Books

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?…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Song of Edmon

For my Kindle First book I decided to pick up Song of Edmon by Adam Burch. Song of Edmon* is set in the fictional future on another planet called Tao. After many wars, genocides and destruction, the human race still lives with prejudice, violence and savagery. Then comes Edmon Leontes, a gentle boy of mixed…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Godblind

After years of exile, the Mireces are planning an invasion of Rilpor. Dom, the Calestar, has forseen the messenger of war coming from the borders. When Rillirin, an escaped Mireces slave shows up, the watchers, wolves and ranks of Rilpor must work together to survive to oncoming attacks. The immense battle between faiths in nearly…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Collective

Time travel and pirates are two very interesting topics for a book. R.S. Williams has smashed them into one another to create The Collective. Jenny, an agent from The Collective, meets Tilly in the local university Library one day. Harvey, another agent also takes an interest in Tilly, and ends up kidnapping her through time.…