Format: PaperbackPublished: December 1st, 1994Age: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – History – Politics Rating: 5/5 Stars We’re now at 40 years since the 1984-85 miners’ strike, and 30 years after the initial publication of The Enemy Within. Reading it now, in 2024, it’s borderline depressing how we’re still feeling the impact of the way things played outContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners by Seumas Milne”
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2024 Reading Challenges Update #12
Here we are with my final update for the 2024 Reading Challenges. I…didn’t do as well at these as I would have liked, but I’m still somewhat proud of my progress. I did manage to complete two of the challenges – though one was short, and the other was the Musicals challenge I created myself.ContinueContinue reading “2024 Reading Challenges Update #12”
Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2025
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 new year and a new batch of books toContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2025”
Book Review: Heartbreak Incorporated by Alex de Campi
Format: ebookPublished: June 22nd, 2021Age: AdultGenre: Paranormal Romance Rating: 3/5 Stars I was really close to loving this book, but unfortunately by the end I was left feeling a little deflated. There were just too many things throughout that put me off. Evie wants to be a journalist, but at the ripe old age (yep,ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Heartbreak Incorporated by Alex de Campi”
2025 Reading Challenges
We’re into a new year! I know I touched on the challenges I’ll be tackling in 2025 in an earlier Blogmas post, but there have been some changes and I’ll be noting here some of the books I’ll be reading for these challenges this year, too. 2023 Reading Challenges / 2024 Reading Challenges Total ReadingContinueContinue reading “2025 Reading Challenges”
Happy New Year!
Well, here we are at the start of another new year! Can you believe it’s 2025? I can’t decide if the last few years have gone too fast or too slow. Either way, I hope you’re able to enjoy today celebrating or relaxing (which ever you need the most!) and enjoying yourself. I hope it’sContinueContinue reading “Happy New Year!”
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read in 2024
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 “best” lists very hard – I feelContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read in 2024”
Blogmas Day 24: Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Hope Santa Brings 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. This will be my last post for Blogmas/Christmas. I usuallyContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 24: Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Hope Santa Brings Me”
Blogmas Day 23: #5OnMyTBR – Winter Celebrations
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. Well, it’s almost time for the big day – are you ready? Got all the prep done (if you celebrate Christmas!)? Hopefully you’re able toContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 23: #5OnMyTBR – Winter Celebrations”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Buying Too Many Books
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. This was the prompt for last week, but as I didn’t do it then and, althoughContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Buying Too Many Books”
Unwrapping Words 