Monday Moods is a new 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: Educational”
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Audiobook Review: The World According to Cunk: An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever, Space Permitting by Philomena Cunk
Narrated By: Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan)Publisher: John MurrayAge: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – HistoryFormat: AudiobookPublished: October 3rd, 2024 Rating: 5/5 Stars For those who aren’t aware, Philomena Cunk is a character played by Diane Morgan, and if you haven’t come across her before, I strongly suggest checking her out. Morgan plays the part brilliantly on TV, butContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: The World According to Cunk: An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever, Space Permitting by Philomena Cunk”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Literary Palette Cleansers
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. Let’s Talk Bookish May 23rd:LiteraryContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Literary Palette Cleansers”
Book Review: The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber
Format: ebookPublished: January 20th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – History – Folklore/Fairy Tales Rating: 5/5 Stars If you have an interest in fairy tales beyond the tales themselves, I think Jubber’s book is an excellent deep dive not just in the history of the tales, but of the people who wrote and/or collected them. Yes, weContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Feature Travel
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. Another fun topic for this week, but I’m doing aContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Feature Travel”
Monday Moods: Monsters
Monday Moods is a new 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: Monsters”
TheWriteReads Blog Tour Spotlight: Hive (Madders of Time #1) by D.L. Orton
Genre: Science FictionAge: AdultPublication: May 6, 2025Goodreads / StorygraphAmazon: Canada USA UK Today is a spotlight post, but there will be a review coming for the book once I’ve read it, and I’m really looking forward to reading it! How can you not feel hooked in almost instantly, with the idea of going back inContinueContinue reading “TheWriteReads Blog Tour Spotlight: Hive (Madders of Time #1) by D.L. Orton”
Graphic Novel Review: Jessica Jones: Alias, Vol. 2
By Brian Michael Bendis, David W. Mack (Illustrator), Michael Gaydos (Illustrator)Format: PaperbackPublished: January 1st, 2003Age: AdultGenre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy – Crime Rating: 5/5 Stars In Alias, Volume 2, superhero turned PI Jessica Jones investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl, with little but the girl’s collage books to get clues from. As she gradually pieces it together, she gets an eyeopenerContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Jessica Jones: Alias, Vol. 2”
Let’s Talk Bookish: The Book Everyone Else Loved
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. Let’s Talk Bookish May 16th:WhatContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: The Book Everyone Else Loved”
One Sentence Book Reviews – Part 3
I keep meaning to do these a bit more often, but other stuff often gets in the way and, well, it’s been a long time! But they seem to be popular posts so here’s another one. These are one sentence book reviews for the last 5 books I’ve read at the time of writing. OneContinueContinue reading “One Sentence Book Reviews – Part 3”
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