Book Wrap Up 2017

I read a total of 32 books this year, by authors from more than 12 countries, across multiple genres. Not a bad innings, by my count. 😉 Here is my very subjective, in no way definitive ranking of every book I read this year. But first, a quick best and worst.   Favourite Read of …

“You shall be an empress with the moon for your throne” – The Star-Touched Queen [REVIEW]

Author: Roshani Chokshi Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 3.5/5 I wanted a love thick with time, as inscrutable as if a lathe had carved it from night and as familiar as the marrow in my bones. The Star-Touched Queen is the story of Mayavati, whose grim horoscope has condemned her to a life as an …

Book Challenge 2017 – Update 3: Goodreads Challenge Complete

[This post will be long so scroll down to find 1. Intro; 2. Goals; 3. Books read in 2017; 4. My 5 favourite reads so far this year] Last night, I closed the cover on The Hidden Light of Object, officially meeting my 20 book goal for the year. Yes, it was kinda low but I …

Book Challenge 2017 – Update 3

So, I realised I've been reading a lot but I haven't done a reading challenge update in months. Oops! GOALS: Read 20 books Read from unfamiliar genres Read a book written by authors from at least ten different countries Turkey (1) India (1) Australia (1) U.S.A. (5) U.K. (1) Canada (1) Jamaica (1) Pakistan (1)  BOOKS I’VE …

“Someday we will be more than words in the dark” – Snow Like Ashes Review

Author: Sara Raasch Series: Snow Like Ashes (Book 1) Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 4/5   “…even though I’ve never seen Winter or its enslaved people or set foot on its soil, I’m expected to sacrifice everything, because until Winter is free I don’t matter.” Meira is an orphan - by some stroke of fate …

Book Challenge 2017 – Update 2

Goals: Read 20 books Read from unfamiliar genres Read a book from at least ten different countries Turkey (1) India (1) Australia (1) U.S.A. (3) I'm embracing different ways of reading this year   I was always one of those kids who always had a book at hand. Books were like my safety blanket, I …

Book Challenge 2017 – Update 1

Goals: Read 20 books Read from unfamiliar genres Read a book from at least ten different countries I have a favourite genre - and I stick to it. Pretty much everything I read for leisure is fiction, fantasy specifically. Last year, I began to branch out into other fiction genres such as crime fiction and …

Book Challenge 2016 – Final Update

I started out the year with a goal of reading 26 books - 1 per fortnight. I've fallen just short of that, with a total of 24 finished books*. The Raven Boys | Maggie Stiefvater The Queen’s Choice | Cayla Kluver The Captive Prince | C. S. Pacat The Many Coloured Land | Christopher Koch The Architect’s Apprentice | Elif …

Audiobooks – A Few Thoughts

So, today, I finished my first ever audiobook and I thought I'd share with you some of my impressions of it. I'm very much a visual person. Reading from a page or screen gives my eyes something to do while I absorb the story - keeps them under control, I suppose. Audiobooks, on the other …

Book Challenge Update – November

As we near the end of the year, I thought I'd give you guys a quick update on how I'm going with my goal of 26 books this year. The Raven Boys | Maggie Stiefvater The Queen’s Choice | Cayla Kluver The Captive Prince | C. S. Pacat The Many Coloured Land | Christopher Koch The Architect’s Apprentice | Elif …