Blogmas Day 14: All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox

Publisher: Hooder & StoughtonFormat: ebookRelease Date: November 24th, 2022Genre: RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley. Views remain my own. This book was so close to hitting five stars, and nothing makes me more frustrated than when the book I’m reading is soContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 14: All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox”

Blogmas Day 13 – Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Winter 2022-2023 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. I really like looking at my TBR and planning ahead.ContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 13 – Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Winter 2022-2023 To-Read List”

Blogmas Day 11: The Noel Diary

I was really excited for this film when I saw the premise, and the cast is truly great. Author Jake Turner (Justin Hartley) returns to his mother’s house to settle her estate. There, he’s approached by Rachel (Barrett Doss), who believes her mother once lived with the Turner family, and feels Jake might hold theContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 11: The Noel Diary”

Blogmas Day 9: Let’s Talk Bookish – Books as Gifts

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. December 9: Books as Gifts (Hannah @ Hannah’s Library) Prompts: Do books make good gifts? Do you everContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 9: Let’s Talk Bookish – Books as Gifts”

Blogmas Day 8: A Diamond for Christmas by Sydney Jane Baily

Publisher: WOLF PublishingFormat: ebookRelease Date: October 18th 2022Genre: Romance – Regency – ChristmasGoodreadsPart of Naughty or Nice: A Holiday Regency Anthology – Once Upon an Aggravatingly Heroic Kiss Review As much as I loved Once Upon an Aggravatingly Heroic Kiss, A Diamond for Christmas just about tops Bree Wolf’s novella for me. This is taggedContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 8: A Diamond for Christmas by Sydney Jane Baily”

Blogmas Day 7: Santa Maybe By Mary Jayne Baker

Publisher: Head of ZeusFormat: ebookRelease Date: December 1st, 2022Genre: RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars If you’re looking for a sweet romance to warm you up this Christmas, with plenty of squeal moments, Santa Maybe really delivers. Elodie Martin isn’t the biggest fan of Christmas, surprising as her toy shop is famous for it’s Santa’s Grotto, andContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 7: Santa Maybe By Mary Jayne Baker”

Blogmas Day 6: Top Ten Tuesday Freebie

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. A freebie for today, and I’m going to use anContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 6: Top Ten Tuesday Freebie”

Blogmas Day 5: Christmas Films I Want to Watch

I really had fun looking at the different Christmas films last year, and did a Festive Films list, which actually really helped me, as I am terrible at deciding what to watch in the moment so it’s useful to have a list of what I’ve seen and think yes, that looks fun! There’s only oneContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 5: Christmas Films I Want to Watch”

Blogmas Day 4: NetGalley November Update

Well, I gave NetGalley November a go, but I think the timing was just a little wrong for me – I did not manage to read as much I would have liked, and that’s partly because a fair bit of my reading time has been taken up reading Sand, Salt, Blood submissions. Still, I thoughtContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 4: NetGalley November Update”

Blogmas Day 1: Welcome to Blogmas!

It’s that time of year again – December! And so we enter Blogmas, a month full of bookish Christmas and holiday cheer. I’ll be giving Blogmas a good go this year, but after Blogtober, I’ve decided I’m not going to push too hard for this month, and I won’t be doubling up posts again asContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 1: Welcome to Blogmas!”