Books

Five Fridays: Books I Wanted To Start Yesterday

You know those books that you really want to read but you’ve just never gotten round to it? There always seems to be a new book that I want to read first. Or I just know I can’t purchase the whole series right now, so I buy a standalone instead. Or many other reasons which…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Fallen Flame

19 years ago a small baby with charred skin as rough as rock was found on Garlin. Vala grew up to be feared for her cursed skin, but the royal family welcomed her as a guard. When the High Kingdoms Queen and Princess are to visit, the prince needs extra protection after an assassination attempt. What…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Nyxia

Ten recruits have been chosen by Babel to go into space to mine a substance called Nyxia. On the way journey Emmett must train and fight for his place to be allowed to go down onto Eden. To create a new life for himself and earn the money to help his family back home. But…
Five Fridays: Favourite Childhood Books

Winnie the Pooh I had so many Winnie the Pooh Books, and then the complete collection books too. My Dad bought me all the Disney books when they started being released too. Of course, I also loved the films as well. Anyone else fondly remember The Tigger Movie? The Magic Faraway Tree Every summer for…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Raven God

The Raven God is the third book in the Legends of Orkney series. The God of Mischief, Loki, is on the loose and determined to reunite with his evil wife, Angerboda, and their three children. Sam is on a mission to the underworld to find Odin and bring him back to life. While the rest…
Writing Bad Reviews are a Good Thing

I’ve seen a lot of posts recently about people saying they dislike writing bad reviews. I personally, write negative reviews quite often. And I enjoy writing them, I always find I have more things to say when I have a negative opinion as I justify them much more than positive opinions. But also, negative reviews…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Burning Girl

The Burning Girl is a coming of age story of best friends Cassie and Julia. As their paths diverge, Cassie starts to make more and more decisions which could endanger not just their friendship but her life. Julia worries but can Cassie really be saved? I wasn’t quite sure what The Burning Girl was about…
September Book Releases and Book Adaptations

I always get so frustrated when I’m looking for when new books or adaptations are being released. It always seems like I’ve had to visit hundreds of websites just to get the right information I’m looking for of what books are coming out this month, and what genre they are. So since I’m already doing…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Borne

Rachel and Wick are doing all they can to survive in the Balcony Cliffs in this new dystopian earth. When scavenging on Mord’s giant body, Rachel finds Borne. As Rachel becomes maternal towards Borne and Wick becomes suspicious, their survival may start to crumble away. Will their safety be compromised or heightened with Borne in tow?…