The Procrastinating Bibliophile

Young Adult, Space Opera Squad 312 is back in the much awaited sequel to Aurora Rising . Our daring crew are racing against the clock to find the Weapon left behind by an ancient foe to defeat an alien race bent on conquering the galaxy. "They're not going down without a fight. We hope."

Young Adult, Space Opera A crew of misfits. A girl with mysterious powers. A galaxy at stake. "They're not the heroes we deserve. They're just the ones we could find. Nobody panic."

Adult, Urban Fantasy The highly anticipated adult fantasy debut of the bestselling author, Sarah J. Maas, is here! Follow her new badass heroine, Bryce Quinlan, in the glittering metropolis,  Crescent City , filled with humans angels, witches, shapeshifters, ghosts and demons.

Young Adult, Fantasy "Somewhere across its emptiness lay a city that had never been seen. It was a rumour, a fable, but it was a rumour and fable from which marvels emerged, carried by camels across the desert to fire the imagination of folk the world over.  The city had a name...   But then, two hundred years ago, the caravans stopped coming... There were no more camels, no more men, no more marvels, and no more stories. Ever.  That was the last that was ever heard from the forbidden city, the unseen city, the lost  city, and this was the mystery that had opened Lazlo's mind like a door."

Adult, Science Fiction, Supervillains V.E. Schwab sweeps us into a world rife with extraordinary people, high-stakes and a confrontation ten years in the making.  Vicious   is villains story filled with morally grey characters, intersecting paths and a non-linear timeline that will keep you turning the page until the end. 

The first quarter of 2020 flew by and it wasn't necessarily all sunshine and rainbows. With the epidemic plunging the world into a global crisis, why not make the time in quarantine a little bit better with some great reads. My favourite genres are science fiction and fantasy so it's no surprise that my top books of the quarter are either fantasy or sci-fi. I absolutely devoured these books in the past few months and hopefully one of this will immerse you whole new worlds.  I'll be going through the books in the order I've read them so feel free to jump to the review you're interested in:  The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon  Starsight by (Skyward #2) Brandon Sanderson Strange the Dreamer  by Laini Taylor The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers Adult, Science Fiction The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet  is a quiet story following the divers...

For the first quarter of 2020, I haven't read that many new releases even though I had quite the list of anticipated releases (*cough* procrastinating *cough*). I felt like half of what I've read was so-so but there were definitely some great reads in the bunch. Surprisingly, I have yet to give out 5 stars to any of the titles I'm about to talk about. I'll be going through the books in the order I've read them so feel free to jump to the review you're interested in: Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children #5) by Seanan McGuire Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas Yes No Maybe So  by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed  Young Adult, Contemporary Yes No Maybe So  is a story of religion, family, relationships and finding your footing in a world that is still building barriers between people. Told in dual perspectives, this story sheds light on the relig...