Books

Uptown Oracle Reads… The Storm Crow

The Storm Crow starts off with us in flight on the back of a crow. This is such a beautifully written scene, and it truly helps you understand what Thia loses later on in the book. I adored the description of the lift and fall of flying, and it truly helps you imagine what it…
SPFBO 6 | Try a Chapter and First Impressions Book Reviews | 2020 Entrants | Part 1

The first five books I read from SPFBO 6’s 2020 entrants. These were a good start, and I found two books I just wanted to continue reading.
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Sin Eater

So I thought this was going to be a fantasy book from what I’d read about sin eaters before but it’s more historical fiction. Sin Eaters are women who have been given the task to hear all the sins of a person before they die, and eat all the coresponding food over their coffins. They’re…
The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Illustrated Edition|Unboxing & Flip Through 📚

After seeing that they were releasing a box set of The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Illustrated Editions (by Alan Lee) I just knew I had to get my hands on it! It was luckily released the day before payday so I instantly bought it and waited by the door for a week…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Incendiary

IncendiaryZoraida Cordova (Affiliate Links) I am Renata Convida.I have lived a hundred stolen lives.Now I live my own. Renata Convida was only a child when she was kidnapped by the King’s Justice and brought to the luxurious palace of Andalucia. As a Robari, the rarest and most feared of the magical Moria, Renata’s ability to…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Ashlords

AshlordsScott Reintgen (Affiliate Links) Every year since the Ashlords were gifted phoenix horses by their gods, they’ve raced them. First into battle, then on great hunts, and finally for the pure sport of seeing who rode the fastest. Centuries of blood and fire carved their competition into a more modern spectacle: The Races. Over the…
SPFBO 2018 Top 10 Finalists – Try a Chapter and First Impressions Book Reviews

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been testing all the SPFBO 4 (2018) finalists books by reading them for an hour. I’ve already done this with SPFBO 5 and it worked really well to let me see which of the books I would want to read more of. I’ve also made a master list…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Sisters Grimm | A Unique Retelling of Classic Fairytales

The Sisters GrimmMenna van Praag (Affiliate Links) Once upon a time, a demon who desired earthly domination fathered an army of dark daughters to help him corrupt humanity . . . As children, Goldie, Liyana, Scarlet, and Bea dreamed of a strange otherworld: a nightscape of mists and fog, perpetually falling leaves and hungry ivy,…
SPFBO 2019 Top 10 Finalists – Try a Chapter and First Impressions Book Reviews

This years Self-Published Fantasy Book Off, or SPFBO for short, has recently started and I was intrigued about quite a few books on the list. I was also looking back at the previous years and realised just how many of the finalists I’d heard of as really good fantasy books. Of course I really wanted…