I was very excited to read Elusion. Apart from a beautiful cover it sounded a bit like a YA version of Tad William’s Otherland series and I simply love this idea of entering into Virtual Reality that is so advanced you feel like you are quite literally in another world…. Read more »
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Review: The Murder Complex, Lindsay Cummings
The Murder Complex is set in the future like most dystopians and boy is this one creepy screwed up world! In fact I don’t think a world has disturbed me quite so much since reading Neal Shusterman’s Unwind and that is saying something. This story is centred around 2 characters… Read more »
Podcast Episode #8: At the Movies
Welcome to the 8th episode of the Tea in the Treetops podcast hosted by Philippa and Angelya. In this episode, we go to the movies! Films discussed include Maleficent, The Fault in Our Stars, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past. We also chat about the… Read more »
Review: House of Ivy & Sorrow, Natalie Whipple
I really had fun with this one! I’m not sure if it was because it reminded me so much of the TV show Charmed and I had fond nostalgia throughout my reading experience, or if it was just the right mix of action, wit and mystery – either way I… Read more »
Armchair BEA: Middle Grade / Young Adult
This is the final discussion topic for Armchair BEA and as I predominantly read these types of books I thought it was more than fitting to write a post on it! I’m using this post as a platform to explain my journey of discovery with young adult literature and… Read more »
Podcast Episode #7: Armchair BEA Special
Welcome to the 7th episode of the Tea in the Treetops podcast hosted by Philippa and Angelya. This episode is our special edition for Armchair BEA! One of today’s topics is Expanding Blogging Horizons, so we thought we’d talk about making our podcast. We also discuss the books that we are… Read more »
Podcast Episode #6: The Darkness of YA and Giveaway
Welcome to the 6th episode of the Tea in the Treetops podcast hosted by Philippa and Angelya. In this episode we discuss whether YA literature is too dark, chat about the books we’re reading, and various other events that are happening. We also introduce the giveaway that you can enter below! We… Read more »
Review: Immortal Crown, Richelle Mead
Please note, this is the second book in the Age of X series, so this review contains spoilers for the earlier books. You may prefer to check out my review of Gameboard of the Gods on this blog. I am just going to gush because I totally love this book,… Read more »
Review: Side Effects May Vary, Julie Murphy
I find after getting involved with reviewing and Goodreads that I’m inundated with books I’m desperate to read, fantastic books for the most part as I’ve gotten better at reading between the lines of book blurbs and other reviews at sifting out books I will generally like. What all these… Read more »
Review: After the End, Amy Plum
Hmmmm I don’t quite know where to start with this review. There were parts during this book that I was eye rolling in disbelief and then there were parts where I couldn’t put the book down. My rating for this one changed continuously while reading it and even now I… Read more »