Pixels & Reveries

Genre: Adult, Contemporary and Literary Fiction   Publisher: Picador   Publication Date: 10th March 2015   Rating: 4.5/5 Goodreads Blurb:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22822858-a-little-life Friendship starts when four students become roommates during their first year of college. Jude is the reserved law student/mathematician, Willem is the aspiring actor, JB, the painter and Malcom, the architect. They are a diverse bunch who are drawn to each other as friends as well as their ambitions to make it in the big city: New York. The story spans decades, the highs and lows of careers, friendships, life, and addresses what it means to be adults in modern day society. The beating pulse of the story is Jude himself whose life before college has scarred him for the years to come and his efforts to move on from it while trying to maintain relationships with those that matter.  Thoughts:  This is an outpour of my feelings aft...

Genre: Fiction, Young Adult and Poetry Publisher: Electric Monkey Publication Date: 8 th of March 2018 Rating: 4/5 Goodreads Blurb → https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33294200-the-poet-x The Poet X is beautifully written, empowering and relatable. It is written in verse and delves into Xiomara’s life as she navigates being a teenager. She is a first generation Dominican-American girl who deals with misogyny and sexual harassment and the book explores this in a way that is accessible to anyone. Those who have been in her same situation will feel less alone having read this book. The author explores Xiomara’s complicated relationship with her mother and the family dynamics. Her mother forces religion into rebellious Xiomara who questions her faith at every possible turn. Xiomara yearns to experience life and love unbeknownst to her mother and she feels like she’s committed a sin simply by falling in love. Her outlet for her trials and tribulations is through poetr...

Genre: Fiction, Young Adult, Thriller and Sci-Fi Publisher: Corgi Childrens Publication Date: 26 th of March 2015 Rating: 3/5 Echo Boy is a futuristic Sci-Fi thriller written from the alternate perspectives of the main characters Audrey and Daniel. They meet unexpectedly after Audrey's parents get killed by an Echo - a household robot programmed to obey humans. Daniel is not your average guy because he himself is an Echo, but he is also much more than that. Audrey is on a whirlwind journey trying to find answers to her parents' death while starting to live with her estranged uncle who happens to know when to help. He is however a leading manufacturer of Echoes and has his own agenda. Goodreads Blurb → https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23346777-echo-boy Thoughts: The ultramodern premise of the story pulled me in as there's so much new technology around and people live beyond the age of 100. Matt Haig's world building is fascinating. I have to s...

Genre: Fantasy and Young Adult Publisher: Orion Publication Date: 29th January 2019 Rating:  3.5/5 This book takes place 3 years after the end of Ruin and Rising where Nikolai has ascended the throne and is trying to juggle politics and his inner demons. It also follows Zoya who is one of the commanders of the Second Army and is always by Nikolai’s side helping to control the monster in him that has a penchant to come out at night. Their story runs parallel to that of Nina who is sent on a mission by Nikolai to Fjerda to find Grisha who are persecuted and send them to Ravka for their safety. Although Nikolai fronts that everything is under control, we find out that Ravka’s finances are depleting and they are losing allies. The only way to save the country he cherishes is through the prospects of marriage to a foreigner of noble birth. Synopsis → https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36307634-king-of-scars The good: ·       ...