The Sinister Gathering by Diane Ezzard (Sophie Brown #3) ★★★☆☆
Genre: Contemporary, Lite-mystery
Published: 2018
Pages: 243
Thank you to Rachel’s Random Resources for organising the blog tour. All opinions are my own.
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The Awakening by G.A.M. Morris (Miao Shan)
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Published: 15th January 2019
Pages: 246
Publisher: Self Published
Note: The author recommends this for readers 18+ due to violence
I was sent a copy of this book by the author for review. This has not influenced my review.
The Girl King by Mimi Yu (The Girl King #1) ★★★★☆
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Published: 10th January 2019
Pages: 496
Publisher: Gollancz
Thank you to Gollancz for the early copy of this book. I picked it up at the Cardiff Orion on Tour event. This has not influenced my opinion.
I posted my general Q4 book haul as part of Blogmas, but of course Christmas and Sales brought in more new books!
I was also lucky enough to receive a Waterstones voucher. Any recommendations for what I should get?
Christmas Gifts
So this is it. Of 101 books I read in 2018, here are my top 11! (I’d planned to go with 10 but really wanted to mention all of these)
Starting off with the best of my 4 star reads:
11. The Girl King by Mimi Yu – A fantastic new YA fantasy series. I think this will make a splash when it comes out in a few days (10th January). Thanks to Orion for the early copy. Review coming soon.
10. The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven – I always say I’m not much of a reader of YA contemporary, but this is the first of two on the list. An important read for our time, this is a YA novel which touches on some great topics with a humorous tone. Full review here
For January, I’m challenging myself to read the lowest rated books on my GoodReads list. I’m curious to see if they’re worth the lower rating, or maybe I’ll go against the crowd and love them!
A couple of caveats. I’m ignoring any books I have for review, and any books in a series where I haven’t read the previous one.
So, here’s the books I’ll be tackling!
Given I follow book blogs and twitter, and read so many review, the vast majority of the books I read are at least 3 stars. However, this year 6 books received 2 stars.
Continue reading “Blogmas Day 23 | Lowest Rated Books of 2018”
It’s time again to set my reading goals for the new year!
1. Complete Jane Austen novels
I’ve read 5 of her novels already, with mixed results. But I want to get to the final two:
