Publisher: TorFormat: ebookRelease Date: May 11, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Historical FantasyGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I really like Historical Fantasy. I especially like it when it adds in vampires, and I admit I’m a little bit of a sucker (no pun attended) for stuff around the French Revolution. Throw in the fact this is a retelling andContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman”
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Reading Challenges Update #3
The start of a new month, and time for another update on the reading challenges I’m taking part in this year. So far I’ve found doing these challenges to be really fun, and it helps me picking out the book in advance and kind of scattering them across different formats. I feel like I’ve madeContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenges Update #3”
Top Ten Tuesday: Indie/Self Published Books
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. As soon as I saw this topic, I grinned. IContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Indie/Self Published Books”
#5OnMyTBR: Heartwarming
#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. ‘Heartwarming’ feels like a hard one because it can mean different things to do different people, and sometimes it’s kind of hardContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Heartwarming”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Freebie!
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. Another Freebie for this week! How exciting! So I’ve gone right back to the beginning ofContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Freebie!”
Book Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
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”
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”
Unwrapping Words 