tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71267866360899129512024-03-06T02:56:25.682+01:00Liss' Little Book CornerBooks, books, books ...Liss' Little Bookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086278791330445183noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126786636089912951.post-89590022946403082472020-01-04T00:05:00.000+01:002020-01-04T00:05:34.682+01:00My 2019 4.5 star reads<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22887640-shadows-of-self">Shadows of Self (Mistborn #5)</a> by Brandon Sanderson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36642458-skyward">Skyward (Skyward #1)</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42769202-starsight?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=aOqxo37QaP&rank=1">Starsight (Skyward#2)</a> by Brandon Sanderson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I really enjoyed both books (I have to admit that I actually read Skyward at the end of 2018 and then reread it before starting Starsight). Starsight didn't go where I thought it would go and I missed some of the characters from Skyward, but I found some new favourite characters as well. I'm very curious to see where book 3 will take us. Unfortunately, it won't be published until 2021 :-(</span></div>
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*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45700436-one-word-kill">One Word Kill (Impossible Times #1)</a> by Mark Lawrence<br />
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This is Mark Lawrence's venture into YA sci-fi and I enjoyed this a lot. It takes place in the 80s and being an 80s kid myself some things were familiar. I actually listened to the audiobook of this one and the sequel and only recently got the physical copies. I also pre-ordered the final one on audio and I'll definitely be getting a physical copy as well.</div>
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The other 3 4.5 star reads were NA contemporary:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33838194-shacking-up">Shacking Up (Shacking Up #1)</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35048632-hooking-up">Hooking Up (Shacking Up #2)</a> by Helena Hunting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Btw, these NA covers are so cringe-worthy, it's one of the reasons I read these on my e-reader.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you read any of these? What were some of your 4.5 star reads of 2019? Do you use half stars in your rating? Let me know in the comments.</span></div>
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</span>Liss' Little Bookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086278791330445183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126786636089912951.post-4421659204502711672020-01-02T13:14:00.000+01:002020-01-02T13:14:20.704+01:00My 2020 reading goals<div align="justify">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">First things first: Happy 2020. Here's to a year filled with love, great books and lots of chocolate ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I haven't had the chance to take a look at my current number of TBR books (to be honest, I'm scared to count them), but I know there are over 100 unread books on my shelves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Last year I participated in the <a href="https://www.novelknight.com/beat-the-backlist/">Beat the Backlist challenge</a> and I managed to read about 50 backlist books. This year I want to continue focusing on my owned TBR. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">When looking at my shelves I noticed there are a lot of unread YA books on there. Over the past two years, I've started reading more adult fantasy and I've ignored my stack of YA TBR books. This year I want to try and do something about that. I've come up with a way to make myself pick up more of those unread books:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I've written down all the titles and put them in a jar. I'll pick 3-5 books every month (or every two months, I haven't decided yet) and then read at least 1 (maybe 2) of those during that month/those months. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The reason I'm picking more than one book is that I don't do fixed TBRs. If I were to pick only one book, I'd never get around to it, because as soon as I put a book on a fixed TBR, I don't want to read it anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I'll be posting the books I can choose from and let you know if I've read them, what I thought of them and whether or not I want to continue with the series (if they are part of a series).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Hopefully this will help reduce my TBR by the end of the year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I'm going to be really strict about buying sequels as well. I have to be really convinced I want to continue a series before buying the sequel. That's why I'm going to wait at least two - three weeks before getting a sequel. The reason I'm doing this is that sometimes when I finish a book I want to immediately buy the sequel even though I don't read books in a series back to back. If I wait a couple of weeks I sometimes lose interest in the series, so there's no point in getting the next book. That way I'll hopefully manage my book buying as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Something else I want to do this year is keep better track of my reading. I've ordered the Novel Companion volume 3 from <a href="https://littleinklings.ca/">Little Inklings Design</a>. Hopefully I can keep up with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I'm also going to try and write more reviews. I'm not making any promises, because school has been extremely hectic the last couple of months and will continue to be hectic during the rest of the school year, but I want to at least give it a try. We'll see how it goes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Finally, I've set my GR reading challenge to 50 books. At the beginning of 2019, I set it to 30 books, but I upped that number to 50 throughout the year. So, this year, I'm just putting it at 50 because I'm pretty sure it's achievable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Have you set yourself any reading goals or do you just go with the flow :-) Let me know in the comments.</span></div>
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Liss' Little Bookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086278791330445183noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126786636089912951.post-78667994533853003142019-12-28T23:22:00.000+01:002020-01-02T16:59:12.728+01:00My 2019 4 star reads<span lang=""></span><br />
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<span lang=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Very long time no see, it's been almost three months since I last wrote a post. I just haven't felt like posting anything lately... <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm going to give it one more try, I guess and see where it leads me. I want to write more reviews, but they are so time-consuming and school has been really hectic with all the changes there have been. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I reread <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25181955-spellslinger?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=yTuiiUVTGv&rank=1">Spellslinger</a> so I could read this one (even though I'd only read it back in April), because I wasn't totally invested in the story the first time I read it. After having enjoyed it a lot more the second time around I didn't wait very long to read Shadowblack. I really liked this one and I already have book three <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36302416-charmcaster">Charmcaster</a> on hand.</span></span></div>
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<span lang=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12065807-the-alloy-of-law">The Alloy of Law (Mistborn #4)</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26541448-the-bands-of-mourning">The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn #6)</a> by Brandon Sanderson</span></span><br />
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<span lang=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is another one that I've had on my TBR for ages. I started it a couple of years ago, but I couldn't really get into it (I don't have the audiobook for this one, so it was taking me ages to make any progress) but in August I decided to give it another try. And I'm so happy that I did. I even went and bought the rest of the series after finishing this one. Malice is perfect for fans of the more classic fantasy writing style.</span></span></div>
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<span lang=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39789196-the-handmaid-s-tale">The Handmaid's Tale</a> by Margaret Atwood</span></span><br />
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<span lang=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I watched the first two seasons of the TV-show before reading this so I had some idea of the bleakness of the story being told here, but wow, the book painted an ever bleaker version of that possible future. I'll be picking up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42975172-the-testaments?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=4HILIXR3Jq&rank=1">The Testaments</a> when it's released in paperback.</span></span></div>
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<span lang=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25686927-him">Him</a> by Elle Kennedy and Sarina Bowen</span></span><br />
