Tag: historical

— calendar girls —

Calendar Girls (September 2018): Back to School (Best Novel Set in a School)

September 3, 2018

This is the second month that Calendar Girls has been back now, and I couldn’t be happier! This blog event has gone through some changes though. The hostesses have changed entirely from Melanie and myself, to our friends (and former Calendar Girls participants) Katie @ Never Not Reading and Adrienne @ Darque Dreamer Reads! I’m so… Read More Calendar Girls (September 2018): Back to School (Best Novel Set in a School)

— TBR post —

September 2018 TBR

August 31, 2018

Welcome to my monthly TBR pile post. This month, I will not be featuring a tentative TBR because (as you will see) I have plenty of ARCs to get through over the course of the month. I’m also super excited about the coming of autumn, and autumn-y things like pumpkin scents (I featured my favourite… Read More September 2018 TBR

— book review, young adult —

Bright We Burn by Kiersten White (Review)

July 19, 2018

Title: Bright We Burn Author: Kiersten White Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Fantasy, Historical Publisher: Delacorte Press (Penguin Random House) Date published: July 10, 2018 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Haunted by the sacrifices he made in Constantinople, Radu is called back to the new capital.… Read More Bright We Burn by Kiersten White (Review)

— top ten tuesdays, weekly meme —

Top Ten Tuesday #53: Top Ten Books I’ve Read In 2018 (So Far)

July 10, 2018

Happy Tuesday, and happy Top Ten Tuesday day, everyone! This week’s prompt is one that I really enjoy completing every year! It’s “Top Ten Books I’ve Read In 2018 (So Far)” or any variation on that, and I just love talking about my favourite books with you guys! To see which my top 10 have been so… Read More Top Ten Tuesday #53: Top Ten Books I’ve Read In 2018 (So Far)

— ARC review, book review, young adult —

My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (ARC Review)

July 4, 2018

Title: My Plain Jane Authors: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Retelling, Historical, Fantasy Publisher: HarperTeen (HarperCollins) Date published: June 26, 2018 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. You may think you know the story. After a miserable childhood, penniless… Read More My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (ARC Review)

— top ten tuesdays, weekly meme —

Top Ten Tuesday #52: Top Ten Red and White Covers (Happy Birthday Canada!)

July 3, 2018

Happy Tuesday, and happy Top Ten Tuesday day, everyone! This week’s original theme was ” Books with Red, White, & Blue Covers (In honor of the 4th of July in the USA. Choose covers with your own country’s colors if you prefer!)” Since Canada Day was on July 1st, I thought that I would switch it… Read More Top Ten Tuesday #52: Top Ten Red and White Covers (Happy Birthday Canada!)

— arcstravaganza, weekly meme —

#ARCstravaganza #45: My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

June 18, 2018

Happy Monday everyone! And also happy #ARCstravaganza day! This week I’ll be featuring a book that I really hoped would come into being after reading the other book by this author trio, and was very happy to find that my prayers had not only been answered, but that I also had the honour of receiving… Read More #ARCstravaganza #45: My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

— book review, young adult —

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (Review)

June 15, 2018

Title: My Lady Jane Authors: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Historical, Fantasy, Romance Publisher: HarperTeen (HarperCollins) Date published: June 7, 2016 (hardcover) | May 9, 2017 (paperback) Source: Library This comical, fantastical, romantical, New York Times bestselling, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey is “an uproarious historical fantasy that’s not to… Read More My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (Review)