Bookish Ramblings

I understand that it is very hard to find diverse books (I know this from my own experience of trying to complete this bingo board for a few hours now) So I thought I would help you out a little. Throughout this post, I am under the impression that 'PoC' stands for 'Person of Colour'. If I am wrong then feel free to correct me and ignore the recommendations for PoC categories. Non-Western Cultural Fantasy - Daughter of the sword by Steve Bein This one was particularly hard for me as I have never read any books from this genre (and have only just really started to dabble into fantasy in general) I chose this book as it has a lot of good reviews. This book is described as an 'unusual fantasy' by many that is set in Japan across multiple eras. It is a contemporary story with a mix of detective and urban fantasy about an investigation into the attempted theft of an ancient sword. This book contains 3 period stories (two set in samurai periods and one se...

'Who Knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really?' This book is fantastic. If you need me to back up this opinion I have two points... 1. I read this book in under 2 hours (which is very fast for me as I usually take weeks to read a 300 page book - this one is 248) 2. I paid the ridiculous price of $24.99 NZD for this when I just wanted an author I knew when I was in a place I didn't know. (that's about £12.50 or $17.70 USD for a paperback) First of, I want to talk about the characters. I don't know if each author was in charge of each character or if they created and voiced both together, however they did it, they did a great job. Mark is brilliant. One of the first things we see him do is dance on a bar with his shirt off which I see as incredibly brave and a VERY big hint that he likes Ryan (his best friend). It is during this dance that he spots Kate, a girl from his school, in the s...