That Book I Love

TITLE: Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Book 2 Of Legacy of Orisha trilogy) AUTHOR: Tomi Adeyemi PUBLICATION YEAR: 2019 GENRE: Young Adult Fantasy PAGE COUNT: 404 FORMAT: Paperback AVAILABLE  AT : amazon I was eagerly waiting for the release of this book ever since I read its first installment Children of Blood and Bones back in 2018. I remember giving it a full 5/5 rating ( see review here ) and even mentioning it in my favorite reads of that year. I bought this book and kept it in my shelf for a while before finally picking it up last week. The reason for this hesitation was goodreads . I saw a couple of my friends on goodreads going on a rant about how bad this book turned out to be. Most of them gave it a pretty average rating. So finally when I decided to pick this book up , I lowered my expectations to bare minimum. I am pleasantly surprised at how much I ended up enjoying it. Synopsis- This series is an African inspired fantasy story...

It has been a while since I last posted on this blog. If you have read my last couple of blog or Bookstagram posts, then you may know that I was expecting and was having a tough time dealing with Morning Sickness. It is exactly 5 months since we were blessed with our adorable baby boy Zayaan . For those of you who are interested- Zayaan means “ beautifier ” - one who makes everything beautiful. But these days all he does is make a mess of everything.😆 Life as a new mama is lovely but hectic. I rarely find the time or energy   to do the things that I used to love. However, lately I have managed to find a little bit of time to read. It feels good to be back. Last year despite  P regnancy, Postpartum recovery and   taking care of a Newborn , I still managed to read 30 books.   I won’t necessarily call this new beautiful phase of my life hard , it is just a bit taxing. My husband and I are raising him alone without any help. By the end of...

TITLE: A Darker Shade Of Magic (Book 1 Of  SHADES OF MAGIC  series) AUTHOR: V.E. SCHWAB PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015 GENRE: Fantasy PAGE COUNT: 384 FORMAT: Paperback AVAILABLE   AT : amazon Recently I saw a video where the content creator talked about how “ The Shades of Magic “ series by V.E. Schwab  successfully distracted her while she was going through some tumultuous times. Lately I have been feeling a bit low myself ( due to pregnancy mood swings and occasional anxiety) and I wanted something like that which could engage and engross me. So,   I bought the box set of “ The Shades of Magic “ series hoping that reading these books would work for me the same way it worked for her. Guess what..!! It did. 😄 I just finished the first book to the series “  A Darker Shade of Magic ” and I have to say – it is not the most intellectual o...

PUBLICATION YEAR- 2006 AUTHOR- John Green GENRE- Young Adult Fiction PAGE COUNT-213 FORMAT- Paperback AVAILABLE AT -  amazon Lately I have been craving for some fun frothy books. Don’t worry...!!  I am still loyal to my favorite fantasy genre . But they say that when you are expecting, you need to subject your baby to happy sounds and feelings. Since, my inclination is deep dark fantasy with as much gore,guts and blood as possible, I decided to take a break and may be explore light-hearted genres. Hence I started looking for books with humor in it which could potentially make me laugh-out-loud.😃 I have always been a huge fan of John Green ever since I read “ The Fault in our Stars ”. I think he writes great characters. Unfortunately the same can't be said about his plot/story. Anyways, I love all his books except for “ Looking for Alaska ” which I found extremely disturbing and even annoying to a certain degree. This i...

TITLE: The Angel’s Game (Book 2 Of   Cemetery of Forgotten Books series) AUTHOR: Carlos Ruiz Zafon ( Spanish) TRANSLATOR : Lucia Graves PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008 GENRE: Literary Fiction (Mystery, Thriller) PAGE COUNT: 504 FORMAT: Paperback AVAILABLE   AT : amazon   The Shadow of the Wind ( see review here )  by Carlos Ruiz Zafon featured in my favourite books list of last year. I remember buying the next book in the series The Angel’s Game almost immediately after finishing it. I was so impressed by the writing and plot that I had to read all the books from this author- translator duo. Considering this being a part of series called Cemetery of Forgotten Books , I was under the impression that this book was either a prequel or sequel to The Shadow of the Wind . But after reading a few chapters , I realised that although the story was set in Barcelona and features the infamous Cemetery of...

TITLE: The Diviners AUTHOR: Libba Bray AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR : January LaVoy PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012 GENRE: Historical Fiction ( Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal) TIME DURATION: 18 hours FORMAT: AudioBook AVAILABLE   AT : audible Lately there has been a huge craze for audiobooks . Everyone seems to be enjoying it and I did not want to be left out. Hence I started searching for “ Best AudioBooks “ on the internet and The Diviners by Libba Bray featured in most of them . Everyone unaminously recommended this book on audiobook format. It was an outstanding experience and I am looking forward to consuming more books on audio. I loved its audiobook narrator JanuaryLavoy – loved how she used different accent and voices while narrating. She even voiced out the male characters with conviction which felt totally real. A huge round of applause to this woman for her outstanding performance . The story follows a bunch of teens w...

In my New Year Resolution tag ( see here ) , I kinda promised myself to finish my TBR pile before going on my next book shopping spree. As expected I managed to break my resolution even before 2 weeks of setting it. The reason – CHENNAI BOOK FAIR 2019 . I went to the book fair yesterday and bought a couple of books.   I know...   I have absolutely no SELF CONTROL whatsoever. But in my defence, these books were available at really cheap prices . Also , might I add this book fair was the best I have ever been to.   I ended up straining my leg muscles due to all the walking around and checking out each and every stall . By the time I reached my house , I had severe headaches and leg pains – but all of this was totally WORTH IT...!! 😊 Following are the books I bought – 1.        The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga – I heard about this book back when I was preparing for my competitive exams . I was memorising the current affairs and ...