Book Review: The Forest of Stars by Heather Kassner

Format: ebookPublished: August 4th, 2020Age: Middle Grade – Young AdultGenre: Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Stars I really liked this. There’s an eerie element to the novel threaded in by the use of shadows and the threats hanging over our cast, and it’s just the right level for older Middle Grade and younger Young Adult readers toContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Forest of Stars by Heather Kassner”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books with a High Page Count

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’m not always a fan of doorstoppers in fiction -ContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books with a High Page Count”

Monday Moods: Contemporary

Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Contemporary”

Audiobook Review: Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

Narrated by Lauren SweetPublisher: HarperAudioAge: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceFormat: AudiobookPublished: November 10th, 2020 Rating: 1/5 Stars I find this with romance in general, but for some reason especially with sapphic – outside of YA and the occasional Christmas romance, I really struggle to find great Contemporary Romance (and please, give me your recommendations if you haveContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur”

Let’s Talk Bookish: A Change in Bookish Opinions

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, with Dini at Dini Panda Reads as co-host from February 2025. Let’s Talk Bookish 15th August:ContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: A Change in Bookish Opinions”

Book Review: The Early Life of Walt Disney by Andrew Kiste

Format: ebookPublished: September 17th, 2021Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – Biography – History Rating: 4/5 Stars Let’s start here: I’m a Disney fangirl. I’m not the biggest, by any stretch. I don’t make regular pilgrimages to any of the parks, but if I could, I absolutely would. When I was 4, my family were involved in aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Early Life of Walt Disney by Andrew Kiste”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Multiple Copies of Books

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, with Dini at Dini Panda Reads as co-host from February 2025. As I missed this topicContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Multiple Copies of Books”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books Guaranteed to Put an End to Your Book Slump

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 find it hard pinpointing exact books to help someoneContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books Guaranteed to Put an End to Your Book Slump”

Monday Moods: Magical

Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Magical”

That Dreaded TBR #76

There are currently way, way too many books on my Goodreads Want to Read shelf, and with very little hope of clearing this down by, you know, actually reading them, I’m going through and removing the ones I no longer want to read. We’re currently on – and have been for a while – theContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #76”