March 2024 was a real month for books as we jumped back into action to stabilise (without much success) our ever-growing To Be Read (TBR) list. Currently, we’ve capped it at 14k books. Yeah, that’s large. We’ve had to do a massive catch-up as we read no books in January and one in February to …
Books Published By Royals
Despite the pomp and circumstance, royals have published books of their own over the years. This is not a new concept and has been around for decades. We all know, of course, that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have both released books under their own names. For this list, we will NOT include books with …
Books On Queen Elizabeth II
70 years is a long time to be sovereign. Many books on Queen Elizabeth II should be highlighted. We’ve already done a list of books on her granddaughter-in-law, Meghan Markle, and many more are on the way. We will also be doing one of the books written by royals, so stay tuned for that. So, …
Books About Meghan Markle
When you’re a royal or a public figure, you have to expect people to write about you in books, and Meghan Markle is no exception. If she were not married to King Charles III’s second son, she would be just another fling and a failed actress who could not get another gig after Suits. In …
Dark Disciple – Review #StarWars #StarWarsBooks
With Asajj Ventress about to pop up in The Bad Batch, let’s explore the last time she appeared in the Star Wars timeline: the book Dark Disciple. This novel was initially an eight-arc story written by Katie Lucas, George Lucas’ second daughter, for The Clone Wars series. The show was axed before the story could …
Book Clubs pt. 2 – Local
Local Book Clubs are what bring book lovers together in a single place. While the Macarthur region is a massive place, there are several local book clubs out there for those who love their books. So, we wanted to highlight some of these. There are likely to be a ton of clubs in the region, …
Book Clubs pt. 1 – Online
If there is one thing that the pandemic gave a massive boost to, it is online book clubs. It gave people a sense of belonging while we were all locked in our homes. According to the World Economic Forum, book sales were up during 2021, which was as the pandemic was starting to slow. Over …
What The Wicked Musical Omitted: A Deeper Comparison Between The Beloved Show And The Book
Wicked is one of the biggest musicals of all time. Based on the novel Wicked: The Life And Times of The Wicked Witch Of The West by Gregory Maguire, the musical showcases how the Wicked Witch of the West became the being we know her to be. However, much of the Wicked book was omitted …
Book Apps
Nothing says a good book quite like reading apps. There are so many different applications nowadays that it is hard to know what works and what doesn’t. Initially, we were only going to make a list of the more better-known book apps, but given how many there are, we thought it would be best do …
Fantastic Beasts: Secrets Of Dumbledore Screenplay – Review #Screenplays #HarryPotter
The third screenplay in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, Secrets of Dumbledore, delves into details about the past of the beloved character Albus Dumbledore, exposing him in a light we’ve never seen before. We also continue with Newt Scamander, the legendary author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as he rushes to aid Dumbledore …
Book Clubs pt. 4 – Podcasts
Podcasts are a big part of Book Club culture nowadays. They help keep readers informed and connect them with other fans who love the same literature as they do. There are so many book podcasts out there now that narrowing down which ones to listen to is often difficult. Since this is the last part …
The #PercyJackson #BookTimeline
The Percy Jackson book series timeline is one of the neatest we’ve come across. Sure, there are some events that don’t seem to slot into certain places. But, hey! What book series has a coherent series of events? This post will explore the Percy Jackson timeline from the beginning, thanks to the Timeline page on …
#PercyJackson Books #Reread So Far
We’ve been doing a Percy Jackson reread as of late, and we thought we’d briefly go over which books we’ve finished so far. We’ve completed The Lightning Thief and finished the three short crossover stories with the Kane Chronicles: The Son of Sobek, The Staff of Serapis and The Crown of Ptolemy. The Lightning Thief …
#PercyJackson: #TheLightningThief: Foreshadowing
We love a bit of foreshadowing when it comes to books, so we thought, since we’ve completed our third reading of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief we do just that. We only came up with this as we were going through the last couple of chapters. A few moments of foreshadowing in The Lightning …
Is Astrid Hofferson In The How To Train Your Dragon Books?
According to our Google Search Console stats, one of the searches people have been looking at is whether Astrid Hofferson appears in the How to Train Your Dragon books. Well, that’s what we’ll be looking at in this Book Haven post. The reason we’re doing in Book Haven and not Animated Films and Television is …
Percy Jackson’s Life Gets Complicated – The Lightning Thief – BOOK REVIEW
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series is under 100 days away from debuting on Disney+, and to celebrate, we’re rereading The Lightning Thief, the book on which the show’s first season is based. This review will contain spoilers for the show, which is heavily adapted from the book, so please keep that in mind. Percy …
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald Deepens The Wizarding Law
It’s book review time! In Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, we get a look at the much deeper wizarding laws in the 1920s in America, France and Britain as Newt Scamander and his companions continue to fight against the dark wizard, Gellert Grindelwald. It also introduces the audience to a middle-aged (hot!) Albus Dumbledore …
Books Read In July & August 2023
July was an odd month as we were still soldiering through Fire and Blood. We had to add something to our reads of 2023, so we read the Harry Potter prequel story on Muggle Net. Going into August, we started getting behind on Goodreads, so we read the first screenplay for the Fantastic Beasts films. …
Themes From Fire And Blood
We’ve finally finished reading Fire and Blood, the unreliable textbook about the Targaryen dynasty from Aegon the Conqueror to Aegon III. However, the book also explores themes that even its sequels in the Game of Thrones series of books and the television series covers. In this post, we’re going to explain what these themes are. …
Fantastic Beasts Screenplay Is Beast-Tastic!
Everyone knows the story of Harry Potter. But how much do they know about the years predating the Boy Who Lived’s birth? The film series Fantastic Beasts was a way to answer that question. In 2016, upon the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a screenplay debuted written by J.K. Rowling herself. …
Driving Characters Mad: The Incest Trope
Many stories of fiction are contrived from aspects of reality. One trope that pops up in the fantasy genre is incest. Also known as inbreeding, many tales, such as the worlds created by George R.R. Martin (Westeros) and J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter), have dove into this a lot in their works. It has also been …
Why Wasn’t House Of The Dragon Fully Adapted From Fire And Blood?
House of the Dragon is a few months away from completing filming on its second season. For those who mightn’t be aware, the series is adapted from the inaccurate history book, Fire and Blood, released in 2018. However, the series only covers the lead-up to the Dance of Dragons, the war between the blacks (Rhaenyra) …
Read Books For June 2023
Not much reading was done of different books in June. Since we’re only just finding our footing back into the world of reading, we decided to read several Goddess Girl books to keep our GoodReads book challenge happy. This was done to prevent any fall behind in which we pledged twelve. We may end up …
What Parts Of Fire And Blood Were NOT Included In House Of The Dragon?
Our current read is Fire and Blood by George R.R. Martin, the prequel novel to the famous books that inspired the hit HBO series, Game of Thrones. We recently reviewed what we’d read so far in the “historical tome” written about the Targaryen dynasty. But there is more to this. Since we’ve watched House of …
Fire And Blood REVIEW – An Unreliable Narrator Tells The Story That Inspired House Of The Dragon
It’s no secret that House of the Dragon is one the most significant shows to hit HBO since Game of Thrones ended. But where did the lore come from if it didn’t come from the same books? That’s where Fire and Blood comes in. Fire and Blood is formatted as a history book told by …