Publisher: Amulet Books – Uptown Oracle https://www.uptownoracle.com Living Your Bookish Life ✨ Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:29:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.uptownoracle.com/755/2021/05/cropped-Uptown-Oracle-Logo-File-NOTAG.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Publisher: Amulet Books – Uptown Oracle https://www.uptownoracle.com 32 32 117146186 Uptown Oracle Reads… Heiress Apparently | A Sweet and Fast-Paced Contemporary based in Beijing https://www.uptownoracle.com/heiress-apparently/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=8605 Heiress Apparently at its core is a story about family. From Gemma’s small 3-person family, to the wider family she chooses throughout the book, there’s always relationships being built upon throughout the book. The family dynamics felt real and were recognisable for how parents and adult children would act towards one another.

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]]> 8605 Uptown Oracle Reads… The Iron Will of Genie Lo https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-the-iron-will-of-genie-lo/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=6193 Like the first book, The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, this book follows the Monkey King legend and multiple characters from similar Chinese folklore and legends.

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]]> 6193 Uptown Oracle Reads… Beneath the Citadel https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-beneath-the-citadel/ Tue, 06 Aug 2019 16:00:38 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=5054 Beneath the CitadelDestiny Soria (Affiliate Links) In the city of Eldra, people are ruled by ancient prophecies. For centuries, the high council has stayed in power by virtue of the prophecies of the elder seers. After the last infallible prophecy came to pass, growing unrest led to murders and an eventual rebellion that raged for […]

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]]> 5054 Uptown Oracle Reads… The Epic Crush of Genie Lo https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-epic-crush-genie-lo/ https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-epic-crush-genie-lo/#comments Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:00:37 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=2060 Genie Lo’s Bay Area town is coming under siege by demons from Chinese folklore. As she traverses her old life of school and college admissions, Genie must also hone her powers and build up her strength. With Quentin her only guide, Genie finds out the hard way of how to be a hero. The Epic […]

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]]> https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-epic-crush-genie-lo/feed/ 1 2060 Uptown Oracle Reads… Noteworthy https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-noteworthy/ Sun, 30 Apr 2017 07:00:10 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=1612 My first thought while reading Noteworthy was that it connected with both Pitch Perfect and She’s the Man. As I love both of these films, I knew then that I would love this book. I loved the discussion about being feminine that Jordan has in her head. I feel like it’s a really important point […]

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]]> 1612 Uptown Oracle Reads… The Inconceivable Life of Quinn https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-read-inconceivable-life-quinn/ Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:00:28 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=1565 I received The Inconceivable Life of Quinn* by Marianna Baer as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review. A sense of magic in an otherwise normal world was… strange. Especially since it arrived at a fairly late part of the book. Although I enjoy fantasy books filled with magic, this book didn’t […]

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