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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all doing well. Today I am sharing with you the five new releases I am most looking forward to getting my hands on in October! I hope you all enjoy. Let me know if you are excited for any of these releases too.
Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all doing well. Today I am bringing you my TBR for October, I am hoping that this month I will be able to find time to read and enjoy them as much as I did in September.
Have you read any of these books?
What are your reading plans for October?
Happy Monday bookish people! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I am bringing you my wrap up for September. I will tell you all now, my reading has taken a backseat because I have now started my final year of my PhD and that is what is taking precedence over everything else at the moment. I was still happy with everything that I got read this month, it wasn’t much but the books I did read I enjoyed more than I have been recently.
I hope you enjoyed my wrap up, what was your favourite read in September?
Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all having a lovely day today. I found this book tag on hannahsbookshelf.wordpress.com and I thought it would be fun to have a go.
I don’t have an answer for this one because books don’t really make me cry, I can find them sad and upsetting but not enough for full tears, not yet at least maybe there is a book out there that will. Any reccommendations?
I find her inspiring because of her determination, she knows she wants to be an investigator no matter the pressure put on her by society and the limitations they thought a woman should have.
Kai in the Invisible Library
Happy Monday bookish people! I hope you’re all having a good day today. I barely read anything in August but I’m hoping September will be much better.
Here are the books on my September TBR!
What are you all hoping to read in September?
Happy Friday bookish people! I can’t believe how quickly the summer has gone by this year. I had a long list of things I wanted to get done over the holidays and now they are ending I have barely done anything from my list. Is anyone else like that?
One item on my list was read a lot more and well.. that did not happen. I read a bit but I definitely didn’t stick to my TBR. Oops.
Let’s get into the wrap up!
So.. I only read part of one book from my TBR but I did read two books from outside my TBR which were: Winterhouse by Ben Gutterson and Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials by Marion Gibson.
What did you read in August? and what did you think of it?
Happy Monday bookish people! Today I am bringing you my review for Anatomy by Dana Schwartz.
In this book review I will give star ratings to four categories and I will write a little bit about each one. I will do my best to not give any spoilers.
In this novel we follow Hazel Sinnett, a wealthy woman who wants more than anything to become a physician, but she doesn’t just want to help with healing, instead she wants to do the operations. In the process of infiltrating the all male lecture classes she meets Jack Currer, a resurrection man but there is much more going on then either of them know.
I enjoyed this novel a lot more than I thought I would do, I was gripped for most of the novel. The atmosphere was very intense and dark and as a reader I was waiting for each new thing to be discovered. However, towards the end I did find the story a bit dragging, very satisfying but a little slow.
Hazel Sinnett is a lady, she has lived in a castle her whole life but her life isn’t exactly happy. She is a headstrong woman who will stop at nothing to become the physician she wants to be, no matter what society thinks of it. I liked how her character knew what was right and wrong and even though there was a lot of conflict because of ti she always followed her heart.
Jack currer is a ressurection man, he steals corpses in the night and sells them, but he only does this because he has no other choice. I liked how his character developed throughout this novel, I want to say so much more but I can’t without giving away too many spoilers so you’ll have to read the book to find out what Jack is like.
I gave this book four stars overall because although the ending was a little slow I really enjoyed this novel and I bought the second one to read soon.
Blurb/Synopsis:
Edinburgh, 1817. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.
Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die.
When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, the university will allow her to enroll. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books – she’ll need bodies to study, corpses to dissect.
Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living, then.
But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets. Hazel and Jack work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.
A gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.
Happy Friday Bookish people! Today I am bringing you the ten books I want to read in the month of August.
Happy Friday bookish people! How are you all doing so far this year? I can’t believe it is July already. Over halfway through the year. I am really looking forward to the chances I have to read this month, I will be travelling a bit so lots of time for these books!
Happy Thursday bookish people! I hope you are all having a good day today. Today I am bringing you a book spotlight of Sealed Empire by Norbert Zsivicz as part of @BreakevenBooks book tour.
Synopsis:
First published: 01. Sept. 2021, Budapest.
English translation digital release: 22. Nov. 2022, London.
385 pages (Kindle edition)
-Norbert Zsivicz first book, the Hungarian Literary Award winner Sealed Empire now available in English by the famous translator Tamás Pétersz (Game of Thrones).
Blurb
Ser Edward, an experienced sailor, embarks on perhaps the most daring expedition of the Kingdom of Esenworth so far. His mission is to try to earn the blessing of the Reverend Sven, who is none other than his love’s father, probably the most influential man in the realm. But on his journey beset by fierce storms, he and his men encounter something that could shake to the core not only their faith, but their very concept of the world as well. Meanwhile, far from the oceans, his love, Emma, is trying to disentangle herself from the spider’s web of intrigue and scheming, into which she is being drawn ever deeper by Erick the new king.
And the dark clouds just keep gathering above – ancient beasts, stranger than ever, appear at sea, on land and even in the skies more and more frequently. They roar with a metallic screech, their eyes glow with an unnatural light, their skin hard and rigid as armor.
Can order be upheld in this age blind to divine prophecy, in the largest kingdom of the North, where the monarch’s mind is coming undone just like reality itself?
Our heroes must struggle ceaselessly to understand the hidden secrets of their world and their own origins. But what are they going to do once they have the answers?
Author Bio:
The book you will be reading is the fruit of many years of work and was, strangely enough, finished during the pandemic. Let me offer you a behind-the-scenes glimpse into my Sealed Empire so that you can get to know me a little bit better.
My name is Norbert Zsivicz, I was born in 1992, Szeged, Hungary. Now I live in London.
Ever since childhood, fantasy/science-fiction literature has had a huge impact on me. I used to pore over various comics in my parents’ grocery shop even before I could read. Thanks to my father, during my primary school years I probably saw more science fiction films than all my group mates combined. Add to this, there was a video rental shop next door, where I loved passing the time.
As soon as I learned to read, I started devouring books indiscriminately – fantasy, western, history but also romantic novels. I could perhaps be best described as a geek, since I keep up with the latest video games and films as much as I enjoy retreating with a good book. On the other hand, I love the outdoors and socializing, getting to know new people, places, cultures and flavours.
The concept of the Sealed Empire was born in my head about six years ago, shortly after I moved to London. I had experimented with several versions before finding the ideal style and the appropriate age for the novel. In the next five years expanded this mysterious world of mine with many characters and subplots.
I am determined to finish each of the five planned volumes of this series as soon as possible, while also aiming to keep them all equally compelling. Even a film adaptation is not inconceivable in the future. For all this, I will need your opinion, help and inspiring power. So, jump in, enjoy reading, and have fun in the World of Sealed Empire!
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