Format: ebookPublished: June 4th, 2024Age: Young AdultGenre: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars This is a really cute YA romance that doesn’t shy away from some more difficult topics, and is perfect for YA readers. Tiwa and Said used to be best friends, until Said moved away for boarding school. Both are determined to pretend theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Adiba Jaigirdar”
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Blogtober Day 2: 2024 Reading Challenges Update #9
I feel like September was a good reading month for me, in a way August didn’t seem to be. What did help though was picking up a few non-challenge, short books, which gave me a nice break from the challenges without being too long of one. Now we’re getting into October, I’m hoping to finishContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 2: 2024 Reading Challenges Update #9”
Blogtober Day 1: Favourite Horror Novels from the Last Year
Yes, it’s the first day of Blogtober! If you’re not aware, Blogtober is an annual blogging event where bloggers post once a day (or maybe more regularly than normal) throughout October, usually focusing on autumn/fall themes or spooky season (Halloween!). I do try to post every day through October, but some years I don’t quiteContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 1: Favourite Horror Novels from the Last Year”
Top Ten Tuesday: Hyped Books
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Oh, this is a fun topic! I feel like IContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Hyped Books”
#5OnMyTBR: City Setting
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. I have to admit, this week’s #5OnMyTBR ended up a bit…London-centric! It wasn’t intentional, but for some reason the most easily identifiable ‘city’ books IContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: City Setting”
Book Review: You’re History by Lesley Chow
Format: ebookPublished: March 9th, 2021Age: Adult Genre: Non-Fiction – Pop Culture Rating: 5/5 Stars In You’re History, Lesley Chow highlights the female artists who have impacted pop, drawing attention to an overlooked area of cultural criticism. Right from the start, Chow examines the kind of artists who are revered and celebrated, and discusses how othersContinueContinue reading “Book Review: You’re History by Lesley Chow”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Banned Books Week
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted with Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Book Nook Bits has hosted since April 2022. This is an interesting topic, and unfortunately way too relevant in the US right now. AContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Banned Books Week”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2024 To-Read List
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These TBR lists are always great fun. More recently, I’veContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2024 To-Read List”
#5OnMyTBR: Hello Autumn
It’s getting chilly. The leaves are turning. Halloween approaches…I know a lot of people don’t like this time of year, but I do! There’s so many fun things that happen around autumn. So, here’s 5 of my TBR books that make me think of autumn!
That Dreaded TBR #70
Here we are again, with another attempt to get rid of some of those books on my Goodreads Want to Read shelf. Last time, I removed all 5 books I looked at, so it’ll be interested to see how many I get rid of today. This is the 70th time I’ve done this, so afterContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #70”
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