So, if you want to make more time for reading in your life, it has to be a priority over other things, such as scrolling through your phone, mindlessly watching tv for hours and doing boring chores like cleaning the house. We are always told to make time for ourselves and the things ...
Alright, I finally finished my re-read of the first four books in the Throne of Glass series, at the rate I’m going I should be done with the series sometime next year. (Note from future me: I finished the series in May, and it was worth it). I’ll be honest, I kind of fo...
Alex, or Alexia, is the secret heir to the throne in the east. Also, putting her on the throne of Troy may heal the schism between east and west and unite Christendom against the soulless elves overrunning the Middle East. The novel feels co-produced by Marvel Studios executives. Every...
and therefore generally ploughing through in order to get to the end, as I know it’s probably me being difficult. To then come across a book that in theory I would love (Indian, multi generational etc) only
shattered one night when she is cornered by an American GI in the cafe’s kitchen. She manages to fight off his sexual advances until he turns violent and starts to choke her to death with his barehands. In desperation, she grabs a nearby knife and stabs him. He dies. This is ...
The case is closed and their daughters are left in their dusty shared house with the shattered pieces of their lives. Until the wind kicks up a terrible secret at their mothers’ much-delayed memorial. With secrets come the lies each of the girls is forced to confront. After caring for ...
Brandon Sanderson’sThe Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archives #1)introduced us to a spectacular new fantasy series, a world where “shards” bestow magical power (in the form of marvelous swords and suits of armor) and armies battle it out on The Shattered Plains. ...
Wars for land and titles ravage theShattered Plainsand it is there we first meet one of our heroes, Kaladin. Though multiple characters come into play, Kaladin is one of the major players and it’s up to him and a rag-tag group of others to ensure that the Knights Radiant rise again....
Publisher’s summary:In the vast palace of the empress lives an orphan girl called Nothing. She slips within the shadows of the Court, unseen except by the Great Demon of the palace and her true friend, Prince Kirin, heir to the throne. When Kirin is kidnapped, only Nothing and the prin...
After his mother and brother are murdered, Jorg runs away from royal life to learn the ways of outlaws and thugs, returning only when he has toughened himself to the point of non-feeling — but not merely to resume the throne. No, Jorg Ancrath is out to overthrow the system the only ...