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Review; The Vine Witch (Vine Witch #1) by Luanne G. Smith

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Last year I was fortunate enough to recieve an ARC of the fantasy novel The Vine Witch (Vine Witch #1) by Luanne G. Smith through Netgalley. I read it shortly afterwards and today I'll post my review.

Description from Goodreads
A young witch emerges from a curse to find her world upended in this gripping fantasy of betrayal, vengeance, and self-discovery set in turn-of-the-century France.

For centuries, the vineyards at Château Renard have depended on the talent of their vine witches, whose spells help create the world-renowned wine of the Chanceaux Valley. Then the skill of divining harvests fell into ruin when sorcière Elena Boureanu was blindsided by a curse. Now, after breaking the spell that confined her to the shallows of a marshland and weakened her magic, Elena is struggling to return to her former life. And the vineyard she was destined to inherit is now in the possession of a handsome stranger.

Vigneron Jean-Paul Martel naively favors science over superstition, and he ce…
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Review; Magic Diary by Pat LaMarche

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A while ago I recieved an ARC of the YA novel Magic Diary by Pat LaMarche through Netgalley. I read it shortly afterwards, but I haven't posted my review until now.

Description from Goodreads
Magic Diary is funny, frightening, and fantastic. The unique structure of this novel delivers sensitive insight into the life and death struggles of a critically ill child and her family. When a charming 14-year-old former cancer patient relapses, she pours her heart into the journal her high school English teacher gives her.

Encouraged to share her thoughts with the diary, Genevieve is promised magical results. Her teacher pledges “If you write what you’re thinking, time will pass more quickly.” Knowing how slowly time can pass in the hospital, Genevieve does as she is told.

Like most 21st century cancer patients, Genevieve has to face her fears while she struggles to get better. Genevieve worries how her illness effects those she loves. She strives to relate what she learns in school with w…
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Book Tag; My Life in Books Tag

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I came across the My Life in Books Tag over at Feed The Crime blog and I decided to play along as it looked like a fun tag.
Find a book for each of your initials: K: Kartography by Kamila Shamsie
F: Faceless by Amma Darko
J: Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Count your age along your bookshelf: what book is it?

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Pick a book set in your city/country I Will Miss You Tomorrow by Heine Bakkeid, a Norwegian author.

Pick a book that represents a destination you want to travel I would love to travel to India, so I could mention The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama.

Pick a book that’s your favourite colour I love both red and black, so I think this edition of Animal Farm by George Orwell would be suitable.

Which book do you have the fondest memories of? Probably HP & The Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, as I recieved it as a Christmas gift way before the hype in Norway.

Which book did you have the most difficulty reading? The Mill on the Floss …
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Book Blogger Hop; Keeping Track of Books I Will Be Reviewing/Reading

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It's Friday again, which means it's time for another Book Blogger Hop post, courtesy of Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. The question of the week was "How do you keep track of books you will be reviewing or reading?".
Book Blogger Hop I don't have a meticulate system, but what I do is that I have a personal shelf area for all the physical press copies. I also have an editorial planner where I write down monthly themes (if I have one for that particular month), so I can easily keep track of what reviews to schedule for which month.
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Reiew; Between You and These Bones by F. D. Soul

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A while ago I was lucky enough to recieve an ARC of the poetry collection Between You and These Bones by F. D. Soul through Netgalley. I read it shortly afterwards and today I'll post my review.

Description from Goodreads
Acclaimed Instagram poet F.D. Soul (@featherdownsoul) debuts a new poetry collection, telling her own invigorating, unapologetic narrative of love, loss, and adversity. Soul’s words pulse, they are alive on the page, attesting to the significance of Between You and These Bones in the modern world.

From celebrated New Zealand poetess F.D. Soul comes her highly anticipated second collection of poetry, prose, illustrations, and wisdom. Her messages grapple with relationships: interpersonal relationships, her relationship with herself, and the relationship between poetry and the world. Unchaptered and raw, Between You and These Bones reads much like a memoir or meditation yet maintains all the musicality of poetry. “This book is a garden, a hymn, a forgiveness. A fal…
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Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge; My Goals for 2020

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It's Wednesday and time for a new Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge post, courtesy of Long and Short Reviews. As it's the beginning of the year, it was only fitting that the theme of the week was goals for 2020.
Personally, I don't have that many goals as I want to keep things a bit manageable, but I do have some goals. One of them is having a few themed months on my blog, such as Black History Month and Women's History Month. I'm also planning to participate in a few readathons, but I haven't quite decided which ones yet.
I considered participating in one or more reading challenges, but I decided not to this year, as there was few that interested me or they were too complicated in terms of prompts and such. Maybe I'll do something next year instead.
PS. If you know of any fun readathons in 2020, feel free to let me know.
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Top Ten Tuesday; Most Anticipated Book Releases for the First Half of 2020

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It's the first Tuesday of the year and therefore the first Top Ten Tuesday, courtesy of That Artsy Reader Girl. The theme of the week was fittingly enough most anticipated book releases for the first half of 2020.
I must admit that I do have ARC's of all books mentioned in this post, thanks to Netgalley.
My picks are;
The Woman in the Veil by Laura Joh Rowland

Silenced in Sequins by Debra Sennefelder

The Rules of Murder by Rob Sinclair

Dark Mother Earth by Kristian Novak

Much Ado About Nutmeg by Sarah Fox

Snowball by Gregory Bastianelli

An Incantation of Cats by Clea Simon

Track Changes by Sayed Kashua

The Body in the Snow by Nick Louth

Shepherd by Catherine Jinks
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