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 'Love Languages' by James Albon [BOOK REVIEW] Thank you to the author James Albon, the publisher IDW Publishing and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. A comtemporary slow-burn love story between two foreigners that meet in Paris and slowly develop a friendship that would change into love. Sarah is from England and Ping is from Hong Kong . Sarah speaks English and is still learning French, and stopped her Cantonese lessons. Ping speaks Cantonese and English, which still is trying to learn more about, as well as French. They are each other's anchor and support.  What I found more lovely and beautifully woven is the relationship and the romantic attraction that blooms between them and how the invisible strings work in their favour to unite them once again against all odds. Laced with emotional, romantic and humour doses , this story shaped in the form of a vibrant, detailed graphic novel is quick-paced and is perfect for reading it in one-sitting. Thi...

 '31 Days Of Spooky' by Harper [BOOK REVIEW] Thank you to the publisher Harper and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. '31 Days of Spooky' is an anthology of short slightly scary horror tales and stories along with one or two illustrations accompanying the scary tale.  I enjoyed the book overall. Ghostly appearances, mysterious figures, and some emotional stories.  Each tale is quite different from one another: an old house that belonged to a newly wed couple, a mother in the road with her baby, two friends playing hide-and-seek in a forest and a cemetery, unsolved or hidden murders at a house or a hotel,... Many different topics and plots are embedded in this collection of short horror stories.  It is beautifully illustrated painting and embodying the image, or the essence or a scene, of the story itself. It is a quick, fun read.  #31DaysOfSpooky #Netgalley

'The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Maria Mitchell' , by Laura Alary and Ellen Rooney  Title: The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Maria Mitchell Writer: Laura Alary Illustrator: Ellen Rooney Genre (s): Picture Book, Astronomy, Non-fiction Language: English Publisher: Kids Can Press Publication Date: 3rd May 2022 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5 Link to buy the book! Thank you to Netgalley and Kids Can Press for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Maria Mitchell is a lovely, fascinating picture book about women and astronomy . It talks about women's rights , desires and dreams and aspirations; bonds Maria had with her family; the environment she grew up in,... This book is written by Laura Alary , and is illustrated by Ellen Rooney . Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer that grew up believing she did not need someone else 一of authority一 to think for her, or telling her what to ...

'Anne of Green Gables: the manga' , by L. M. Montgomery Title: Anne of Green Gables Author: L. M. Montgomery Illustrator, adaptor, and lettering: Kuma Chan, Stacy King, and Daria Rhodes Genre (s): Historical Fiction, Manga  Language: English Publisher: Manga Classics Publication Date: 10th November 2020 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5 Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. This manga of Anne of Green Gables tells the story of Anne Shirley, an orphan girl that is adopted by the Cuthbert siblings, Marilla and Matthew. Anne is an efferverscent, vivacious redhead girl with a strong, dynamic imagination. I do find this character one of the most human characters I've ever read.  This book has beautiful and sophisticated illustrations that capture the very essence of all the characters and their own stories: Anne, Marilla, Matthew, Gilbert, Diana,... Both heart and feelings , emotions , are captured so well in this book.  In this book, we...

'The Lost Ages, Vol. 1: The Fort on the Moors' , by Jerôme LeGris Title: The Lost Ages I: The Fort on the Moors Author (s): Jerôme LeGris (writer), Didier Poli (illustrator) Genre (s): Fiction, Graphic Novel Language: English Publisher: Europe Comics Publication Date: 21st April 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ /4 Link to buy it! Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.  A tale of survival and bloodshed , and rival clans and unchanging cycles. 'The Lost Ages' is a graphic novel that tells a post-apocalyptic story about how the world fell in 999 (or at the beginning of 1000), and how humans are a few thousand years later. They need to relearn and to rebuild everything that was lost. But there are some of them that are not willing to change their way of life.  A powerful, brave female warrior is the main character of this story: Elaine . She loves her people, protects them in the best way she can and to the end. She is loyal and ...

