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Review; The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

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Recently I managed to read The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness and today I'll post my review of the book. Description from Goodreads Fall under the spell of Diana and Matthew once more in the stunning climax to their epic tale, following A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES and SHADOW OF NIGHT. A world of witches, daemons and vampires. A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future. Diana and Matthew - the forbidden love at the heart of it. After travelling through time in SHADOW OF NIGHT, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew's ancestral home in France they reunite with their families - with one heart-breaking exception. But the real threat to their future is yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for the elusive manuscript Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on a terrifying urgency.
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Book Recommendations; Ten Spooky Books With Summer and/or Travel Vibes

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Although it's late July, I thought it would be fun writing a list of book recommendations that involves summer vibes and/or travelling of sorts. It's of course a list of rather spooky books, which is probably no surprise. Anyway, here's ten books to pick up. His Final Girl by Brooklyn Ann Description from Goodreads DON’T GO IN THE WOODS Computer nerd, Wes Carpenter, dreads having to spend ten days at summer camp with the rest of his in-coming high school senior class. But when he meets strong-willed and confident farm girl, Linnea Langenkamp, everything about being away at camp improves immediately. When a malicious prank awakens an ancient evil, turning their summer romance into a bloodbath, Wes and Linnea pray they make it home alive while fighting for the survival of their classmates. With Wes’s ingenuity and Linnea’s knowledge of the forest, together they may be able to stop the killer, save the camp, and maybe even find their happily ever after on the way. Blood Cruis
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Book Tag; The Mid-Year Freak Out Tag

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I did the Mid-Year Freak Out Tag back in  2020  and decided it was time to do it again. So here's this year's answers. Best Book You’ve Read So Far in 2024? Even though I've read plenty of good ones, I'd answer City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab Best Sequel of 2024 so far? It's technically book number four in the series, but I really enjoyed reading The Hollow Dead by Darcy Coates New Release You Haven’t Read Yet, But Want to? Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi Most Anticipated Release of the Second Half of 2024? The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's by Hanna Alkaf Biggest Disappointment? For me it was Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger Biggest Surprise? Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare Favourite New Author? Victoria Schwab Newest Fictional Crush? None so far Newest Favourite Character? Addy from Below by Laurel Hightower Book That Made You Cry? None Book That Made You Happy? Not quite sure if horror can make me happy Favourite Book to Movie Adaptation
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Book Blogger Hop; Getaways And Adventures

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It's Friday and for once, it's probably time for a Book Blogger Hop post, courtesy of  Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer and the question of the week was " July is a month for getaways and adventure. What is your favorite book that takes the reader on an exciting journey or transfers them to a captivating destination? ". Book Blogger Hop Alright, as I'm mainly focusing on horror and paranormal fiction on this blog, I figured out it would probably be for the best focusing on location(s) for this post. If anyone wants to be transported to Whitby, UK, the books "Scravir - While Whitby Sleeps" by C. M. Vassie and "The Whitby Witches" by Robin Jarvis is worth checking out. On the other hand, if you're into a bit more exotic places, Savage Jungle: Lair of Orang Pendek by Hunter Shea drags you to the Indonesian jungle, and "The Haunting of Las Lágrimas" by W. M. Cleese takes you to remote Argentina.
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Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge; Something You Might Not Guess About Me

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It's Wednesday and today it's time for a new Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge post courtesy of the book blog  Long And Short Reviews . Today's topic was "something you might not guess about me". I'm sure there's plenty of things people might not guess about me, but a few things might be that I'm an avid knitter, in addition to the fact that I own and live in an old house built in 1901. While my home decor style inside is a combo of dark academia, moody maximalism, and all thing spooky, I'm transforming the garden to have a cottage garden-vibe to it. The book  Cottage Gardens  by Claire Masset has helped and inspired me a lot in that sense, and it's somehow fitting having a cottage garden in the first place, as not only is my house a bit old, but authors like Beatrix Potter, Virginia Woolf, and Thomas Hardy all had their own cottage gardens. In addition to that, some of the roses I've got have some literary-inspired names, such as Astrid
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Review; Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy #2) by Deborah Harkness

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Recently I read the paranormal fantasy novel Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness and today I'll post my review of the book. Description from Goodreads Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes Diana and Matthew on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of Matthew’s old friends, the School of Night. As the search for Ashmole 782 deepens and Diana seeks out a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew’s past tightens around them, and they embark on a very different—and vastly more dangerous—journey. My Thoughts on the Book Even though it's a really big book, it's still fast-paced at times, hoping that everything gets sorted out. I liked the chemistry between Diana and Matthew, and it was fun reading about Elizabethan London. There's something about the author's writing style that sucked me in and made me engaged in all the hurdles that were thrown at th
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Let's Talk Bookish; How Did I Get Into Reading?

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It's Friday and perhaps it's time for another Let's Talk Bookish post courtesy of  Book Nook Bits  and today's topic is "how did I get into reading". Here's the further prompts for today. How did you get into reading? Did you immediately love it, or did it take you a while? Who first introduced you to books – parents, friends, teachers? Did you grow up around book lovers, or did you find a love of reading on your own? Which books started your love of reading? In my case, I have to "blame it" on my parents for getting into reading, especially my late mother as she was an avid reader too, and I remember her taking me to the library down the street when I was a toddler. So in a sense, I've been a reader, or at least a book lover, for as long as I can remember. Some of the authors I really enjoyed as a kid was Astrid Lindgren, Anne Cath. Vestly, and Roald Dahl. Now, funnily enough, among the roses I've got in my garden, I've got both Ast
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