Goodreads | Amazon Source: Review Copy Pages: 275 My Rating: 4 stars A Dance of Lies is the fourth book in The Outlands pentalogy. This book begins about a year after Thom, Kitty, and Nate are reunited and have been living in the Outlands, away from the Kingdom. In the Outlands, there are no rules, kings, or prisons and the characters can finally taste freedom. Yet, they are haunted by the scars the Kingdom left on them and are dealing with the horror that is following them in the Outlands.  I found this book to be heavily character-driven. We see how complicated th ..read more

Goodreads | Amazon Source: Review Copy Pages: 414 Publication Date: May 16th 2019  Publisher: Oriafen Books My Rating: 4/5 Kingdom of the Silver Cat is the first book in The Sapphire Fruit Chronicles. It is a children’s adventure and fantasy book that can be easily enjoyed by adults as well. Sarah has a crazy dream in which she sees a large silver cat. She wakes up her brother Wesley and keeps him up all night talking about it, as she usually does. The next day, the siblings are on their way to school. Suddenly, there is a loud noise and their bus ‘The Yellow B ..read more

Hi everyone! Today, we have Sue Gilad on Travelling Through Words talking about how to attain the financial freedom that can come with working as a proofreader. Who doesn’t want to get paid to read books? I surely do! I hope you all enjoy this post and take something away from it. I thank the author for this guest post. I will be reading and reviewing her book Paid to Proofread soon. “I would love to get paid to read books! But I don’t have any experience! Where to begin?” The act of building proofreading experience is going to do two things for you. First, it’s going to teach you how to do t ..read more

A few weeks ago, I was cleaning my room while rapping to Taylor Swift. Yes, rapping. End Game? Ready For It? Thug Story? Anyone? Anyways, while I was singing big reputation, big reputation, I wondered how I, a 19-year-old Literature student in India could feel connected to and relate so strongly with Taylor Swift, a 30-year-old American singer/songwriter. I have never experienced the journey she has been through or seen someone even remotely like her around me. As much as I love screaming my favorite songs at the top of my lungs, there isn’t a musical bone in my body either. But that’s the be ..read more

Hi everyone! Happy Pride month! This is a list of all the LGBTQ+ books that I want to recommend to you all. I have refrained from mentioning a few such as Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe since I feel most people are already aware of them. I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver When Ben comes out as non-binary to their parents, their parents kick them out of the house. Ben starts living with their sister and her husband, and starts at a new school. This book mostly focuses on Ben processing their parents’ rejection, fitting in at the new school and their developing ..read more

Goodreads |Amazon Blurb In the 19th year of his life, Yashasvi tried to end his life. Follow the journey of Yashasvi and millions of other people who are tormented by their own minds. This is not a self-help book. Mental health is no longer just about helping yourself. It is a movement against an invisible crisis that breeds inside our minds. A crisis that makes you question the voice in your head. Yes, the same voice that is reading this out to you. True stories, research, statistics, and facts. This book will convince you why mental health cannot be just about self-help anymore, and wh ..read more

Goodreads | Amazon Source: Review Copy Pages: 450 Publication Date: 26 September 2019 Publisher: Olympia Publishers My Rating: 4/5 It’s always interesting when a book starts with a news report. You get to know about a huge event that’s happening in the world and then you get to see how it affects the characters in the book.  Two organizations called the Salvation Alliance and The Fury are after the Requiem. Because of the Reclamation, people who lie and commit other sinful things are changed to evil creatures. The Salvation is the opposite of The Fury and basic ..read more

Goodreads | Amazon Source: Review Copy Pages: 257 Publication Date: 14 July 2017 My Rating: 5 stars A History of Madness by Rebecca Crunden is the second book in The Outlands series. It is the sequel to A Tough Of Death. You can read my review of the first book A Touch of Death. The book starts right from where the first book left off. Nate Anteros is serving his punishment in a workcamp in Argon Basin. While he is managing surviving in this place, his mind is troubled with strange dreams. He is also anguished for Kitty, the woman he loves, and worried about h ..read more

Goodreads | Amazon Source: Review Copy Pages: 294 Publisher: M & S Publishing Publication Date: July 25th 2019 My Rating: 3 stars The Final Weekend: A Stoned Tale by Neal Cassidy is about the time in our lives where we must say goodbye to our carefree youth and the people who we spent it with. It’s about a group of college friends who are about to go their separate ways. It’s a unique coming-of-age story.  The book follows a wide range of characters that are very different from each other. Goodkat is a professor, who much like his students, isn’t quite out of t ..read more

Goodreads | Amazon Source: Review Copy Pages: 260 Publisher: Raven Above Press Publication Date: 16 February 2020 My Rating: 4 stars “What are the people like where we are going?” Orphie asked, taking her place beside her father, where she had the best view. Otis looked back in surprise. “They are a little upside down, but they are no different from us. They want the same things.” “What’s that, father?” “A slow death, a full restraint and the pursuit of tireless misery.” The Goodbye Family and the Great Mountain by Lorin Morgan-Richards starts with an absolutely lov ..read more