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Month: October 2017

October 27, 2017 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: House of Hades by Rick Riordan

October 26, 2017 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: Made You Up by Francesca Zappia 

October 23, 2017 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: All The Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater 

October 19, 2017 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

October 17, 2017 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling

October 14, 2017 BookishBrooklyn

History Month Guest Spotlight

October 12, 2017 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

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A huge thank you to @bloomsburypublishing for sending these three books my way to review 🤗 I'm very intrigued by them all and look forward to starting them ASAP! Sypnosis below, respectively: "The Blessed Girl" - Young, beautiful and ambitious, Bontle Tau has Johannesburg wrapped around her finger. Her generous admirers are falling over themselves to pay for her Mercedes, her penthouse, and her Instagrammable holidays. It's her duty to look fabulous – after all, people didn't sacrifice their lives in the freedom struggle for black women to wear the same cheap T-shirts they wore during apartheid. Bontle's come a long way, and it hasn't been easy. Her shrink keeps wanted to talk about a past she's put firmly behind her. And what she doesn't think about can't hurt her, can it? "Never Have I Ever" - It starts as a game at a book group one night. Never Have I Ever... done something I shouldn't. But Amy Whey has done something she shouldn't. And Roux, the glamorous newcomer to Amy's suburban neighbourhood, knows exactly what that is. Roux promises she will go away – if Amy plays by her rules. But Amy isn't prepared to lose everything. She's going to fight back, and in this escalating game of cat and mouse, there can be only one winner. "The Truants" - Jess Walker, middle child of a middle class family, has perfected the art of vanishing in plain sight. But when she arrives at a concrete university campus under flat, grey, East Anglian skies, her world flares with colour. Drawn into a tightly-knit group of rule breakers – led by their maverick teacher, Lorna Clay – Jess begins to experiment with a new version of herself. But the dynamic between the friends begins to darken as they share secrets, lovers and finally a tragedy. Soon Jess is thrown up against the question she fears most: what is the true cost of an extraordinary life? Happy reading, all 💛 #bookstagram #bookish #bookblogger #booklover #bookreviewer #thetruants #neverhaveiever #theblessedgirl #booknerdigans #booksinthewild #bookaddiction #bookdragon #readabook #bibliophile #aussiereaders #bookandflowers #bookgeek
A huge thank you to @harpercollinsaus for sending me a proof of "What Happens Now" by Sophia Money-Coutts to read and review! My review will go live closer to publication (24th August in Australia), so stay tuned for that 🤗 but I will say that I love this book so much! I found it so refreshing and honest, I practically finished it in one sitting yesterday! It follows out main character, Lils, who barely earns enough income at her job teaching prestigious schoolboys (we're talking sons of princes, tycoons, the like), but after one fateful encounter and a rendezvous later, she finds out she's pregnant! What unfolds is such an enjoyable, addictive and wholly memorable story! I'm already hoping that the author revisits these characters🥰 #sophiamoneycoutts #whathappensnow #bookstagram #harpercollinsaustralia #harlequinbooks #bookstagram #bookreviewer #bookblogger #bookblog #bookandflowers #booksinthewild #bookish #booklover #bookaddiction #readabook #booklife #aussiereaders #bookgram #bookphotography #readerlife #ipreview via @preview.app
You can find my 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of this very witchy first installment of the "Palace of Fires" trilogy now live on my blog here: https://brooklynthebookworm.wordpress.com/2019/08/18/book-review-initiate-palace-of-fires-book-1-by-bill-bennett/ A huge thank you to @penguinteenaus for sending me a copy of this book (and the following two) to read and review! I was definitely pleasantly surprised by how fast paced and addictive I found this book! I initially adored Lily, our main character and I was so excited as the plot unfolded and she realised her potential destiny! I didn't find any part of this book boring or dull, there were actually some moments that had me chuckling (between Kritta and The Hag), both of whom have such a lack of tolerance for one another! I couldn't wait to see how each point of narration would intertwine and I definitely feel like it has set up for a completely thrilling second installment, which I'll be reading very soon! #bookstagram #billbennett #initiate #palaceoffires #bookworm #booknerdigans #yalit #ireadya #yabooks #aussiereaders #bibliophile #lavender #penguinbookaus #penguinteenaus #bookstagrammer #readerlife #bookblogger #bookreviewer #readabook #booktography #ipreview via @preview.app
A huge thank you @penguinteenaus for sending me The Palace of Fires trilogy by Bill Bennett to read and review! The third installment of this supernaturally-spooky and altogether witchy series releases on the 3rd of September! (Which is also the birthday of yours truly) - I am almost halfway through the first book in this trilogy and I feel like its definitely unlike anything I've read before! I like our main character, Lily - I'm looking forward to reading about how her character develops- and there's a character (The Hag) who makes it plainly obvious that she doesn't like children- she's quite ruthless against those who irk her, I find myself chuckling at her antics! There's quite a few changing POV's throughout this book too, but I'm definitely intrigued to read on!! #billbennett #theinitiate #palaceoffires #yafantasy #penguinteenaus #penguinbooks #bookstagram #lovetoread #bookaddict #bookandflowers #aussiereaders #bookblogger #bookreviewer #igbooks #bookish #bookgeek #booknerdigans
My review for this incredibly endearing, very sweet but wholly impactful middle grade book is now live on my blog here: https://brooklynthebookworm.wordpress.com/2019/08/16/book-review-mika-and-max-by-laura-bloom/ A huge thank you to @walkerbooksaus for sending me a copy of this book to review! For me, "Mika and Max" is all about finding friendship when one is feeling most alone and that friendship may not always be communicated in the clearest ways for everyone. Max, one of our titular characters has Autism and is non-verbal in his communications (author Laura Bloom based this on her own young son) and I just could not put this story of him and Mika, a thirteen year old girl, down! I definitely think everyone needs to read and enjoy this book 🥰 #bookstagram #catstagram #blackcatsofinstagram #middlegradebooks #mikaandmax #laurabloom #booksinnature #bibliophile #bookish #walkerbooksaustralia #booknerdigans #booklover #lovetoread #bookblogger #bookblog #bookpic #readabook #bookporn #bookreviewer #bookgeek #aussiereaders #aussiebookgroup #ipreview via @preview.app
I'm thrilled to be a part of an upcoming blog tour with @macmillanaus celebrating this super exciting, thrilling and wholly vast historical fantasy "The Harp of Kings" by Juliet Marillier 🤴 It's one of my current reads and I'm really enjoying it so far! I don't want to say too much until my review posting date (3rd of September, also my 26th birthday) but I definitely think all you fantasy lovers will enjoy being indulged with Marillier's spectacular lore 😍 Peppy is rather attached to it already, too. 😻 #julietmarillier #aharpofkings #bookstagram #catstagram #bookreviewer #bookblogger #historicalfantasy #booknerdigans #aussiereaders #aussiebookgroup #panmacmillanaustralia #macmillanaus #bookwyrms #booklover #ilovereading #blackcatsarethebest #blackcatsaregoodluck #blackcatclub #bookish #ipreview via @preview.app

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