I have lived a thousand lives
Synopsis: A powerful, darkly glittering novel about violence, love, faith, and loss, as a young Korean American woman at an elite American university is drawn into acts of domestic terrorism by a cult tied to North Korea. Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet their first month at prestigious Edwards University. Phoebe is a glamorous girl… Continue reading Blog Tour: The Incendiaries by R.O.Kwon
5 out of 5 stars! Synopsis: A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The Song of Achilles, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list The god touches his finger to the arrow's fletching. Then he breathes, a puff of air - as if to send dandelions flying, to push toy boats over water.… Continue reading The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Today we are kicking off the blog tours for Lisa Ko's absolutely stunning novel The Leavers. I cannot wait to tell you all about this book and why I absolutely love it even though it hurts my heart so much while reading it! Synopsis: One morning, Deming Guo’s mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly,… Continue reading Blog Tour/Book Review: The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Synopsis: When Sarah falls for Matthew, she falls hard. So it doesn't matter that he's twenty years older. That he sees her only in secret. That, slowly but surely, she's sacrificing everything else in her life to be with him. Sarah's friends are worried. Her father can't understand how she could allow herself to be… Continue reading Almost Love by Louise O’Neill
Synopsis: ‘A beautiful read / a perfect primer for an explosive lesbian affair / an essential truth’ Lena Dunham ‘I have meditated repeatedly on what it was about Finn that had me so dismantled.' A young woman moves from the countryside to the city. Inexplicably, inexorably and immediately, she falls in love with another woman… Continue reading Women by Chloe Caldwell
I can scarcely contain my excitement as it is my stop today on the blog tour for The Toymakers. I cannot tell you enough how absolutely enchanted I was by this book and how The Toymakers is one of the best books I have ever read. Synopsis: Do you remember when you believed in magic?… Continue reading Blog Tour / Book Review: The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
If you follow me on my social media, mainly IG and Twitter, you would notice a theme, and that is my love for all things Russia related. It doesn't matter if it is travelling, food, or TV shows, I love them. But most of all, I have this obsession for Russian classics and all the… Continue reading My Russian Classics Collection
You see, I have always tried to tell myself that whenever I finish a book, just give it a day or two to compose my thoughts before I sit down to write a review. Well, I have tried but it never works, especially for the books that have blown my mind or the books that… Continue reading The Girl in The Tower by Katherine Arden
OMG this book, OMG! WHAT A BOOK! I am so stunned! I feel so sad feel sooo soooo sad, but what a book! It is a MUST READ! Seriously this book is EVERYTHING! This book consists of several individual stories, HOWEVER each story is somehow in one way or the other linked to one another!… Continue reading The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
