“Never water yourself down to make other people more comfortable. Stay whole, stay true, and let them adjust to you.” Genre: General Fiction/ Middlegrade Pages: 288 Published: 11th October, 2022 Rate: 5 stars Goodreads Synopsis 12-year-old Mwikali is moving to a new school in Nairobi and just wants her life to be normal. But when… Continue reading Review: Mwikali And The Forbidden Mask by Shiko Nguru
Tag: Fantasy
Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
"Every life contains many millions of decisions. Some big, some small. But every time one decision is taken over another, the outcomes differ." Genre: Science Fiction, Philosophical Pages: 304 Published: August 13, 2020 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever.… Continue reading Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Review: How To Stop Time by Matt Haig
"They were a comfort amid the silent howl of grief." Genre: Fantasy Fiction Pages: 352 Published: July 6, 2017 Rate: 3 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Tom Hazard has just moved back to London, his old home, to settle down and become a high school history teacher. And on his first day at school, he meets a… Continue reading Review: How To Stop Time by Matt Haig
Blog Tour: The Mostly Invisible Boy by AJ Vanderhorst
"Sound and movement gave him a fighting chance to be seen. For a few seconds, anyway." Genre: Middlegrade, Fantasy Pages: 307 Published: April 25, 2020 Rate: 3 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Eleven-year-old Casey is stubbornly friendly, but he's eternally the new kid at Vintage Woods Middle School. Students look right through him—and they're not faking. Casey… Continue reading Blog Tour: The Mostly Invisible Boy by AJ Vanderhorst
Review: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
"Her most striking feature, however, is her eyes deep black and fathomless, as if she's seen the worst of humanity and survived to laugh at it all." Genre: Fantasy Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 432 Published: February 9, 2021 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that… Continue reading Review: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Blog Tour: The Lore of Prometheus by Graham Austin-King // Review
"Some things we never grow out of, I suppose." Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction Pages: 287 Published: November 30, 2018 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blurb John Carver has three rules: Don't drink in the daytime, don't gamble when the luck has gone, and don't talk to the dead people who come to visit. It has been almost… Continue reading Blog Tour: The Lore of Prometheus by Graham Austin-King // Review
9 Books I Can’t Stop Thinking About // A Wishlist
Reader, ever since Text Book Centre CBD opened I have been there a total of 7 times in a span of 2 weeks! I honestly have no excuse other than I love books. I have been there with friends and also by myself, and one thing that is constant is that I can't stop browsing… Continue reading 9 Books I Can’t Stop Thinking About // A Wishlist
5 On My TBR // Fiction, Fantasy, and More.
"So many books, so little time." Whoever said this was spot on. I get slightly panicky when I look at my unread shelf because when am I going to read all 60 books? And that's just the physical shelf. I tend to get quite overwhelmed when I'm faced with a big to be read (tbr)… Continue reading 5 On My TBR // Fiction, Fantasy, and More.