Author: Anne Clarence (The Reading Life)
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What Makes a Good Book? 5 Signs You Are Reading an Amazing Book
What Makes a Good Book? Here are 5 Signs You are Reading an Amazing Book. Explore the patterns, cues, and personal experiences that signal a captivating read. Join us as we delve into the world of literature and unravel the moments that make us fall head over heels into a good book. Fall into the…
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This Week Recap #28: It has been way too long
So yeah, I haven’t posted a weekly recap for a month. I await and accepts my execution. In my defense though, a lot of things happened for the past few weeks. Exam happened (I got the results back, they were fine, thank god), and I survived that. So now, it’s finally summer time for me,…
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My Summer Reading List for 2018, Six of Crows, Rick Riordan Books, and more
Summer. Ah, the good, glory days that bookworms all love and enjoy. Also, how can I call myself a book lover if I don’t get some summer reading material? Especially I was so busy recently, summer vocation is a great way for me to get back on my A game. 1. A Court of Frost…
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ARC Review: The Tombs by Deborah Schaumberg
The Tombs Author: Deborah Schaumberg Genre: Fantasy, YA, Historical Fiction Release date: February 20th 2018 Publisher: HarperCollins Goodreads | Purchase New York, 1882. A dark, forbidding city, and no place for a girl with unexplainable powers. Sixteen-year-old Avery Kohl pines for the life she had before her mother was taken. She fears the mysterious men…
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Blog Tour: Esme’s Wish by Elizabeth Foster + Giveaway
Esme’s Wish Author: Elizabeth Foster Pub. Date: October 30, 2017 Publisher: Odyssey Books Formats: Paperback, eBook Pages: 252 *Bookwitty is affiliate link* Goodreads | Bookwitty “A fresh new fantasy of an enchanting world.” – Wendy Orr, author of Nim’s Island and Dragonfly Song. When fifteen-year-old Esme Silver objects at her father’s wedding, her protest is…
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On Book Reviews and Tips to Being a Book Critic
I have read my entire life. But I only started reviewing books about a year ago. My, how things have progressed. This is one beautiful thing about the internet. It puts everyone on (almost) all equal ground, and provide them with almost all the same tools. You just have to use them. I used this…
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Blog Tour: What I leave Behind by Alison McGhee + Giveaway
What I leave behind Author: Alison McGhee Genre: YA, fiction, contemporary Goodreads | Bookwitty After his dad commits suicide, Will tries to overcome his own misery by secretly helping the people around him in this story made up of one hundred chapters of one hundred words each. Sixteen-year-old Will spends most of his days the…
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Blog Tour: The Outcast by Taran Martharu + Giveaway
The Outcast by Taran Matharu Series: Summoner #4 Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Release Date: March 9, 2018 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Bookwitty | Goodreads Enter an immersive world where the chosen few have the ability to summon demons… Arcturus is just an orphaned stable boy when he discovers he has the ability to summon demons…
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This Month Recap: April 2018, Avengers Infinity War, Feedspot, and more
I made sure to start this month’s recap especially early just so that 1) I wouldn’t be so rushed to do it, 2) for me to become a better and more organized blogger and 3) so that I could spend more time on improving what to write on my monthly recap posts and making it…
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To All the Authors Out There: Why Would Bloggers Take So Long to Review ARCs
This is an awkward subject for both parties that no one wants to discuss. But from a blogger’s perspective, I feel like it will benefit everyone for everyone to understand why scenarios like this happen. To make things clear, this is truly an awful, awful thing to do. Nothing about this is right and no…