'Touch Is Really Strange' , by Steve Haines Title: Touch Is Really Strange Author: Steve Haines Genre (s):  Non-fiction Language: English Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Publication Date: 21st April 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ /3 Link to buy it! Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.  This is a book about touch , about what effects physical touch and interactions have on us. It is about how we perceive and how we sense touch and social interactions. It has a few simple " exercises " inside to do if we want to feel what the author is talking about. I expected something way different form this book, but it does not mean that I didn't enjoy it. I did it. I did really love , especially, the simple, beautiful illustrations . I strongly believe they were perfect for this kind of book. I did really liked them.  For me, it was just a simple book about touch, honestly. As I've said before, I expected something different...

'Witching Moon' , by K. E. Bonner Title: Witching Moon Author: K. E. Bonner Genre (s): Fantasy Language: English Publisher: Belle Isle Books Publication Date: 27th April 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ /3 Link to buy it! Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. I liked a lot this book, I have found in it a great, immersive fantasy reading .  The characters were good, and I liked them. The things that carried the entire book , in my opinion, were Anne - the main character - and the plot, absolutely. The plot is addictive and it makes you want to read more and more.  I highly recommend you this book!  Until the next post! ♡

'A Dragonbird in the Fern' , by Lauren Rueckert Title: A Dragonbird in the Fern Author: Laura Rueckert Genre (s): YA Fantasy, Mystery Language: English Publisher: Flux Publication Date: 3rd August 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Link to buy it! Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. I absolutely loved this book . I have found the worldbuilding , the characters , the plots , so interesting . Everything. It's hard to find books like this one, in which you love everything. I adored Jiara, it's a character so beautifully human, so well written. The relationship between Jiara and Raffar was so cute and so beautiful to read. I loved them. And Scilla . Her whole story was so emotional and so terrifying in some parts. I loved the way the author wrote it in such a perfect way. The descriptions were so beautifully written. This is a murder mystery , fantasy book about Jiara trying to find out her sister's killer, and trying to live ...

'City of Shattered Light' , by Claire Winn Title: City of Shattered Light Author: Claire Winn Genre (s): Science Fiction, Dystopian Language: English Publisher: Flux Publication Date: 19th October 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Link to buy it! Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. 'City of Shattered Light' is a YA dystopian fiction book about Asa Almeida, the main character of the book. She's the heiress to a powerful tech empire. She wants to prove herself, and to save her sister from reprogramming. When her ship lands in Requiem , the only thing that will be of help for her sister will be to join Riven Hawthorne's crew and herself. A spreading virus , expanding like gunpowder. Secrets shattering among the pages. A girl fighting for her life and for her sister's. Enemies to lovers slowly learning from each other, taking its time to reveal their true feelings, and thoughts about each other. Space , planets. I fou...

'How to Carry What Can't Be Fixed' , by Megan Devine Title: How to Carry What Can't Be Fixed Author: Megan Devine Genre (s): Self-help, Nonfiction Language: English Publisher: Sounds True Publication Date: 18th May 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Link to buy the book! Thank you to the publisher Sounds True and Netgalley for this e- ARC in exchange for an honest review.  How to Carry What Can't Be Fixed  is a self-help book about grief and loss, and anxiety and fears.   The author talks about how grief  affects us, and how to carry with it, and with loss and anxiety. The book gives us more information to learn more about them. It creates more awareness about them.  I also found it very helpful the exercises that were in the book to calm the mind, how it gives you things to do to calm it : meditation, draw something calming,... I found all of them so helpful!  Also, it gives you space to feel good while reading it in a way so calm and quiet. It lets you express...

'Rebel Girls Champions: 25 Tales of Unstoppeable Athletes' by Rebel Girls Title: Rebel Girls Champions: 25 Tales of Unstoppeable Athletes Genre (s): Biography, Children, Nonfiction, Sports Language: English Publisher: Rebel Girls Publication Date: 12 October 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you to the publisher Rebel Girls and Netgalley for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.  'Rebel Girls Champions: 25 Tales of Unstoppeable Athletes' is a book about 25 women in sports , and how was their life and how they became what they wanted to become to, and how they kept fighting for their rights and their dreams . This book encourages girls and shows them that they can be whatever they want, that they are strong.  There are many sports in this book: snowboard, field hockey, soccer, etc. I found this book a light, fresh reading for all ages , but especially for children . It is a book that I highly recommend!  This book comes out on 12 October 2021 ! So stay tuned, an if ...

'Flower Crowns & Fearsome Things' , by Amanda Lovelace Title: flower crowns & fearsome things Author: Amanda Lovelace Genre: Poetry Language: English Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Publication Date: 5 October 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Link to buy it on Amazon ! Thank you to the publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Before I start, I must say that I am a huge fan of Amanda Lovelace, and I am so grateful I had the opportunity to read this book. I have absolutely loved it! 'Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things' is a book of poetry that talks about women , abuse, sexism , love,... It talks about many topics and the author writes it in a way so beautifully written . It talks about death , cheating, trauma, and misogyny, too. I found really interesting the way the author talked about some topics, like the body image , how we perceive and love ourselves, the sexism inside many regular things we are used to do...

'Wish Hunter' , by Hero Bowen and Jordan Riley Swan Title: Wish Hunter Authors: Hero Bowen & Jordan Riley Swan Genre (s): Fantasy, Fiction, Contemporary Language: English Publisher: Story Garden Publication Date: 1st June 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 4 stars Thank you to the publisher Story Garden and Xpresso Book Tours and Netgalley for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A tale of lost loves, search of our inner self and dark families.  ‘Wish Hunter’ , by Jordan Riley Swan and Hero Bowen , is a fantasy book about a woman who steals wishes to pay off a family debt to the Wishmaster. Nadia Kaminski has lost many things in the past year: her beloved husband, and her freedom. She is bonded to pay off the debt her family has because of her, when she nearly died.  When Nadia comes across the perfect opportunity to steal a wish for herself, she takes it—and the rock star she’s stolen it from desperately wants his wish back. As Nadia tries to figure out how to get ...

'Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions' , by Chris Ferrie and Geraint F. Lewis Title: Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions  Authors: Chris Ferrie, Geraint F. Lewis Genre (s): Astronomy, Science, Nonfiction Language: English Publisher: Sourcebooks Publication Date: 7th September 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  / 4.7 Thank you to the publisher Sourcebooks and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.  This book talks about the birth of the universe , its formation and the chemicals that were involved, and what are we made of.  It is a book for people who is deeply in love and wants to know more about the science of the universe , and its objects and its physics, because there are some details that involve the creation, and the chemicals that were born and needed for the making of the cosmos as we know it. There are informative chapters in which the authors talk about the elements and events that were necessary for ...

'Iris Apfel' , by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara & Kristen Barnhart Title: Iris Apfel Author: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara Illustrator:  Kristen Barnhart Genre (s): Graphic Novel, Nonfiction, Children Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group Language: English  Publication Date: 24th August 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. This new book in the collection Little People, Big Dreams talks about Iris Apfel , a vivacious and accidental fashion icon who grew up in New York . Iris grew up between fabrics and colors and patterns. She never dressed for anyone to see her, she dressed for herself, which is so important. The principal message in this biographical story is: be yourself just for yourself. Dress like you like, dress for you. Be you . She has a documentary, has written a book about herself,... "She dressed to express herself." She loves and admires her work . The illustrations are so fu...

