My Bookish Life

  THE LORD IS BACK! What a ride! And it's out now!  I finished this book last night around midnight and I'm still overwhelmed. I can't actually put into words how excited I first was when the This Woman Series was announced. And I also can't put into words how eternally grateful I am for Jodie that she actually gave us Jesse's POV in three amazing and chunky books!  You're an estate agent. - Which makes me one of the best salesmen on the planet. I could sell condoms to a convent of nuns. I finally had time after a few very stressful weeks of work and this beauty only sitting in my kindle because I worked, showered and fell into bed. But now, with my holiday here and having a few days of calm, I got this baby done in 3 days. And I absolutely adored every page! Jesse was the first of Jodies men I had the pleasure to meet. And he'll forever by my favourite probably. As I said before, I am eternally grateful to her for writing this. Book 4 in the This Man ser...

  I finally had time to start this wonderful series by Ana Huang and I've been devouring the first two books in a few days (about to start book 3 in the series).  I heard a lot about it on Booktok and Bookstagram because it's all over social media and first I was wondering what's so special about this, that everybody loves it. Then last winter I brought book one - Twisted Love - soon joined by the rest of the series when I was waiting at Heathrow Airport in January. To my shame I haven't had the time or wanted to read since March but now I finally picked it up - after a good friend of mine read the series in less than a week.  I have to admit the whole hype about it, the vids, quotes etc are all worth it! I couldn't put it down!  “She felt like heaven to my hell, the closest I’d ever get to salvation, and yet I still wanted to drag her into the depths of Hades with me.” The story starts with a young woman Ava Chen - stranded at a bus stop in a storm. She calls her ...

 Today's the day!  14th Feburary 2023 and book 4 of Jodie's Unlawful Men Series is out called The Rising ! Happy Release Day!  "Next to killing, Beau, worrying about us is what our husbands do best." As usual here's the summary.... You can't rise from the ashes if you've never been burned. When notorious mafia boss Danny Black and lethal assassin James Kelly join forces to hunt down a mutual, elusive nemesis that threatens to destroy them both and take control of their city, they know they will be entering a deadly game. A game they must win if they are ever going to live in peace with the women they love away from crime, corruption, and death. But peace is an illusion, love is a daily torment, and death will always follow them. As power starts to slip from their grasp, enemies re-emerge, and old, personal demons return to haunt them both, they finally accept they can never leave their world if they want to stay alive. So they need to protect it at all cos...

  Loving is painful, Eliza. I've been excited for "One Night With The Duke" since Jodie announced it on her social media.  And once more the queen of steamy romance did not disappoint me. I'm still baffled that she managed to not make this a cheap copy for all Bridgerton fans but gave it her own voice and wonderful protagonists and ending.  A woman with her own mind is a dangerous creature, sweet Eliza. The story is written from Eliza's POV, a young girl who moved from the countryside to London and the famous Belmore Square after her father - head of a newspaper - makes some money.  Eliza is rather displeased with the new life because for her it's just a golden cage. Before she wrote for her father's newspaper and everyone - her brother, her sister, her mother and her father - seemed happy and carefree. But now, with the new money and status, there are lots of challenges for the family. And for Eliza it's simply a cage. One she can't dare to escap...

The Enigma. Another book by Jodie Ellen Malpas that absolutely made me fell in love with the main characters, the story and the music in it and book two in the Unlawful Men Serie s. Never fight the bond. Here's the official synopsis: A fatal blend of revenge and desire. After leaving her fiancé at the altar and quitting her job as a Miami cop, Beau Hayley stumbles through life, feeling only resentment. Injustice. Loss. Her mom’s death was called an accident. She’s not convinced. Grieving, she becomes numb to everything except the constant, biting pain of heartbreak and hate. She can see no light. Until she meets James Kelly, a man who seems as damaged as she is, inside and out. And yet despite his twisted, cold façade, he stimulates feelings. Pleasure. He is a respite from her own flaws. A complete mystery. And impossible to resist. James Kelly has only one objective. Find the men who murdered his family and kill them all very slowly. But the web of crime and deceit leads h...

 I'm a huge fan of Jodie Ellen Malpas!  I got her first book series "This Man" last year and started it with a bit of a struggle but soon got to love her characters. Since then I couldn't stop reading her books.  This year, she released something different from her other books with 'The Brit' . A dark romance - you could say.  No second chances. Here's the official synopsis: Rose Cassidy doesn’t truly live; she just exists. Numbing herself to fear and pain is the only way she can survive in this cruel world. So when she’s taken as collateral by the notorious Danny Black in a deadly game of power, she’s thrown by the deep fear she feels rising within her. And, worse than fear, a profound desire. She’s heard tales of The Brit. He’s callous. Coldblooded. But no one ever said he was wickedly beautiful and darkly captivating. He sees past her mask, giving her a cruel sense of hope. But she must fight their twisted attraction or risk losing the one ...

