Format: ebookPublished: May 16th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Historical (Regency) Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars I love Regency Romance, but I especially love when Regency Romance moves us a bit away from the ton and gives us characters a bit different, with separate struggles than dukes and earls. So, I was very much looking forward to Amita Murray’sContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Unladylike Lessons in Love by Amita Murray”
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2025 Reading Challenges Update #4
More reading challenges updates! I feel like this was a good month for reading, but that might have come to a bit of a standstill now thanks to some issues with my Kindle! At this point, I’m just really hoping I haven’t now lost the arcs I had on there. But it does mean I’llContinueContinue reading “2025 Reading Challenges Update #4”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Bookish Fandoms
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 2nd:BookishContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Bookish Fandoms”
Graphic Novel Review: Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
By Bill Willingham (Writer), Mark Buckingham (Artist), Craig Hamilton (Artist), Steve Leialoha (Artist), P. Craig Russell (Artist)Format: PaperbackPublished: November 30th, 2004Age: AdultGenre: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I’m really enjoying these graphic novels. If you’re not familiar, Fables is about fairy tale characters living in the real world. In the fourth volume, the first refugee in centuriesContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Royalty in the Title
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. The prompt for this was actually – Books with theContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Royalty in the Title”
Monday Moods: Romance
Welcome to Monday Moods, where each week I’ll spotlight books fitting a particular ‘mood’. I did the first one of these last week, and if there’s some interest in them I’ll happily add a page to this site with future ‘moods’. For now, please feel free to take part and link back to my post,ContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Romance”
Book Review: The Hemlock Queen by Hannah F. Whitten
Format: ebookPublished: April 9th, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I loved this. I think sometimes a second book can not-quite-hit in a series. There’s a lot it has to do – continuing the story from the previous book, introducing new elements to keep it a little fresh, raise the stakes and keep you hookedContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Hemlock Queen by Hannah F. Whitten”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Do Blog Tours Build Community?
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 April 25th:DoContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Do Blog Tours Build Community? “
Book Review: To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang
Format: HardbackPublished: April 16th, 2024Age: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars Indulge me for just a moment – I ended up reading this book at the same time I was reading Hannah Whitten’s The Hemlock Queen. They’re not two books I would naturally pair together, but they do compliment one another. Both main characters haveContinueContinue reading “Book Review: To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Surprised Me
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. Top Ten Books That Surprised Me Voyage of the DamnedContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Surprised Me”
Unwrapping Words 