Format: PaperbackRelease Date: June 5th, 2012Age: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy – RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I can see why this might have been a bit more…unique, back in 2012 when it was originally released, and I get why some people really like it, but for me it was kind of meh. I do want to readContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo”
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Why Do I Blog?
I always find it interesting when bloggers dive into their motivations and reasons behind their blogs, so thought I’d do one of these for today. Blogging is, largely, time consuming, cost draining, and thankless. Especially in recent years with the rise of more image-based social media, meaning book bloggers often get overlooked in preference forContinueContinue reading “Why Do I Blog?”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books If You Liked Bridgerton
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 week’s TTT is actually ‘Books for People Who LikedContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books If You Liked Bridgerton”
#5OnMyTBR: Over 500 Pages
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here or in the post announcing it. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. I’m currently very glad I started noting down how many pages were in the books I picked up – it’s going toContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Over 500 Pages”
Audiobook Review: Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom by James Danckert and John D. Eastwood
Narrated by: Liam GerrardPublisher: Tantor AudioGenre: Non-Fiction – PsychologyFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: June 9, 2020 Rating: 4/5 Stars This was a really interesting book, but it’s one of those ones I’m glad I listened to rather than read. There’s a lot of information here, but Liam Gerrard does an excellent job of conveying it in aContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom by James Danckert and John D. Eastwood”
Book Blogger Hop: March 24th – 30th
Book Blogger Hop The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, it was relaunched on February 15, 2013 by Billy @ Ramblings of a Coffee Addict. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following Thursday. There will be a weeklyContinueContinue reading “Book Blogger Hop: March 24th – 30th”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Genres Over Time
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. March 24th: Do Genres Change Over Time? (Davida Chazan @ The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog) Prompts: IsContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Genres Over Time”
Book Review: The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
Publisher: PenguinFormat: ebookRelease Date: February 2nd, 2023Age: Young AdultGenre: Romance – HistoricalGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars This was a really good read! It’s YA Historical Romance, centred around a Black family during a turbulent time of American history. It’s been compared to Bridgerton, and I can most definitely see the parallels; I would absolutely love toContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Davenports by Krystal Marquis”
That Dreaded TBR #45
It’s that time again folks – five books from my very large Goodreads Want to Read shelf, and a chance for me to see if I am still interested in these or if they no longer sound intriguing to me. These books have been sitting on my Want to Read for ten years now, andContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #45”
Top Ten Tuesday: TTT Rewind
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 this week’s TTT, I’ve gone right back to theContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: TTT Rewind”
Unwrapping Words 