“Wolves were everywhere”— The Gilded Wolves [REVIEW]

Author: Roshani Chokshi Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 4/5 When you are who they expect you to be, they never look too closely. The Gilded Wolves is a tale of found family and crime set in an alternate Paris during the Belle Epoche. It has drawn (mostly favourable) comparisons to a certain well-known YA heist fantasy …

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 …

[REVIEW] Wardens of Archos by Sarina Langer (Relics of Ar’Zac 2)

Author: Sarina Langer Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 4/5 Release date: October 16th, 2017 || Pre-order and add it on Goodreads I was provided a free ARC of Wardens of Archos by the author in exchange for an honest review. It is a rare sequel which manages to not only match the quality and intensity 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 …

August Goal Breakdown

It's August and I don't know how. Luckily, I know what I what/need to get done by the end of the month. Read 3 books Rewrite average minimum of 1 scene per day Send 4 chapters to my CPs (but maybe more?) Blog weekly (and plan my posts in advance!) Instagram daily. I'm hosting the …

#readwriterepeat August Book Tag

Calling all bookstagrammers, bloggers, and general bookish folk! This August I'm running a booktag on Insta so come take part. 🙂 My decision to host a booktag was motivated by two things: While there are a huge number of book tags to take part in each month, there aren't many tags for writers and authors …

July Goal Update

Where has the month gone?? Last I checked, it was mid-July (which was when I meant to do a goal check) and it's already heading into the last week! Goals Arrowsong to 60k Outline new story Gather old stuff from Arrowsong prequel Post regularly to insta; #booktag Read 2 books – 1 x fiction, 1 x non-fiction …

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 …

QUARTERLY GOALS July – Sep 2017

So as well head into the second half of the year, I thought I'd share with you my goals for the upcoming quarter because if I don't share them, they won't get done. Nothing like the phantom of expectation to motivate! Here’s what I’ll be working on over the next three months. I’d really appreciate …