Once more this book is one I purchased ages ago in Summer, I think, and I didn't come around to read it because I got distracted by some many other beautiful and amazing books. I got physiotherapy regularly again and somehow picked this one up since I didn't want to continue ' Song of Achilles' because of the pain it inflicts right now. I started it and with going back to work after my holiday and being quite busy, I barely read it at first. But 'A Touch of Darkness' gripped me right from the first page! Then two days ago, I read until 2am and finished half the book in one sitting. I could barely put it down and go to sleep because it was so amazing, gripping and touching. Last night I finished all of it and it left me emotional, raw, in love and crying.  Here's the official synopsis to book one in a series I yet have to devour: Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled ...

I brought this book after I watched a video by Laura Thalassa who promoted it on her Instagram. I was immediately intrigued by the plot and had to get it. Then a few weeks ago, I did. I had started Song of Achilles and Empire of the Vampire by that time so I wanted to keep it for some other time but then - when I went to physiotherapy - I simply grabbed it, because it was so small and perfect for my purse. I started it while waiting for my appointment and fell in love immediately.  Well, you have magic, and I have my own superpower. It’s called anxiety. And here's the synopsis:  I never thought I'd be singing happy birthday to myself in a dungeon. And yet when a sinfully sexy demon crashes happy hour, that's exactly what happens. He’s known as the Lord of Chaos, he’s mistaken me for my succubus doppelgänger.  Happy birthday to me.  When he tastes my blood, he finally understands I’m mortal. And I realize we have something in common: we both crave revenge. So we...

Two days ago I finished this marvelous book.  Two days ago I finished Fable by Adrienne Young. “My father had always told me that seabirds were the souls of lost traders. To turn them away or not give them a place to land or nest was bad luck.” I brought this ages ago because I heard so many good things about it. Well I read something else entirely and was just sick of this and grabbed something different. My choice was Fable . And it manged to pull me out of my reading slump I was stuck in for weeks now. “Nothing was what it seemed. Every truth was twisted. Every lie carefully constructed.” The story starts at Jeval - an island with smugglers and thieves - and 17 year old Fable who stranded there four years ago. Stranded there after her father - famous trader - Saint, left here there because "she wasn't made for this life". The life at sea. But Fable does everything  to survive and go back to her father to prove him wrong. To claim a spot at his side.  She trades wit...

1st June 2021 was the day! The day this masterpiece  (and I really can't think of another word for it) was finally released into the world. First let me give you the official synopsis...  When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too. Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures. As Aces shows no sign of stopping, what seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game, with all the cards stacked against them. Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things become incredibly deadly? L...

So this post is not only a review but also my participation in my first booktour with @lovebooktours on Twitter/Instagram. Thanks for the ARC and all your effort.  Also I've a confession to make. It's past midnight - so officially my date of the booktour - and I didn't finish the book. Not because it wasn't good but because of bloody life. (Work was a pain in the ass lately and I worked so much overtime and weekends I barely managed to finish my copy of Ace of Spades.) So this post is not like the other's but different.    "Death is inevitable and common. [...] There is no pretense in it. Not in birth either. There's no reason to hide grief or joy." First of all the official synopsis this time:  Calcutta, 1886. Ottilie Russell is adrift between two cultures, British and Indian, belonging to both and neither. To support her little brother, Thaddeus, and her grandmother, she relies upon her skills in beetle-wing embroidery that have been passed down to h...

 Hello!  As you guys can see, I've started updating more regularly. But not with personal stuff but with book reviews. I always loved reading so I'll keep this up. So from now on this will be a blog for book reviews, movie reviews and updates on my writing if I got any. I'll also change the name of the blog and I do hope you'll still keep me company on my journey through different bookish worlds.  If you love reading, feel free to suggest me books and say hello on my Book-Twitter account @TBookcorner Next update will be hopefully up soon! 

  First of all I'd like to thank Annabe Fielding herself, for contacting me on my booktwt and asking me to read her new book. Thank you so much, it made me incredibly happy to get my first ARC!  And it was a brilliant read!  CAREFUL! If you want  to receive no spoilers for this story, skip to the next quote and read from there!  "Still waters are deep."    The book is set in Edwardian England and starts with a young girl - Agnes Ashford - who's working for Lord and Lady Bryant as archivist. The story is mostly set in Hartfell Hall in Leicestershire and in London. The books beginn with her wandering through the deep tunnels under the castle and looking through old documents and letters to archive them chronologically. We see her uncover the mystery of the death of the second youngest child Gregory. With this she comes closer to Lady Helen Bryant. But things all change for the whole family when Lord Bryant is poisoned.  Agnes soon rises to a secreta...