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<span lang=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've read quite a few books by Elle Kennedy, but I hadn't read anything that she co-wrote with Sarina Bowen yet. This is also only the second M/M romance that I've read and I have to admit I liked it a lot. My biggest fear when reading M/M romance is that it will be cringe-worthy, but that's definitely not the case in this story. I'm definitely going to pick up the sequel at some point.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I picked up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22887640-shadows-of-self">Shadows of Self</a> by Brandon Sanderson a couple of days ago. It's really nice to be back in the Mistborn universe. I'm on page 127 and I'm loving the humour in this :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the very beginning of September I finished <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18281168-emperor-of-thorns">Emperor of Thorns</a> by Mark Lawrence. This book was my least favourite of the trilogy because I was very confused while reading it. I gave it 3.75 stars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also finished <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12499290-the-blinding-knife">The Blinding Knife</a> by Brent Weeks. I really enjoyed this and I can't wait to continue with the series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The third book I finished in September was one of my most anticipated releases of 2019: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39281503-darkdawn">Darkdawn</a> by Jay Kristoff. I was scared going into this because I'd seen some very heavy reactions to the ending and I also didn't want the story to end. It was an emotional read (although, I didn't get emotional over the same chapter that most of the other readers did :-) ) but I loved it. I love how Jay used a lot of sarcasm to mock all the criticism about his writing style. He definitely doesn't take himself serious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last book I read in September was <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39789196-the-handmaid-s-tale">The Handmaid's Tale</a> by Margaret Atwood. I wanted to read something completely different after finishing DD, so I went for this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Phew, this book paints such a scary image of the future (I knew what to expect since I've already watched the first two seasons of the tv-show).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm a bit sorry that I didn't read this before watching the show, because there are quite a few differences between the book and the show :-s</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here are some of the possible choices: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23248251-valour">Valour</a> by John Gwynne, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12652457-the-broken-eye?ac=1&from_search=true">The Broken Eye</a> by Brent Weeks, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12699042-northern-lights">Northern Lights</a> by Philip Pullman or <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23547364-knight-s-shadow">Knight's Shadow</a> by Sebastien de Castell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the end of June I rewarded myself with a trip to my local Waterstones and an independent English bookstore (Sterling books) and these are the 10 books that I got:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale?ac=1&from_search=true">The Handmaid's Tale</a> by Margaret Atwood</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16065004-shadows-of-self?ac=1&from_search=true">Shadows of Self</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18739426-the-bands-of-mourning">The Bands of Mourning</a> by Brandon Sanderson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12499290-the-blinding-knife">The Blinding Knife</a> by Brent Weeks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15985373-emperor-of-thorns?ac=1&from_search=true">Emperor of Thorns</a> by Mark Lawrence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30841984-kings-of-the-wyld?ac=1&from_search=true">Kings of the Wyld</a> by Nicholas Eames</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15839976-red-rising?ac=1&from_search=true">Red Rising</a> by Pierce Brown</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I managed to restrain myself from buying any books in July, but that restraint fell away when I went to those same bookstores with two friends at the beginning of August.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37795470-the-deathless?ac=1&from_search=true">The Deathless</a> by Peter Newman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13569581-blood-song?ac=1&from_search=true">Blood Song</a> by Anthony Ryan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40651803-valor?ac=1&from_search=true">Valour</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23524878-ruin">Ruin</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27411345-wrath">Wrath</a> by John Gwynne</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12652457-the-broken-eye">The Broken Eye</a> by Brent Weeks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45108.Fool_s_Fate?ac=1&from_search=true">Fool's Fate</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13109291-blood-of-dragons?ac=1&from_search=true">Blood of Dragons</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40610956-fool-s-quest?ac=1&from_search=true">Fool's Quest</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30688013-assassin-s-fate">Assassin's Fate</a> by Robin Hobb</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know I said I needed to get my TBR down by the end of the year but every now and then I totally fall off the wagon and buy a lot of books :-s</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are there any here that I should put higher on my TBR? Which books did you get in the previous month(s)? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let me know in the comments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>"Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at </em></span><a href="http://adailyrhythm.com/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>A Daily Rhythm</em></span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em> and revived on <a href="https://samannelizabeth.wordpress.com/2019/04/17/www-wednesday-17-april-2019/">Taking on a World of Words</a>. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses. Please, take some time to visit the other participants and see what others are reading. So, let’s get to it!"</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">I found this on <a href="https://nadsbooknook.wordpress.com/2019/04/17/www-wednesday-april-17-2019/">Nadine's blog.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the beginning of August I finished <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18138300-malice">Malice</a> by John Gwynne. I enjoyed it a lot and you can find my review <a href="http://lisslittlebookcorner.blogspot.com/2019/08/malice-by-john-gwynne-non-spoiler-review.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After all those big fantasy books I was in the mood for some quicker reads so I picked up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38714398-getting-down">Getting Down</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35048632-hooking-up">Hooking Up</a> by Helena Hunting. I really enjoyed both with HU being my favourite of the Shacking Up series so far. Lexington is just so cute, caring and sexy AF.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After that I started and finished my reread of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34696801-godsgrave">Godsgrave</a> by Jay Kristoff. I still absolutely love this book and I'm not ready for this story to end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also decided to reread <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23209670-traitor-s-blade">Traitor's Blade</a> by Sebastien de Castell because I finally want to continue with the series. I loved this just as much as the first time around and I'm very much looking forward to reading book two: Knight's Shadow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I picked up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37535287-i-flipping-love-you">I Flipping Love You</a>, book three in the Shacking Up series. I enjoyed this, but not as much as Hooking Up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last book I finished was <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42686182-aurora-rising">Aurora Rising</a> by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I liked it, but didn't love it. I had very high hopes for this one since The Illuminae Files is one my favourite trilogies. I think I might have compared it a little too much to those books. I'm curious enough to continue on with the next book, though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In September <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23264672-darkdawn?ac=1&from_search=true">Darkdawn</a> by Jay Kristoff comes out, so I'll be reading that as soon as it arrives :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also want to pick up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23547364-knight-s-shadow?ac=1&from_search=true">Knight's Shadow</a> by Sebastien de Castell, maybe after I finish Emperor of Thorns, we'll see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, btw, I kind of gave up on my NEWTs, I just wasn't feeling it. I have completed a couple of prompts, but not that many. Ah well, maybe I'll do better next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today I'll be reviewing <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20887238-traitor-s-blade?ac=1&from_search=true">Traitor's Blade</a> by Sebastien de Castell. This is book 1 in the Greatcoats series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I first read this book about a year ago, but I never got around to reading book 2, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23547364-knight-s-shadow">Knight's Shadow</a>. Because I finally want to continue with the series I thought a reread of book 1 might not be a bad idea, so that's what I did. (Apparently, I never got around to writing a review last year either.