BIBLIOTHERAPY || #NowWeRise

I am thrilled to be a part of the #NowWeRise blog tour, to celebrate the release of CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE by Tomi Adayemi!

For this video, I drew inspiration from the maji Healers of the Iwosan clan, to bring you some books that heal/cure your (not-so-bookish) ailments

Welcome to today's Bibliotherapy session...

January Wrap Up | 2016

Reviews
- Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (video review)
- Soundless by Richelle Mead (video review)




Books Acquired:
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
- Stanley the Amazing Knitting Cat by Emily Mackenzie
- Macbeth #killingit by William Shakespeare & Courtney Carbone
- A Midsummer Night #nofilter by William Shakespeare & Brett Wright
- Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
- Raelia by Lynette Noni
- Yellow by Megan Jacobson
- Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit
- The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
- Running Like China by Sophie Hardcastle
- Lone Star by Paullina Simons




Books Read:
- Soundless by Richelle Mead
- The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
- Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
- Winter by Marissa Meyer

/In Progress/
- The One by Kiera Cass
- Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox
- Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
- The Marvels by Brian Selznick
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman




February TBR:
- The Slow Regard for Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
- The Titans Curse by Rick Riordan
- The Goddess Inheritance by Aimee Carter
- Clockwork Angel: Graphic Novel by Cassandra Clare
- Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
- In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

I received this book for free from Bookworld in exchange for an honest review.


The Narrow Road by Richard Flanagan
Series: n/a
Released: September 3rd 2013
Pages: 467
Source: Bookworld
Buy it: The Book Depository | Bookworld
     - Both have free shipping worldwide

Richard Flanagan's story — of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor haunted by a love affair with his uncle's wife — journeys from the caves of Tasmanian trappers in the early twentieth century to a crumbling pre-war beachside hotel, from a Thai jungle prison to a Japanese snow festival, from the Changi gallows to a chance meeting of lovers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Taking its title from 17th-century haiku poet Basho's travel journal, The Narrow Road To The Deep North is about the impossibility of love. At its heart is one day in a Japanese slave labour camp in August 1943. As the day builds to its horrific climax, Dorrigo Evans battles and fails in his quest to save the lives of his fellow POWs, a man is killed for no reason, and a love story unfolds.

Image & Synopsis

The Short
This book... Where do I even start?

The Narrow Road to the Deep North had such a profound impact on me. I often had to stop mid-sentence and contemplate everything; this book, people, life. I didn't even realise at first that it had drawn me in so deeply, but when I finished I was catatonic.

Richard Flanagan is extremely talented. He has such a way with words - his style is so unassuming, but then I find myself needing to take a step back from the book and just breathe for a moment. Every single character is illustrated so vividly, and in such a short amount of time, that I found myself empathising with people that seem to have no sense of humanity.

Stunning. Absolutely stunning. One of the best books I have read.


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June Wrap Up | 2014

Unfortunately, a relatively slow month in comparison to how I have been doing so far this year. I am still on track for all my reading goals, however, so I'm not disappointed :)


*****

Reviews
- Rain by Amanda Sun

Additions to Reading Challenges
NONE :(





Books Acquired:
- These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
- The Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss
- Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier



Books Read:
- These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
- Rain by Amanda Sun
- The Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss

/In Progress/
- Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
- Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
- Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

June TBR:
- The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers
- Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Released: September 30th 2008
Pages: 312
Buy it: The Book Depository (Free Shipping) | Amazon

After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.

Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family . . .

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The Short
The Graveyard is a beautifully written story about a boy living in a rather peculiar place... a graveyard. Being raised by ghosts means that Bod has had a very different upbringing compared to your typical child. He finds himself in many interesting places, some tricky situations, and meeting an array fascinating characters. Absolutely fantastic.



The Long

Blood Phantom by Rhiannon Hart

I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review.


Blood Phantom by Rhiannon Hart
Released: December 9th 2013
Series: Llarmell [Book 0.5]
Pages: 15
Source: Author
Buy it: Amazon

Life in tatters and far from home, Rodden Lothskorn struggles to cope with the harming menace and his own harming nature. When an offer of marriage reaches his friend, Prince Amis, Rodden discovers that the bride’s inhospitable homeland might contain one part of the harming poison he would dearly like to get his hands on. But if summoned northwards, will Princess Lilith bring something – or someone – he dreads most with her? Locked in a years-long struggle with the Lharmellins, Rodden senses the battle is only now about to begin.

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The Short
Blood Phantom is a great addition to the Llarmell series. This novella is from Rodden's point of view, and it was great being able to get inside his head and understand such a mysterious character a little more. In addition to this, the overlapping events with the beginning of Blood Song provided a lot of insight


The Long