Review & Blog Tour. The Antidote

Welcome to The Antidote Blog Tour hosted by The Fantastic Flying Book Club. Witches are once again taking the bookish world by storm. In The Antidote magic is forbidden and Fee must keep it hidden. However, what happens when her magic is the only thing that might save her kingdom? Scroll down to read my review (and one of my favourite quotes) and don't forget to join the Giveaway (sorry, it's US only). Also, to read more reviews, interviews  and guest posts follow the tour.

The Perks of Being an International Reader

It's the end of the month and sharing my first discussion post of the year (I'm adding this post to both blogging challenges I joined: Blog All About It and 2019 Book Blog Discussion Challenge). I wrote this post a few weeks ago, but I've been editing my thesis like crazy in the past week (and then I lost myself in some new designs, but let's not talk about it) and only found time to share it with you today (as soon as this is done, I'm back to editing this damn thesis). Anyway, I'm a pessimist. Always have been, always will be (probably). More often than not, I find myself thinking about the negative side of an issue than about the positive one. Regarding reading, it's a fact that international readers (aka readers who do not live in English speaking countries) are in disadvantage - no pre-order swag, lack to no access to books, no physical ARCs, etc. However, I searched for the silver lining and today I'll be discussing the perks of being an international reader.

TTT. 13 Backlist Books I Meant To Read

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

I know, I know... I'm constantly cheating on these lists. But I just couldn't short this one to ten books. Or perhaps I could, but I just love the number thirteen. These are books released in 2018 that I was dying to read, but for many different reasons (one of them being that I'm a really slow reader) I didn't have the chance to. Hopefully, 2019 will be the year I tackle them down from my TBR pile and give them all the love they deserve,

Sunday Post. Over The Moon

Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviews.

Does anyone know how can I have a conversation with Time? I know this is my usual ramble, but I'm starting to freak out how January is almost over - one more week and half and we will be in February - and I haven't reached the goals I set for myself regarding my thesis (I was supposed to have a full chapter written, edited and ready to send by the end of the month and I don't think a week will be enough to do it). And, there's this thing in February that is already stressing me and I can't think of a good damn reason (pardon my language) I signed myself up for this! *takes a deep breath*  Well, how was your week? Here's quick and short recap of mine... 

Blog Tour. Analiese Rising

Welcome to the second week of the Analeise Rising Blog Tour (and my first blog tour of the year) hosted by YA Bound Books Tour. If you have missed any of the previous tour stops, you can see all the lovely reviews and spotlight posts here. Today, I'm sharing with you a book aesthetic inspired by one of the main settings of the novel. Giveaway at the bottom of the post. 

Sunday Post. A Never Ending Cold

Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviews.

Good morning bookworms. How's everyone doing?  I'm better from the cold the new year welcomed me with (I hope everyone who also got sick is doing better), however, I'm still not one hundred percent. I'm hoping this week I'll feel better, but with the cold weather I'm not so sure I'll. PS. I'll be blogger hopping later today because I've ten pages of thesis to edit and I need to them this Sunday. Wish me luck.

Anthology Review // A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Title: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Editors: Ellen Oh & Elsie Chapman

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Published: June 26th 2018
Pages: 336

"Star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals, feigned identities, battles of wits, and dire warnings. These are the stuff of fairy tale, myth, and folklore that have drawn us in for centuries.

Fifteen bestselling and acclaimed authors reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate.

Compiled by We Need Diverse Books’s Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman, the authors included in this exquisite collection are: Renee Ahdieh, Sona Charaipotra, Preeti Chhibber, Roshani Chokshi, Aliette de Bodard, Melissa de la Cruz, Julie Kagawa, Rahul Kanakia, Lori M. Lee, E. C. Myers, Cindy Pon, Aisha Saeed, Shveta Thakrar, and Alyssa Wong.

A mountain loses her heart. Two sisters transform into birds to escape captivity. A young man learns the true meaning of sacrifice. A young woman takes up her mother’s mantle and leads the dead to their final resting place. From fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge, these stories will beguile readers from start to finish. For fans of Neil Gaiman’s Unnatural Creatures and Ameriie’s New York Times–bestselling Because You Love to Hate Me."