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. It took me a bit to think of what toContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set in a Small Town”
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#5OnMyTBR: Picture
#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 was a really tricky one – turns out I don’t have many books at all that are about pictures (at least, not from aContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Picture”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Predictable Books
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. These prompts are always so much fun, and this week’s is no exception! This is alsoContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Predictable Books”
Book Review: It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square by Ali McNamara
Format: ebookPublished: October 12th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary Romance – ChristmasPublisher: SphereGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars This is one of those books that’s a little silly, fun, and enjoyable, but more so if it hadn’t gone on for so long. Certain elements that came into play, especially towards the end, were a touch forced, maybe a bitContinueContinue reading “Book Review: It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square by Ali McNamara”
Book Casting: Rahul Kohli
Now seemed like a good time to dig into this again, and I thought why not look at what sort of roles one of my absolute favourite actors would be perfect for! Honestly, I’ve loved Kohli ever since seeing him in iZombie, which is a really great TV series well worth checking out if youContinueContinue reading “Book Casting: Rahul Kohli”
Top Ten Tuesday: Reasons Why I’m Thankful for 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. Ah, for all my American friends – Happy Thanksgiving forContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Reasons Why I’m Thankful for Books”
#5OnMyTBR: Warrior
#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 was a fun one! I do admit, I have a few “warrior” romances on my TBR, thanks to romance events like Stuff Your Kindle,ContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Warrior”
Audiobook Review: His Dark Materials: The Complete BBC Radio Collection by Philip Pullman
Full Cast AudioPublisher: BBCAge: ChildrensGenre: FantasyFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: November 1st, 2000Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I may have enjoyed this more if I hadn’t seen the TV show. I picked this up because after watching the show, I realised although there were certain things I remembered really strongly from the books, there were more ‘finer detail’ContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: His Dark Materials: The Complete BBC Radio Collection by Philip Pullman”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Writing as a Reader
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. Let’s Talk Bookish always has such interesting prompts! I really do love doing these, and IContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Writing as a Reader”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 3
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: March 25th, 2014Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 This volume has some big moments, as the story expands and we get events that look like tiny steps forward, but in hindsight (aka having read past this point) we know areContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 3”
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