Let’s Talk Bookish: Underrepresented Types of Female Characters

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. Well, I love this topic.ContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Underrepresented Types of Female Characters”

Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 10

by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: October 5th, 2022 Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 / Volume 4 / Volume 5 / Volume 6 / Volume 7 / Volume 8 / Volume 9 Every time I think this series cannot possibly break me anymore,ContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 10”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Did Not Finish

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 don’t often DNF books, and there’s a few reasonsContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Did Not Finish”

Book Review: Sage and King by Molly Ringle

Format: ebookPublished: May 18th, 2021Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy – Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars Sage and King was a delightful read. Partly inspired by the TV series Merlin, the book features Zaya, a prince who is enough removed from the crown he never expects to wear it, and Col, a young sage who acts as a tutorContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Sage and King by Molly Ringle”

Bookish Chat: On Representation – Now More Than Ever (Part 3)

Part One / Part Two As before – this continues from Parts One and Two, so please read them before this! Please also note – at the time of writing, I am not currently caught up on 8B! So this will be focusing on 8A and earlier and I would ask if you do comment,ContinueContinue reading “Bookish Chat: On Representation – Now More Than Ever (Part 3)”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Guilty Pleasure Reads

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. This is an interesting oneContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Guilty Pleasure Reads”

Book Review: Cider Ella by S.T. Lynn

Format: ebookPublished: June 24th, 2016Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy – Romance Rating: 4/5 Stars This was a sweet take on Cinderella, featuring Ella, a trans woman who is forced to go by her deadname and serve her stepmother and sisters following her father’s death. I really liked Ella as a character, and I liked the way theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Cider Ella by S.T. Lynn”

100 New Horror Recommendations Part Nine

More exploration of horror over the past few years, using Goodreads’ 100 New Horror Recommendations for (Nearly) Every Kind of Reader to check which books I’ve missed and which ones I might look to read in the future. Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6ContinueContinue reading “100 New Horror Recommendations Part Nine”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2025 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 always find it quite interesting to look back onContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2025 To-Read List”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Writing & Posting Book Reviews

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. It’s always interesting to diveContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Writing & Posting Book Reviews”