Gabbie's bookish thoughts

D isclaimer : First of all,I was very kindly sent an early copy of the book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review and then they so kindly invited me to be part of the blog tour for the UK release. That being said,none of that affects my views on the book in any way,shape or form.Secondly,this book is very obviously by and about people unlike myself,so while I highly appreciate you stopping by and checking my review out,do make it a priority to seek own voices reviews before anything else. G oodreads page :   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24974996-dear-martin?ac=1&from_search=true R ating :  ✮✮✮✮✮/✮✮✮✮✮ " You can't change how other people think and act,but you're in full control of you .When it comes own to it,the only question that matters is this: If nothing in the world ever changes,what type of man are you gonna be?" P lot :  ( CW : racism,police brutality) Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the ...

Hodder very kindly contacted me a while back asking if I would like to be part of the blog tour for the paperback release of Fiona Mitchell's The Maid's Room  and I was absolutely ecstatic to jump at the chance! Now,I must apologize for the delay of the post due to some unexpected postal delays etc etc, but here we are! G oodreads :  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35527110-the-maid-s-room R ating : 3.5/5 P lot : Set in the blistering heat of Singapore, The Maid's Room follows the lives of two Filipina maids - sisters Dolly and Tala who are working hard to send money back home, and British ex-pat Jules who has left her job as a midwife to move to Singapore with husband David. Told with humour, heart-breaking detail about daily life as a maid, and with an exhilarating spirit that is ultimately uplifting, this book will resonate with anyone who has struggled to have their voice heard. Perfect for fans of The Help and The Invention of ...

I was absolutely ecstatic when the publisher asked me if I would like to be part of the blog tour to celebrate the release of the paperback version of the book into the world. The official release date for it is Thursday, March 9th. (and the price of it is  £8.99) Now,on to my thoughts of it, seen through the filter of a year having passed since I read the book when it was initially released, yet with the original excitement,since this book causes me many feelings. G oodreads :  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36187690-strange-the-dreamer R ating : ✯✯✯✯✯/ ✯✯✯✯✯ P lot :  The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents ...

R ating:     5/5 G oodreads:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35958295-almost-love?ac=1&from_search=true F ollow Louise for more quality content:   https://twitter.com/oneilllo P lot : We have our young protagonist,Sarah,an aspiring artist and current art teacher and an elite Dublin school.Our Sarah,bless her heart,tries her best but never quite seems to be able to land on her feet when she falls. In spite of herself, Sarah finds herself infatuated with Matthew,the father of one of her students, a rich man twenty hears her senior, emotionally unavailable and all around terrible for her. This relationship of sorts affects all aspects of Sarah's life and it doesn't quite go the way she had originally hoped it would. (the novel also explores the power dynamics between people in relationships finding themselves in different socio-economical circles as well as the whole subplot of the artist trying to make it) T...

G oodreads:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36697848-the-wicked-deep R ating:  4.75/5  P lot:   " The Swan season has begun. And this little town tucked along the shore will not come out unharmed. " The small town of Sparrow,Oregon, has spent the past two centuries haunted by the ghosts of its past. After the murder of the three Sparrow sisters in 1822 after finding them guilty of witchcraft, the spirits of the girls crawl out of the water each summer to take revenge on the town. Each summer, the sisters take over the bodies of three local girls and lure boys,locals and tourists alike to their deaths in the waters surrounding Sparrow. From the small Lumiere Island, Penny Talbot has followed these events unfold each summer throughout her life and has accepted the fate of her town. That is, until Bo, a mysterious boy, stumbles into the town in the middle of the Swan season and Penny is forced to make difficult choices in order to protect ...

Goodreads:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23566912-spare-and-found-parts?ac=1&from_search=true Rating:  5/5 Plot:  Set in a futuristic,post-apocalyptic and slightly steam-punky version of Dublin, Spare and found parts  is a modern Franenstein retelling with a twist. The story follows our young heroine, Nell, part girl and part machine, as she tries to change the world once more by changing her life to begin with and creating something never seen before. Equally depicts the search for companionship and the search for breakthrough. Thoughts: I quite honestly am at a loss of words when it comes to expressing my love for this book in a way that would do it justice ever so slightly. First off, I must admit that I found it unbelievable that this is Sarah's 1st published novel.Though I know she's done a fair share of nonfiction in the past,I do believe this is her first actual novel,which my brain simply cannot compute.This does not rea...

Goodreads page:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25014114-history-is-all-you-left-me?ac=1&from_search=true My rating:   5/5 Plot:   Griffin's first love,best friend and all around favourite person,Theo has died and Griff has to come to terms with this tragedy.To everyone's surprise,including Griffin's,a real comfort throughout this process comes from Theo's university boyfriend,Jackson.This whole process of overcoming the grief caused by Theo's death is made even harder by his struggle with his own issues,his compulsions taking over his life little by little.A story of grief,growing up and living with a mental illness, History is all you left me is meant to blow you away. My thoughts: I still can't possibly manage to tie together words to properly express my love for this book,so I might as well give it a shot since it'll never be a perfect representation of my feelings anyway. Just to get it out of the way,THIS B...