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the first things I noticed in this book is that it has a lot of humour. I was actually laughing from the very start of this book. That's something I like a lot in books, humour and sarcasm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This book follows the story of Falcio val Mond, First Cantor of the Greatcoats. The Greatcoats used to be a group of elite soldiers who served the king. However, they have been disbanded after the king was murdered and now they are mockingly called 'tatter-cloaks'. Through the eyes of Falcio we get to see how he and his two best friends try to continue to do the honourable thing and speak justice, but since this is a story full of intrigue and plotting, you can imagine this is easier said than done. We follow the three along their path to more or less restoring the idea of the Greatcoats, but their journey is full of twists and turns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another thing I liked in this book is the friendship. The friendship dynamics between Falcio, Brasti and Kest is wonderful. They each have very different personalities; Falcio being the 'brains', Brasti a cocky archer and Kest a level-headed - but extremely good, if not the best - sword-fighter. But they fit very well together. These friendship dynamics remind me of the friendships in The Lies of Locke Lamora.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This book is fast-paced, action-packed and has some incredible fight scenes. And, like I said, it has a lot of humour strewn in, which makes the sometimes dark atmosphere a little 'lighter'. This is a very good example of how humour can help people through even the most horrific events.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even though this book has only one POV, we get to know the other characters pretty well too. There are some characters I really liked: the dynamic trio, Aline, the Tailor. There were also a few I really disliked (which means that they are written so well that you have to dislike them).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Knight's Shadow will be one of the next books I'm going to pick up, because the revelation at the end has made me very curious to see how the story will continue!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you read this book or his Spellinger series? Let me know in the comments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today I bring you my review of book two in the Broken Empire trilogy by Mark Lawrence - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12891107-king-of-thorns?ac=1&from_search=true">King of Thorns</a>. You can find my review for book one <a href="https://lisslittlebookcorner.blogspot.com/2019/07/prince-of-thorns-by-mark-lawrence-non.html">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Read on to see my opinion of this book change - in a positive way - while writing this review. I wrote this review shortly after finishing the book, I just now got around to posting it.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let me start by saying that I enjoyed this book even though at first I found it very confusing as well. It took me nearly 20 chapters to figure out that when a chapter said 'four years earlier' it meant the whole chapter was set in the past. I'm completely blaming this on the fact that English is not my first language and the fact that I was listening to the audiobook. (I'm NOT saying the audiobook was bad, because I love the narrator. Sometimes it's harder to follow a story through the audiobook than when you're physically reading a book.) Anyway, having established this, the fact that the story alternates between the past and the present is something that makes the writing simultaneously interesting and confusing. (Or maybe that's just me *shrugs*)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The second storyline is called 'Wedding day' and is set in the present time. In these chapters we follow Jorg - who's now 18 - on his wedding day. We quickly find out it's not your ordinary kind of wedding day because they're under attack, which kind of hinders normal wedding day procedures!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The past chapters fill us in on what has happened in the four years that have passed. A lot of those things lead up to certain events happening in the present day. It was great to see how all those events came together towards the end of the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even though Jorg is still one of the most morally grey characters I've read about, I can't help but symphathise with him and his cause. He is one of those characters that goes through a ton of growth throughout the stories. In the first book he is this extremely self-centered young boy who's only intent on killing and revenge. In this book he really starts to change, going from being very egotistical to actually thinking about other people. He no longer kills just for killing's sake, he actually stops and thinks about his actions once in a while. This doesn't mean he's no longer a bloody bastard, btw!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because everything is centered around Jorg the other characters aren't all that fleshed out. We don't really get their backgrounds. Except for Katherine, who we get to know through her journal entries. She wasn't my favourite character!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The book has some forms of magic, but they aren't overly present troughout the whole story. There's fire magic and necromancy, but we still don't fully know how they work or what the limitations are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The reason I didn't like it as much as the first book at first because I didn't feel as connected to the characters. I was also missing the sarcasm of the first book. But, y</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">ou know what, the more I think about it and while writing this review, the more I realise I actually like this story a lot and I'm curious to what will happen in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15985373-emperor-of-thorns">Emperor of Thorns</a>.</span></div>
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Liss' Little Bookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086278791330445183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126786636089912951.post-58007307851967016942019-08-09T23:08:00.000+02:002019-08-09T23:08:35.342+02:00Intimidating TBR tag<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hi booklovers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is a tag that I've wanted to do for a while now, so here we are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17347389-the-dream-thieves?from_search=true">The Dream Thieves</a> by Maggie Stiefvater. I gave this book two tries, but I have to admit this series just isn't for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are actually a few books on my TBR that I haven't gotten around to reading because of lack of time (and they are huge):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3227063-the-way-of-shadows?ac=1&from_search=true">The Way of Shadows</a> by Brent Weeks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3322866-the-painted-man?ac=1&from_search=true">The Painted Man</a> by Peter V. Brett</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8855321-leviathan-wakes?ac=1&from_search=true">Leviathan Wakes</a> by James S.A. Corey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15985373-emperor-of-thorns?ac=1&from_search=true">Emperor of Thorns</a> by Mark Lawrence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23547364-knight-s-shadow?ac=1&from_search=true">Knight' Shadow</a> by Sebastien de Castell</span></div>
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*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30075662-aurora-rising?ac=1&from_search=true">Aurora Rising</a> by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even though I'm a mood reader I can't think of one either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13616278-the-red-knight?ac=1&from_search=true">The Red Knight</a> by Miles Cameron</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76852.Jonathan_Strange_Mr_Norrell">Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell</a> by Susanna Clarke</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been putting off reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15750692-malice?ac=1&from_search=true">Malice</a> by John Gwynne for the longest time :-s</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I first started this book at the end of August 2015 and it took me 1 month shy of four years to pick it back up after putting it down after only a couple of chapters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The main reasons for not picking this back up sooner were that it is 600+ pages and I couldn't find the audiobook anywhere (Audible only has the Italian versions and Scribd doesn't have anything from this author). So, I was extremely intimidated by it. There are a lot of characters and the first time I picked it up I didn't get to sit down and read for longer periods of time </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(the beginning of the school year is always a busy time), so I just couldn't get into the story.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">During the last couple of months, some of the people I've started talking to on IG told me about how wonderful this series is and how much they enjoyed it and I became intrigued again.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, after this long and rambly introduction, let's get to the review (I'm not going to give a synopsis, if you click on the name of the book, you'll go to the Goodreads synopsis):</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At first I had to take notes to keep track of all the characters that are introduced. You get different POVs and they also encounter other characters, so it can be a bit confusing and daunting at first. But by the time I got to about chapter 10 I got the hang of it :-) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The princess befriends Cywen and Corban. Edana is a very down-to-earth character who doesn't look down her nose at others. I'm looking forward to seeing what else Gwynne has got in store for her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He has his own POV and through him we get to know <i><u>prince Nathair:</u></i> At first this was a character I really liked. He's young, charismatic and he has refreshing ideas about battle and warfare. These ideas often go against what his father - King Aquilus - thinks and believes. But at some point in the story something happens which causes him to change completely and I don't trust him anymore. There's a weird atmosphere about him. (Thinking of him not as a character but as someone real proves what a well-written character he is.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is already some worldbuilding, because we have different kingdoms ruled by different monarchs, but I'm hoping to see a lot more of it in the following books.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today I'm taking a look at my book hauls for the months of April, May, June and July of last year. After this, I'll be including my 2016 and 2017 hauls again (I started checking those last year, but I stopped in July.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I already did this for my January, February and March book hauls of last year, you can find that post <a href="http://lisslittlebookcorner.blogspot.com/2019/04/book-hauls-revisited-jan-march-18.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24909347-obsidio?ac=1&from_search=true">Obsidio</a> by Amie Kristoff and Jay Kristoff</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29456569-lifel1k3?ac=1&from_search=true">Lifel1k3</a> by Jay Kristoff</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36329818-legendary?ac=1&from_search=true">Legendary</a> by Stephanie Garber</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33555224-thunderhead?ac=1&from_search=true">Thunderhead</a> by Neal Shusterman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25181955-spellslinger?ac=1&from_search=true">Spellslinger</a> by Sebastien de Castell</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20887238-traitor-s-blade">Traitor's Blade</a> by Sebastien de Castell</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9361589-the-night-circus?ac=1&from_search=true">The Night Circus</a> by Erin Morgenstern</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3322866-the-painted-man?ac=1&from_search=true">The Painted Man</a> by Peter V. Brett</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17347389-the-dream-thieves?ac=1&from_search=true">The Dream Thieves</a> by Maggie Stiefvater</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45100.Ship_of_Magic?ac=1&from_search=true">Ship of Magic</a> by Robin Hobb</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22878967-the-shadow-of-what-was-lost?ac=1&from_search=true">The Shadow of what was lost</a> by James Islington</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself?ac=1&from_search=true">The Blade Itself</a> by Joe Abercrombie</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself?ac=1&from_search=true">The Red Knight</a> by Miles Cameron</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29396.Furies_of_Calderon?ac=1&from_search=true">Furies of Calderon</a> by Jim Butcher</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Out of the ones I haven't read, which one should I pick up sooner rather than later? Let me know in the comments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday was the last day of both the MedievalAThon and the IronTomeAThon, so let's take a look at what I managed to read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30969076-nevernight">Nevernight</a> by Jay Kristoff: this was a reread in preperation for the release of Darkdawn in September. Still a solid 5 star read. Hopefully I'll be posting my review soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36515061-legendary">Legendary</a> by Stephanie Garber: again a reread because I want to read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40381392-finale?ac=1&from_search=true">Finale</a>. This, however, I didn't enjoy as much as the first time around. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I became a squire by reading this one and I got my breastplate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17999884-king-of-thorns">King of Thorns</a> by Mark Lawrence: this was a very hard book for me to rate. Immediately after finishing it I was leaning towards 3 - 3.5 stars because I didn't feel the same connection to the characters as I did with <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9579634-prince-of-thorns">Prince of Thorns</a>. But while writing my review I realized I did enjoy the story a lot and that it actually was a solid 4 star read. I'll be posting my review soon. (I have a <a href="https://lisslittlebookcorner.blogspot.com/2019/07/prince-of-thorns-by-mark-lawrence-non.html">review</a> for Prince of Thorns.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next rank: knight. I earned my crown with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1997288.The_Sword_Vol_1">The Sword Volume 1</a> by the Luna Brothers: I really enjoyed Alex+Ada and Girls by the Luna Brothers, so when this was recommended to me at the comic book store I wanted to give it a try. I really enjoy the artwork and the storyline is pretty cool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I became a countess with a cloak by reading this graphic novel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3312255-the-sword-vol-2">The Sword Volume 2</a> by the Luna Brothers: I again enjoyed it a lot and I'll be picking up volumes 3 and 4 at some point :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was hoping to finish Malice by John Gwynne which would have made me a queen and earned me a pair of leggings. Alas, that didn't happen: I managed to read 504 out of the 628 pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I tweeted about this, I got a really cool response from John Gwynne himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Nevernight: Oldtown + 428 pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*King of Thorns: King's Landing + 597 pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*The Sword Volume 1: 100 pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Total number of pages: 1225. (I'm a bit sad that I can't add the 504 pages I read of Malice :-/ )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18190087-masquerade">Masquerade</a> by Nyrae Dawn. I needed a break from the fantasy genre after the epicness that is Nevernight, so I picked up this NA contemporary. It is the final book in the Games trilogy and I enjoyed it.</span></div>
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Liss' Little Bookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086278791330445183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126786636089912951.post-91880681687054397722019-07-29T23:21:00.000+02:002019-07-29T23:21:03.743+02:00Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence - non-spoiler review<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today, I'll be reviewing <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9579634-prince-of-thorns?ac=1&from_search=true">Prince of Thorns</a> by Mark Lawrence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This book and I had a very bumpy start. The first time I picked it up, I had never read any grimdark fantasy, hardly any adult fantasy and I hadn't discovered audiobooks yet. These three things made me put down the book after only a couple of chapters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last year I decided to give it another try and I'm so glad I did. I gave it 3 or 3.5 stars but somehow I never got around to picking up the second book. Because I wanted to read King of Thorns during the MedievalAThon I decided to reread this one beforehand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm happy to say I enjoyed it even more the second time around. I think the audiobook played a big part in that too. I also knew what to expect when it came to the writing style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first thing I want to say is: holy crap, I never thought a 14-year old boy (main character) could be so gritty and morally grey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Prince of Thorns tells the story of Jorg - a 14-year old boy who leads a band of brothers in his quest for revenge SPOILERS <span style="color: #fff2cc;">on the count who had his mother and little brother killed. He almost died as well and he has the emotional and physical scars to show for it</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was fascinating to read how all the men he leads look up to him even though he is a lot younger than they are. He leads his group with a great deal of discipline. On the other hand, though, they do some extremely gruesome things most of the time as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jorg is a very funny, but oh so dark character who only thinks about himself, his pleasures (not only of the flesh, also the killing). We get to know him trough two different timelines: one is the present day timeline and the other takes place four years earlier. In those flashbacks we get to see the events that made Jorg become the person he is today. Even though he has a very twisted sense of right or wrong I couldn't help but like him.</span></div>
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Liss' Little Bookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086278791330445183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126786636089912951.post-27743409444142053632019-07-26T21:15:00.000+02:002019-07-26T21:15:42.480+02:00Quick Fire Fantasy Tag<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's been ages since I've done a book tag, so today I'm going to do the 'Quick Fire Fantasy Tag'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found this tag on <a href="https://thriceread.com/2019/07/25/quick-fire-fantasy-tag/">ThriceRead</a>s blog. I wasn't officially tagged but I wanted to do this anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">*Link to the creator's blog (<a href="https://thebookwormdreamer.wordpress.com/">thebookwormdreamer</a>) in your post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">*Answer the prompts below - all fantasy books!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ever since I've heard Holly from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCINrUhoaJQRCZn2UZ47pqhQ">HollyHeartsbooks</a> rave about Joe Abercrombie, I've been intrigued by this book. I'm going to read it soon :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">* Nadine (<a href="http://nadsbooknook.wordpress.com/">nadsbooknook</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm going to take my N.E.W.T.s in August (you can find my tentative TBR <a href="https://lisslittlebookcorner.blogspot.com/2019/07/newts-readathon-tbr.html">here</a>) and I think I'm going to start with my reread of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23264671-godsgrave?ac=1&from_search=true">Godsgrave</a> by Jay Kristoff.</span></div>
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Liss' Little Bookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086278791330445183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126786636089912951.post-73617184890237505202019-07-23T19:05:00.000+02:002019-07-23T19:05:10.752+02:00N.E.W.T.s readathon TBR<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even though I'm still participating in both the MedievalAThon and the IronTomeAThon I want to talk about the N.E.W.T. readathon that will be taking place in August. This will take place during the entire month of August and is hosted by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIJyv-pQSrKP4Ogj6WYIdg">Book Roast</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can find the announcement video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq7vFHcngYs">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After completing 9 exams for my O.W.L.s I am allowed to sit the exams for the following subjects:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Ancient Runes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Charms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Defence Against the Dark Arts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Herbology</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was able to sit all the exams needed for my career as a librarian. To succeed in becoming a librarian, I have to get the following grades in these subjects:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>A:</i> <i>Ehwaz (partnership) read a book recommended by a friend.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>E: A book written in the past tense.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>O: A book that has been on your TBR for ages.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>A: A book that's black under the dust jacket.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>E: Gilderoy's memory charm. (Take a pen)</i> <i>A book that you just remember from your TBR.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>A: Read a fantasy.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>E: Read a book that includes a map.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since I'm already doing two readathons, I'm just going to focus on the subjects and grades I need for my exams. I already require 7 books for that :-s</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm not really going to do a TBR except for some books I was already going to read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>A:</i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12499290-the-blinding-knife?ac=1&from_search=true">The Blinding Knife</a> by Brent Weeks. The whole Lightbringer series has been highly recommended by <a href="https://nadsbooknook.wordpress.com/">Nadine</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>E:</i> Quite a lot of books on my TBR are written in the past tense.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>O:</i> Most of my books have been on my TBR for ages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>A:</i> I'll have to check which of my books are black under the dust jacket. Maybe I'll pick one of my unread Fairyloot books for this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>E:</i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30075662-aurora-rising?ac=1&from_search=true">Aurora Rising</a> by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. This is one of the most recent additions to my TBR and I really want to read it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>A:</i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23264671-godsgrave">Godsgrave</a> by Jay Kristoff (this will be a reread in preparation for the release of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23264672-darkdawn">Darkdawn</a>.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>E:</i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15985373-emperor-of-thorns?ac=1&from_search=true">Emperor of Thorns</a> by Mark Lawrence. The advantage of reading mostly fantasy books is that most of them have a map :-)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you taking part in the N.E.W.T.s readathon? Are you aiming for a career? Let me know in the comments.</span></span></div>
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Liss' Little Bookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086278791330445183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126786636089912951.post-68798169302797497572019-07-21T23:30:00.000+02:002019-07-21T23:30:14.202+02:00Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag | 2019 edition<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since we've passed the midway point of the year, I thought it'd be fun to do this tag. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This tag was originally created by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ReadLikeWildfire/videos">Chami</a> (ReadLikeWildfire) and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10uxzu7qsNg">Earl Grey Books</a>. I read about it on <a href="https://nadsbooknook.wordpress.com/2019/07/15/mid-year-book-freak-out-tag-2019/">Nadine's blog</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm going to cheat a bit for this one, because there are already a couple of books that will make it to my best books of 2019 list at the end of the year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18048665-days-of-blood-starlight">Days of Blood and Starlight</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24527941-dreams-of-gods-monsters">Dreams of Gods and Monsters</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25985861-the-mad-ship">The Mad Ship</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41032121-the-risk">The Risk</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even though I've been a bit disappointed with my rereads of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30964236-caraval">Caraval</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36329818-legendary">Legendary</a>, I still want to read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40381392-finale">Finale</a>. I'm just not sure when yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39281503-darkdawn">Darkdawn</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37632682-the-toll?ac=1&from_search=true">The Toll</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17347389-the-dream-thieves?ac=1&from_search=true">The Dream Thieves</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I originally started this back in October 2018, but I couldn't get into it, so I put it down. I gave it another try in March, but after a couple of chapters I decided to DNF it because it just wasn't the story for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've also been disappointed in my rereads of Caraval and Legendary, I enjoyed them more the first time around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'd only read one book by Mark Lawrence, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9579634-prince-of-thorns">Prince of Thorns</a> (I'just the second book in the trilogy, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12891107-king-of-thorns">King of Thorns</a>). So I was unsure of what to expect with this one, since it is a YA sci-fi story. I listened to it on audio and I was pleasantly surprised. Being an 80s kid myself, I found the atmosphere and the setting to be really cool.</span></div>
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<b>Favourite new author (debut or new to you).</b></div>
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Brent Weeks. I'm very curious to continue with his Lightbringer series and to start his Night Angel trilogy.</div>
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Bancroft Mills from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33838194-shacking-up">Shacking Up</a> by Helena Hunting.</div>
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<b>Newest favourite character.</b></div>
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Malta Vestrit from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45101.The_Mad_Ship">The Mad Ship</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45102.Ship_of_Destiny">Ship of Destiny</a> (I didn't like her in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45100.Ship_of_Magic">Ship of Magic</a>) by Robin Hobb.</div>
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Waxillian and Wayne from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12065807-the-alloy-of-law">The Alloy of Law</a> by Brandon Sanderson.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">Book that made you cry.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale?ac=1&from_search=true">The Handmaid's Tale</a></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15985373-emperor-of-thorns?ac=1&from_search=true"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Emperor of Thorns</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12499290-the-blinding-knife?ac=1&from_search=true"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Blinding Knife</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15839976-red-rising?from_search=trueshow/15839976-red-rising?from_search=true"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Red Rising</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8855321-leviathan-wakes?ac=1&from_search=true">Leviathan Wakes</a></span></div>
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I love this book, it's dark, it's gritty, it's graphic and it has tons of humour. And even though I knew what would happen towards the end it still got to me big time!</div>
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MedievalAThon: I earned the rank of peasant and my daggers with this book.</div>
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IronTomeAThon: Oldtown + 428 points.</div>
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Because I knew nothing fantasy related would live up to NN immediately after finishing it, I decided to pick up a contemporary NA story: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18190087-masquerade">Masquerade</a> by Nyrae Dawn. </div>
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I enjoyed it and it was just what I needed to not go into into a reading slump. This is the final book in the Games trilogy and we follow Maddox, Layne's (the MC from the second book) brother. All three books are companion novels with appearances of the characters from the previous books. Since this is the third one, I can't say much more about the plot. What I can say is that both MC's have their pasts haunting them and they need to find ways to deal with it. This one leans heavily on the one-night-stand turning into something more trope. It was the right balance between angst, drama and sexy times (without the sexual content being too graphic).</div>
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Then I read my second book for the Medievalathon, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36515061-legendary">Legendary</a> by Stephanie Garber. </div>
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Even though this is also a reread it took me much longer to finish than I'd anticipated :-s I also didn't enjoy it as much as the first time around. I think my reading tastes have changed a lot over the last two years. This makes me fear for <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40381392-finale">Finale</a>, the last book in the trilogy. I've chosen that one for the prompt to earn me a cape, but I'm not sure if I'll be picking it up this month.</div>
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MedievalAThon: I earned the rank of squire and a breastplate with this one.</div>
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IronTomeAThon: nothing because this is YA.</div>
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I still have a few books I want to read for both readathons, but I'm not sure which one I'll be picking up. Here are some of the most likely ones:</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12499290-the-blinding-knife?ac=1&from_search=true">The Blinding Knife</a> by Brent Weeks.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15750692-malice?ac=1&from_search=true">Malice</a> by John Gwynne.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30841984-kings-of-the-wyld?ac=1&from_search=true">Kings of the Wyld</a> by Nicholas Eames.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20887238-traitor-s-blade?ac=1&from_search=true">Traitor's Blade</a> by Sebastien de Castell.</div>
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</span></span>Liss' Little Bookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086278791330445183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126786636089912951.post-30637147096919437942019-07-16T22:28:00.001+02:002019-07-16T22:28:51.034+02:00The Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb - non-spoiler trilogy review<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the second trilogy in her Realm of the Elderlings series. You can find all the information about the different series and the reading order on her <a href="http://www.robinhobb.com/index.htm">website</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I read her first trilogy - The Farseer trilogy - last year and in October I finally felt like starting the second trilogy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Going in to this trilogy I was mostly daunted by the fact that all three books are huge. As a non-native English reader, that can be quite intimidating. I also feared that - like with Assassin's Quest (book 3 in the Farseer trilogy) - the story would drag on an on. Luckily I was proven wrong from the start. Alternating between reading the physical copies and listening to the audiobooks made it a wonderful experience. Of course, the fantastic worldbuilding and great character development helped a lot too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This storyline takes place in the same world as the Farseer trilogy, but in a different part of the world. This is called the Realm of the Elderlings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We get an almost complete new set of the characters, each with their own story, flaws and problems. We're introduced to most of them in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25985840-ship-of-magic">Ship of Magic</a> and we see them develop - for better or for worse - throughout all three books. There's a whole mix of characters; some I loved, some I hated and some that grew on me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*In Ship of Magic the emphasise is on Althea Vestrit. We get to see her go through a lot of things, make some (very) stupid mistakes but also be persistent in her course of action (all throughout the trilogy, actually). I sympathise with her but at times I wanted her to speed things up a bit as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Brashen caught my attention from the beginning. (Although I have to admit that at first I thought he was much older than he actually is. This happens to me a lot when reading adult fantasy. I always picture some of the male characters to be at least in their forties or fifties when in fact they are between twenty and thirty :-$) Brashen is a very flawed character, but that makes him more realistic and likeable. When he finds his true purpose in life nothing - well almost nothing - can stop him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*The Liveships: the concept of the Liveships is so very cool and - to me, at least - unique that the ships almost instantly became some of my favourite characters. I love how humanlike they are and thanks to my vivid imagination and Hobbs magnificent writing, I could really imagine all that was described about them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Vivacia</i> - being newly awakened - is more or less like a child at the beginning, but she quickly starts to change. I have to admit that she was sometimes very naïve, but that of course had to do with the fact that she's very young for a Liveship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*One character that really grew on me was Malta Vestrit. She - in my opinion - goes through the most character growth. At first she was this spoilt, selfish little girl. The more the story progresses and develops, however, she really comes into her own. I went from not being able to stand her at the beginning of Ship of Magic to really appreciating her by the end of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45101.The_Mad_Ship">The Mad Ship</a> and throughout <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45102.Ship_of_Destiny">Ship of Destiny</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*The opposite happened with Captain Kennit. I went from liking him to absolutely loathing him. The things that man does to become king of the Pirate Isles are just...urgh...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Another character I absolutely despised was Satrap Cosco. He is such a whiny, spoiled youth, there is simply no redeeming him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also love the references to the Farseer trilogy. And apparently certain things from this trilogy are relevant for future books in the rest of the series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you love multiple POVs, third-person POVs, detailed worldbuilding and wonderful character development, then I highly recommend picking up this trilogy. However, I do suggest starting with the Farseer trilogy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tomorrow announces the start of the MedievalAThon and I'm very excited to start my first read :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today, however, I came across another readathon that will be perfect to combine with the MedievalAThon: the IronTomeAThon. You can find the announcement post <a href="https://www.bookshelvesandpaperbacks.com/announcing-the-irontomeathon-an-adult-fantasy-readathon/">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This readathon is hosted by Aimal from <a href="https://www.bookshelvesandpaperbacks.com/">bookshelvesandpaperbacks</a> and wil run from July 1st 'till July 31st. As I've said before, I'm all for month-long readathons :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For this readathon you solely read adult fantasy books. Since a lot of the books on my MedievalAThon TBR are adult fantasy books, I might as well use them for some of the prompts of the IronTomeAThon as well :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Apparently, my summer break reading will consist mostly of readathon books because in August I'll be taking my NEWTs :-)</span></div>
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Liss' Little Bookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086278791330445183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126786636089912951.post-75532476242773226722019-06-21T22:37:00.000+02:002019-06-21T22:37:28.999+02:00Medieval-A-Thon TBR<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have only one more week of the schoolyear left and then I have a two month break in which I'm going to spend a whole lot of my time reading :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's why I was over the moon when Holly over at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCINrUhoaJQRCZn2UZ47pqhQ">HollyHeartsBooks</a> on BookTube announced her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB-KWL9Ez04">Medieval-A-Thon readathon</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is a month-long readathon which will take place from the 1st of July 'till the 31st of July.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are different prompts with which you can build your own armour. You can also choose your weapons and raise your nobility the more you read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I made these pages for my book bujo and every time I finish a book, I'll colour in the corresponding clothing item or weapon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As usual I'm going to give myself some choices for most of the prompts, just to make sure I feel like reading at least one of the books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since taking the photos this week, I've already made some changes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hopefully I'll be able to read 10 books, but I might end up using one book for two prompts. We'll see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now on to the TBR.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Crown:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A book where a character fights for the throne.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37586799-half-a-king?ac=1&from_search=true">Half a King</a> by Joe Abercrombie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17999884-king-of-thorns">King of Thorns</a> by Mark Lawrence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28374007-three-dark-crowns?ac=1&from_search=true">Three Dark Crowns</a> by Kendare Blake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Helmet:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A book with a dragon on the cover.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13616278-the-red-knight?ac=1&from_search=true">The Red Knight</a> by Miles Cameron.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Breastplate:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A shiny book.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36329818-legendary?ac=1&from_search=true">Legendary</a> by Stephanie Garber (this would be a reread).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Leggings:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1268479.Warbreaker?ac=1&from_search=true">Warbreaker</a> by Brandon Sanderson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3227063-the-way-of-shadows?ac=1&from_search=true">The Way of Shadows</a> by Brent Weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12499290-the-blinding-knife?ac=1&from_search=true">The Blinding Knife</a> by Brent Weeks. (I still need to get this one.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15750692-malice?ac=1&from_search=true">Malice</a> by John Gwynne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3322866-the-painted-man?ac=1&from_search=true">The Painted Man</a> by Peter V. Brett.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(*King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(*The Red Knight by Miles Cameron)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Boots:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A book that has yellowed over time.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At first I didn't know which book would fit this prompt, but when I took the photo for the previous prompt I noticed that the edges of Malice have yellowed.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cloak:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A book with red on the dust jacket.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40381392-finale?ac=1&from_search=true">Finale</a> by Stephanie Garber.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25895524-red-sister?ac=1&from_search=true">Red Sister</a> by Mark Lawrence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A book with something pointy on the cover.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20887238-traitor-s-blade?ac=1&from_search=true">Traitor's Blade</a> by Sebastien de Castell (there is a slight possibility that I (re)read this before the readathon starts).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(*Malice by John Gwynne)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(*King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(*Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's been almost a month since I posted my last WWW Wednesday post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm currently reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21858453-the-black-prism">The Black Prism</a> by Brent Weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also started listening to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46029528-limited-wish">Limited Wish</a> by Mark Lawrence, the sequel to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39792427-one-word-kill">One Word Kill</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was a great addition to the first book (Marie's Diary) and the tv-series. This one takes place after the war has ended and Marie writes letters to her unborn child. It was very touching and heart-breaking at times.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This one took a very long time before the story really kicked off. I still enjoyed it and I will be continuing with the series. I still need to post my review for this :-/</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I loved this almost as much as the original trilogy, even it's very different in a lot of ways. I loved the characters and the Sherlock Holmes-esque vibes. Again, I still need to post my review.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">These were all books I finished in April. You can check out my <a href="https://lisslittlebookcorner.blogspot.com/2019/05/owls-april-readathon-wrap-up.html">O.W.L.s wrap-up</a> to see what else I read in the month of April.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25985881-ship-of-destiny">Ship of Destiny</a> by Robin Hobb</div>
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This was a perfect conclusion to this wonderful trilogy. Even though this book is 900 pages I never got bored or confused. </div>
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I'll be posting a series review of this trilogy hopefully soon.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45700436-one-word-kill">One Word Kill</a> by Mark Lawrence</div>
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This book was such a wonderful trip back to the decade of my childhood. I listened to this on audio and it was performed really well. Another review that is hopefully coming soon :-)</div>
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As I'm still making my way through two books, I have absolutely no idea what I'll be picking up next. I'm hoping to read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1268479.Warbreaker?ac=1&from_search=true">Warbreaker</a> by Brandon Sanderson in June, but other than that, I have no idea.</div>
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I've been thinking about doing a second round of the TBR readathon that Irina hosted last year, to help me pick my next read(s).</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you're interested, you can check out my <a href="https://lisslittlebookcorner.blogspot.com/2018/05/tbr-readathon-announcement-tbr.html">TBR</a> and <a href="https://lisslittlebookcorner.blogspot.com/2018/07/tbr-readathon-wrap-up.html">wrap-up</a> posts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I saw this challenge on Thrice Read blog, you can check it out <a href="https://thriceread.com/2018/10/01/abc-book-challenge-a/">here</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5996153-blood-promise?ac=1&from_search=true">Blood Promise</a> by Richelle Mead.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself?ac=1&from_search=true">The Blade Itself</a> by Joe Abercrombie.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2248573.Brisingr?ac=1&from_search=true">Brisingr</a> by Christopher Paolini</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34128219-la-belle-sauvage?ac=1&from_search=true">The Book of Dust</a> by Philip Pullman</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17199504-the-bone-season?ac=1&from_search=true">The Bone Season</a> by Samantha Shannon</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7165300-the-black-prism?ac=1&from_search=true">The Black Prism</a> by Brent Weeks</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2399403.Bones_of_the_Dragon?ac=1&from_search=true">Bones of the dragon</a> by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Out of the ones still on my TBR I'm most looking forward to The Blade Itself, The Black Prism and Bloodlines. I've been meaning to start this VA spin-off for ages.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Have you read any of these?</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't think it would go as well as it did, so I'm very pleasantly surprised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to take my O.W.L.s for the career of Librarian and so I needed to read books for the following subjects: Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Defence Against the Dark Arts, History of Magic and Transfiguration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm happy to say that I succeeded in taking all of these exams and then some :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Ancient Runes: a retelling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I only had one option for this which was <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22428707-the-great-hunt?ac=1&from_search=true">The Great Hunt</a> by Wendy Higgins. Although, at the end of the month I realised that Wintersong - which I have on my TBR - is also a retelling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I decided to read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28204534-paper-girls-vol-1?ac=1&from_search=true">Paper Girls</a> by Brian K. Vaughan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I listened to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/233649.The_Great_Hunt?ac=1&from_search=true">The Great Hunt</a> by Robert Jordan. This was originally published in 1991. I highly recommend the audiobooks for these as well, Michael Kramer and Kate Reading do an amazing job narrating these stories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25181955-spellslinger?ac=1&from_search=true">Spellslinger</a> by Sebastien de Castell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">3.75 stars to be precise.</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>For this I actually steered away from my TBR. This was the last exam I wanted to take and there were only a few days of the readathon left so I needed a shorter book. That's why I went for <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10803121-the-alloy-of-law?ac=1&from_search=true">The Alloy of Law</a> by Brandon Sanderson.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Since I was on Easter break, I decided to pick up a New Adult contemporary, which was <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17152025-the-destiny-of-violet-luke?ac=1&from_search=true">The Destiny of Violet and Luke</a> by Jessica Sorensen.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20927261-the-probability-of-violet-luke">The Probability of Violet & Luke</a> by Jessica Sorensen.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know it's been a while since I did a book review (over a year :-s ) but I don't always find the time to properly write down my thoughts on the books I've read. (I first write them by hand and then type them and since English isn't my native language, this can be time consuming :-s )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The book I'll be reviewing today is a book I've read twice in the last two years: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Title:</b> The Final Empire</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Author:</b> Brandon Sanderson</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Genre / audience:</b> High fantasy / adult</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Format:</b> paperback</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 647</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Release date:</b> July 25th 2006</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Story:</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><span id="freeText14870713336388613496"><i>In a world where ash
falls from the sky, and mist dominates the night, an evil cloaks the
land and stifles all life. The future of the empire rests on the
shoulders of a troublemaker and his young apprentice. Together, can they
fill the world with color once more?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Vin:</i> she's a Skaa girl who knows she has powers, but at the same time doesn't know the full extent of them. Vin is one of the characters that goes through a huge character-growth, going from a shy and scared girl to a confident Allomancer. But even though she becomes more confident, she is still flawed: she doubts herself, she makes mistakes... We also get to see her in different settings - Vin the street urchin, the Allomancer and Valette the young courtier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Kelsier:</i> he's a flamboyant Skaa who wants to overthrow the Lord Ruler. He's also an Allomancer and Vin's mentor. From the moment we meet him, all his plans seem to be crazy. But when it comes to it, he is actually a master strategist. It was very interesting to see what drives him to do the things he does. I love how we also got his backstory. At the same time we also see how he mentors Vin and prepares her for the future he has set in motion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Sazed:</i> he is a very intriguing character. At first you think he is an Allomancer but he's actually a<b> SPOILER</b></span><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Feruchemist</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">. Sazed is one of my favourite characters from this trilogy. He's always so calm and always wants to help. I love how he is Vin's second mentor and how he basically plays the part of the father she never had.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Elend:</i> he is not your typical nobleman. He doesn't enjoy all the balls and social gatherings he has to attend. He shows defiance by reading during those gatherings, which I thought was great. He also dares to question things. He wants to know more about the Skaa because he doesn't want to follow the mainstream opinion about them blindly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm not going to go into detail about the other crew members, because there are quite a few of them. What I will say is that I love how they each have very distinct personalities. Even though they sometimes seem to be one anothers opposites, they complement each other as well. Every single one of them has a role to play and each one is a piece of the puzzle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have to admit that I was really daunted by the size of this book and I was afraid that this would be a slow read. The book proved me wrong on both things. It is so well-written and the worldbuilding is so good that it actually reads fairly easy and fast. Alternating between the physical book and the audiobook also helped speed up my reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The story was very action-packed and fast-paced and the action scenes were so well-written that you actually felt like you were in the middle of it all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The worldbuilding is phenomenal, the amount of details that Sanderson provides us with is unbelievable. The way he describes the cities, the Skaa plantations, the noblemen's houses, the caves, the constantly falling ash, the mists at night...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you read this? What did you think of it? Let me know in the comments.</span></div>
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