New Suns COVER BLAST

Hiya fellas! It'd been a while, hasn't it? Today I'm here with a slightly late post about this new and exciting anthology! I'll quickly share the details with you today and I hope you get as excited as I am by the time you are done!

ABOUT THE BOOK:

‘THERE’S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN, BUT THERE ARE NEW SUNS,’
PROCLAIMED OCTAVIA E. BUTLER.

                New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers of many races telling stories filled with shocking delights, powerful visions of the familiar made strange.

                 Between this book’s covers burn tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and their indefinable overlappings. These are authors aware of our many possible pasts and futures, authors freed of stereotypes and clichéd expectations, ready to dazzle you with their daring genius.

Unexpected brilliance shines forth from every page.

TABLE OF CONTENTS – NEW SUNS, ed. Nisi Shawl.

·         Foreword, LeVar Burton

·         The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex, Tobias Buckell

·         Deer Dancer, Kathleen Alcalá

·         The Virtue of Unfaithful Translations, Minsoo Kang

·         Come Home to Atropos, Steven Barnes

·         The Fine Print, Chinelo Onwualu

·         unkind of mercy, Alex Jennings

·         Burn the Ships, Alberto Yáñez

·         The Freedom of the Shifting Sea, Jaymee Goh

·         Three Variations on a Theme of Imperial Attire, E. Lily Yu

·         Blood and Bells, Karin Lowachee

·         Give Me Your Black Wings Oh Sister, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

·         The Shadow We Cast Through Time, Indrapramit Das

·         The Robots of Eden, Anil Menon

·         Dumb House, Andrea Hairston

·         One Easy Trick, Hiromi Goto

·         Harvest, Rebecca Roanhorse

·         Kelsey and the Burdened Breath, Darcie Little Badger

·         Afterword, Nisi Shawl

GUEST POST: Author Michael Phillip Cash

Hello, fellas! Today, I was supposed to share my May Wrap Up but why would I when I have a very interesting guest post instead! This is the first guest post on my blog and I'm so excited, haha! I've always wanted to do one. 

I big thank you to the author for the interesting topic and without further due, here it is!

Annoying Things Non-Readers Have Said To Me

I haven't been active lately because I started reading, writing and watching anime very frequently and I also didn't have any ideas for blog posts. I have also been more active on Instagram than ever. If you'd like me to write some reading or writing posts/updates or whatever, just let me know by commenting below.

As for this post, I was inspired by a recent Instagram conversation I had with a stranger who basically told me that I wasn't reading the right books and that I, to my utter surprise, was living in a fantasy world. Now, I am a lot of things but delusional isn't one of them. Anyway, this is what inspired me to do this post and I hope you like it.

BLOG TOUR: Joshua N’Gon: Last Prince of Alkebulahn by Antony Hewitt

Hello, fellas! Today I have a blog tour for you. I haven't done one in a while, haha. I also am going to write a review for this book when I read it so stay tuned if you want to know something more about it!

April Wrap Up

Hiya fellas! I did my exam yesterday so I'm back! Today I'm sharing with you the books I read and the ones I couldn't finish. I read enough book this month but they are still less than I would have wanted to. It took me a lot of time to read some of them because I had to combine a lot of uni work and reading, I also had trouble with finding a good novel at the end of the month.

Mini-Reviews: Over Raging Tides and Hex Hall

Hiya, fellas! I'm here with some mini-reviews again.  I think I like these posts more and more. Do you? They are far easier to write and when I don't know how to write a nice and long review I just feel like writing something shorter instead.

Easter Break Recap (assessment)

Hey, fellas! Today I'm sharing another part of my university assessment. I was clearly not born to talk in front of a camera, I get all excited and start messing up my words. Anyway, at least you could find it funny to watch.

Mini Reviews: Aru Shah and the End of Time and Daughter of the Siren Queen

Hi fellas! Today, I'm sharing some more mini-reviews with you. I tried writing proper ones but failed terribly so I decided to write something short.

Top 3 of my Auto-Buy Authors

Hi, fellas! Today's post is about my auto-buy authors which basically means that I'm going to talk about writers whose books I buy on the spot without having to read the synopsis or reviews beforehand. I have several of them but I decided to share with you my Top Three and I may even do a part two in the future. 

