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“Look outside, if your greatest heroes left you this world, were they ever really heroes at all”. When Queen of Faces was first announced, it immediately became one of my more anticipated reads of 2026. And I wasn’t disappointed, Queen of Faces is a brilliant fantasy debut for Petra Lord, with a brilliantly unique premise…
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2025 has been an interesting year for me. I finally graduated with MA in Publishing, I started writing reviews of books both on my blog and on Instagram, and most importantly, I read more books in 2025 than in any year previously. For the first time in my life, I allowed myself to try different…
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2025 has been a brilliant year for me, in terms of reading. With over 50 books read, it has been by far my most active year, undoubtably helped by factors such as the Publishing MA that I completed this year, and my choice to start reviewing books on my blog and Instagram. Throughout the year…
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A new book from my favourite author? A sequel to my favourite book in the series? Featuring my favourite character? Yeah, this review was always going to happen. The Court of the Dead is yet another exciting and emotional return to the Riordanverse, with both returning and new characters providing the trademark charm and humour…
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A Language of Dragons is a thrilling and absorbing fantasy of dragons, linguistics, and intrigue. Set in an alternative 1920s London, where dragons have evolved alongside humans, this book provides a wonderful imagining of how beautiful and magical, yet terrifying and dangerous such a world could become. A tale of codebreaking, politics, and war, A…
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The List of Suspicious Things is an enthralling and emotional read, a charming and heartbreaking story of mystery, friendship, and the pains of growing up. As you read The List of Suspicious Things, it feels like the world inside the book begins to come alive around you. Every friendship and heartbreak that Miv experiences is…
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This is a portfolio of my work from the MA Publishing course at the University of Central Lancashire. Audio Editing Tamsin Mori-Gargoyles Chapter 3 (With Music) Music Credit: Spooky piano tune by Victor_Natas — https://freesound.org/s/544911/ — License: Attribution 4.0 Tamsin Mori-Gargoyles Chapter 3 (Without Music) Tamsin Mori-Gargoyles Chapter 9 (With Music) Music Credit: inister Rose…
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Normally I only ever post about books, but today I would like to talk about something very different to that; me. I find it quite difficult to talk about myself, but I feel that the journey I have had over the last decade is one that may be interesting enough to write down. Maybe people…
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It was the summer of 2021, and I was in a reading slump. The stresses of COVID and a year of the type of mandatory reading lists that can only come with am English Literature degree had caused such a massive reading burnout for me, that even the thought of picking up a book for…
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A couple of weeks ago, I did something that I have planned to do since I started writing book reviews. I asked my followers on Instagram to vote for my next read. They overwhelmingly voted for A Witch In Time, and I am glad to say that they chose brilliantly. A Witch In Time is…
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