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    review; an ocean of grey

    Title: An Ocean Of GreyAuthor: Kamalia HasniGenre: PoetryType: E-bookPublisher: Meraki Press I could find peacein an oceanof all the shadesof the colour grey An Ocean of Grey by Kamalia Hasni explores the pain and aftermath of a love that was promised a forever but had ended too soon. The collection of poetry and prose also includes beautiful illustrations by the author’s friends who had helped her through her healing. A short poetry book full of wonderfully raw and vulnerable poems on heartbreak and healing. It was simply written – there were a number of wonderful turns of phrase throughout the poems – and easy to follow. I liked that it…

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    review; the bone witch

    Title: The Bone WitchSeries: The Bone Witch TrilogyAuthor: Rin ChupecoGenre: Young Adult, fantasyType: E-bookPublisher: Sourcebooks Fire In the captivating start to a new, darkly lyrical fantasy series, Tea can raise the dead, but resurrection comes at a price. When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that she’s a bone witch, a title that makes her feared and ostracized by her community. But Tea finds solace and guidance with an older, wiser bone witch, who takes Tea and her brother to another land for training. In her new home, Tea puts all…

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    review; aru shah and the song of death

    Title: Aru Shah And The Song Of DeathSeries: The Pandeva QuartetAuthor: Roshani ChokshiGenre: Middle Grade, fantasyType: E-bookPublisher: Rick Riordan Presents Aru is only just getting the hang of this whole Pandava thing when the Otherworld goes into full panic mode. The god of love’s bow and arrow have gone missing, and the thief isn’t playing Cupid. Instead, they’re turning people into heartless fighting-machine zombies. If that weren’t bad enough, somehow Aru gets framed as the thief. If she doesn’t find the arrow by the next full moon, she’ll be kicked out of the Otherworld. For good. But, for better or worse, she won’t be going it alone. Along with her…

  • Books,  Discussion Post

    sarc2020 starter kit; where you could begin

    A while back, I realised I was not reading as many South Asian stories as I would have liked. Maybe because growing up I couldn’t get my hands on many. The shelves of bookstores and libraries near me were filled with internationally published books – and almost all of them were white. So it was a nice change when more South Asian stories started to be published in the ‘mainstream’. The first time I read a story that mentioned a myth I grew up hearing – the book was Roshani Chokshi’s The Star-Touched Queen and the myth was the story of Harnakash and his son Prahlad – I had to…

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    review; aru shah and the end of time

    Title: Aru Shah And The End Of TimeSeries: The Pandeva QuartetAuthor: Roshani ChokshiGenre: Middle Grade, fantasyType: E-bookPublisher: Rick Riordan Presents Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she’ll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru’s doorstep to catch her in a…

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    review; realm of ash

    Title: Realm Of AshSeries: The Books Of AmbhaAuthor: Tasha SuriGenre: Adult, fantasyType: PaperbackPublisher: Orbit The fate of an empire rests in the hands of a young woman with magical blood and nothing left to lose, and an outcast prince determined to save his family at any cost, in this “dark, melodious, and memorable” new fantasy (Library Journal, starred review) from the author of the award-winning Empire of Sand. The Ambhan Empire is crumbling. A terrible war of succession hovers on the horizon. The only hope for peace lies in the mysterious realm of ash, where mortals can find what they seek in the echoes of their ancestors’ dreams. But to…

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    review; the sword of kaigen

    Title: The Sword Of KaigenSeries: A Theonite War StoryAuthor: M.L. WangGenre: Adult, fantasyType: E-bookPublisher: M.L. Wang A mother struggling to repress her violent past,A son struggling to grasp his violent future,A father blind to the danger that threatens them all. When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies even reach their shores? High on a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters…

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    review; milk and honey

    Title: Milk And HoneyAuthor: Rupi KaurGenre: PoetryType: E-bookPublisher: Createspace ‘Milk and honey’ is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. It is split into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. ‘milk and honey’ takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.  Some of the poems seemed more impactful on Instagram than when I was reading the ebook. The formatting of the copy I got from the…

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    review; the time of green magic

    Title: The Time Of Green MagicAuthor: Hilary McKayGenre: MG, fantasyType: PaperbackPublisher: S&S/McElderry From acclaimed author and Costa winner Hilary McKay comes The Time of Green Magic: a beautiful, spell-binding novel about a new families, a magical old house and a mysterious cat… When Tom and Polly marry, blending their single parent families together, their children find it hard to relinquish their old lives. Max realizes his birth dad will never come home now, while Abi suddenly finds herself a middle child, expected to share far too much – especially with grubby little Louis. The family start over together, stretching their finances to the limit and renting an eerie, ivy-covered house,…

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    BLOG TOUR; Aru Shah And The Tree Of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi ft. Excerpt

    The Aru Shah books are exactly the sort of stories I wish I had growing up, and I am so excited to be a part of the tour for book three of the Pandeva series by Roshani Chokshi hosted by Rockstar Book Tours! This post consists of the details of a book and an excerpt, relevant links AND a giveaway so keep scrolling! Title: Aru Shah And The Tree Of WishesAuthor: Roshani ChokshiGenre: MG, fantasyType: Hardcover, E-book, Audiobooks Publisher: Rick Riordan PresentsSeries: Pandeva QuartetPages: 400Publication Date: 2 April 2020 Goodreads | Amazon | Kindle | Audible | B&N | iBooks | Kobo | TBD | Bookshop.org Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents…