Let’s Talk Bookish: Summer Reading Plans

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. As June’s prompts went up a little late I didn’t have a chance to do thisContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Summer Reading Plans”

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 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. For this, I’m sticking to books I have on NetGalley,ContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2024”

#5OnMyTBR: Authors’ Debuts

#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. I love coming across debut novels – I think it’s so exciting to get an insight into a writer as they’re just starting out. AndContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Authors’ Debuts”

Book Review: To Steal a Heart by Kate Bateman

Format: ebookPublished: February 23rd, 2016Age: AdultGenre: Historical Romance – RegencyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars To get an idea of how much I really enjoyed this: before I’d even finished, I purchased book 2. Actually, by coincidence, I picked that up shortly after we were introduced to the couple who are the focus of book 2, soContinueContinue reading “Book Review: To Steal a Heart by Kate Bateman”

8 Books for 8 Decades

Here’s a fun fact: my dad turns 70 tomorrow. I think that’s pretty awesome, and although he’s not a big reader himself, he has always hugely supported me in my own reading and writing, and always been there to encourage me when I needed it. He’s a hell of a storyteller, too, and definitely helpedContinueContinue reading “8 Books for 8 Decades”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Diversity in Reading

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 is such a great topic, and one I feel very passionate about – I couldContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Diversity in Reading”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2024 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’ve mentioned before how much I enjoy doing these TBRContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2024 To-Read List”

#5OnMyTBR: Beach Read

#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. This was a fun one! I find the term ‘Beach Read’ quite interesting – I don’t think I often pick up books that others wouldContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Beach Read”

That Dreaded TBR #65

Looks like I’m still with the horror anthologies for the time being, seems towards the end of 2013 I was searching out a lot of horror, and using anthologies to try and gage whether I wanted to read this or that author. Problem is there are so many excellent anthologies out there now that tendContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #65”

Divination Hollow Reviews: Pride in Horror Month

Over at Divination Hollow Reviews – the horror and dark fiction site I run with the help of a small, dedicated team of contributors – we’re celebrating Pride in Horror Month throughout June, and I thought it’d be a good opportunity to showcase the content we’ve featured so far! WelcomeI think I’ve done a welcomeContinueContinue reading “Divination Hollow Reviews: Pride in Horror Month”