'Cici's Journal' , by Joris Chamblain   Title: Cici's Journal Author: Joris Chamblain Illustrator: Aurélie Neyret Publisher: First Second Books Language: English Publication Date: 20th July 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you to the author, the publisher First Second Books and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. A graphic novel for children about friendship, family, love and life.  Cici is a girl who wants to be a published author , and she loves mysteries . In the summer , Cici starts to follow and resolve little mysteries through her town. A mysterious man in the forest, an old woman going every Tuesday to a specific place...  I loved the story, I loved the characters . There are a lot of things that are talked in this book that I myself find them so beautiful and so necessary for children to be there. It talks about life, about what love and friendship means, about family.  One of the things that I loved most about the book was the friendsh...

'The Smallest of Bones' , by Holly Lyn Walrath Title: The Smallest of Bones Author: Holly Lyn Walrath  Genre (s): Poetry Publisher: CLASH Books Language: English Publication Date: 26th September 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you to the author , the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. A beautiful, different kind of poetry that has lovely and dark poems within itself. The book talks about love , death , bones and skeletons , gender , ghosts , relationships, women , pain ,... It talks about many things. The author writes it in a way, in general, so beautiful and dark — the author does it so well! (In general, in my opinion) I loved it ! It's a different kind of poetry I am used to read. Despite this is not the kind of book I am used to read, I loved it anyway. The author takes the dark sides of life and transforms it into art. And it's beautiful. There are also references to mythology , which I absolutely adored ! This book comes out on...

 ¿Cuáles son mis lecturas actuales? ¡Hola! ¡Espero que estéis teniendo un día maravilloso ! Hoy quería escribir un poquito sobre mis lecturas actuales , que son actualmente tres: Wish Hunter , Un Universo Gravitacional y By Any Other Name .  Wish Hunter es un libro de fantasía , el primero en la saga The Savannah Series . Está escrito por Hero Bowen y Jordan Riley Swan . Lo estoy leyendo con calma, pero me está gustando bastante. No voy a comentarlo por aquí del todo porque me lo guardaré para cuando publique la reseña correspondiente. Es un e- ARC que me aceptaron a finales de mayo Xpresso Book Tours vía Netgalley . Salió a la venta el 1 de junio .  Un Universo Gravitacional es un libro de ciencia y astronomía en el que se tratan temas como los agujeros negros , los agujeros blancos, los agujeros de gusano , las estrellas, el espacio-tiempo , la materia oscura ,... ¡Me está encantando! La astronomía y todo lo que tenga que ver con el cosmos me fascina y estoy muy...

'The Crowns of Croswald' , by D. E. Night Title: The Crowns of Croswald Author:  D. E. Night Genre (s):  Fantasy, Fiction, Magic Publisher:  Stories Untold Language:  English Publication Date:  21s July 2017 Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐ Thank you to the publisher for pre-approving me with an e-copy of this book via Netgalley.  “You are she, the one all of Croswald has been searching for. Waiting for, whether they knew it or not.” An orphan girl. A magical school full of mysteries and secrets. How this could end? Ivy will meet her new friends , her new family not by blood, but by choice. And, certainly, will know more about her lineage and her parents.  Ivy Lovely is such a brilliant character . I wouldn't be able to describe her in a word, because she's many things at once, many good things. This book has so many great characters. Fyn, Rebecca, Derwin, and more but I don't want to make spoilers so I won't say a thing about those characters. I loved how the auth...

'The Bone Way' , by Holly J. Underhill Title: The Bone Way Author: Holly J. Underhill Genre (s): Fantasy, Retelling, Fiction Publisher: Nyx Publishing Language: English Publication Date: 26th June 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Link to buy the book Thank you to the author, Xpresso Book Tours and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. «Be careful. The Shadow Princess isn't known for honest deals.» An Orpheus and Eurydice retelling with two women as main characters instead of a man and a woman.  This book tells the story of Teagan, along with her love story with Cress, her wife . As it is a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice, there is a journey to find her loved one .  But will she be able to come back? Will they be able to come home?  Everything in this book is told in a way so beautifully written and its characters feel so  real . These were two of the things that I liked most about this book : the way the author writes is so appealing and exquisite to ...