Maryam (@thecurioussffreader)

December Wrap-Up & January Reading Plans

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a lovely holiday season. 🥳🥳🥳 December was exhausting. I moved to Paris and work was an absolute nightmare,… Read more “December Wrap-Up & January Reading Plans”

Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Tor Length : 416 pages Format : eARC Rating : 5 stars Publication Date: July 20th 2021 PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “I refuse to be nothing…” In a famine-stricken village on… Read more “Book Review: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (The Radiant Emperor #1)”

This year has been flying by but, for some reasons, November felt slower than the rest of the year has been for me. It’s probably because I… Read more “November Wrap-Up & December Reading Plans | 2022”

Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Tor Length : 336 pages Format : Ebook Rating : 3,5 stars Publication Date: October 2nd 2012 PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, first-year… Read more “Book Review: Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (Craft Sequence #1)”

I haven’t posted a proper wrap-up since January! I wrote one in February that I never posted because when I realized I had forgotten to post it,… Read more “October Wrap-Up & November Reading Plans | 2022”

Genre : Science Fantasy Publisher : TorDotCom Length : 510 pages Format : Ebook Rating : 4 stars Publication Date: August 4th 2020 PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION She answered the Emperor’s call. She arrived with her… Read more “Book Review: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb #2)”

It’s time for my favorite tag of the year: the Mid-Year Book Freak-out! As always, it’s a bit late but I always post it in August so… Read more “Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag & Reading Stats | 2022”

As you may have seen (or not), I was MIA from the bookish internet in the last few months. The reasons are various but I would say… Read more “Discussion post: How Reviewing Changed the Way I Read?”

Genre : Science fiction Publisher : Angry Robot Length : 344 pages Format : eARC Rating : 3 stars Publication Date: July 13th 2021 PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION The laws of physics acting on the planet… Read more “Book Review: The Fallen by Ada Hoffman (The Outside #2)”

A black woman travels back in time to save the life of one of her ancestors who is the son of a plantation owner. But how can… Read more “Book Discussion: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler with the Bookforager”