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”
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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”
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 Review: The Harrowing of Doom by David Annandale
Format: ebook Release Date: December 1st, 2020Age: AdultGenre: Sci-FiGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars Thank you to Aconyte for providing me with The Harrowing of Doom via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Views remain my own. I’ve read a small number of Marvel novels now, and find them a little hit or miss for me.ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Harrowing of Doom by David Annandale”
Book Review: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Format: PaperbackRelease Date: September 5th, 2017Age: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi – ContemporaryGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars So my rating for this is 4, but it’s probably more around the 3.5 mark – it’s a good book, just one I didn’t like as much as I thought I would, but I’m totally fine with that because of myContinueContinue reading “Book Review: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera”
Book Review: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett
Format: HardbackRelease Date: October 19th, 2021Age: Children’sGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 1/5 Stars I was left feeling fairly unimpressed with this book. It felt low-effort, and I’m not totally sure what they were trying to say about gender in the way they’ve constructed this. The fairy tales are the Andrew Lang texts, put through an algorithm, withContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett”
Book Review: #Sweets for Love by Elodie Nowodazkij
Format: ebook Release Date: October 6th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars This is the second book in the Love in Swans Cove series, and after I read and loved #The Leftover Bride, I was really excited to dig into this, featuring Leftover Bride Sorcha’s sister, Aisling. Running a struggling bakery and trying toContinueContinue reading “Book Review: #Sweets for Love by Elodie Nowodazkij”
Audiobook Review: The Life and Works of Jane Austen by Devoney Looser
Narrated by: Devoney LooserPublisher: Audible AudioGenre: Non-Fiction – LiteratureFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: January 29th, 2021Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars I really like The Great Courses series. These lectures are entertaining and informative, and I definitely think I’ll continue to check them out. I especially liked Looser in this one, who had a really clear and interesting deliveryContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: The Life and Works of Jane Austen by Devoney Looser”
Book Review: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Format: ebook Release Date: August 23rd, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Paranormal – Contemporary – RomanceGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton for providing me a copy of this book via NetGalley! I’m going to start off by saying I absolutely freaking loved this. It’s described as warm and uplifting, and it really achieves bothContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 8
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: December 27th, 2017Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars I love this series so, so much and the sooner I can get my hands on Volume 9 the better. It’s really hard to talk too much about this without giving away spoilers, but this is…well, it’s Saga, soContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 8”
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