Publisher: Little Brown and Company – Uptown Oracle https://www.uptownoracle.com Living Your Bookish Life ✨ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:56:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.uptownoracle.com/755/2021/05/cropped-Uptown-Oracle-Logo-File-NOTAG.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Publisher: Little Brown and Company – Uptown Oracle https://www.uptownoracle.com 32 32 117146186 Finding Happiness in the Ordinary: A Review of Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee https://www.uptownoracle.com/joyful-ingrid-fetell-lee/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=28534 In a world that often feels overwhelming, the pursuit of joy can seem elusive. However, Ingrid Fetell Lee’s Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness offers a refreshing and practical approach to finding happiness in the everyday. This insightful book delves into the fascinating intersection of design and emotion, exploring how […]

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]]> 28534 Belladonna by Adalyn Grace: A Gothic Mystery with Death as a Love Interest https://www.uptownoracle.com/belladonna-adalyn-grace/ Sat, 19 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=28879 Belladonna by Adalyn Grace is a gothic murder mystery wrapped in lush, atmospheric writing and laced with romance. The story centres on Signa, a young orphan raised by a string of ill-fated guardians, and her eerie connection with Death, who has shadowed her since infancy. When Signa moves in with her last remaining relatives, the […]

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]]> 28879 Uptown Oracle Reads… The Stolen Heir | A Fantasy Quest in the World of Elfhame ✨ https://www.uptownoracle.com/the-stolen-heir/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=16160 The Stolen Heir was one of my most anticipated books of 2023, as a fan of Holly Black and it didn't disapoint. The story itself is a fantasy quest, road-trip style. With Oak, Tiernan and Wren heading off on an adventure, but there's some tensions here and there, some untrustworthy companions, some deceit going on. There's a lot of relationship building and changing with all the characters, but most notably is the first person perspective of Suren (Wren) and seeing how her mind changes throughout the story based on information on and actions of the other characters.

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]]> 16160 Uptown Oracle Reads… The Futures https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-futures/ https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-futures/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2017 07:00:40 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=2072 College sweethearts Julia and Evan move to NYC just before the 2008 financial meltdown. As they start to lead vastly different work lives, they start to spin apart. As Evan throws himself into his job and Julia reconnects with someone from her past, they find they’re both capable of betrayal. For the first time in […]

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]]> https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-futures/feed/ 1 2072 Uptown Oracle Reads… Today Will Be Different https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-today-will-different/ Fri, 03 Mar 2017 08:00:42 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=1444 I received Today Will Be Different* by Maria Semple as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The premise of improving yourself by being a good wife, mother and friend is an easily relatable quest. The inability to complete this quest due to life getting in the way is even […]

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]]> 1444 Uptown Oracle Reads… Harry Potter and the Cursed Child https://www.uptownoracle.com/harry-potter-cursed-child/ Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:00:42 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=1247 Harry Potter and The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (Affiliate Links) The eighth story, nineteen years later… It was always difficult being Harry Potter, and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and a father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a […]

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