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. Similar to my previous TBR lists for this year, I’mContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Autumn 2023 To-Read List”
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The WriteReads Blog Tour: Scareground by Angela Kecojevic
Blurb Roll up, roll up, the Scareground is in town! Twelve-year-old Nancy Crumpet lives above a bakery and her life is a delightful mix of flour, salt, and love. Yet her mind is brimming with questions no one can answer: Why did her birth parents disappear? Why can she speak with the sky? And whyContinueContinue reading “The WriteReads Blog Tour: Scareground by Angela Kecojevic”
#5OnMyTBR: Classics
#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 know I have some Classics on my TBR, but not really that many! I’m not a big Classics reader, though sometimes I will giveContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Classics”
Book Review: A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
Format: ebookRelease Date: January 20th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Historical – LiteraryGoodreads Rating: 1/5 Stars Thank you to publishers Faber & Faber for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley. A little history before diving into the review, specifically about the event that starts this book – in October 1966, a coal slag heap collapsed inContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe”
Book Blogger Hop: September 15th – 21st
Book Blogger Hop How long does it usually take you to finish a book? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer) I remember when I used to write stories way back in primary school, and I’d ask the teacher how long they needed to be (sometimes they were set as homework, other times I…basically gave myself optionalContinueContinue reading “Book Blogger Hop: September 15th – 21st”
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”
Unwrapping Words 