Book: The Star-Touched Queen Author: Roshani Chokshi Pages: 325 (Paperback) Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Published: 28th March, 2017 Synopsis: Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is […]
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Review: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
By Kat @ Bookish Blades on 11/06/2017Book: Illuminae (Illuminae Files #1) Authors: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Pages: 604 (Hardcover) Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Published: 20th October, 2015 Synopsis: This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations […]
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Rezension: Geheimauftrag Mauritius von Patrick O’Brian
By Kat @ Bookish Blades on 07/06/2017Buch: Geheimauftrag Mauritius (Aubrey/Maturin #4) Autor: Patrick O’Brian Seitenzahl: 400 (Taschenbuch) Verlag: Ullstein Veröffentlicht: 1. August 2001 Inhalt: Der Auftrag, den Captain Jack Aubrey erhält, ist mehr als riskant, denn er soll die wichtigsten französischen Stützpunkte im Indischen Ozean – La Réunion und Mauritius – für die Briten erobern. Obwohl die Chancen mehr als schlecht […]
Book: Geek Girl (Geek Girl #1) Author: Holly Smale Pages: 356 (Paperback) Publisher: Harper Collins Published: February 28th, 2013 Synopsis: Harriet Manners knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a jiffy lasts 1/100th of a second, and the average person laughs 15 times per day. She knows that bats always turn left […]
Book: Flame in the Mist Author: Renée Ahdieh Pages: 368 (Paperback) Publisher: Putnam Published: May 16th, 2017 Synopsis: The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place—she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been […]
Book: Night Owls Author: Jenn Bennett Pages: 304 (Paperback) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: August 13th, 2015 Synopsis: Meeting Jack on the Owl – San Francisco’s night bus – turns Beatrix’s world upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive . . . and possibly one of San Francisco’s most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight rides […]
