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Book Blitz + Giveaway: The Secret Lives of Royals by Shalini Dua
Happy Monday lovely readers! Need a little pick me up to get through the day? Look no further than this fabulous new release (TOMORROW). If you’re like me, you’ve always had a morbid fascination with royalty. This exciting new fairy tale is sure to be a fantastic read. The Secret Lives of Royals Shalini Dua Publication date: June 12th 2018Genres: Fairy Tales, New Adult, Romance Olivia can’t take it anymore. She’s had enough of the big city and it’s lack of fulfilling her dreams. Then, just when she’s about to give up and move home, out of the blue, she…
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Book Review: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Bear and the Nightingale Author: Katherine Arden Publisher: Del Rey Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: January 10, 2017 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good fairy tale, complete with a strong heroine. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved…
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Book Review: Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
Media Type: Ebook Title: Far Far Away Author: Tom McNeal Publisher: Knopf BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: June 11, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers of the Grimm version of fairy tales; those who enjoy darker stories. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes It says quite a lot about Jeremy Johnson Johnson that the strangest thing about him isn’t even the fact his mother and father both had the same last name. Jeremy once admitted he’s able to hear voices, and the townspeople of Never…
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Graphic Novel Review: The Last Dragon
Media Type: Graphic Novel Title: The Last Dragon Author: Jane Yolen Illustrator: Rebecca Guay Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pages: Hardcover; 144 Release Date: October 4, 2011 Source: NetGalley Master storyteller Jane Yolen (Owl Moon, Sword of the Rightful King) and celebrated fantasy artist Rebecca Guay (Swamp Thing, Magic: The Gathering) weave a textured and lyrical tale of adventure, homelands, and heroism the hard way. Two hundred years ago, humans drove the dragons from the islands of May. Now, the last of the dragons rises to wreak havoc anew-with only a healer’s daughter and a kite-flying would-be hero standing in its…
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Graphic Novel Review: Secrets, Monsters & Magic Mirrors
Media Type: Graphic Novel Title: Secrets, Monsters & Magic Mirrors Author: Donald B. Lemke Illustrator: Various Publisher: Capstone Pages: Paperback; 176 Release Date: August 1, 2011 Source: NetGalley Five of the world’s greatest fairy tales are retold in the popular and attractive graphic novel format. Beautiful, bold illustrations give these timeless tales a modern edge. The stories include Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel, Princess and the Pea, Snow White, and Thumbelina. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon Overall, Secrets, Monsters & Magic Mirrors is a pretty nice retelling of fairy tales. What really kept me from…
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A Fairy Tale Giveaway!
Tweet OH MY GOODNESS GUYS! Guess what I get to give away today? Can you tell I’m excited? I’ve been drooling over this book/asking people to buy it for me for my birthday for the last month. If the cover of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, isn’t enough to make you want to read it, wait until you read the synopsis. Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen…