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Six of Crows duology - review
Six of Crows consists of two books in the series. The story follows 6 teenagers who live in the Barrel in the city of Ketterdam, as they...

Your guide to becoming a bookstagrammer!
I am now on Bookstagram for more than a year, and I can easily say that it has been one of my best decisions yet! Here are a few tips on...

Christy Lefteri : The Beekeeper of Aleppo (Author event #6)
The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a novel that follows the journey of a Syrian couple as they face the war and look for ways to seek refuge in...

Curse Breaker series review - Brigid Kemmerer
The Curse Breaker series by Brigid Kemmerer consists of three books. The story is a re-telling of the fairy-tale Beauty and the Beast. It...

Dr Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai: The Mountains Sing (Author Event #5)
On the 6th of February, I had the privilege, courtesy of Sofia(sofia_reads), to meet the wonderful author Dr Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai and...

Normal People - Review
Normal People follows the lives of two teenagers Connell and Marianne as they become adults and battle through the journey known as life....

The Folk of Air series: Review
(The Cruel Prince #1, The Wicked King #2, The Queen of Nothing #3) The Folk of Air series contains three books in which they unfold the...

BTS of a bookstagram post
For many years I had to undergo the torture of never relaying my opinions on the books that I was reading, for the simple reason that no...

Susan AbulHawa: Against The Loveless World (Author Event #4)
Susan AbulHawa is the author of three novels and one poetry book. All three of her books represent the genre of Palestinian literature....

In conversation with Alka Joshi: The Henna Artist (Author Event #3)
On the 14th of November, I had the wonderful opportunity to witness a live conversation between two great women who strongly believe in...

Sequels : yes or no?
For the longest time, the opinion that sequels should not be an option lingered in my head. They always left me with many more questions...

Against the Loveless World - Susan Abulhawa
Against the Loveless World, its content staying true to its title, follows the journey of a displaced Palestinian woman as she tries to...

A Good Girls Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson
This debut novel was one that left me in awe and wanting more. At first, I had no words to describe it besides amazing! It is extremely...

5 Books that I will always recommend
(In no particular order) The Beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy Lefteri This book is one of my all-time favourites. It made the fact that...

Some of the Forty Rules of Love
· Life is a temporary loan., and this world is nothing but a sketchy imitation of reality. Only children would mistake a toy for the...

Book club talk with Susan Abulhawa: Mornings in Jenin (Author Event #2)
Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian woman who moved to the United States and has lived there for the majority of her adult life. She...

Karen Swan: the Hidden Beach (Author Event #1)
Earlier this week (22 July 2020), I had the privilege of sitting in on an interview between the famous author (one of my favorites) Karen...

The Rome Affair
“Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.” – Giotto, from ‘The Rome Affair, by Karen Swan. The only...

A letter from the "Last Letter from Istanbul"
“Nur once heard it said that a woman’s sphere is actually less constrained than a mans. Because whilst he may travel outside in the...



















