Hey everyone, As you may have noticed, I haven't been around much in the past few weeks . . . Life got a bit in the way, BUT I'm fine and I'm actually working on some changes around here that I hope you will love :D I'm not going to spoil anything—we all hate spoilers here, after all—but I wanted to warn you that if you see the blog not working properly, or 'disappear' all of a sudden, know that there is actually a VERY good reason and we're going to be back online soon. In fact, I hope to have things ready for when the New Year kicks in—oh my, not that far, is it?—you guys stick around and ..read more

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme originally created by Jill @ Breaking The Spine in which we have the opportunity to spotlight upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week's pick: THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE by Samantha Shannon Expected publication: February 26th, 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing From the internationally bestselling author of The Bone Season, a trailblazing, epic high fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons—and the women ..read more

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme originally created by Jill @ Breaking The Spine in which we have the opportunity to spotlight upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week's pick: KING OF SCARS by Leigh Bardugo Expected publication: January 29th, 2019 by Imprint Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his ..read more

GIRLS OF PAPER AND FIRE BY NATASHA NGAN SERIES: Girls of Paper and Fire #1 PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton GENRE: Fantasy SOURCE: NetGalley LINKS: Goodreads | Book Depository SUMMARY Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honour they could hope for... and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire. Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. Ten years ago, her mother was snatched by the royal guards, and her fate remains unknown. N ..read more

THE YEAR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING BY CATHY KELLY SERIES: Stand-alone PUBLISHER: Orion GENRE: Contemporary Fiction SOURCE: Publisher LINKS: Goodreads | Book Depository SUMMARY Three women. Three birthdays. And a year that will change everything... Ginger isn't spending her 30th the way she would have planned. It might be the first night of the rest of her life—or a total disaster. Sam is finally pregnant after years of trying. When her waters break on the morning of her 40th birthday, she panics: forget labour, how is she going to be a mother? Callie is celebrating her 50th at a big p ..read more

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme originally created by Jill @ Breaking The Spine in which we have the opportunity to spotlight upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week's pick: SOMEONE LIKE ME by M.R. Carey Expected publication: November 8th, 2018 by Orbit THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY. Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she's devoted to bringing up her kids in a loving home. But there's another side to Liz, one t ..read more

One of the cutest gifts I've ever received came from my sister. Not that surprised since she clearly knows me quite well, hehe. New colours to try and a colouring book? Way to make a big sis super happy! Let's see if I can show you how much I enjoyed it by sharing some pictures I coloured from Shades of Kawaii by Miss Wah. First thing first, how cute is that cover and how much you want to squish the characters on it grab the book? The honest challenge was picking up the image to colour first. They are all SO terribly cute that I wanted to colour them all at once! It's true that ..read more

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme originally created by Jill @ Breaking The Spine in which we have the opportunity to spotlight upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week's pick: GIRLS OF PAPER AND FIRE by Natasha Ngan Expected publication: November 6th, 2018 by Hodder & Stoughton Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honour they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, ther ..read more

ARTHUS TRIVIUM: THE ANGELS OF NOSTRADAMUS BY RAULE & LANDA SERIES: Arthus Trivium #1 PUBLISHER: Europe Comics GENRE: Historical Fantasy SOURCE: NetGalley LINKS: Goodreads SUMMARY France, 1565. Charles IX reigns with an aging Nostradamus as his advisor, but unrest is afoot in the land. The Black Plague, believed to be under control, rears its head anew. Superstition vies with newly born science in the people’s hearts and minds. Through a countryside riven by religious and political rivalries travel Nostradamus’ three young disciples, Arthus Trivium, Angelica Obscura, and Ang ..read more

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme originally created by Jill @ Breaking The Spine in which we have the opportunity to spotlight upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week's pick: DRACUL by Dacre Stoker & J.D. Barker Expected publication: October 18th, 2018 by Bantam Press The prequel to Dracula, penned by a Stoker descendant and a bestselling writer, Dracul is a supernatural historical thriller in which a young Bram Stoker must confront an ind ..read more