posts, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#GuestPost: Writing in the world of GUTTER GIRL and the Twin Valley High series by Lynn Rush and Kelly Anne Blount

One of the few blog posts I managed to write in 2020 was a review of I Hate You, Fuller James, a YA contemporary romance by Kelly Anne Blount that I really enjoyed. Kelly Anne is back, teaming up with Lynn Rush to write the Twin River High series. The first book in this series was released this week, with subsequent books releasing on the 17th and 24th respectively, so this is a series you can really dive into without waiting too long for the next book! But maybe you want to learn a bit more about the world of […]

Posted May 15th 2021 in Blog Tours, Guest Posts / / 1 Comment

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