Another week, another look at the what-the-hell-was-past-Elle-thinking shelf on Goodreads! But that, I mean my want to read shelf, which is way too long and in need of a huge clear out, which I’ve been doing with these blog posts. And I realised I’m almost at number 60, which makes me kind of excited? ItContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #59”
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Book Review: A Childhood in a Welsh Mining Valley by Vivian Jones
Format: PaperbackPublished: June 22nd, 2017Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – MemoirGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars I picked this up ages ago for research purposes, and because the blurb made it sound like a great way to find out what life was like in mining valleys towards the start of the 20th century. The mines are such a keyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Childhood in a Welsh Mining Valley by Vivian Jones”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Worried I Might Not Love the Second Time Around
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. I’ve stuck to six books for this week’s topic, partlyContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Worried I Might Not Love the Second Time Around”
#5OnMyTBR: Historical
#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 got so excited seeing this topic – there are many, many historical books on my TBR, of various kinds – some mystery, some historicalContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Historical”
That Dreaded TBR #58
Yes I am doing another post where I try to reduce my TBR. These are going really well, and I want to try and get through as many of the why-are-there-so-many-books-here-past-Elle ‘want to read’ shelf as I possibly can. It’s helping me remember some great series, too, where I’ve picked up the first book andContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #58”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Favourite Female Protagonists
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 such a great topic, and I was so excited when I saw this underContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Favourite Female Protagonists”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 6
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: July 5th, 2016Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 / Volume 4 / Volume 5 Volume 6 gives us a time jump; Hazel is in kindergarten, learning important lessons like who can she trust and who might tryContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 6”
Books I’m Excited to Read
I know I do #5OnMyTBR on Mondays, but with the theme for them I usually find myself picking from my whole TBR (aka almost every book I own), so today I thought I’d specifically highlight just some of the reading challenge books that are up next on my TBR. Gay Aliens and Queer Folk: HowContinueContinue reading “Books I’m Excited to Read”
5OnMyTBR: Challenging
#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. This is a really interesting topic, and it’s one that’s a little hard to pinpoint for TBR works, where you might not know if aContinueContinue reading “5OnMyTBR: Challenging”
Book Review: The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield
Format: ebookPublished: March 30th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Historical FantasyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars The Valkyrie is the story of Brynhild, Gudrun and Sigurd, a fantasy retelling from Norse mythology that reveals another side to the Valkyrie, princess, and hero. Going into this, I’m not overly familiar with Norse mythology and the sagas, so I can’t compare thisContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield”
Unwrapping Words 