Tripping On Tales

I'm a consummate book lover who will probably read everything eventually. I'm a Lover of Scifi & YA/NA fiction, but a reader of almost anything.  

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Adolin Kholin saved an entire nation armed with nothing but a candelabra, trans rights, and the power of being nice. Character of all time.

[inner-muse]

Unoathed, just with really good friends

[walking-tornado]

Shallan pregnant this, Kaladin dating Chana that, BUT why arent we talking about the fact that if Jasnah is pregnant, her kid would have all the odds to be a full mistborn.

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Gave me a heart attack there wondered how the fuck i missed she was pregnant! But no. Would love to see a mistborn on roshar!

[cupcakesandhags]

kaladin dancing with syl 🥰

kaladin smiling while dancing with syl 🥰

kaladin feeling true and pure joy while dancing with syl 🥰

szeth getting forcibly transferred to a different realm of existence before getting his ass beat and almost drowning in a sea of beads while kaladin and syl remain oblivious 😔

kaladin dancing with syl 🥰

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Mask of Mirrors - M. A. Carrick (spoiler-free review)

Mask of Mirrors – M. A. Carrick (spoiler-free review)

Mask of Mirrors held in my hand Wheeeeeeew what a read. You know when you read a book and you just aren’t sure of it to begin with? You’re like “okay so this sounds wayyyyyy up my fantastical street of dragons, fae males with impressive wingspans, magical fruit trees, fallen angels, vampires, dreamers, Knights Radiant, clairvoyants and ExtraOrdinary people… but where is this going?” This is how…

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Mrs Death Misses Death Review

Mrs Death Misses Death Review

Thanks Canongate for the ARC of this title!

I requested this title because my first thought on seeing the title was “WOW what a fascinating title”! After reading that title I decided I needed it ASAP. My second thought, before reading the blurb was, Mrs Death missesdeath? She misses Mr/Mrs/Mx Death? Where have they gone? But then I was like, oh maybe she misses death, doesn’t always quite get…

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The Invisible Library Series (spoiler-free)

The Invisible Library Series (spoiler-free)

So, a dragon, a fae and a human walk into a bar and absolutely nothing happens 😂😂😂 

Okay, that’s a crappy way to start because there is no joke unless you have read The Invisible Library where both chaos and order reign. Separately. Never together or the world will break. Fae and dragons can’t mix, porous rock meet hard place. Well, maybe it’s just a bit of a bad joke, but I’m tired and I…

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WWW Wednesdays 28th Oct 2020

WWW Wednesdays 28th Oct 2020

I discovered WWW Wednesdays on Samannelizabeth blog!

This is how it works:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

Easy as pie 😂

And I have been doing a lot reading recently so I thought I would take part!

Current Read: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by…

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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (spoiler-ish review)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (spoiler-ish review)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – if this wasn’t the most anticipated book of 2020 for Schwab, Faustus & timey wimey but not quite time travely fans the world over, I don’t know what was 🤩

The hype for this book was REAL, I have been on and off bookstagram for some time now and I don’t think I have ever seen this many people excited for one single book. Now you may think its something to do…

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I'm on Netgalley! 😍

I’m on Netgalley! 😍

The book community is huge and I want to be part of it!

So today I took the time to make an account on Netgalley because it just felt like the right thing to do, you know?

Whilst its a definite bonus to get a book directly from the publisher before release… I think it will be interesting to be able to get a book before it comes out so that I can fully make up my own mind on it 🙄

What I…

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Secrets of the Starcrossed (The Once and Future Queen #1) by Clara O'Connor - Spoiler Free Review!

Secrets of the Starcrossed (The Once and Future Queen #1) by Clara O’Connor – Spoiler Free Review!

Thanks to Onemorechapter at Harper Collins for this ARC! 

Baaasic Synopsis

Secrets of the Starcrossed (The Once and Future Queen #1) follows Cassandra, the daughter of a wealthy merchant in a world where the Roman Empire never fell and magic exists. Cassandra, at 21 (or thereabouts I can’t remember her age!), lives in the walled city of Londinium and is betrothed to the most eligible…

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2018

2018, will be the year of actual reviews. I love writing reviews and I love having a blog, but I am my own harshest critic. I will write, get halfway through a review and then just stop. I’ll forget about it and then just avoid doing anything about it! But, that’s a pretty terrible way of doing things so, I have decided that 2018 will be the year of publishing my reviews and trying not to…

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The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicles #2)

The Wise Man’s Fear – Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicles #2)

Hello hello lovelies! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Aaand because of my good mood I thought I would write a review because I’m excited and happy and haven’t written in a review in TOO LONG! SO – As you might have possibly guessed I shall be reviewing The Wise Man’s Fear (TWMF) by Pat Rothfuss. It is the sequel to The Name of the Wind which was phenomenal. I loveeeeed it with a passion. It has everything I love…

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The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 4, Rising Action - Kieron Gillen

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 4, Rising Action – Kieron Gillen

Hello Hello! So, I love stories in most any format, but my first love will always be imagining how places, people and situations looked. I love being able to use my imagination to bring a story to life, just a shame my arty skills are completely inadequate. For real. The only thing I can kind of draw is a henna pattern. ish. Anyway years ago, I met my boyfriend who, being a massive comic nerd,…

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The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss

Hello hello! Review time! Its been so damn long but I seem to have developed a case of the scaredy-cat, but I’m over it and here is a review for book from my new favourite series. Book one is The Name of the Wind and the series name itself? The Kingkiller Chronicles (how awesome is that name?) So I was recommended this book by a friend, and I have to say, I was a teensy bit sceptical. I mean, the…

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My Anticipated September Reads!

My Anticipated September Reads!

Hello Hello! September is an exciting month and I am unfortunately publishing this late but better late than never right? September seems to be a busy month in the YA/Fantasy book world and with me finishing The Stormlight Archives in a day or two I’ll need some more books to occupy my time… I always need more books to occupy my time to be honest. Which is not to say I have nothing to do but that…

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Current Reads! Way of Kings

Current Reads! Way of Kings

Hello Hello! I just wanted to update and tell you all what I will be reviewing next! So as you may or may not know – I am a ridiculously mahoooosive Brandon Sanderson fan and have made it my lifes mission to read and absorb his awesomeness through book osmosis. I recently started charging full tilt through his books with teensy (heart-breaking) breaks for books like A Court of Mist & Fury and The…

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Melody

Hello Hello! I have realised recently that I have become VERY slack in writing anything which in turn has made me slack in posting anything here. So in an effort to inspire me to write more I am taking part in The Daily Post‘s daily prompt. The whole point of a prompt is, in their own words, to “give you a push on days when the words get stuck”. Which I guess must be whats going on with me. So…

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