It has been hot this year! As I write this, there is finally some relief to the heat, to the point that I’m actually feeling a tiny bit chilly today, but the weather forecasts it shooting back up again in the coming week, so by the time I finish this update I might just beContinueContinue reading “2026 Reading Challenges Update #7”
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Fantasy with Friends: Witches in Fantasy
Fantasy with Friends – hosted by Pages Unbound – poses questions each Monday about fantasy, either as a genre as a whole or individual works. I love a witchy fantasy – witches can be such interesting characters in the right hands, and so different, especially when we look at subgenres. So I’m very excited toContinueContinue reading “Fantasy with Friends: Witches in Fantasy”
Monday Moods: Retellings
Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Retellings”
Fantasy with Friends: Common Tropes in Children’s Fantasy
Fantasy with Friends – hosted by Pages Unbound – poses questions each Monday about fantasy, either as a genre as a whole or individual works. I had a lot of fun doing this one last week, so thought I’d continue it for Fridays! Plus, this week’s question is super interesting, and definitely one I haveContinueContinue reading “Fantasy with Friends: Common Tropes in Children’s Fantasy”
Monday Moods: Folk
Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Folk”
Fantasy with Friends: Brandon Sanderson
Fantasy with Friends – hosted by Pages Unbound – poses questions each Monday about fantasy, either as a genre as a whole or individual works. I had a glance over this and although these questions are posed for Mondays, I thought these would be really fun prompts for Friday discussions between LTB posts. At someContinueContinue reading “Fantasy with Friends: Brandon Sanderson”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want to Read by New to Me Authors
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 always like doing these new-to-me authors lists, and seeingContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want to Read by New to Me Authors”
Monday Moods: Sharks!
Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Sharks!”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Participating in Discussion Posts
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, with Dini at Dini Panda Reads as co-host from February 2025. LTB has now changed toContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Participating in Discussion Posts”
Book Review: A Thief and a Gentleman by Arden Powell
Format: ebookPublished: 24th July, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Historical Fantasy Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars Cosy queer historical fantasy about a con artist who is dared to seduce a frankly boring gentleman, set in London, 1920s, where people have magic but very few feel free to use it. Sebastian – our thief – knows Morgan, the man he’sContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Thief and a Gentleman by Arden Powell”
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