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Circle of Shadows by Evelyn Skye – ARC Review

February 16, 2019February 15, 2019 BookBookOwl

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✨Q: Who are some of your favourite powerful women? . 💕 I like some of the warrior type women in books, but I especially loved the understated power that came from the Belles. Although at first glance they seemed to be the ones who were oppressed, they held all the power to give people beauty treatments, or refuse, and since people were so desperate to look a certain way, I felt like that gave them real power, without a single sword in sight 😄 . 💕 Today’s prompt for #bookstamumsmay19 is ‘powerful women’ . . . #bookstagram #thebelles #flatlaystyle #booklover #bookphotography #bookphotographer #readersofinstagram #booksofig #bookworms #bookpic #yalit #bookaholic #igreads #bookreader #booknerdigans #booksbooksbooks #thebookstagram #ilovebooks #alwaysreading

✨Q: What was your last cover buy? . 🌟 I couldn’t resist getting this gorgeous copy of Nocturna! (And I may have ordered Fairyloot’s exclusive blue edition too, because, umm, THEY ARE BOTH TOO BEAUTIFUL 🙊😍) . 🌟 Today was just one of those days where I wish I could still get sent to my room. Where I would lock the door and not participate in adult life. 🙈😄 Unfortunately, no-one sent me to my room, no matter how many tantrums I threw. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I did get an ARC of DEV1AT3 in the mail though, which at least eclipsed everything that had happened up to that point 😁 Hope everyone else’s day went well and at the very least, you didn’t have to fish anything out of the toilet that didn’t belong in the toilet. . . . #bookstagram #nocturna #yalit #bookstack #bookpile #bookish #booklove #readerlife #rainbowaesthetic #bookaesthetic #bibliophile #bookworm #yabooks #totalbooknerd #igreads #bookcollector #roominspo #homedecor #bookstagramfeature #mybookfeatures

Hi @fairyloot ! I’m Jen from Perth, Western Australia 💜 I’ve been on #bookstagram for almost 2 years, and I’ve been green with envy too many times over the unboxing of your stunning exclusive books and merch! (I’ve had to order some of your past book editions I missed, because I just couldn’t stand not having them on my shelf 😄) . I’m a stay at home Mum and bookish small business owner, who loves YA fantasy and fangirling over my favourite characters. . One of my favourite things to do is skulk around my doorstep, waiting for the postman to drive by, and I would love to run down the driveway, like a mad woman, to pry a Fairyloot box out of his hands! . I post on Bookstagram twice a day and would love to be able to flail about your products to my followers! Thankyou so much for considering my entry 💜 . Good luck to everyone who has entered! . . . #FAIRYLOOTREP02 #booksubscriptionbox #fairyloot #yabooks #bibliophile #bookish #bookphotography #readersofinstagram

✨Q: Tell me a book you didn’t realise you were going to love as much as you did, when you first picked it up . 💜 I freaking well LOVED Peter Green and the Unliving Academy. Sometimes people ask me whether I know any books that tread that line between middle grade and YA - not quite as juvenile as middle grade stuff, but not quite into the realms of YA, and now I’m going to recommend this book every time! It was SO much fun and, although I never usually say ‘if you enjoyed Harry Potter, you might like this’ I’m going to say it this time 😁 . 💜 📖 “Fourteen-year-old Peter Green can’t remember how he died. All he has are his pajamas, a silk tie, and a one-way bus ticket to Mrs. Battisworth’s Academy and Haven for Unliving Boys and Girls, a strange and spooky school for dead orphans like himself. But that’s all he needs: the Unliving Academy has everything, from vampires in the hallways, to monsters in the cafeteria, to ghosts in the basement. . And that’s just the teachers; the students are far stranger. . As Pete learns to fit in with his new supernatural schoolmates, he starts to discover his own uniquely undead abilities, and even begins enjoying his life after death…but he just can’t shake the feeling that he’s forgotten something (or somebody!) important. . Somebody he left behind in the land of the living. . Somebody he loved very much. . Somebody who’s in terrible danger. “ . . . #bookstagram #petergreenandtheunlivingacademy #bookrecommendations #bookspiral #bookstack #booklover #bookshelves #readerlife #booklife #bookaesthetic #bookworm #booknerdigans #igreaders #bookphotography #alwaysreading #lovebooks #becauseofreading #totalbooknerd #booksfordays #booksbooksbooks

✨Q: Do you like thought provoking reads? If yes, do you have any recommendations for me? . 🌾 I love love love books that really make you think, and ones about how science and technology could change the human race are some of my favourites (look, everyone knows I’m living for the day they create Rosie from The Jetson’s in real life. Oh no, please tell me you know who The Jetson’s are and don’t leave me here feeling SUPER OLD. 🙊😄) so I am so excited to read the short stories in Exhalation by Ted Chiang! Thankyou so much to @macmillanaus for sending this one my way! Synopsis below 💚 . . 📖 “This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters. In "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and the temptation of second chances. In the epistolary "Exhalation," an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications not just for his own people, but for all of reality. And in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," a woman cares for an artificial intelligence over twenty years, elevating a faddish digital pet into what might be a true living being. Also included are two brand-new stories: "Omphalos" and "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom." . In this fantastical and elegant collection, Ted Chiang wrestles with the oldest questions on earth—What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human?—and ones that no one else has even imagined. And, each in its own way, the stories prove that complex and thoughtful science fiction can rise to new heights of beauty, meaning, and compassion. “ . . . #bookstagram #exhaltation #tedchiang #scifi #cosy #bookish #rainbowshelves #homedecor #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #homelibrary #bookshelf #myhomevibe #booknookstagram #bibliophile #bookworm #bookaesthetic #igreads #booklove #readingnook

✨Q: Where do you get inspiration for taking your Bookstagram pics? 🌈 . Sometimes I have no motivation for taking pics, but need to, so I flop around, dramatically, like a dying fish, trying to channel some inspiration. Mostly, what inspires me the most is getting new books / new props but also scrolling through Bookstagram and seeing other people’s beautiful pics! 🌈 . Today’s prompt for #bookstamumsmay19 is ‘pretty book spines’ . . . #bookstagram #bookstack #bookpile #bookspines #rainbowaesthetic #bookworm #booklover #bookphotography #thebookstagram #booknerd #bookaholic #bookish #bookaddict #mybookfeatures #igreads #bookpic #bookhoarder #roominspo #pursuepretty

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