BOOK REVIEW | THE ROSE AND THE DAGGER BY RENEE AHDIEH

Title: The Rose and the Dagger
Author: Renee Ahdieh
Published: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 416
Rating: 4/5

This review contains spoilers for 'The Wrath and the Dawn', book 1 in 'The Wrath and the Dawn' duology.

"In 'The Rose and the Dagger' we follow the aftermath of what happened to the city Rey and it's ruler who'm are both vulnerable. We follow the multiple characters we first got to meet in 'The Wrath and the Dawn' such as Shazrad, Khalid and Tariq."

It took me two and a halve month to finally finish this book. This was not because I didn't enjoy the book enough, it was all through the lack of time. I do think the fact that it took me so long to read this book, made me enjoy it a little less. I couldn't invest in the story as much as I wanted to, I think that once I will re-read this duology, in a short period of time, I will like it much better.

Anyhow, I did really enjoy this story. I really liked the setting and I liked where Renee brought this story. I loved the characters in this book and the writing style is great. almost poetical. 

Although I really loved it, it didn't live up to the kick-ass start we had in the first book. Therefor I gave this book 4/5. 

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FRESH START

Hello!

First of all, thank you for taking your time to read this. I have been long-lacking blogging. Same excuse as always; school and internship and work, it was just a bit too much of it all. I couldn't keep up with all the work, let alone blogging beside it. Now I finally am keeping up with my work again (sort of) I want to start blogging again. 

Today I finished my first book since the 6th of October (yay) and I really want to keep reading again. I want to make time for it, as I make time for school and internship. I don't know how frequently I will post, but I will definitely try to at least post two times a week again. Pardon me if that fails.

Thank you for sticking with me! Talk to you soon. Lots of love!

COLLECT | MODERN LIBRARY CLASSICS: SHAKESPEARE

In the near future I want to read at least one Shakespeare, and I stumbled across these editions today and fell absolutely in love with them. I decided that I want to collect these once I start to read Shakespeare. These are the Modern Library Classic editions.

Much Ado About Nothing

Love's Labour's Lost

Richard III

Julius Caesar

The Comedy of Errors

Coriolanus

Macbeth

Titus Andronicus & Timon of Athens

The Tempest

BOOK REVIEW | HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD BY J.K. ROWLING, JACK THORNE AND JOHN TIFANNY

Title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Author: J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tifanny
Published: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 327
Rating: 4/5

"It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places."

I went in to this book without any expectations. I didn't want to see this as the eight book in the Harry Potter series, and also not as a book written by J.K. Rowling but a story written by Jack Thorne based on a new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany. That's what I did, and I really enjoyed the reading experience. 

It was absolutely amazing, to meet the new characters J.K. Rowling had to offer and although it was quite the cliche, and something that probably a lot of fans could have come up with, the story was great. I really liked the elements that came back and I would love to see the play one day!

I can definitely see and understand why people either love it or hate it, but if you are still in doubt whether to read it or not, I would highly recommend to give it a chance.

BOOK REVIEW | TEACHING MY MOTHER HOW TO GIVE BIRTH BY WARSAN SHIRE

Title: Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth
Author: Warsan Shire
Published: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 37
Rating: 4/5

'Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth' is a poetry collection by Kenyan-born Warsan Shire.

I am really interested in reading more poetry and this was high on my list of poetry I wanted to read. This did not disappoint at all. The poetry was powerful, gripping and beautiful. Some of the poetry I liked more than others, but most I loved.

One of my favorite parts was:

"You are her mother.

Why did you not warn her,

hold her like a rotting boat

and tell her that men will not love her

if she is covered in continents,

if her teeth are small colonies,

if her stomach is an island

if her thighs are borders?

What man wants to lie down

and watch the world burn

in his bedroom?

Your daughter ’s face is a small riot,

her hands are a civil war,

a refugee camp behind each ear,

a body littered with ugly things.

But God,

doesn’t she wear

the world well?"