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“In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe.
The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled “HAP,” he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans.
When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.
Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?
Inspired by Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.”
My review is due on 25 March so keep your eyes peeled for that!
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It’s Time Travel Thursday! Hosted by me, this is where you get to relive all those bookish memories! Take a look back at what you were reading this time last year (or the year before or the year before that…) and compare it to what you are reading now!
“After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.
The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success — not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.
If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won’t be able to go it alone.
But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.”
This is very different to what I am currently reading (In The Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune click for link to Goodreads). This was a fantasy whereas I am currently reading a sci fi. I didn’t enjoy this book as much as everyone else did, but I am certainly enjoying my current read!
What were you reading this time last year?
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Welcome to Top 5 Wednesday! Hosted by Goodreads T5W group this week it is Books Everyone Should Read Once. This is a tough one as I have read and enjoyed so many books!
Here are the books that I finally settled on (click for links to Goodreads):
Harry Potter series – there are so many things based on this books series (films, studio tour, themed objects, games, theatre production) that I feel it is a shame not to have read the original material.
Inferno by Dan Brown – I love all of Dan Brown books, but I chose this one because I enjoyed actually visiting Florence and seeing bits that the book was based on in real life.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – a great Christmas story with a heartwarming message. It is also quite a short book so it doesn’t take long to read.
Persuasion by Jane Austen – I love Jane Austen and I think that everyone should read at least one of her books. They are a great example of what it was like to live at that time. I have chosen this one simply because it is short and therefore I believe a good starter book.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – I had to add this as a bonus book because it was completely unexpected. I had never read anything like it before.
What books would be on your list?
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Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, this week’s prompt is Books I’m Worried I Might Not Love as Much the Second Time Around. I decided to tweak it slightly to Books I Want To Read Again.
Put bluntly, I don’t have time to re read books. I barely have time to read the books that I already have. If I ever did have the time to re read then these are the books that I would choose:
Harry Potter series
The Magician’s Guild series by Trudi Canavan
The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare
The Chrestomanci Series by Diana Wynne Jones (1-4 would be re reads as I haven’t read the rest!)
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The book that I have chosen this week is A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L Jensen
Book Description From Goodreads:
“A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in this Norse-inspired fantasy romance from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.
Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back.
Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. It was foretold such a magic would unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath the one who controls the shield maiden’s fate.
Believing he’s destined to rule Skaland as king, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders Bjorn to protect her from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. The greatest test of all, however, may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she swore to protect.”
I’m a bit on the fence with this one. It is apparently the Number 1 best selling book in the UK at the moment, and as it is my youngest son’s first Mother’s Day I was thinking of getting it for either my birthday or Christmas this year as a “this book was number 1 on your first Mother’s Day” sort of thing.
When I was younger I loved Fantasy books. I then had a period of not having time to read and by the time I got back into reading I had moved on to Mystery/Thrillers.
Last year I read ACOTAR and loved it so maybe this one will be good?!
Welcome to my Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer. A busy week this week due to the lots of little seasonal book reviews! I saved up the reviews especially for Valentine’s Day to do something a bit different on my Blog. I’m not sure if I will do it again next year, it all depends on whether I can find more books with Valentine in the title!
2. She has magical hair like Rapunzel from Tangled
3. She lives with Iris, the head of her coven, in a beautiful, ramshackle house next to Highgate cemetery
4. She works at Hubble Bubble, a magic shop in Covent Garden. Though none of it is real magic as that would be highly irresponsible. Until…
…Poppy accidentally sells gorgeous celebrity magician Axl Storm, all six-foot-four of him, a cursed pendant.
When all hell breaks loose can the guy with fake magic and the girl with real magic fix the chaos they’ve caused? Or will sparks fly both in and out of the cauldron?
💭 THOUGHTS 💭
I saw this last October time ish and put a hold on it on the library app. There was a huge waiting list (which I think is always a good sign that the book will be good!), plus I did delay it a few times as it always came up when I was busy with other books! Eventually I found a block of time and finally borrowed it. I am so glad that I managed to find the time because I really enjoyed it.
The writing had me gripped from the start. It was light, entertaining and easy to read through. Every time I put the book down I looked forward to picking it back up again to see what trouble the main character got into! It was one thing after the other which was entertaining and never something that I would guess would happen.
The chapters were long so you got a good chunk of the story before moving on. As I really enjoyed this book the chapters never felt that long.
The characters were excellent. I loved the main character and her chaotic life. It made for a humorous read and at the same time I really felt for her. There were some emotional times in the story which added suspense.
I liked the way that you got to see the thoughts of the secondary character. It was interesting to see a different side to him, a side that the main character was finally able to see. As the reader I was willing her to see it sooner! I felt that it also sent a nice message.
Lastly the settings. I enjoyed being taken round London and, whilst it was a mainly character focused story, the settings played a big part in the fabric of the story line and were a joy to read about.
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