Book Review: Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines By Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, Sue Viders

Format: PaperbackPublished: June 19th, 2000Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – Reference – WritingGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars There have been more recent editions of this book since the one I own was published, and I really hope these editions have updated the way they handle the ‘archetypes’ as, to be frank, I found the descriptions and way theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines By Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, Sue Viders”

Blogmas Day 25: #5OnMyTBR – 2023 TBR Titles You Didn’t Get To

#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. Firstly, Merry Christmas! Whatever you’re doing today, I hope it’s full of your favourite things for this time of the year. Initially, I was goingContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 25: #5OnMyTBR – 2023 TBR Titles You Didn’t Get To”

Blogmas Day 24: 12 Days of Christmas Book Tag

Happy Christmas Eve! I thought I’d squeeze in one more Book Tag before Christmas, and this one looks great – it one I spotted last year at ForBooksSake, which is an excellent blog, and was originally created by Lizzie Loves Books. Blogmas 2023: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /ContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 24: 12 Days of Christmas Book Tag”

Book Review: The Supreme Lie by Geraldine McCaughrean

Format: ebookRelease Date: April 15th, 2021Age: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy – DystopiaGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Thank you to Usborne Publishing for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley – views remain my own. This book was excellent, and I think it’s a really great example of Young Adult that doesn’t talk down to its targetContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Supreme Lie by Geraldine McCaughrean”

Blogmas Day 23: Book Blogger Hop December 22nd – 28th

Book Blogger Hop Blogmas 2023: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 What is your favorite 2023 book? (submitted byContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 23: Book Blogger Hop December 22nd – 28th”

Blogmas Day 22: The End of Year Book Tag

As we are almost at the end of the year, it seems like a good time to do this book tag! I originally saw this at Words Unlike Our Own. I thought I did this tag last year, but I actually completed it the year before in 2021. Will have to try and remember itContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 22: The End of Year Book Tag”

Let’s Talk Bookish: What Counts as YA?

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. Although I have been focusing on Blogmas for this month, I couldn’t resist today’s Let’s TalkContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: What Counts as YA?”

Blogmas Day 21: Book Review – This Christmas by Emma Heatherington

Format: ebookPublished: Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars Blogmas 2023: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 This book was adorable! WeContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 21: Book Review – This Christmas by Emma Heatherington”

Book Review: Marvel: Xavier Institute – First Team by Robbie MacNiven

Format: ebookRelease Date: March 2nd, 2021Age: Young AdultGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I would have enjoyed this a lot more if it hadn’t dragged on so much. A lot of the action got to be a bit repetitive, or the characters repeated the same kind of thing over and over. I’m not a regular readerContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Marvel: Xavier Institute – First Team by Robbie MacNiven”

Blogmas Day 19: Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Hope Santa Brings

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. One reason why I love coming back to this listContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 19: Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Hope Santa Brings”