Magic of books

BBC Thursday – 6th of April

Have you missed BBC radio? Have you discovered any good dramas while I was gone?

I haven’t done much listening during that time so I might’ve missed a few things, but there are always new stories waiting :).

1. Journey to the Centre of the Earth Jules Verne’s novel adapted by Moya O’Shea

Renowned professor, Otto Lidenbrock, discovers a mysterious, runic cryptogram in a rare manuscript he has…

Top 5 Wednesday – Top SFF Books on Your TBR

Oh look, another Top 5 Wednesday! It’s been two months since I did one of these and there are plenty books to list on this one, but as usual – five is the limit (more or less). And since I want to actually stay within the limit, I’ll only mention Science Fiction books because my list of these is way shorter than Fantasy :D.

5. Hover by Melissa West

It’s about time I’ve read this one – a sequel to…

Comic Con and world mapping

Guys! I just found out we’ll FINALLY have Comic Con in Warsaw!!!! It’s so awesome! Well, by “just” I mean like an hour ago which I spent messaging everyone and telling everybody around about this :P. I run around in circles with my hands in the air happily screaming about the upcoming party. Well, I did that in my head at least :P. It would be totally crazy if I did that for real, right?

All…

Keep it Fresh book Tag

Look at that, I still have some unanswered tags from aaaages ago it seems appropriate to dust them off as a part of some spring cleaning ;). Since It’s finally getting warm outside and I had a nice fruit-filled breakfast today I’m gonna go with the fruitiest tag there is. I’ve been tagged twice for this one by Syc and Mari. Big thanks to both of you for thinking about me!

The Rules

Post the rules…

I’m baaaaack!

Hello, dear bookworms!

Guess who’s back :D. I missed you guys, but you know… life ;).

To those who wonder – no, nothing bad happened to me, I was simply busy with other things. I should have a bit more time for everything right now, so I’ll be slowly getting my blog back up again. There mightbe some changes, I don’t know yet, but I might rearrange a few things and maybe add some different…

a bit of a break

Hi guys… I’ve been quiet for a while, I hope you missed me a little bit :P. Anyway, I’ve been a bit busy lately, no time for blogging and not much for reading either :/. I just think I’ll let you know I’m still here!

And big thanks to my new followers that helped me read the fantastic 600! You guys are amazing!!!

A little note to those who sent tags and awards my way – I’m super grateful and I…

Rich bad boy and his endangered empire

Have you ever heard about Largo Winch? His stories started with a few novels and graphic novels, but my first meeting with him was through a TV-Show. I’d love to watch it again, but it seems impossible to get it :/. There was a movie a few years ago, but somehow I missed it.

Anyway, I had these two books in my library for years and I finally decided to read them. I wanted to do that for a while…

What happened in January – monthly summary

Oh, look! January is over. Admit it, you already forgot about your yearly goals :P. Well, maybe not yet, I still have some of them in mind.

Anyway, considering that only the cold bothered me this month I’m quite satisfied with it. And since I know some people had some nasty time this month – I wish you all the best for the rest of the year!

The bookish statistics

Finished 9 stories: 1 ebook, 4pa…

BBC Thursday – 2nd of February

Hello, my dead Radio addicts! I know today’s post comes out a bit late, but I wanted to prepare this little graphic you can see here and surprisingly I couldn’t do that at work :P. Maybe I should change switch departments after all, but it looks like I have waaaay too little experience with actual DTP work. Let’s face it, my skills are totally basic and limited to Photoshop ;).

Anyway, on…

Top 5 Wednesday – Current Favorites that Aren’t Books

Well, since this week’s topic is supposed to be about something other than books I’ve decided to move on to my next favorite thing – food :D. I think a word of warning is in order – it’s going to be sweet. But it’s winter, it’s a perfect time for sweet and comfy meals, right? And no, there will be no exact recipes because I always forget to save them or write them down, but with a bit of search…

Top 5 Wednesday – Current Favorites that Aren’t Books

Well, since this week’s topic is supposed to be about something other than books I’ve decided to move on to my next favorite thing – food :D. I think a word of warning is in order – it’s going to be sweet. But it’s winter, it’s a perfect time for sweet and comfy meals, right? And no, there will be no exact recipes because I always forget to save them or write them down, but with a bit of search…

Interview with Trisha Hughes

Hello, my dear readers! Today I’d love to introduce you to a very interesting writer Trisha Hughes. She’s got a new book coming up within a month and I have to say it looks very interesting :D. Check out my interview and have a look at the book, you might want to read it!

Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your passion for history

This passion I have for British history began many years ago…

Dwarves and dinosaurs – two unlikely graphic novels you might like

It’s another Monday! The last one this month, so it shouldn’t be too bad, right? Well, mine isn’t bad, so I’m quite satisfied :D.

Today I’ve got for you two graphic novels I’ve read… let’s say within last month. Both have something that I found different and maybe a bit unusual. Brigada’s specialty is the curious graphic style – forget about your usually lovely-looking elves, meet a bunch of…

Here’s the effect of my buying (and receiving) month:

I realize most of these titles are in Polish and you might not recognize the covers. Here’s the list of my new precious books from left to right and you’ll find the bigger version of the covers in the little gallery bellow :). Some of them are really awesome!

City of Heavenly fire by Cassandra Clare – to be honest, I haven’t planned to buy this one, since I’ve only read the first volume by now and it will be some time before I’ll get to the sixth, but it was so cheap! It was just lying there in the box of books like it was some cheap crap…. It would be a crime not to free it from there!

Carve the mark by Veronica Roth – I haven’t actually bought this on! It was a gift, so I’m totally happy :D. Can’t wait to read it, right after I’ll finish Gemina.

Gemina by Amy Kaufman, Jay Kristoff [reading] – and since I’ve started talking about this one… I’m loving it! It even had an ASCI drawings of Viper Mk2 and Enterprise! And the drawings are lovely. Soooo happy!

Witcher: House of glass by Paul Tobin, Joe Querio [read] – I got it yesterday (it was also a gift) and read it today morning :D. I need a second volume. It had a perfect Witcher feel to it and… well, I think I’ll write a review for it :P

Martian by Andy Weir [read] – and here it is, I finally found the hardcover version and I’ll re-read it this year and be happy again :D!

The real story of Captain Hook by Pierdomenico Baccalario – another one of the cheap book box finds. I admit I’m a bit skeptic about it, but I still want to read it and see what the author thought about Hook’s past.

Stardust by Neil Gaiman [read] – one of the awesome Gaiman stories I really like and want to re-read at some point and it will be easier now since I own a copy :P.

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman [read] – pretty much my favorite Gaiman book, so I just had to have it :D. And these covers look quite fantastic with all of these details entangled within the text. Details that connect to the story, so there are these little metro-like stops, a rat and a crow, the pillar-like pieces of text. It’s adorable!

American Gods by Neil Gaiman – and here’s one of the Gaiman’s books I haven’t read yet. Somehow I never got my hands on it, but since the movie will be out soon I feel the need to finally read the story :).

Myths and legends – an anthology by various authors – yeah, well, I got tempted by another 1$ bundle. It’s kind of a weakness, but if I’ll find even one book in here that I’ll like I’d say it was worth it :P.

Carve the Mark & Witcher: House of glass

Myths and legends box set

Martian, City of Heavenly fire & Real story of Captain Hook

Neverwhere & American gods

Gemina & Stardust

What books did you get this month?

The new bookish subscription Box for Europe!

Hi guys! I’ve got some awesome news for those of you who, just like me, live way too far from all those fantastic book boxes. I know it will sound like a commercial, but I don’t care because I’m happy that finally someone realized that Europeans also need a piece of mysterious bookish goodness :P.

Here’s a presentation of the Magic Chest by the owner herself!

Magic Chestis a new subscription…

Top 5 Wednesday – Favorite Underrated Books

Well hello there! Here’s another Wednesday with another list to fill in :). This time it’s about those special books (or series as it will be in my case) that are either unknown or lie forgotten, even though they used to be famous. Let me remind you of few of my favorites and feel free to tell me if you remember any of these or what books or series would you pick for today’s list!

5. Artefacts of…

Magical birds and fairy tales

The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen, Helen Crawford-White (Illustrations)

My rating: 

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I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This lovely edition contains two of the loveliest fairy tales from my childhood. First of them – “The wild swans” tells us a story of bewitched princes and their younger sister who tries to…