Format: PaperbackRelease Date: August 1st, 2023Age: AdultGenre: HorrorGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars As part of Blogtober, I’m reposting some of my Divination Hollow reviews from the last year. Usually, I review horror and similar genres over there, but October seems like a great time to highlight some of my favourites! You can read the original reviewContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 5: Book Review – Revenge Arc by Cat Voleur”
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Blogtober Day 1: Audiobook Review – Selling Dead People’s Things by Duane Scott Cerny
Narrated by: Duane Scott CernyPublisher: Thunderground PressAge: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – MemoirFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: July 15th, 2022Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars I was really intrigued by this book right from the cover and title. I admit, the world of antiques and vintage items isn’t something I’m overly familiar with, outside of the occasional wander around antique shopsContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 1: Audiobook Review – Selling Dead People’s Things by Duane Scott Cerny”
Book Review: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Format: ebookRelease Date: February 28th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars With all the great things I’d heard about this book, I may have been a touch hesitant going in – there’s always a slight fear I’m not going to get along with a book as much as others have. But, finally, I got aroundContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty”
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”
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 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”
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”
Book Review: The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten
Format: ebookRelease Date: March 7th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Lore is a spy and poison-runner, working for her adopted mothers. When a job goes wrong, her secret is exposed, and she finds herself caught by the Presque Mort. Lore has the power to wield Mortem, though unlike the Presque Mort, she’s not sanctionedContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten”
Book Review: Not That Bad – Edited by Roxane Gay
Format: PaperbackRelease Date: July 4th, 2019Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – EssaysGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars It goes without saying but I am going to say it anyway – this is a difficult book. Edited by Roxane Gay, this book is a collection of essays about various experiences of people impacted by rape culture. The essays show aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Not That Bad – Edited by Roxane Gay”
Book Review: My Own Worst Enemy by Lily Lindon
Format: ebook Release Date: June 8th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars Thank you to Aria for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley – views remain my own. This is one of those books that feel like it could have been a whole lot better if it was just that bit shorter.ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: My Own Worst Enemy by Lily Lindon”
Unwrapping Words 