Category: In Review

Once again, I gave in to the hype, and I bought a copy of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid for myself. I couldn’t avoid it. Not only was this book praised a lot when it came out, so was the author. And I had to see for myself if I agreed with everyone. Now, after two years of its publication, there are rumours about The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo becoming a TV series, and the internet has gone bananas!! About the adaptation, I still don’t have any thoughts, but about the book, I have a ton. Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher: Washington Square Press Pages: 389 Genre: Historical Fiction, LGBT Publication: 13th June 2017 Synopsis: Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready, to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant to write her …

Time for another tour here on the blog and The End of the World Survivors Club by Adrian J. Walker is the next on the list. My many thanks to Anne Cater and Chloe at Ebury Press for allowing me to be a part on this tour. Author: Adrian J. Walker Publisher: Ebury Press Pages: 464 Genre: Post Apocalyptic, Thriller Publication: 5th September 2019 Synopsis: In The End of the World Running Club, Edgar Hill ran 550 miles after an apocalypse to try and find his family. He had it easy. This is his wife’s story. Beth Hill has survived the apocalypse with a baby and toddler in tow. And what’s more, she’s done it alone – without her husband’s help. He’s never been any help. But when disaster strikes and someone steals her kids, she knows what she has to do. The new world might be very different: no …

Today, I bring you another blog tour set many light-years away, perfect to escape from our solar system. I’m talking about Lost Solace by Karl Drinkwater. My many thanks to Anne Cater and the author for allowing me to be a part of this tour. Author: Karl Drinkwater Pages: 273 Genre: Sci-Fi Publication: 15th October 2017 Synopsis: Sometimes spaceships disappear with everyone on board – the Lost Ships. But sometimes they come back, strangely altered, derelict, and rumoured to be full of horrors. Opal is on a mission. She’s been seeking something her whole life. Something she is willing to die for. And she thinks it might be on a Lost Ship. Opal has stolen Clarissa, an experimental AI-controlled spaceship, from the military. Together they have tracked down a Lost Ship, in a lonely nebula far from colonised space. The Lost Ship is falling into the gravity well of a …

Author: Jason Segel / Kirsten Miller Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 355 Genre: YA Sci-fi Publication: 31st October 2017 If you already don’t know, I LOVE Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. That book was written for an American-80s-baby version of me, just because I didn’t know most of the pop culture references. Otherwise, I’m a sucker for it!! And being a gamer, a geek at heart, and a bookworm, I adore when all these things are combined. So I couldn’t pass on the opportunity to read Otherworld by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller since it’s advertised to be perfect for fans o Ready Player One. At first, I was eager to read a book similar to RPO without the 80s pop culture. Although, I was a bit scared that both books might be too similar, and Otherworld would end up as a cheap or failed attempt to be like RPO. …

Today is the final day on the Blog Tour for The Sunday Girl by Pip Drysdale. My many thanks to Anne Cater and to Simon & Schuster UK for allowing me to be a part on this tour. Author: Jonathan Janz Publisher: Flame Tree Press Pages: 352 Genre: Contemporary Horror Publication: 11th April 2019 Synopsis: “Some love affairs change you forever. Someone comes into your orbit and swivels you on your axis, like the wind working on a rooftop weather vane. And when they leave, as the wind always does, you are different; you have a new direction. And it’s not always north.” Any woman who’s ever been involved with a bad, bad man and been dumped will understand what it feels like to be broken, broken-hearted and bent on revenge. Taylor Bishop is hurt, angry and wants to destroy Angus Hollingsworth in the way he destroyed her: ‘Insidiously. Irreparably. …

I really enjoy writing these reviews. They are quick, strictly to the point, and they challenge me to sum up my thoughts on each of the books. If you haven’t seen the first post I did, you should definitely read that, but basically, this idea came from the necessity of reviewing books that I don’t have much to talk about. This doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy the book, most of them (if not all) I did enjoy quite a lot, but I don’t have enough things to point out about them that justifies a dedicated review. So today is time for another five books. The Saturday Night Supper Club by Carla Laureano Food, romance, and house goals. I had so much fun reading it. It really gave me wishes to have my own kitchen to make dinner parties for my friends and cooking while mingling or to show my knife …

Today is my turn and the final stop on the Blog Tour for The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz. My many thanks to Anne Cater and Flame Tree Press for allowing me to be a part on this tour. Author: Jonathan Janz Publisher: Flame Tree Press Pages: 352 Genre: Contemporary Horror Publication: 11th April 2019 Synopsis: Ten writers are selected for a writing retreat with the most celebrated author in the world, the legendary Roderick Wells. They think they are signing up for a chance at literary prestige, but they are really entering The Dark Game – a lethal contest pitting them against one another in a struggle for their sanity and their lives. Review: I’ve never read a book by Jonathan Janz before, but I’m always ready to discover new authors. Although I really had no idea the ride that was in store for me. The author grabbed me …

There are books that blow me away, others that upset me in some way that I can’t avoid talking about them. Although there are others that I could resume all my thoughts to a single paragraph. For those books, I usually just mention them on a monthly wrap-up and leave it there, but that doesn’t felt enough. So I thought – correction, I got the idea from a tweet – to do one post with small reviews. Instead of reviewing only one book, I’ll review five, and to make it more interesting, I have to resume my thoughts to 5 words. But since I can’t limit myself that much – I actually just don’t want to – I’ll add a small paragraph explaining why. The Murder List by Julie Garwood Gets better after 100 pages. The first time I tried to read this book I completely lost my interest in …

While I’m sitting here biting my nails, hoping that Humans doesn’t get cancelled for some dumb reason, I thought it’s finally time to shine some light on this amazing TV series produced in the UK instead of the US. I know! CHOCKING! Something great that doesn’t come from Hollywood. It actually happens very often if we give a chance to. The first time it aired (in 2015), it really sparked my curiosity. Although at the time, it wasn’t yet being broadcasted in Portugal, so if I wanted to watch it, I would have to go off track, and most of the times I wouldn’t bother. Therefore, I let it pass. At the beginning of last year, as I was zapping to find something interesting to see, I recognise someone, it was Mia (Gemma Chan). From that day on, I religiously watched every single episode every single week (actually I missed …

If you don’t know this yet, Ransom Riggs released last month the fourth book in the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series. After 3 years since Library of Souls, he signed a three-book deal to continue with the story for a while longer. For me, Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series are the original three books (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Hollow City, and Library of Souls) the only ones that I read and that I’m going to write about today. These three new books start where Library of Souls left off, but I consider them a new series. All the questions that I had since the first book are answered, so that story is closed. Therefore, these three new books are a new story told in a different setting with the same character and in the same world. For someone that loves this series they are gold, but for me, …

My relationship with The 100 started off in 2014 shortly after the conclusion of the first season. I was series-less, and a friend recommended me to watch it, and I binged the all thing in two days (just because I had to sleep). Although, I can’t remember when did I become aware the show was based on a book by Kass Morgan. Since then, all I ever wanted to do was to pick up the book. However, you don’t need to do much research to discover that both stories mostly have the name in common and nothing else. And this was a risk for me. I was completely in love with the TV series, and I didn’t want to lose that love for finding the books better or the other way around. Bottom line, I didn’t want the story of one influenced my opinion on the other. So, even after …