"If I was a wild animal, I would be a bird and fly away" "Homeless people are nothing more than the shadows of real people" "However bad we think our life is, theres always something good there if we look hard enough for it" RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Saffron is a teenager that has been through … Continue reading The Colour of Shadows | Phyllida Shrimpton | Review

“Beauty was your armor. Fragile stuff, all show. But what's inside you? That's steel. It's brave and unbreakable. And it doesn't need fixing.” RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Ruin and Rising is the third and final instalment in the Shadow and Bone series. As it is a series finale I won't be creating a synopsis for this … Continue reading Ruin and Rising | Leigh Bardugo | Review

“Watch yourself, Nikolai,” Mal said softly. “Princes bleed just like other men.” Nikolai plucked an invisible piece of dust from his sleeve. “Yes,” he said. “They just do it in better clothes.” RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Siege and Storm is the second book in the Grisha Verse and follows on almost immediately from Shadow and Bone. … Continue reading Siege and Storm | Leigh Bardugo | Review

"When fire burns, it uses up the wood. It devours it, leaving only ash. Grisha power doesn't work that way. Using out power makes us stronger. It feeds us instead of consuming us. Most Grisha live long lives." "I've spent my life searching for a way to make things right. You're the first glimmer of … Continue reading Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo | Review

Pictured above are my February TBR picks from my TBR Bingo challenge. CHALLENGE ONE: "Instagram choice" Book: A Curse So Dark And Lonely | Brigid Kimm The first challenge I picked out for my February TBR bingo challenge was for Instagram to pick. I chose two books; To Kill a Kingdom and A Curse So Dark … Continue reading TBR Bingo | February 2019 Picks

Pictured above are my January TBR picks from my TBR Bingo challenge. CHALLENGE ONE: "Read a full series" Series: The Illuminae Files | Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman (Illuminae, Gemina and Obsidio) This is a series that I have just completed the collection for. I had vouchers for christmas and I just could not resist … Continue reading TBR Bingo | January 2019 Picks

BOOKS I HAVE READ THIS MONTH: This month I managed to read 12 books and I DNF'd 1 book. Altogether I read 5,060 pages.   Illuminae | Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Cruel Prince | Holly Black | ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Wicked King | Holly Black | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gemina | Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Obsidio | Jay Kristoff & … Continue reading Monthly Wrap Up | January 2019

“Jim said that bees won't sting idiots, but I didn't believe that, because I tried them lots of times myself and they wouldn't sting me.” RATING: * DID NOT FINISH * PUT DOWN AT PAGE 102 * SYNOPSIS: Set in the nineteenth century, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn follows a boys adventures travelling down the … Continue reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | Review

"Now I think its one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child - What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that's the end." "One, I feel very confused about where I want my … Continue reading Becoming | Michelle Obama | Review