Tome Thursday: Beneath the Gods' Tree

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to the second book in a row which features living in a desert.

 

It looks like that's a bit of a trend when it comes to recent releases, or upcoming releases I suppose, and I can't say I'm upset about it.

 

There's always things to find more and more interesting the more you read books like this!

 

And tonight's choice is no exception.

 

After meeting an empire that rose after the world was left in shambles, we venture into a totally different fantasy situation today in a world that has nothing to do with our own.

 

It's just sort of ... worse? If that's even possible.

 

So I guess what I'm trying to say is, there's always more after rock bottom, even if you think there isn't.

 

S. Kaeth's book, Beneath the Gods' Tree, is well worth the read.

 

Tome Thursday: The Broken Sands

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to what's probably going to make my top 5 list of books for 2024, because, SERIOUSLY.

 

I mean, I know BookSirens is a hub for amazing authors and whatnot, and I've definitely stumbled across more than one fantastic read since joining, but every once in a while I also latch onto positive GEMS of books, tonight's choice being one of them.

 

There's only so many ways to tell the story of people in the desert, but Iren Adams managed to do so.

 

To think, I sat on the book for ages because I didn't have the time to read it.

 

HA.

 

Well, I made time very recently, and I think I gobbled it up in one or two sittings. There's just no way to put it down once you begin and realize that it's going to be absolutely stunning.

 

So without further ado, let's stop with my babbling and get right to it, shall we? The desert sun waits for no one, especially not in The Broken Sands.

 

Tome Thursday: The Wrath and the Dawn

Hello everyone!

So a long time ago, in blog terms that is, I wrote a post regarding a retelling of Arabian Nights, this one being titled A Thousand Nights. And then, what I promised myself and anyone who really reads this blog, was that I was going to read The Wrath and the Dawn and compare the two books side by side, or at the very least point out differences and similarities.

That being obviously other stuff besides the retellings of Arabian Nights, of course.

And then what I did was conveniently forget about the lot of it, meaning I didn't get around to actually even reading this book until very recently, and go figure but when I went to check on when exactly I wrote the first blog, it was six months ago.

I really do ace these things, I know I do.

Now, that being said, I have to mention I'm a big fan of Arabian Nights - in fact, I actually have a gilded book in Slovene of one translated version of the thing, which is so huge I need to sit down when I'm reading it.

Yeah, you could probably whack someone over the head with the hardcover and they'd drop. Nifty weapon of choice!

Tome Thursday: A Thousand Nights

Hello everyone!

Apparently, I have so many books reviewed in my little notebook that I'm covered until way after New Year's. That's pretty awesome, isn't it?

But then, I've always been a pretty voracious reader, it didn't matter what was happening around me at the time. Reading was my escape, even if it was just ten pages per day on a really busy one, or just enough to tire me out and have my head drop after a long day of exams when I couldn't unwind and was too keyed up to sleep.

And the best part of this is that I've started a couple of series and have definitely not finished all of them yet! So there's still a whole lot more on the book front to go, which I am very excited about.

Of course, every time I think I'm done, a friend of mine suggests another book or another book series, and I'm like MUST. READ. NOW. 

Yeah, I'm a bit of a monster.

But I found A Thousand Nights by EK Johnston on Youtube through Sasha's channel.