Category: fantasy

#20BACKLISTIN2020 Backlist Book Challenge: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
#20BacklistIn2020 · 2020 Reviews · buddy read · fantasy · historical fiction

#20BACKLISTIN2020 Backlist Book Challenge: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

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In a desperate bid to reduce the books that are collecting dust on my TBR shelves, I have decided to collaborate with another avid reader and fellow book reviewer, Nicole from Certified Book Addicts. The #20BACKLISTIN2020 challenge is a self paced challenge hosted by Jaylamm.Reads, Reading and Sunshine, and Cassidys.Bookshelf. The overall goal of this challenge is to read… Continue reading #20BACKLISTIN2020 Backlist Book Challenge: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

New Release Book Review: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
2020 Reviews · fantasy · historical fiction · new release

New Release Book Review: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

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Title: The World That We Knew Author: Alice Hoffman Published: October 1st 2019 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3 stars In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

Book Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
2020 Reviews · fantasy

Book Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

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Title: The Ten Thousand Doors of January Author: Alix E. Harrow Published: September 12th 2019 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Fantasy RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3 stars ACCORDING TO JANUARY SCALLER, THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO RUN AWAY FROM YOUR OWN STORY, AND THAT’S TO SNEAK INTO SOMEONE ELSE’S . . . In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures,… Continue reading Book Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

#Book Bingo 2019 Round 19: ‘Written by an author under age of 35’- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
#aww2019 · 2019 Reviews · book bingo · children · fantasy

#Book Bingo 2019 Round 19: ‘Written by an author under age of 35’- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

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Book Bingo 2019 is a collaboration challenge I am completing with my favourite bloggers, Theresa Smith Writes and The Book Muse. Each Saturday, on a fortnightly basis, beginning on Saturday 5th January 2019, Ashleigh, Theresa and I will complete a book review post, outlining our respective bingo card entries. The Book Bingo 2019 card contains a total of 30… Continue reading #Book Bingo 2019 Round 19: ‘Written by an author under age of 35’- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

#Book Bingo 2019 Round 9: ‘Themes of Fantasy’ – What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra
#aww2019 · 2019 Reviews · book bingo · fantasy · young adult

#Book Bingo 2019 Round 9: ‘Themes of Fantasy’ – What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra

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Book Bingo 2019 is a collaboration challenge I am completing with my favourite bloggers, Theresa Smith Writes and The Book Muse. Each Saturday, on a fortnightly basis, beginning on Saturday 5th January 2019, Ashleigh, Theresa and I will complete a book review post, outlining our respective bingo card entries. The Book Bingo 2019 card contains a total of 30… Continue reading #Book Bingo 2019 Round 9: ‘Themes of Fantasy’ – What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra

Beauty & Lace Book Review: Providence by Caroline Kepnes
2018 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · contemporary fiction · crime · fantasy · mystery · romance · United States

Beauty & Lace Book Review: Providence by Caroline Kepnes

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Title: Providence Author: Caroline Kepnes Published: July 1st 2018 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 384 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Crime, Romance RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3 stars In 2008, 13-year-old Jon Bronson disappears on his morning walk to school. After even his parents give him up for dead, only his best friend, Chloe, remains certain that he would come back. Four years later, Jon returns with no… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: Providence by Caroline Kepnes

Book Broadcast: His Name Was Walter by Emily Rodda
#aww2018 · 2018 Reviews · Australian · Book Broadcast · fantasy · fiction · history · juvenile · new release

Book Broadcast: His Name Was Walter by Emily Rodda

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Book Broadcast is a post I have created to help ease the load of the books I have for review. It is a great way to spread the word, providing recognition to an author or publisher for sending me a book to review. As my reviewing and blogging duties have stepped up a notch in… Continue reading Book Broadcast: His Name Was Walter by Emily Rodda

Guest Book Review: Justice by Georgia Tingley
2018 Reviews · crime · fantasy · fiction · Guest Review · local writer · Mrs R Review · mystery · paranormal · romance · supernatural · thriller

Guest Book Review: Justice by Georgia Tingley

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Title: Justice (Angel Calling) Author: Georgia Tingley Published: March 1st 2018 Publisher: Georgeous Publishing Pages: 314 Genres: Fiction, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Supernatural RRP: $27.50 Rating: 3 stars Independence Day, 4th July, 1976 – Thirteen-year-old Christine Conroy mysteriously vanishes from her back yard in a small country town in North Western USA. Folks think Christine has run away to Hollywood as she… Continue reading Guest Book Review: Justice by Georgia Tingley

Guest Book Review: Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
2017 Reviews · action · Adventure · children · fantasy · fiction · Guest Review · young adult

Guest Book Review: Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

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Title: Wonder Woman: Warbringer Author:  Leigh Bardugo Published: August 28th 2017 Publisher: Puffin/Penguin Books Australia Pages: 320 Genres: Fiction, Children, Young Adult, Action, Adventure RRP: $18.99 Rating: 5 The highly anticipated coming-of-age story for the world’s greatest super hero: WONDER WOMAN by the # 1 New York Times bestselling author LEIGH BARDUGO. She will become a legend but first she is Diana, Princess… Continue reading Guest Book Review: Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

Throwback Thursday Book Review: Wild Things by Chloe Neill
2017 Reviews · fantasy · fiction · Guest Review · Mrs R Review · paranormal · romance · Throwback Thursday · vampires

Throwback Thursday Book Review: Wild Things by Chloe Neill

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Welcome to a new weekly post, Throwback Thursday. This weekly book review post is a way to share some old favourites, books that were published over a year ago and most importantly those books that have been languishing on the to be read pile for far too long! Today’s Throwback Thursday book review is from… Continue reading Throwback Thursday Book Review: Wild Things by Chloe Neill