You’ve likely heard of The Great Gatsby - either from the classic novel itself or the famous Leonardo Di Caprio film. The classic novel is quite clearly the more famous of the two among book lovers. Why this was piqued my interest and is the reason I picked it up. (more…)
So an ongoing debate amongst book lovers is which format is better? eBooks or physical books? The answer is inevitably going to be whichever you prefer. HOWEVER, they both have their advantages and disadvantages and I feel like understand both of their advantages and disadvantages can help someone not only read faster but also enjoy reading a lot more. (more…)
I did a poll on my Instagram recently on which book I should read next and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini won the poll by quite the majority. I’d also had the book recommended to me as “one of their favourite books of all time” by a work colleague so it came highly recommended. And wow, did it impress. (more…)
The world is essentially over. Humanity lives underground in the tunnels, but they’re not the only ones who live down there. This is Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky and it's a great book that explores much deeper thoughts than post-apocalyptic monsters underground. (more…)
When I first picked up The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle I was absolutely fascinated by the premise. It seemed like something that I would absolutely love. Essentially, most summaries of the book read that humanity was nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago and this book tells us why we weren't. And also it claims to come up with the idea of the origin of humanity. Two concepts that had me gripped! (more…)
I was recommended Dissolution by a mate after we went camping and I saw he was holding a very thick book (I’m always intrigued by thick books). The book he was reading what actually a later book in the series but he noted the whole series is fantastic, so my love of the Matthew Shardlake series began. (more…)
For around a year now, I've been using StoryGraph alongside Goodreads as my two book-tracking apps. I found StoryGraph randomly on Twitter one day when someone I follow posted a link to an article of the best alternatives to Goodreads. Since then, I've used StoryGraph as it offers a lot of benefits over Goodreads, but Goodreads does still offer some advantages too. Below I've compared the two platforms which will hopefully give you some guidance as to which book-tracking/recommendation platform you'd prefer to use. Something to note: when you first set up a StoryGraph account it is relatively easy to transfer ALL of your Goodreads content over including reviews, reading dates and bookshelves which makes the transition even better. So let's begin... User interface One of the most important things…
So the first book quiz went down quite well. It's one of my most popular posts so I've decided to do another. It's actually trickier than you might think sourcing questions and answers that you feel are right for your audience. A usual, the quiz questions hopefully get a little harder as they go on and the rules on how to play are below. (more…)
I'm a huge fan of fantasy and I've become quite the fan of Asian-inspired fantasy recently. Jade City and Jade War are great examples of this and The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang is probably the other big mainstream title that people think of in this genre. It's received a lot of hype and deservedly so, I think. (more…)
If you’ve read my The Way of Kings review, you already know I’m a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson. He has a hugely approachable way of writing often quite complex things and makes everybody understand his deep worlds very well. Skyward is the first in a relatively new series for Sanderson (it came out in 2018) and is arguably his most science-fiction book to date. And. It. Is. Brilliant. (more…)
