Format: ebookPublished: January 25th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Sci-Fi Rating: 5/5 Stars I adored Seven Devils, so I was very excited to dive back in with the rebels for the duology’s conclusion. This is a feminist space opera, about the Novantae resistance fighting against an evil empire. Following the events of the first book, the rebellion isContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Seven Mercies by L. R. Lam and Elizabeth May”
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Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Releases I Was Excited to Read but Still Haven’t Gotten To
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. There are always a lot of new release books IContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Releases I Was Excited to Read but Still Haven’t Gotten To”
2025 Reading Challenges Update #1
We did it! We made it through January! Phew – some days it really felt like we’d never get there. How did your January go? Did you read as much as you would have liked? I’m not where I’d want to be reading-wise, but that’s okay – there was quite a lot going on inContinueContinue reading “2025 Reading Challenges Update #1”
100 New Horror Recommendations Part Eight
I’m diving back into Goodreads’ 100 New Horror Recommendations for (Nearly) Every Kind of Reader to check which books I’ve missed over the last few years, and which ones I feel pretty keen I’d like to pick up! Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6ContinueContinue reading “100 New Horror Recommendations Part Eight”
Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered 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. It’s always exciting to discover new-to-me authors that I endContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2024”
That Dreaded TBR #72
Diving back in, and we’re still in December 2013. Quite different types of books popping up now, and if I had to guess I’d think they were likely ones recommended to me, or I stumbled across in the Goodreads recommendations (which I really enjoyed going through, until they started glitching on me because, well, myContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #72”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Bookish Trends of 2024
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. When I initially saw this prompt, I didn’t think I’d have much to say, but asContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Bookish Trends of 2024”
Book Review: Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake
Format: ebookPublished: October 1st, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Romance – Contemporary Rating: 2/5 Stars I really wanted to like this one so much more than I did. Sapphic Christmas romances are few and far between (though it feels like it’s getting better year on year!) so I was really excited to read this, but unfortunately the mainContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake”
Bookish Chat: On Representation – Now More Than Ever (Part 1)
Some people don’t give representation a second thought, usually because they’ve grown up seeing themselves reflected in mainstream media anyway. To be unconcerned about representation is to be privileged, to not have to consider it usually means it’s always there for you, anyway – the film hero looks like you, the characters in the booksContinueContinue reading “Bookish Chat: On Representation – Now More Than Ever (Part 1)”
#5OnMyTBR: Nonfiction
#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. At the time of writing this, there haven’t been any prompts added for #5OnMyTBR for January, so to keep it simple I thought I’d highlightContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Nonfiction”
Unwrapping Words 