Happy FriYAY Bibliofriends! This week's Friday 56 comes from A Curse of Ash and Embers by Jo Spurrier. This was a really different style of witchy read and I loved the world building and magical characters created. Hosted by Freda’s Voice, the Friday 56 is a weekly bookish prompt. It’s quite easy to do and could... Continue Reading →
Happy FriYAY Bibliofriends! This week's Friday 56 comes from The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett. This novel is the first in a brand new series where HM The Queen dons her deerstalker hat and magnifying glass and turns detective to investigate the latest crime-capers rocking Windsor Castle. Hosted by Freda’s Voice, the Friday 56 is a... Continue Reading →
Happy FriYAY Bibliofriends! This week's Friday 56 comes from The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I absolutely love puzzles and mysteries, especially when they take place in such grand settings such as Hawthorne Manor - I mean, the home of a billionaire... give me my fictional passport and I'm off! Hosted by Freda’s Voice, the... Continue Reading →
Happy FriYAY Bibliofriends! This week's Friday 56 comes from The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow. I loved the atmosphere and storytelling which catapulted me straight back into 1890s New Salem and introduced me to some fierce, sassy new witches. Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit / Little, Brown Book Group for providing... Continue Reading →
Happy FriYAY Bibliofriends! This week's Friday 56 comes from Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold by a various group of awesome British and Irish authors - It is perfect for any folktale, retellings or feminist enthusiasts out there who want something just right for the upcoming dark nights and spooky season ahead. Hosted by Freda’s Voice, the Friday... Continue Reading →
Happy FriYAY Bibliofriends! This week's Friday 56 comes from Beach Read by Emily Henry - It was the most perfect bookish hangover cure to drag me out of my reading slump. Hosted by Freda’s Voice, the Friday 56 is a weekly bookish prompt. It’s quite easy to do and could cover no end of different books... Continue Reading →
Happy FriYAY Bibliofriends! This week's Friday 56 comes from Given to the Earth - the sequel to Given to the Sea in the Given Duet by Mindy McGinnis. A Given is the name for the girls who are born to be 'given' to the sea each generation to save the kingdom of Stille from being... Continue Reading →
Happy FriYAY Bibliofriends! This week's Friday 56 comes from Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton. This book in a series about Women Composers explores some of the meanings and influences in the songwriting behind some of Dolly's most well known songs. Huge thanks to Netgalley, the University of Illinois Press and Professor Lydia R.... Continue Reading →
Happy FriYAY Bibliofriends! This week's Friday 56 comes from The Mist Keeper's Apprentice. This debut novel by E.S. Barrison is the first novel in The Life and Death Cycle series. Big thanks to the author for approaching me and providing me with a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review. Hosted by Freda’s Voice,... Continue Reading →
Happy FriYAY Bibliofriends! This week's Friday 56 comes from Twelve: Poems Inspired by the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale by Andrea Blythe which I received as an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to Andrea Blythe and Interstellar Flight Press for the copy. It was a bewitching, fresh retelling of a classical... Continue Reading →
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