Books

Uptown Oracle Reads… The Girl and the Grove

Teenager Leila’s life is full of challenges. From bouncing around the foster care system to living with seasonal affective disorder, she’s never had an easy road. Leila keeps herself busy with her passion for environmental advocacy, monitoring the Urban Ecovists message board and joining a local environmental club with her best friend Sarika. And now…
Mid Year Freak Out Tag

So as it’s halfway through the year it’s time for the Mid Year Freak Out Tag! Best book you’ve read so far in 2018. I would have to say To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo, although Onyx and Ivory by Mindee Arnett and The Waking Land by Callie Bates come close as well.…
Uptown Oracle Reads… To Kill a Kingdom

Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Clockwork City

My name is Gideon Tau, but most people just call me London. Three years ago, someone killed my daughter. I sacrificed everything (the human race included) to learn his name – and then had to allow that knowledge to be erased from my mind in order to save the world I’d doomed. Fantastic. Now I have to…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Retribution Road

Sergeant Arthur Bowman, a sergeant in the East India Company, is sent on a secret mission during the Second Anglo-Burmese War. But the expedition is foiled – his men are captured and tortured. Throughout their ordeal, a single word becomes Bowman’s mantra, a word that will stiffen their powers of endurance in the face of…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Blood Will Out

Ari Sullivan is alive—for now. She wakes at the bottom of a cistern with only the shadowy recollection of a low-pitched voice and a gloved hand. No one can hear her screams. And the person who put her there is coming back. The killer is planning a gruesome masterpiece, a fairytale tableau of innocence and blood,…
Dear Authors… Here’s Why Bloggers Aren’t Reviewing Your Book

Dear Authors, I’ve been blogging for a while now, and at the beginning I was extremely excited to hear about these things called ARCs because I love reading, and being able to read for ‘free’ is amazing. (I use ‘free’ because my time spent reading, analysing and reviewing the book is a form of payment,…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Children of Blood and Bone

Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were targeted and killed, leaving Zélie motherless and her people without hope. Now, Zélie has one chance…
What Makes Me Want To Read a Book?

Reading is an entirely subjective hobby in that there’s a book out there for everyone. There’s books that I own (or want to own) that I really want to read, and reread. But these are the same books that other people may not want to read. And the same goes for books others are excited…