First Class Post - because this post is first class!
Books Purchased:
Physical Copies:
The Tudors by Jane Bingham (15th May 2018)
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (29th January 2019)
Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (31st December 2019)
The Burning by Laura Bates (21st Febraury 2019)
It's Not About the Burqa, ed by Mariam Khan (21st February 2019)
eBooks:


In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard (16th October 2018)
Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett (6th April 2017)
Gifted/Won:
Secret Santa Presents:
One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn (2nd August 2018)
The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar (1st May 2018)
Scribble Yourself Feminist by Chidera Eggerue (6th September 2018)
Thank you to Joanne of In Case of Books.
Won:
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia (26th February 2019)
Won in London Shah's February debuts Twitter giveaway. Thank you, London.
Books Received for Free from the Publishers in Exchange for an Honest Review:
Finished Copies:
Proud anthology, ed. by Juno Dawson (7th March 2019)
The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty (22nd January 2019 - unsolicited copy that arrived after being approved on NetGalley.)
eARCs:



All the Invisible Things by Orlagh Collins (7th March 2019)
Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman (4th April 2019)
The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty (22nd January 2019)



The Cold is in Her Bones by Peternelle van Arsdale (7th March 2019)
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly (2nd May 2019)



The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown (7th March 2019)
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto (25th April 2019)
Thank you to Charlie/Stripes Books, and Bloomsbury YA, Ink Road Books, HarperVoyager, Simon & Schuster Children's Books, Orchard Books, Hot Key Books, Penguin via NetGalley for the review copies.
On the blog:
Reviews:




- Monsters by Sharon Dogar - An incredible retelling of Mary Shelley's life! A heartbreaking, but inspiring story.
- This Lie Will Kill You by Chelsea Pitcher - Not for me, sadly. Far-fetched, unrealistic, melodramatic, and with plot holes.
- A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer - I absolutely loved this incredible high fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast! It brings so much more to the story, especially in the way of Rhen's Kingdom, and what his people are experiencing! I loved it!
- The Burning by Laura Bates - As important and as impactful as I think this will be, I was a little disappointed. Not a huge amount happens once Anna's past catches up to her, and as fascinating as the historical witch trial was, that also fell flat for me in the end.




- Monsters by Sharon Dogar - a retelling of Mary Shelley's life.
- Sometimes We Tell the Truth - a contemporary retelling of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
- Last of Her Name by Jessica Khoury - a sci-fi retelling of Anastasia.



