Format: HardbackPublished: January 1st, 2007Age: Adult Genre: Nonfiction – Historical – Biography Rating: 5/5 Stars I love William Shakespeare. I love that he’s forever a mystery, and a contradiction – we can see his depth and range of emotion in his surviving plays, but we have very little knowledge of his life, how he mightContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Shakespeare by Bill Bryson”
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Blogtober Day 9: Book Review – Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome
Format: AudiobookPublished: November 3rd, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Horror – Comedy 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 originalContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 9: Book Review – Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome”
Book Review: Rescued by the Mountain Man by Reagan Phillips
Format: ebookPublished: September 7th, 2023Age: Adult Genre: Romance – ContemporarySeries: Lovers of Little Bend (1) Rating: 5/5 Stars At only 37 pages, this very much falls into the ‘short and sweet’ category. I picked it up in the latest Stuff Your EReader event run by Romance Bookworms. These events are always a delight, and I’mContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Rescued by the Mountain Man by Reagan Phillips”
Blogtober Day 4: Book Review – Silent Key by Laurel Hightower
Format: ebookRelease Date: October 10th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Horror – Thriller Rating: 4/5 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 theContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 4: Book Review – Silent Key by Laurel Hightower”
Book Review: Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Adiba Jaigirdar
Format: ebookPublished: June 4th, 2024Age: Young AdultGenre: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars This is a really cute YA romance that doesn’t shy away from some more difficult topics, and is perfect for YA readers. Tiwa and Said used to be best friends, until Said moved away for boarding school. Both are determined to pretend theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Adiba Jaigirdar”
Book Review: You’re History by Lesley Chow
Format: ebookPublished: March 9th, 2021Age: Adult Genre: Non-Fiction – Pop Culture Rating: 5/5 Stars In You’re History, Lesley Chow highlights the female artists who have impacted pop, drawing attention to an overlooked area of cultural criticism. Right from the start, Chow examines the kind of artists who are revered and celebrated, and discusses how othersContinueContinue reading “Book Review: You’re History by Lesley Chow”
Audiobook Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Narrated By: Santino FontanaPublisher: Scholastic AudioAge: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi – DystopiaFormat: AudiobookPublished: May 19th, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Stars Many, many years ago, a friend suggested I check out a book seemingly everyone had been raving about. I trusted their opinion, picked up The Hunger Games, finished it on a train journey home from university and,ContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins”
Book Review: Keep A’Livin’ by Kathya Alexander
Format: ebookPublished: April 11th, 2024Age: Adult Genre: Literary – Historical Rating: 3/5 Stars I will admit upfront this one just wasn’t for me. I usually quite like novel-in-verse, but I just didn’t gel with this. Maybe a bit too on the literary side? I found a lot was a bit too jumpy for my personalContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Keep A’Livin’ by Kathya Alexander”
Book Review: A Radical Act of Free Magic by H. G. Parry
Format: PaperbackPublished: July 20th, 2021Age: Adult Genre: Historical Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I was really excited to pick up the second book in The Shadow Histories duology, and it truly did not disappoint. Far from it, in fact. Like A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians, A Radical Act of Free Magic is a historicalContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Radical Act of Free Magic by H. G. Parry”
Book Review: Sapphires and Secrets by Katerina Simms
Format: ebookPublished: April 7th, 2022Age: Adult Genre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars This was a Stuff Your Kindle gem, and though it’s not the type of romance I usually read, I really enjoyed it. Definitely made me keen to check out the next book in the series, too, which is always the sign of aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Sapphires and Secrets by Katerina Simms”
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