Hogwarts-a-thon TBR

For the whole of September (1st to 30th) I am going to be taking part in the Hogwarts-a-thon hosted by the lovely girls who run Lost Between the Covers.

I will leave a link to Georgi's post explaining it all here.

Without further ado onto my TBR...

Illumicrate Unboxing August 2019

In this post I am going to be unboxing the Illumicrate August 2019 box. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

The theme this month was Armed and Dangerous
Spoiler filled post under the cut

Fairyloot Unboxing August 2019

This is the unboxing of the August 2019 FairyLoot box. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

FairyLoot is a monthly book subscription box mainly focusing on fantasy YA and YA crossovers. Each month you receive a new release book, mostly hardback and 4-6 bookish items which fit in with the theme.

The theme this month was Things Are Not What They Seem

 (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Review: Under A Dancing Star by Laura Wood

Details:

Title: Under A Dancing Star

Author: Laura Wood

Publisher: Scholastic

ISBN 13: 978-1407192406

Synopsis:

In grey, 1930s England, Bea has grown up kicking against the conventions of the time, all the while knowing that she will one day have to marry someone her parents choose - someone rich enough to keep the family estate alive. But she longs for so much more - for adventure, excitement, travel, and maybe even romance.

When she gets the chance to spend the summer in Italy with her bohemian uncle and his fiancee, a whole world is opened up to Bea - a world that includes Ben, a cocky young artist who just happens to be infuriatingly handsome too. Sparks fly between the quick-witted pair until one night, under the stars, a challenge is set: can Bea and Ben put aside their teasing and have the perfect summer romance?

With their new friends gleefully setting the rules for their fling, Bea and Ben can agree on one thing at least: they absolutely, positively will not, cannot fall in love...

A long, hot summer of kisses and mischief unfolds - but storm clouds are gathering across Europe, and home is calling. Every summer has to end - but for Bea, this might be just the beginning.

Review:

Owlcrate Unboxing August 2019

In this post I am going to be unboxing the August 2019 Owlcrate. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

Owlcrate is a monthly book subscription box from the USA. Each month you receive a brand new young adult novel and 3-5 bookish items along with exclusive goodies from the author.

The theme this month was Storms and Seas (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Review: Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Details:

Title: Sorcery of Thorns

Author: Margaret Rogerson

Publisher: Margaret K McEderry Books

ISBN 13: 978-1481497619

Synopsis:

All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power.

Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.

As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught—about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.

Review:

Rockstar Book Tours: Star Wars Galaxy's Edge: A Crash of Fate Spotlight and Giveaway

Title: Star Wars Galaxy's Edge: A Crash of Fate

Author: Zoraida Cordova

Pub Date: August 6th 2019

Publisher: Disney Lucasfilm Press

Formats: Hardcover, ebook, audiobook

Pages: 352

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon UK, Amazon USA, 

Izzy and Jules were childhood friends, climbing the spires of Batuu, inventing silly games, and dreaming of adventures they would share one day. Then, Izzy's family left abruptly, without even a chance to say goodbye. Izzy's life became one of constant motion, traveling from one world to the next, until her parents were killed and she became a low-level smuggler to make ends meet. Jules remained on Batuu, eventually becoming a farmer like his father, but always yearning for something more.

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About Zoraida

Photo credit: Sarah Younger

Zoraida Córdova is the award-winning author of the Brooklyn Brujas series and The Vicious Deep trilogy. Her short fiction has appeared in the New York Times bestselling anthology Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, and Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft. She is the co-editor of Vampires Never Get Old, a YA anthology forthcoming from Imprint/Macmillan in fall 2020. Her upcoming YA novels include Star Wars: A Crash of Fate (Disney/LucasFilm 2019) and Incendiary, book 1 in the Hollow Crown duology (Disney/Hyperion 2020). Zoraida was born in Ecuador and raised in Queens, New York. When she isn’t working on her next novel, she’s planning her next adventure.

Connect with Zoraida: Website  Instagram Twitter  Facebook  tumblr  YouTube  Goodreads

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Giveaway details - 

3 winners will receive a finished copy of STAR WARS GALAXY'S EDGE: A CRASH OF FATE, US Only.

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Full Tour Schedule 

Week One:

8/5/2019- Kait Plus Books- Excerpt

8/5/2019- Careful of Books- Spotlight

8/6/2019- Country Road Reviews- Excerpt

8/6/2019- Lifestyle Of Me- Review

8/7/2019- Character Madness and Musings- Interview

8/7/2019- Moonlight Rendezvous- Review

8/8/2019- The BookWorm Drinketh- Excerpt

8/8/2019- A Bookish Dream- Review

8/9/2019- Do You Dog-ear?- Review

8/9/2019- Dani Reviews Things- Excerpt

Week Two:

8/12/2019- Eli to the nth- Review

8/12/2019- What A Nerd Girl Says- Review

8/13/2019- Jena Brown Writes- Review

8/13/2019- A Dream Within A Dream- Excerpt

8/14/2019- Two Chicks on Books- Interview

8/14/2019- Wishful Endings- Review

8/15/2019- FyreKatz Blog- Review

8/15/2019- Novel Novice- Excerpt

8/16/2019- Little Red Reads- Interview

8/16/2019- Book-Keeping- Review