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‘The Raven King’

07/04/2016

Happy New Year!

Happy new financial year! I weirdly feel like it’s a fresh start, because even though we’re already one quarter into 2016 and nothing has changed since Tuesday, I have a new spreadsheet and a new folder and so far I’ve stuck to my to-do list because this will be my year goddamnit. Speaking of making Continue reading

April 2016, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet

‘The Raven Cycle’, ‘The Raven King’, crowdfunding, getting your name in a book, independent artists, Indifferent Ignorance, Maggie Stiefvater, name in a novel, new financial year, new fiscal year, Patreon, supporting artists on Patreon
18/11/2015

Review: ‘The Raven Boys’, Maggie Stiefvater

Ye olde disclaimer: this review has no spoilers. Tumblr does though. To be honest, if I’d come across this novel in the library or a shop, I probably would have ignored it because I judge books by their covers and this one screamed ‘boring YA romance between “quirky” teenage girl and dashing, brooding, teenage male’. Good Continue reading

Books, Internet, November 2015, Patreon Reviews

‘The Raven Boys’, ‘The Raven Boys’ review, ‘The Raven Cycle’, ‘The Raven King’, Adam parrish, Blue Sargent, book review, Glamour awards, Indifferent Ignorance, Maggie Stiefvater, Patreon, Richard ‘Dick’ C. Gansey III, Ronan Lynch, Tumblr, YA book review, YA books