Books
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REVIEW; Off The Deep End
Title: Off The Deep EndAuthor: R. Jayne Revere Genre: Adult, action, romanceType: E-bookPublisher: Untamed Originals, LLC Was it a chance meeting? Or something more… AN UNUSUAL TRIP Photographer Alex Thomas longs for adventure in her life, so she accepts her brother’s invitation to go to sea on his research ship. A clandestine recovery operation for the military-complete with a scary-serious security team-is way past Alex’s comfort zone, but that’s nothing compared to the strong, enigmatic attraction she feels for team lead Aaron Donovan. A REMARKABLE ADVENTURE While on a critically important assignment, security expert Aaron Donovan is powerfully drawn to Alex, a woman who never should have been there. Then a dark element returns from Aaron’s…
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If You Like This Song, You Will Like…: THE BOLLYWOOD EDITION
Back when I was filming BookTube videos (which I miss doing, I will admit), I had the bright idea to do a book recommendations video based on Bollywood songs I was enjoying at the time. Now, the books are a little on the older side since it’s been a few years, and the songs even more so, but maybe I’ll revisit this series and do more editions as I get back into reading. I have a long TBR that keeps growing, after all, and a very extensive Spotify playing. In the meantime, most of these books are still on my ‘I HIGHLY recommend these’ lists to anybody who asks. All…
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Of Retellings & Reimaginings
I think it comes as no surprise to anyone who has been a visitor to my blog that I am fond of retellings and reimaginings of well-known tales. Fairytales, myths, even popular movies or books – if there’s a retelling, I’d like to hear about it. But over the years I’ll admit to being more selective when it comes to reading them. There has to be a draw to them, and for a while I couldn’t figure out what it was. These books are diverse and chockful of well-written representation, I would think. They’re playing with tropes I enjoy, they’re making the original story more fleshed out. Still, they would…
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REVIEW; The Wager
Title: The Wager: A Pride and Prejudice VariationAuthor: Kate Bedlow, L.K. Rigel Genre: Adult, romanceType: E-bookPublisher: Beastie Press When Mary visits Charlotte at Hunsford, she meets Major Carleton Quartermaine, a brash relation to Lady Catherine de Bourgh. “Carley” sees a side of Mary she’s always kept hidden, and he utterly disarms her when they sing a duet together. The attention is unexpected and thrilling, but can prim Mary give her heart to a man she cannot trust? If we have known each other a while, you may have heard me talk about my growing interest in reading Pride & Prejudice variation novels. Not those focused on the main characters of Jane Austen’s novels however, but rather…
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REVIEW; My Life As A Clone
Title: My Life As A CloneAuthor: K.D. Van Brunt Genre: Young Adult, mystery elementsType: E-bookPublisher: Kirk Van Brunt I AM NOT HER My name is Willa. I don’t remember much beyond my name. My parents are complete strangers. Every day I wake up and pretend I’m their seventeen-year-old daughter, but this is a lie. So who am I? I AM A CLONE I am a clone of a dead girl. It’s the only explanation that works. I was birthed in a laboratory and then embedded in this family. But something went wrong. I should have memories, but other than a few tantalizing fragments, I know next to nothing. I WILL FIND MY PURPOSE One thing I…
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REVIEW; Element Girls
Title: Element Girls: The Lost GoddessSeries: The Element Girls SeriesAuthor: Giulietta Maria Spudich Genre: Middle Grade, fantasyType: E-bookPublisher: Handersen Publishing Susie, Elizabeth, Tess, and Amelia have been together for as long as they can remember. But things are changing this year, and their friendships are being tested like never before. When Amelia suddenly vanishes, the friends find themselves jetting to Hawaii. They also discover that the amulets they wear as a symbol of their friendship give them elemental powers.Will their new powers be enough to save Amelia from dangers they didn’t even know existed outside of books? Thank you Booktasters and Giulietta Maria Spudich for the copy of the book! Real life happenings kept me from absorbing…
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Books I Was Looking Forward To In 2021
I started a very ambitious blog post in 2020. I mean, at the time, it didn’t seem ambitious. It felt doable. Manageable, and with the amount I had read in 2020, it felt within my reach. And then 2021 happened, and slowly, I realised, no, I can’t do any of this, though I refused to admit defeat for at least half the year. RIP 2021 me, you had high hopes. Defeat wound up being admitted, this blog went on hiatus, and by the end of the year, I had all of one review up on the blog and had forgotten everything else I had read. I did read and write…
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#goodreadance2020; how did i do?
September has come to an end, and with it, the official #GoodReadance2020 as hosted by Shealea @ Shut Up, Shealea comes to a close as well. If you’ve seen my BookTube video, you would know that this was an initiative that really excited me, because I’ve been wanting to reorganise my Goodreads, and even the shelf I use for my BookTube filming. However, around mid-September, I wondered if I would even be able to cross off more than one thing on my short goal list. Let’s see how I did with each individual goal! Go through my TBR.I didn’t go through the ‘Want To Read’ shelf at first, instead going…
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review; aru shah and the song of death
Title: Aru Shah And The Song Of DeathSeries: The Pandeva QuartetAuthor: Roshani ChokshiGenre: Middle Grade, fantasyType: E-bookPublisher: Rick Riordan Presents Aru is only just getting the hang of this whole Pandava thing when the Otherworld goes into full panic mode. The god of love’s bow and arrow have gone missing, and the thief isn’t playing Cupid. Instead, they’re turning people into heartless fighting-machine zombies. If that weren’t bad enough, somehow Aru gets framed as the thief. If she doesn’t find the arrow by the next full moon, she’ll be kicked out of the Otherworld. For good. But, for better or worse, she won’t be going it alone. Along with her…
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sarc2020 starter kit; where you could begin
A while back, I realised I was not reading as many South Asian stories as I would have liked. Maybe because growing up I couldn’t get my hands on many. The shelves of bookstores and libraries near me were filled with internationally published books – and almost all of them were white. So it was a nice change when more South Asian stories started to be published in the ‘mainstream’. The first time I read a story that mentioned a myth I grew up hearing – the book was Roshani Chokshi’s The Star-Touched Queen and the myth was the story of Harnakash and his son Prahlad – I had to…