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I am here with June Wrap Up. This month I read a total of 4 books and 1,269 pages.
Tag: Review
The Gilded King
Author: Josie Jaffrey
First Published: 25 June 2018
Rating: 5 stars
“Their folktales had memories long enough to tell them what he was. He might be harmless to them, but he was still strigoi mort.”
I will start by saying that I was given an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own. Thank you so much to Josie for sending a copy my way!
Poems of Sappho
Author: Sappho
Translator: John Maxwell Edmonds
Publisher: Dover Publications
First Published: 15 February 2018
Rating: 5 stars
“For those I have done good to
Do me the greatest wrong,”
I will start by saying that I was given an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own. Thank you so much to Dover Publications and NetGalley!
May 2018 Wrap Up
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I am here with May 2018 Wrap Up … and only a touch delayed. In May read a total of 5 books and 1,378 pages.
Between Earth and Sky
Author: Amanda Skenandore
Publisher: Kensington Books
First Published: 24 April 2018
Rating: 5 stars
“Pestilence? Alma didn’t know the meaning, but her mother spoke as if the words itself tasted foul. She grabbed the apron and collected the clothes, examining each garment for some sign of this awful pestilence.”
I will start by saying that I was given an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own. Thank you so much to Kensington Books and NetGalley!
April 2018 Wrap Up
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I am here with April 2018 Wrap Up and it’s on time and everything! Who knew? Two months in a row!
Sky in the Deep
Author: Adrienne Young
Publisher: Wednesday Books
First Published: 24 April 2018
Rating: 4.5 stars
“I wouldn’t last in this village the whole winter. I couldn’t wait for the thaw. I had to find a way home.”
I will start by saying that I was given an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own. Thank you so much to Wednesday Books, St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley!
Stella Reads: An Uncertain Grace
Author: Krissy Kneen
Publisher: Text Publishing
First Published: 31 August 2017
Rating: 5 stars
“I shellfish down into myself, now as I did them when I met her, curling up into the calcium carbonate whorls of me.”
Stella Reads: The Fish Girl
Author: Mirandi Riwoe
Publisher: Seizure
First Published: 24 August 2017
Rating: 4.5 stars
“In vain, her eyes search beyond the other houses and palm trees for a glimpse of the sea. She will run away. She will flee to the water’s edge and the Ocean Queen will tell her what to do”
March 2018 Wrap Up
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I am here with March 2018 Wrap Up and it’s on time and everything! Who knew? Still not really reaching the whole consistent blogging 😂 but all I can say is I’ll try my best next month. I’m pretty rubbish at getting organised so it seems.
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