My F/F February Reading Challenge TBR


My Year of the Asian Reading Challenge 2019 TBR
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What I've Been Reading Online:
Bloggers:
- Advice & Tips:
- Basic HTML Tutorial that Can Be Very Helpful for Every Book Blogger Who Uses Wordpress.com by Karlita, on Tale Out Loud.
- Literary Blogging 101: Why Your Blogging Voice and Style Matters by Lara, on Naija Book Bae. Things I Want to See in the Book Community by Julianna, on Paper Blots.
- On Being a Critical Reader and Book Blogger by Kate, on Your Tita Kate.
- Improving my Sidebar Subscription Gadgets by Jennilyn, on Rurouni Jenni Reads.
- How to Get Visitors to Your Blog on Books Nest.
- Tidying Up: Cleaning Up & Reorganising My GR Shelves! & Tidying Up Again: Cleaning Up My TBR! on Of Wonderland.
- Steps I’ve Taken to Improve My Pinterest Account this Year and Get More Traffic on Pages Unbound Reviews.
- #LEVELUP: Blogger Tips I Wish I Knew When I First Started on Avid Reader.
- How to get ARCs – A Guide on Devouring Books.
- Goodreads Tips & Tricks on Bookwyrm Bites.
- On Blogging Controversy:
- Discussing Blogger Appreciation and the Lack of It by May, on Forever & Everly.
- We Are More than Our Marginalisations by Fadwa on Word Wonders.
- How to Stay Positive While Book Blogging on Drizzle & Hurricane Books.
- Discussing Blogger Appreciation and the Lack of It on Forever & Everly.
- Jealousy in the Book Blogging Community! on A Whisper of Ink.
- Addressing The Book Blog(ger) Drama on The Artsy Reader.
- Interesting Posts:
- Fairytales/Myths/Folklore That Should Be In Young Adult Retellings More by Julianna, on Paper Blots.
- Going Undercover // An Interview With Book Cover Illustrator, Maike Plenzke on Novels and Waffles.
- 21 Sapphic Romances That'll Make Your Heart Soft on Valentine's Day on Shut Up, Shealea.
- Reviewing Bad LGBT Books: A Conflict on Hollieblog.
- 50 Book Recommendations for Year of the Asian Reading Challenge 2019 on Unputdownable Books.
- Mary's Minute: Bad Girls Do It Well on Mary Had a Little Blog.
- Morally Gray Characters? In Books? Groundbreaking. on Sun and Chai.
- Your First Look At All the Covers for Our Fall 2019 YA Books on Riveted by Simon Teen.
- It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories, ed. by Katherine Locke & Laura Silverman on Hypable.
- A Kingdom For a Stage by Heidi Heilig revealed by Heilig on Twitter.
- Frankly in Love by David Yoon on Paste Magazine.
- Birthday by Meredith Russo revealed by Usborne on Twitter.
- All the Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman revealed by Rahman on Twitter.
- Rose, Interrupted by Patrice Lawrence revealed by @272BooksFaith on Twitter.
- The Paper & Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie revealed by Powrie on Twitter.
- Dear Sweat Pea by Julie Murphy (+ Interview) on EW.
- Nocturna by Maya Motayne on Epic Reads.
- The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young (+ Extract) on Hypable.
- Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett (+ Interview) on Teen Vogue.
- 16 LGBTQIAP+ Books by Black Authors on YA Pride.
- Celebrate LGBT History Month with These Fantastic Books on the World Book Day website.
- 31 YA Books By Black Authors That You Can't Miss This Year on Buzzfeed.
- 10 Novels Inspired by Chinese and Southeast Asian Culture on B&N SFF Blog.
- Concerns about Roanhorse's Trail of Lightning on American Indians in Children's Literature.
- How 10 Women Of Color Actually Feel About Working In Book Publishing on Bustle.
- Finding free images for book aesthetics (or, how not to piss off the copyright beast) by Tasha Suri.
- YA Twitter is a Bottomless Well for Click Bait Articles. Here’s Why… on Justina Ireland's Medium.
- Alexandra Sheppard: ‘I wanted the book to be escapist and joyous’ on Islington Gazette.
- Laura Bates on writing for young adults on The Bookseller.
- Damsels Undistressed by Samanta Shannon - on writing a retelling of St. George and the Dragon - on Unbound.
- Fox To Adapt ‘The Hate U Give’ Author Angie Thomas’ Next Book ‘On The Come Up’; George Tillman Jr. Directing on Deadline.
- See Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton Fall in Love in The Sun Is Also a Star First Look on People.
- Entertainment 360 Wins Film/TV Rights To V.V. James Novel ‘Sanctuary’ on Deadline.
- ‘The Ruin Of Kings’ Book In Works As Epic Fantasy Series By Annapurna TV on Deadline.
- Chris Kelly, Bad Robot to Adapt ‘They Both Die at the End’ for HBO on Variety.
- Amy Poehler To Direct ‘Moxie’ At Netflix; Riot Grrrl-Inspired Teen Starts Feminist Revolution At Her High School on Deadline.
- 'Dope' Director Rick Famuyiwa Tackling YA Fantasy 'Children of Blood and Bone' (Exclusive) on The Hollywood Reporter.
- 13 YA Books Being Made Into Movies That You Need to Read ASAP on Riveted (an old post, but I missed it).
- Book Signings for Beginners on Book Riot.
- How Do You “See” the Books You Read? on Tor.com
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