Inspired by the latest Top 5 Wednesday topic: “Disappointing Eye Candy”, we decided to do it in reverse and talk about a few books we loved but made us yell: “Good Lord, that cover!” 1. The Historian Such an interesting book! This was an instant favorite for us. The amount of research the author did is palpable and...
This week's T5W topic is a highly anticipated one for me, I have been disappointed several times by so many books, and not only because of the hype but because of their deceiving covers. Good covers are a selling point for me, I can only imagine how hard the designer in charge worked for it to be the...
I’m the type of person that MUST watch all of the films that were inspired or based on books I have read (granted I liked the book). I love watching stories come to life somewhere other than my own head. However, I find it irritating when books get republished after the movie comes out and use the same...
Title: Ruin and Rising (The Grisha #3) Author: Leigh Bardugo ★★★☆☆ 3 out of 5 stars The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina...
Have you ever been walking down the aisle at your local bookstore or scrolling down on GoodReads and suddenly found yourself stopping and picking up a book you've never even heard of only because you loved the cover? How about the other way around? Has a cover ever stopped you from reading a book? You've read the reviews,...
Title: Air Awakens (Air Awakens #1) Author: Elise Kova ★★★★★ 5 out of 5 stars A library apprentice, a sorcerer prince, and an unbreakable magic bond...The Solaris Empire is one conquest away from uniting the continent, and the rare elemental magic sleeping in seventeen-year-old library apprentice Vhalla Yarl could shift the tides of war.Vhalla has always been taught...
I can't believe a new year is starting, it was only a few months ago when I decided to focus more on doing the things I love, moved to a new place and opened this blog; and now a whole new year is ahead of us and many things are happening: book to movie adaptations, new books being...
