Books

Start of a Chapter | April TBR Pile 📚

It’s finally April and the sun is started to come out more and more in England, and I can not WAIT until I can have my little walks and wanders to find the best spot to sit and read for a bit. This month I’m trying to read a bit more than I normally would…
End of a Chapter | March Wrap Up and Mini Reviews 📚

March was a “eh” month for reading where I have been reading a fair bit, but I just haven’t FINISHED that many books. I’m still reading The Final Empire and I’d start A Day of Fallen Night, both of which are chonky reads and I’m feeling that. But I did manage to finish some smaller…
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023 | Looking At the Longlist ✨

It’s 2023 and the 28th year of the Women’s Prize for Fiction which spotlights original fiction by women across the world. This years longlist includes 16 fantastic books as judged by previous winning authors. These books will slowly be shortened into a shortlist of just six novels, to be announced on the 26th April. Then…
End of a Chapter | January 2023 Reading Wrap Up and Mini Book Reviews

It’s the end of January and I had a mostly good month of reading, and have been trying hard to stick to my goals for the year. This month I read a total of 11 books, of which 9 were physical books and 2 were on my Kindle. Of those 9 physical books 4 of…
7 Fantasy Book Series I Want To Finally Read This Year

The past couple of years have been a mix of reading for me, but fantasy is ALWAYS my biggest read genre. So in 2023 I want to complete some of the big fantasy series I’ve had on my shelf for a while.
Uptown Oracle Reads… A Ruinous Fate | A Fantasy That Lies With the Luck of the Roll 🎲

A Ruinous Fate by Kaylie Smith (Affiliate Links) Fate does not choose the weak. Fate chooses the ready. Calliope Rosewood is a witch with a long streak of bad luck. Like all witches in Illustros, her fate is directly tied to Witch’s Dice—powerful artifacts that have blessed her kind with limitless magic but also set…
2022 Books Bought VS Read | Time to be BETTER at reading

2022 was a looong year, with a lot of focus on life rather than my hobbies which was unfortunate but these things happen. Whilst I knew this, and adapted accordingly with my Goodreads reading challenge and the time taken to read – I didn’t quite manage to let my purchasing habits know.
Non-Fiction for the New Year 🎉

I know a lot of readers who only read fiction, and I know many of these readers also try to make a resolution every year to pick up non-fiction (hint: the reader is me…). So this year, whilst my reading resolutions are to read the non-fiction already on my shelves, I did want to do…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Stolen Heir | A Fantasy Quest in the World of Elfhame ✨

The Stolen Heir was one of my most anticipated books of 2023, as a fan of Holly Black and it didn’t disapoint. The story itself is a fantasy quest, road-trip style. With Oak, Tiernan and Wren heading off on an adventure, but there’s some tensions here and there, some untrustworthy companions, some deceit going on.…