Let’s Talk Bookish: How Stubborn of a Reader are You?

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. September 15: How Stubborn of a Reader are You? (Davida Chazan @ The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog) Prompts:ContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: How Stubborn of a Reader are You?”

Book Review: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

Format: PaperbackRelease Date: January 5th, 2000Age: AdultGenre: Romance – HistoricalGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars This book was so good until maybe the last third? Everything prior to Simon and Daphne getting caught in the garden is great, but unfortunately the book takes a downward turn from there and gets a bit messy. Do I still wantContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn”

Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Character Relationships

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 me, relationships can absolutely make or break a story.ContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Character Relationships”

#5OnMyTBR: Best Friend

#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 one was quite hard to find books for, but I managed to find two books I’ve picked up ages ago and three books fromContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Best Friend”

Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 1

by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: October 23rd, 2012Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Finding myself run out of graphic novels and at a little bit of a loss as to what to pick up next, I eyed up my shelves and decided to do a re-read of what is, quite frankly, oneContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 1”

Book Blogger Hop: September 8th – 14th

Book Blogger Hop Do you agree that libraries should ban books? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer) This is a complicated situation, and there’s so many different sides to it – I’m not a librarian nor an expert on libraries, but I think libraries should have the ability to curate books, and choose which ones theyContinueContinue reading “Book Blogger Hop: September 8th – 14th”

Let’s Talk Bookish: What Books Need Sequels?

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. September 8: What books need sequels? (ikwords @ Words on Key) Prompts: What books need sequels? Can a greatContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: What Books Need Sequels?”

Book Review: The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten

Format: ebookRelease Date: March 7th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Lore is a spy and poison-runner, working for her adopted mothers. When a job goes wrong, her secret is exposed, and she finds herself caught by the Presque Mort. Lore has the power to wield Mortem, though unlike the Presque Mort, she’s not sanctionedContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten”

Reading Challenge Update #8

We are at the end of another month and it’s back to school season! August has been a lot, but with us leaving the summer hopefully things will settle down again soon. How was your August? Did you get a lot of reading done? I feel like I kind of did but also kind ofContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenge Update #8”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Defied My Expectations

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 is an interesting one – it’s not ones thatContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Defied My Expectations”