Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading and Mental Health

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. August 4th: Reading and Mental Health (Jillian @ Jillian the Bookish Butterfly) Prompts: How does reading impact yourContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading and Mental Health”

Book Review: Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne

Format: ebook Release Date: January 18th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars Thank you to Headline Eternal for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley – views remain my own. This was really enjoyable. A very loose retelling of Pygmalion, Made in Manhattan features Violet – a Manhattan socialite who knows exactly howContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne”

Reading Challenge Update #7

It’s August! And I can confirm following my previous post, the heat was turned down – a bit too much! As I type this it’s very gloomy and grey outside. We just can’t seem to win! But even with miserable weather we’ve had days where it’s been miserable and muggy – it would be niceContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenge Update #7”

#5OnMyTBR: Animal

#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. Another really fun topic from #5OnMyTBR! This one wasn’t hard to find books for at all, as there’s a fair few I have that eitherContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Animal”

Book Review: A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill

Format: ebook Release Date: February 7th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Historical RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars This is one of those books I found myself really enjoying and getting into at certain points, only to then have something minor whip me out the story. The ‘issues’ might be particular to me, but this just scraped by with aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Book Platforms

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. July 29th: Book Platforms(Aria) Prompts: Book blogging certainly isn’t the only online book platform. From booktokContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Book Platforms”

Audiobook Review: Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe

Narrated by: Tess SharpePublisher: Little, Brown Young ReadersAge: Young AdultGenre: Contemporary – RomanceFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: January 24th, 2023Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Oh, this was adorable. If you enjoy audiobooks, the narration for this was absolutely wonderful, and Sharpe does a great job with separating the voices of Penny and Tate. And as for Penny andContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe”

Book Casting: Scott Michael Foster

So, backstory time – I was doing a rewatch of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and it reminded me how utterly against-my-will charmed I was by Nathaniel. For those who haven’t watched the show, I really do highly recommend it. It’s great at taking these stock rom-com trope characters and adding layers and layers and layers to them,ContinueContinue reading “Book Casting: Scott Michael Foster”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Struggled to Finish

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 amended this week’s – the actual topic is ‘TenContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Struggled to Finish”

#5OnMyTBR: Music

#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. Oh, I love books that talk about or heavily involve music! I think it goes back to my teenage years when I was very muchContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Music”