Vicious by V.E. Schwab // favourite read of 2016 so far

Title: Vicious (Vicious #1)
Author: V.E. Schwab
Genre: Sci-Fi
Warnings: death, murder, self-harm, torture
Rating: 5 stars 

How does Victoria do it?! How can one human being master concept, characters, structure and language all in one book?

When his college roommate Eli begins researching the potential for developing ExtraOrdinary abilities, Victor wants in. But a series of disastrous events leads Victor to now - a prison escapee in a cemetery with a young girl and a dead body, and with only one intention: make Eli suffer.

We Need More Diverse Fantasy!

As part of the challenges I'm doing this year, I have been focusing on reading more diversely. Diverse fiction is hugely important, but one thing I quickly noticed is that diversity is scarce in the Fantasy and Sci-Fi genres. Why is this? Do alternate fantastical dimensions not have diverse people? I sat down and had a think about this.

Books I LOVED but Never Reviewed

Top 10 Tuesday is Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

This week's TTT is a rewind! I've gone through past topics and realised that this was one I hadn't done yet, so here are some amazing books I'd recommend but I never reviewed!

Pokemon Go Book Tag!

Aentee at Read At Midnight created this book tag (as well as these super beautiful banners) and it's definitely one of the coolest tags I've seen in a while. I'm still getting the hang of Pokemon Go and haven't had a lot of time for it, but from playing so far it's really fun and it's no surprise it's got the whole world obsessed.

Books I'd Buy Right This Second If Someone Gave Me a Fully Loaded Gift Card

Top 10 Tuesday is Hosted by The Broke and The Bookish.