Format: PaperbackPublished: January 1st, 2001Age: AdultGenre: Sci-Fi Rating: 2/5 Stars When I was setting up my reading challenges at the start of this year, I gave my Star Wars loving partner a task; to find three of his Star Wars books that fit with any of the prompts, with a promise that if I gotContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Star Wars: Darth Maul – Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves”
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Book Review: Sage and King by Molly Ringle
Format: ebookPublished: May 18th, 2021Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy – Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars Sage and King was a delightful read. Partly inspired by the TV series Merlin, the book features Zaya, a prince who is enough removed from the crown he never expects to wear it, and Col, a young sage who acts as a tutorContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Sage and King by Molly Ringle”
Book Review: Madness by Sean Baumann
Format: ebookPublished: April 1st, 2020Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – Psychology Rating: 4/5 Stars Sean Baumann worked as a psychiatrist at Valkenberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, and in Madness: Stories of Uncertainty and Hope, he highlights the experiences of his patients, often in their own words, to try and convey the realities of their livedContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Madness by Sean Baumann”
Book Review: The Furies: Women, Vengeance and Justice by Elizabeth Flock
Format: ebookPublished: January 9th, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – True Crime – Social JusticeGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars This book is fantastic, infuriating, upsetting, and inspiring in equal measure. It’s not radical to say we live in a patriarchal world, or to point out women face injustices every single day, while expected to smile and get onContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Furies: Women, Vengeance and Justice by Elizabeth Flock”
Audiobook Review: True Biz by Sara Nović
Narrated By: Lisa Flanagan, Kaleo GriffithPublisher: Little, Brown AudioAge: Young AdultGenre: Contemporary – LiteraryFormat: AudiobookPublished: April 5th, 2022Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars True Biz was an engaging, interesting novel about students and teachers at the River Valley School for the Deaf. Alongside the plot (we’ll get to that in a moment), there are small interludes thatContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: True Biz by Sara Nović”
#5OnMyTBR: The Longest On Your TBR
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. I expected to have at least one audiobook and physical book on this TBR list, but nope, apparently none of them are as long asContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: The Longest On Your TBR”
Book Review: Flying Home for Christmas by Helen Whitaker
Format: ebookPublished: October 12th, 2023 Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley – views remain my own. This was my last festive read for 2023. I have to admit, although the book was enjoyable I found myself a little disappointed overallContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Flying Home for Christmas by Helen Whitaker”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Are Reading Goals Worth It?
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. Let’s Talk Bookish January 12th:Are Reading Goals Worth It? Prompts: Did you set reading goals forContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Are Reading Goals Worth It?”
Book Review: The Wedding Confession by J.J. Knight
Format: ebookRelease Date: June 13th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Romance – ContemporaryGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars Ensley James may be practicing positivity, but that doesn’t stop her feeling rage when her best friend’s wedding looks like it’ll be derailed by said bestie’s stepmother. When Ensley steps up, she ends up kicked out of the posh country club, butContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Wedding Confession by J.J. Knight”
Blogtober Day 12: Favourite Autumnal Book Covers
As I had a review up earlier, I thought for Blogtober Day 12 I’d head back to Jenniely’s excellent website and take another look at the prompts there. This was quite hard to find a few of these covers – it feels like ‘autumn’ isn’t something on a lot of the covers for the booksContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 12: Favourite Autumnal Book Covers”
Unwrapping Words 