Books

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…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Call of the Rift

Seventeen-year-old Kateiko doesn’t want to be Rin anymore — not if it means sacrificing lives to protect the dead. Her only way out is to join another tribe, a one-way trek through the coastal rainforest. Killing a colonial soldier in the woods isn’t part of the plan. Neither is spending the winter with Tiernan, an…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Onyx & Ivory

They call her Traitor Kate. It’s a title Kate Brighton inherited from her father after he tried to assassinate the high king years ago. Now Kate lives as an outcast. When dark falls, the nightdrakes come out to hunt. Fortunately, she is a wilder, born with magic that allows her to influence the minds of…
June Book Releases

Comics and Graphic Novels 7th March | Amazon | Waterstones | Vinland Saga Vol. 10 Makoto Yukimura After months of hard labor as a farm slave, Thorfinn begins to realize what his father meant by the words, “A true warrior needs no sword.” Perhaps he can find a new purchase on life in the mysterious…
May 2018 Wrap Up and June 2018 TBR

With my reading slump finally over I’ve been able to read 6 books in the month of March and I have the goal to read 8 in June. If you don’t want to watch the video then scroll down to see my read books and TBR pile. Read After a reading slump I always turn…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Sword of Shannara

Living in peaceful Shady Vale, Shea Ohmsford knew little of the troubles that plagued the rest of the world. Then the giant, forbidding Allanon revaled that the supposedly dead Warlock Lord was plotting to destory the world. The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness was the Sword of Shannara, which could only be used…
Why do I Read?

If you’re a fellow bookworm I’m sure you’ve met people who don’t read who have asked you why. Out of my friends I’m known as the reader, and a lot of them have mentioned that they just don’t understand why people enjoy reading. Or they ask why don’t I just watch the movie or TV…