Dinara Tengri

Some days you just don't fee like writing a legitimate book review. Today is that day. And since this week, I'm supposed to be reviewing  Ink and Bone , I decided to write some random thoughts about why I freaking loved this book. Title: Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1) Author: Rachel Caine Publication date: 7 July 2015 Published by: NAL Source: I purchased this book when I got into dentistry school. Do I know how to celebrate, or what? In an exhilarating new series, New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time.… Ruthless and supremely powerful, the Great Library is now a presence in every major city, governing the flow of knowledge to the masses. Alchemy allows the Library to deliver the content of the greatest works of history instantly—but the personal ownership of books is expressly forbidden. Jess Brightwell believes in the value of the Libra...

It's Sunday, and it has been raining all day. In fact, it has been raining a lot this summer. I'm not complaining. I welcome the rain. That being said, all the summer activities require for you to be outdoors, and there isn't much you can do when it's pouring outside. So, what can you do on a rainy Sunday afternoon? I read an article today in the Swedish news outlet, Sydsvenskan, titled " Saker att göra när det regnar - Sticka eller virka en disktrasa " (or, "Things to do  when it's raining - to knit or crochet a dishrag). Sure, knitting is one thing you can do on a rainy day. For instance, I've been knitting a winter skirt, while listening to Stephen King's It  on Audible (now there's a book to set the mood for a rainy day!). But if you're not a knitter, there's so much more you can do to not only pass the time, but to make the most of your day indoors. Listening I've mentioned audiobooks. And you don't even have to...

Title: The X-Files: Cold Cases Author: Joe Harris Adapted to audio by: Chris Maggs Published by: Audible Audio, Unabridged Audiobook Publication date: July 18, 2017 Starring: Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, Dean Haglund, Tom Braidwood, Bruce Harwood, and William B. Davis Source: I pre-ordered this book on Audible. The series that had a generation looking to the sky gets a breathtaking audio reprise in an original full-cast dramatization featuring actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson returning to voice FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Based upon the graphic novels by Joe Harris - with creative direction from series creator Chris Carter - and adapted specifically for the audio format by aural auteur Dirk Maggs (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Alien: Out of the Shadows), Cold Cases marks yet another thrilling addition to the pantheon of X-Files stories. Featuring a mind-blowing and otherworldly soundscape of liquefying aliens, hissing cr...

"O, summer fair! I would have loved you, too, Except for heat and dust and gnats and flies. You kill off all our mental power, Torment us; and like fields, we suffer from the drought; To take a drink, refresh ourselves somehow -  We think of nothing else, and long for lady Winter. And, having bid farewell to her with pancakes and with wine, We hold a wake to honor her with ice-cream and with ice." Excerpt from " Autumn " by Alexander Pushkin I can really relate to this poem. Summer is my least favourite season of all the seasons. I hate the weather, I hate the incessant roar of lawnmowers in the morning, and most of all, I hate wasps. But, I'm not here to nag about how much I hate summertime. I'm here for a quick update on what I have been doing this summer. Well, the first thing I did when I went on vacation was quit drinking... coffee. No more lattes, no more moccas, no more instant Nescafés. The first few weeks were difficult to get throug...

Title: Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence, #1) Author: Max Gladstone Year of publishing: 2012 Published by: Tor Books Source: City Library  You can also read my review for Full Fathom Five (Craft Sequence, #3). A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring Him back to life before His city falls apart. Her client is Kos, recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without Him, the metropolis’s steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot. Tara’s job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in. Her only help: Abelard, a chain-smoking priest of the dead god, who’s having an understandable crisis of faith. When Tara and Abelard discover that Kos was murdered, they have to make a case in Alt Coulumb’s courts—and their quest for the truth endangers their partnership, their lives, and Alt Coulumb’s slim hope of s...

Title: The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) Author: Dan Simmons  Year of publishing: 1991 Published by: Spectra  Source: school library  You can also read my review for  Hyperion .  In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention. On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing--nothing anywhere in the universe--will ever be the same. The only real problem I have with the first book,  Hyperion,  is that it doesn't stand on its own, but is the first half in this two-part epic story. That's something that I didn't reflect upon when I was reading Hyperion , but it  is  something that became very obvious to me when I started reading  The Fall of Hyperion . And to be honest, I felt a little cheated. Still,  Hyperion  is a fantastic book, and it deserv...