3 Books I Want To Re-Read

 I've been thinking a lot recently about some of the books I've read years ago and I concluded that there are some that I really want to read again. Here is a short list of novels that I want to reread.

REVIEW: Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell

Goodreads 

There are three things that earn you a man’s name among the Jan’Tep. The first is to demonstrate the strength to defend your family. The second is to prove you can perform the high magic that defines our people. The third is simply to reach the age of sixteen. I was a few weeks shy of my birthday when I learned that I wouldn’t be doing any of those things.

Magic is a con game.

Kellen is moments away from facing his first mage's duel and the start of four trials that will make him a spellcaster. There's just one problem: his magic is gone. As his sixteenth birthday approaches, Kellen falls back on his cunning in a bid to avoid total disgrace. But when a daring stranger arrives in town, she challenges Kellen to take a different path. Ferius Parfax is one of the mysterious Argosi - a traveller who lives by her wits and the three decks of cards she carries. She's difficult and unpredictable, but she may be Kellen's only hope... 

  Sebastien de Castell quickly became one of my favourite authors after I read Traitor's Blade in September last year. Even tough Spellslinger wasn't as good as his debut novel, I still loved it despite the few problems I had with it.

Mini-Reviews: Obsidio, Hero at the Fall, School for Good and Evil, Wisps of Memory

   Hello, fellas! Are you in the mood for some mini-reviews? If not, that's a shame since this is what I'm doing today. I'm really bad at writing short reviews but I'm trying to review almost every book I read and when I don't want to go into details about a certain novel I'll be doing these mini-reviews. I kinda like them.

  Anyway, let's get started.

March Wrap Up

  Hello, fellas, it's time for my March Wrap Up! I read 7 books last month and I even wanted to count Children of Blood and Bone as read in March but I finished it on the 1st of April so I decided not to cheat.

January & February Wrap Up

Let's pretend that this post isn't super late. I always forget to do these posts and I even thought I could include March's books as well BUT I decided agains it because I read a lotta books and they deserve their own post.

Some of the books's titles are links to their review (If they have one) either on Goodreads or on my blog.

My Book Un-haul

Hello, fellas! I recently went back home for the Easter break and one of the first things I did was to attempt to hug my beautiful shelves! (I failed.) The second thing was to take out some of the books I plan to never read and just give them to my friend because 1) I don't have shelf space and 2) she would read them... at some point. So today I'm gonna show you the books I decided to give her! (Since they are in Bulgarian and it's kinda pointless to take photos of them, I decided to just take the pictures from Goodreads.)

BOOK BLITZ: Servent of Rage by A. Z. Anthony

Hello, fellas! I just got back home after being away for 6 months and it feels fantastic!

So today, I'm doing a book blitz of Servant of Rage, the book sounds amazing and I know that I would be checking it out very soon. What about you?

Servant of Rage
A.Z. Anthony
(Bloodrage Trilogy #1)
Publication date: April 3rd 2018
Genres: Adult, Fantasy

To kill an heir is to claim their power. But at what cost?

REVIEW: Magick by Mira Monroe

Magick by Mira Monroe

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

(Review from 2016)

I was given this advanced reading copy of Magick for an honest review from the author. A couple of months ago she asked me to be her beta-reader and when I was done I thought the book had potential so I asked her to tell me when it's done.

Now let's begin with the review.

Favourite Book Quotes

Hello, fellas! Today's post is all about my favourite book quotes! It was originally inspired by Top 10 Tuesday's March the 6th's topic that I missed and now I decided to do it!

My complicated relationship with Tower of Dawn

Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since the glass castle shattered since his men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken.

His only shot at recovery lies with the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme in Antica—the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire. And with war looming over Dorian and Aelin back home, their survival might lie with Chaol and Nesryn convincing its rulers to ally with them.

But what they discover in Antica will change them both—and be more vital to saving Erilea than they could have imagined.

DISCLAIMER!

If you haven't read Throne of Glass, don't read this due to unintentional spoilers.

Mini Reviews: Books I Haven't Properly Reviewed

  Hello, fellas! Today I'm here with some mini-reviews of books I haven't properly reviewed for one reason or another. Some books are too big (or I just don't have that much to say), others are a part of a series and so on and so forth. I haven't really done a mini-review before so let us hope I do them well enough. (I don't know why but the majority of my reviews, even the positive ones, consist of rants...)