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Month: June 2018

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: The Death and Life of Eleanor Parker by Kerry Wilkinson

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

June 27, 2018 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: My Real Name is Hanna by Tara Lynn Masih

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: Hive by AJ Betts

June 23, 2018 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: Red Rising by Pierce Brown

June 21, 2018 BookishBrooklyn

Book Review: Tailing a Tabby by Laurie Cass

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So so so so excited to be holding this in my hands! Beyond thrilled to be taking part in the @ausyabloggers #OwnVoices review tour of this gorgeous and hands down, essential short story anthology 😍😍😍😍 I absolutely cannot wait to dive in and see everyone's posts and celebrate these gorgeous #loveozya stories 🏳️‍🌈 #kindred #ausyabloggers #bookstagram #bookblogger #bookish #bookgeek #bookphotography #booklover #booknerdigans #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #pridebooks #lgbtbooks #aussiereaders #bookandcandle #bookflatlay #igbooks
The perils of any bookworm, to continue on, or cast aside? I feel like if I don't finish it now though, I probably won't come back to it? But I have just have over a third to go and ahh last night I just wasn't feeling it? So I think maybe reading some other books in between, perhaps? I really don't want to DNF it because I love Amie Kaufman so much! And I was so excited for this one! Gorgeous woodmark by @inkandwonder.designs 😍 #bookstagram #bookish #booksinnature #bookblogger #middlegrade #icewolves #scorchdragons #amiekaufman #booklover #booknerdigans #bookgeek #aussiereaders #igbooks #bookporn #bookphotography #instareads #fantasybooks
Good morning lovely book fam! @aliloopla and I bring forth another video review for the Campbelltown Public Library, this one is a bit of a TBT to one of my favourite books, hands down, one of the most heart wrenching reads in existence! "History is All You Left Me" by @adamsilvera 💜 #bookstagram #videoreview #bookreviewer #bookblogger #yacontemporary #yabooks #yalit #historyisallyouleftme #pridebooks #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks #adamsilvera #readingissexy #bookporn #booklover #booknerdigans #aussiereaders #instareads #igbooks #readersofinstagram
Review: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan Maguire I feel like I have no idea what I've just read! But truly, in the best way! This was so trippy (again, in the best way!), magical (I loved reading about the different realms all these children have come from (such as our main character, Nancy, having descended from the Underworld, Sumi from Nonsense, and so forth (I mean, how does Seanan Maguire come up with this unbelievable stuff?!) I mean, just the premise - these children, having gone through all of the sometimes wonders and sometimes horrors, and winding up under the care of Miss Eleanor, and then when Nancy arrives, horrors really start to abound! I'm well and truly in awe of this book! I could not have even envisioned what was coming next, as well as who was behind all the darkness that would ensue! I couldn't even theorize what might come next, I would've been way wrong! Also, give me all of the asexual representation! I was so happy with how well and relatable Nancy was when she was talking about being ace, as well as being  awkward and nervous too, she was just a brilliantly written protagonist, and I loved her interaction with everyone! All of the other characters were just as equally beguiling and intriguing as the very premise of this book! I have never read anything of this sort before, and will definitely be looking forward to continuing the series and reading the author's other work! I give "Every Heart a Doorway" 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ a big thank you to the lovely @typedtruths for the recommendation 🥰 #bookstagram #bookish #booklover #booksinnature #everyheartadoorway #seananmaguire #waywardchildren #fantasybooks #bookgeek #aussiereaders #bookstagram #bookblogger #bookreview #bookreviewer #igbooks #instareads #readersofinstagram #booknerdigans #aussiebookstagrammers
My review of "Contest" is now live on my blog here: https://brooklynthebookworm.wordpress.com/?p=1360 I could not get enough of this book (Peppy is pretty content with it too 🥰😉) and I gave it 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - here's an excerpt of my review: I have just finished ‘Contest’ and have chills all over my body! To say this was an unreal journey, a thrill of a ride, with terrifying twists and turns would not even be an understatement! The premise of the book – a modern day fight to the death, inspired by the Gladiator-esque type Contests (pun intended, but no, genius really, the simplicity of the title, laying everything out in front of us) – but still, my socks were well and truly knocked off throughout and there was no way you could predict what might come next! Like, Stephen is told that he can only escape from the Contest itself if all his other opponents are dead, and he still would have to face one final opponent even then, a beast of all beasts! And so, I was scared for him, and his daughter (as Stephen Swain was holding onto young Holly at the time he was teleported into the State Library of New York), I realised, it’s not just himself that Stephen has to protect, but even more so, Holly. Stephen is such a brilliant main character, he’s just so….human! He’s a man who lost his beloved wife a few years back, and has just been doing his best with his work as a prestigious Doctor, whilst being a doting Father to Holly – then to find them projected into this ‘fight to the death’ – it’s like, ‘please let them be safe!’ I was so fearful! And then the creatures, oh my word! And okay the Librarian in me just needs to *quietly* express her joy at the fact that…THE CONTEST WAS SET IN THE STATE LIBRARY OF NEW YORK!! *calms down*. Head on over to the above link to see what more (trust me, there's plenty more) 😂 that I gush about this wholly unique and epic reading experience! Thank you @infinitewords_infiniteworlds for the recommendation ❤) #bookstagram #bookish #bookreview #bookblog #bibliophile #bookworm #matthewreilly #contest #igreads #igbooks #bookworm #aussiereaders #bookphoto #bookgram #bookdragon #bookwyrms #blackcatsarethebest #blackcatsarethegoodluck #bookporn
A big thank you to @macmillanaus for providing me with "The Talking Cure" for review! I'm making my way through it as we speak and it's definitely thought provoking and enlightening 🤔 I've read 2 of the 'patient' studies so far and definitely found them fascinating, seeing what grates some people and the tethers to the past that invade their thinking in the present.... Sypnosis: 'Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.' Carl Jung The essence of successful therapy is the relationship between the therapist and the patient, a dance of growing trust and understanding. It is an intimate, messy, often surprising and sometimes confusing business -but when it works, it's life-changing. In The Talking Cure, psychotherapists Gill Straker and Jacqui Winship bring us nine inspiring stories of transformation. They introduce us to their clients, fictional amalgams of real-life cases, and reveal how the art of talking and listening helps us to understand deep-seated issues that profoundly influence who we are in the world and how we see ourselves in relation to others. We come to understand that the transformative power of the therapeutic relationship can be replicated in our everyday lives by the simple practice of paying attention and being present with those we love. Whether you have experienced therapy (or are tempted to try it), or you are just intrigued by the possibilities of a little-understood but transformative process, this wise and compassionate book will deepen your sense of what it is to be open to connection - and your appreciation that to be human is to be a little bit mad. #bookblogger #bookreviewer #nonfiction #panmacmillanaustralia #bookstagram #bookish #aussiereaders #bookandcandle #booksinnature #lovetoread #thetalkingcure #gillianstraker #jacquiwinship #bookworms #booknerdigans #lovetoread #macmillanaus

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