May 2019 Wrap Up

May was a long month.  It didn’t feel like it but it did have five weeks so I got more books than I usually would read.

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Bookish Pet Peeves

I’ve seen a lot of posts/videos where people state their bookish pet peeves and I have nothing to post so I’m totally jumping on the bandwagon.  I’m sticking to things that peeve me physically about books rather than looking at plot/character/story peeves because that’s a post for another time…

This is also my 200th post, so let’s celebrate 😀

Review: Witchsign by Den Patrick

Witchsign

Den Patrick

Ashen Torment #1

Harper Voyager

4/5

I read a review on Goodreads that describes this story as ‘What if Harry Potter was sent to Russian Hogwarts only to find out he was a Muggle?’  They weren’t wrong.

Review: The Shattered Crown by Richard Ford

The Shattered Crown

Richard Ford

Steelhaven #2

Headline

4.5/5

Spoilers: I loved it.

Review: The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley

The Providence of Fire

Brian Staveley

Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne #2

Pan Macmillan

736 pages (paperback), 608 (ebook)

4/5

I very much enjoyed The Emperor’s Blades when I read it at the back of last year.  I liked the story, I liked the characters and on the whole it was a well written story.

Greek Mythology Book Tag

You all know by now I love Greek Mythology so this is the perfect tag for me.  I found this here at the Book Loving Nut.

Review: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time #1

Orbit

771 pages (minus appendix)

4/5

The Wheel of Time is a series I have procrastinated about reading for years.  I’ve always been a little bit interested in reading it but there are so many books and I was worried that if I started buying them then what would happen if I got fed up after so many books and gave up on the series.  I didn’t want to put the money into the series only to find out I didn’t like it.  Luckily for me, the library has all of them so it only cost me 40p to reserve the book which is a lot better than spending a tenner on a book and it manages to fill the letter ‘E’ for my A-Z library challenge so win-win in my opinion.

Review: Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence

Holy Sister

Mark Lawrence

Book of the Ancestor #3

Harper Voyager

352 pages

3/5

Copy received from Netgalley.  All opinions are my own.

How can a book so short feel like it takes forever to read?  It’s only around 350 pages long but it felt like it just dragged on an on.

Review: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows #1

Indigo

491 pages

4/5

Have I read the Grisha trilogy?  No

Should I have read the Grisha trilogy?  Probably

Did I spent considerable amounts of time not understanding a fucking thing about the magic system as a result of not reading the Grisha trilogy?  Of course I did.

Did I enjoy Six of Crows?  Yes I did.

Review: Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames

Bloody Rose

Nicholas Eames

The Band #2

Orbit

510 pages

4/5

“You know what else droops when it gets old?”

“What?”  Wren chirped

“Yes, please,” said Freecloud dryly.  “Tell my five year old daughter what else droops when it gets old.”

I just about died at that.