In Part 1, I mentioned how difficult I find it to pin down my favourite books of the year – I feel like I’m in a lucky position where I often read some really good books, so picking ‘favourites’ gets hard. So I’ve split my favourite books by month, picking one book for each month.ContinueContinue reading “My Favourite Books of 2023 – Part Two”
Tag Archives: Sci-Fi
Book Review: The Supreme Lie by Geraldine McCaughrean
Format: ebookRelease Date: April 15th, 2021Age: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy – DystopiaGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Thank you to Usborne Publishing for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley – views remain my own. This book was excellent, and I think it’s a really great example of Young Adult that doesn’t talk down to its targetContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Supreme Lie by Geraldine McCaughrean”
Blogmas Day 23: Book Blogger Hop December 22nd – 28th
Book Blogger Hop Blogmas 2023: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 What is your favorite 2023 book? (submitted byContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 23: Book Blogger Hop December 22nd – 28th”
Book Review: Marvel: Xavier Institute – First Team by Robbie MacNiven
Format: ebookRelease Date: March 2nd, 2021Age: Young AdultGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I would have enjoyed this a lot more if it hadn’t dragged on so much. A lot of the action got to be a bit repetitive, or the characters repeated the same kind of thing over and over. I’m not a regular readerContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Marvel: Xavier Institute – First Team by Robbie MacNiven”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 3
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: March 25th, 2014Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 This volume has some big moments, as the story expands and we get events that look like tiny steps forward, but in hindsight (aka having read past this point) we know areContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 3”
Blogtober Day 26: Book Review – These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
Format: ebookRelease Date: October 17th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Sci-Fi – Space OperaGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Blogtober 2023: Day 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 /ContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 26: Book Review – These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs”
Blogtober Day 24: Top Ten Tuesday – Atmospheric Books
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Atmosphere in books is one of those things that isn’tContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 24: Top Ten Tuesday – Atmospheric Books”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 1
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: October 23rd, 2012Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Finding myself run out of graphic novels and at a little bit of a loss as to what to pick up next, I eyed up my shelves and decided to do a re-read of what is, quite frankly, oneContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 1”
Book Review: The Harrowing of Doom by David Annandale
Format: ebook Release Date: December 1st, 2020Age: AdultGenre: Sci-FiGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars Thank you to Aconyte for providing me with The Harrowing of Doom via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Views remain my own. I’ve read a small number of Marvel novels now, and find them a little hit or miss for me.ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Harrowing of Doom by David Annandale”
Book Review: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Format: PaperbackRelease Date: September 5th, 2017Age: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi – ContemporaryGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars So my rating for this is 4, but it’s probably more around the 3.5 mark – it’s a good book, just one I didn’t like as much as I thought I would, but I’m totally fine with that because of myContinueContinue reading “Book Review: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera”
Unwrapping Words 