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Greek Monsters in Circe | Spoiler-Free Review

October 23, 2019October 20, 2019 ~ Kirstie Ellen ~ 4 Comments

Circe by Madeline Miller

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Blind Stories in The Storyteller’s Daughter | Spoiler-Free Review

October 21, 2019October 20, 2019 ~ Kirstie Ellen ~ Leave a comment

The Storyteller’s Daughter: A Retelling of “The Arabian Nights” by Cameron Dokey

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Printed Bravery in The Ventriloquists | Spoiler-Free Review

October 20, 2019October 19, 2019 ~ Kirstie Ellen ~ 2 Comments

The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor

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Aliens and Portals in Salvation | Spoiler-Free Review

October 2, 2019October 1, 2019 ~ Kirstie Ellen ~ Leave a comment

Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton

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Murderesses and Mysteries in Jane Steele | Spoiler-Free Review

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 ~ Kirstie Ellen ~ 2 Comments

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

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Own Voices in Some Places More Than Others | Spoiler-Free Review

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 ~ Kirstie Ellen ~ 2 Comments

Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson

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Godly Storms in Empire of Sand | Spoiler-Free Review

September 7, 2019September 7, 2019 ~ Kirstie Ellen ~ 4 Comments

Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

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📙 BOOK HAUL 📙How many times have you bought something because it kept popping up on Instagram? 😳 Stalking Jack the Ripper is the latest casualty on my bank statement 🙊 This series seems to crop up all over the place so I FINALLY caved and got the audiobook 😂 I'm so excited to read it! * * #booknerdsandfriends - bookstagram made me do it: I don't know how anyone is resisting Ninth House right now because that book is on every second feed 😂 * * #books #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #amreading #bookstagram #bookphotography #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations #instabook #bookflatlay #prettybooks #booksarelife #booksofinsta #bookcommunity #bookaesthetic #flatlay #stalkingjacktheripper #audiobooks #bookhaul

You can't go too far wrong with a cup of tea and a book ☕ * * Sooo... I watched Mortal Engines last night. Friends, it was not good 😂 (as expected). It was okaaaay but rushed the story quite badly and Jayden, who hasn't read the book, was v confused what was going on. Also the ending is different *stomps foot*. So now we know, it wasnt a hidden gem 😂💎 * * #booknerdsandfriends - blue books and tea * * #books #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #amreading #bookstagram #bookphotography #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations #instabook #bookflatlay #prettybooks #booksarelife #booksofinsta #bookcommunity #bookaesthetic #flatlay #bluebooks #tea #mortalengines

My current read 🤓 all I want to do this dreary Monday morning is snuggle up and read 📖 but at least I have Predator's Gold to keep me entertained on the commute to work 😩 the audiobooks for this series are awesome! And I love Reeve's writing style, it's so similar to JK Rowling's! I have plotted to pop popcorn and watch Mortal Engines after work today and I'm so excited 🙈 * * QOTD: what's your current read? * * #books #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #amreading #bookstagram #bookphotography #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations #instabook #bookflatlay #prettybooks #booksarelife #booksofinsta #bookcommunity #bookaesthetic #flatlay #audiobooks #predatorsgold #mortalengines

Ninth House is definitely on my TBR for some point before this year ends. I also need to read Bardugo's previous release, King of Scars, but I haven't got there yet. My dad ever so kindly bought me the hardback copy of Ninth House and it is stunning naked!! I will have some photo of it without its jacket on next week 😘 * * How's your weekend going? I've had a spontaneous reading moment where I finished The Ventriloquists (4.5/5 stars - review is up on my blog today!) and had planned to pick up The Warehouse. But instead, I came across a tiny trade paperback on my shelf called The Storyteller's Daughter and I've already read half! This weekend is a snuggle up and read weekend for me 🤓 * * QOTD: What book do you KNOW you'll get around to before 2020? * * #books #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #amreading #bookstagram #bookphotography #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations #instabook #bookflatlay #prettybooks #booksarelife #booksofinsta #bookcommunity #bookaesthetic #flatlay #ninthhouse #newrelease #leighbardugo #ireadya #yabooks

