The first time I shared my big secret with someone didn’t go very well Bride of Alvar by Silver Reins It’s been four (or maybe five) years since I last opened my Wattpad account and I was kind of surprised to find some pretty decent reads there. I read a lot of fan fictions…
Category: fantasy
Murder on the Orient Express
The murderer is with us—on the train now . . . Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie I attended the Manila International Book Fair 2017 last September 16 (also my birthday!) and hauled a grand total of ten books. I really splurged on that one, but then again I promised myself that…
Ekata: Fall of Darkness
The pain will never leave you, not completely. But one day you’ll wake up and it will be bearable. This I promise you. Ekata: Fall of Darkness by Dominique Law I requested a digital copy from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review. Summary (from Goodreads): On Ekata, a utopian world where violence is…
The Revenant
One of the great tales of the nineteenth-century West. – The Salt Lake Tribune The Revenant by Michael Punke It’s been so long since I planned to read when it went big on the cinemas. I knew immediately this would be a great book. I mean, Oscar’s. Right off the bat, this disturbed me. But not…
The Library at Mount Char
The work of the newest major talent in fantasy. – Wall Street Journal The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins I decided to read this book because I wanted to participate in the r/Fantasy’s bookclub read-along for the month of October. First impressions: the cover was really cool. It gives off this mysterious aura…
Gertrude and Toby’s Friday Adventure
Title: Gertrude and Toby’s Friday Adventure Author: Shari Tharp Series: Getrude and Toby bk. 1 Publication Date: December 5th 2015 Publisher: Atlas Publishing I requested a digital copy from ebooksforreview.com in exchange for an honest review. I haven’t read that much children’s story since forever and it’s kind of nostalgic to be reading once again. I missed…
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Title: Passenger Author: Alexandra Bracken Series: Passenger book 1 Publication Date: January 5th 2016 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Genre: Fantasy, YA, SciFi, Historical Fiction The story follows a violinist named Etta (Henrietta) on her discovery about her being a time traveler. She was sort of kidnapped by this girl, Sophia Ironwood, and brought her to the year 1770’s,…
Shatter Me by Taherah Mafi
Title: Shatter Me Author: Taherah Mafi Series: Shatter Me (bk. 1) Publication Date: October 2nd 2012 Publisher: HarperCollins The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The…
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Title: Daughter of Smoke & Bone Author: Laini Taylor Series: Daughter of Smoke & Bone bk. 1 Publication Date: September 27th 2011 Publisher: Little, Brown Books I gotta say, this was probably the worst book to start my September reads. I don’t mean that in a bad way–this is just a really sad book, is all….
Black Rain by Matthew B.J. Delaney
Series: No Publication Date: September 1, 2016 Publisher: 47North Genre: SciFi & Fantasy, General Fiction (Adult) I requested a digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. In a darkly warped near future, lucrative disease cures are brokered on Wall Street’s Genetic Stock Exchange. And the hottest consumer products are artificially…
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