Review Alice (The Chronicles of Alice #1) – Christina Henry

In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside. In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn’t remember why she’s in such a terrible……

Magical Readathon – Charms!!! Wrap-up + Autumn Readathon

Last week Book Roast hosted yet another Readathon, this time focussing on getting an extra credit in Charms. For a full explanation you can check out my TBR post.  I managed to master all five spells!!! I don’t know how I did it (though having three days off from work + a sick day +……

September Book Haul

I have been really good last month, and only spent money on 2 books (of which one I have already read and loved, and the other is definitely coming on holiday with me next month). I also received a book from Netgalley (which I read). Apart from that I also picked up some reads from……

September Favourites

We are well into October now, but I still want to look back to September. Even though it was very hectic work wise, we also had a lot of fun. So without further ado, let’s look at my September Favourites. Per usual I am starting with my favourite books of the month, which were The Furthest……

Review Bloody Rose (The Band #2) – Nicholas Eames

Live fast, die young. Tam Hashford is tired of working at her local pub, slinging drinks for world-famous mercenaries and listening to the bards sing of adventure and glory in the world beyond her sleepy hometown. When the biggest mercenary band of all rolls into town, led by the infamous Bloody Rose, Tam jumps at……

Down the TBR Hole #20

This is already my 20th trip down the TBR Hole, which means at the end of this I’ll have discussed 160 books on here. Of those I have taken off 47 of my TBR so far, and found out that my reading tastes have changed quite a bit (though in other aspects they haven’t changed……

Review Empire of Black and Gold (Shadow of the Apt #1) – Adrian Tchaikovsky

The city states of the Lowlands have lived in peace for decades, bastions of civilization, prosperity and sophistication, protected by treaties, trade and a belief in the reasonable nature of their neighbours. But meanwhile, in far-off corners, the Wasp Empire has been devouring city after city with its highly trained armies, its machines, its killing……