I'm well over excited that @macmillanaus sent me a copy of The Christmas Party - Karen Swan's 2019 Christmas book! Her books are so much fun to read, how could I resist 😂 * * _________________________________________ Summary 🌲 When Declan Lorne, the last remaining knight in Ireland, dies suddenly, an ancient title passes with him. But his estate on Ireland’s rugged south-west coast is left to his three daughters. The two eldest, Ottie and Pip, inherit in line with expectations, but to everyone’s surprise – and dismay – it is the errant baby of the family, Willow, who gets the castle. 🌲 Why her? Something unknown – something terrible - made her turn her back on her family three years earlier, escaping to Dublin and vowing never to return. So when Willow quickly announces she is selling up, her revenge seems sweet and the once-close sisters are pushed to breaking point: in desperation, Pip risks everything to secure her own future, and Ottie makes a decision that will ruin lives. It’s each woman for herself. 🌲 Before moving in, Connor Shaye, the prospective new owner, negotiates throwing a lavish party at the castle just days before Christmas – his hello, their goodbye. But as their secrets begin to catch up with them, Ottie, Willow and Pip are forced to ask themselves which is harder: stepping into the future, or letting go of the past? 🌲 _________________________________________ * * QOTD: have you ever read a book specifically published for Christmas? * * #books #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #amreading #bookstagram #bookphotography #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations #instabook #bookflatlay #prettybooks #booksarelife #booksofinsta #bookcommunity #bookaesthetic #flatlay #thechristmasparty #newrelease

I looove the sound of this October release 😍 if there weren't so damn many good books coming out this month that I'd already bought, I'd totally be heading out to get a copy of this! * * _________________________________________ The start of a fierce fantasy duology about three maidens who are chosen for their land's greatest honor...and one girl determined to save her sister from the grave. 🌟 In the walled city-state of Alu, Kammani wants nothing more than to become the accomplished healer her father used to be before her family was cast out of their privileged life in shame. 🌟 When Alu's ruler falls deathly ill, Kammani’s beautiful little sister, Nanaea, is chosen as one of three sacred maidens to join him in the afterlife. It’s an honor. A tradition. And Nanaea believes it is her chance to live an even grander life than the one that was stolen from her. 🌟 But Kammani sees the selection for what it really is—a death sentence. 🌟 Desperate to save her sister, Kammani schemes her way into the palace to heal the ruler. There she discovers more danger lurking in the sand-stone corridors than she could have ever imagined and that her own life—and heart—are at stake. But Kammani will stop at nothing to dig up the palace’s buried secrets even if it means sacrificing everything…including herself. _________________________________________ * * #books #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #amreading #bookstagram #bookphotography #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations #instabook #bookflatlay #prettybooks #booksarelife #booksofinsta #bookcommunity #bookaesthetic #flatlay #gravemaidens

So who's read Renée Ahdieh's new release? I'm curious to see what people think! Somehow, I didn't even realise until about a month ago that she even had a new book coming out 😂 * * QOTD: what's your favourite hobby that isn't reading? I've been super into jigsaw puzzles lately and looove all the Ravensburg Disney ones! * * #books #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #amreading #bookstagram #bookphotography #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations #instabook #bookflatlay #prettybooks #booksarelife #booksofinsta #bookcommunity #bookaesthetic #flatlay #reneeahdieh #thebeautiful #newreleases

My favourite thing about this photo is that I was supposed to be a picture of books with magic... But when I was editing it I realise Girls of Paper and Fire doesn't say anything about magic in the blurb. WELP. Nonetheless, I am still keen AS for these newish releases ✊🏻 * * QOTD: What 2019 release are you wanting to read? * * #books #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #amreading #bookstagram #bookphotography #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations #instabook #bookflatlay #prettybooks #booksarelife #booksofinsta #bookcommunity #bookaesthetic #magicbooks #fantasybooks #flatlay #nocturna #girlsofpaperandfire #wehunttheflame

I don't own many spooky books but if I were to make a slightly thrilling TBR for October, I think I'd include these two books. Have you heard of them? The Cold is in Her Bones sounds particularly awesome. * * Naturally, my TBR for October *actually* consists of a rereading Throne of Glass and has nothing to do with spooky stuff 😂 * * #books #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #amreading #bookstagram #bookphotography #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations #instabook #bookflatlay #prettybooks #booksarelife #booksofinsta #bookcommunity #bookaesthetic #flatlay #thecoldisinherbones #thewood #spookyreads

What's your favourite Agatha Christie? Mine is And Then There Were None, how can it not be? * * #books #bookworm #bookdragon #booknerd #amreading #bookstagram #bookphotography #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations #instabook #bookflatlay #prettybooks #booksarelife #booksofinsta #bookcommunity #bookaesthetic #flatlay #agathachristie #themovingfinger

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Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

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