Format: ebookPublished: 24th July, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Historical Fantasy Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars Cosy queer historical fantasy about a con artist who is dared to seduce a frankly boring gentleman, set in London, 1920s, where people have magic but very few feel free to use it. Sebastian – our thief – knows Morgan, the man he’sContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Thief and a Gentleman by Arden Powell”
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Book Review: Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston
Format: PaperbackPublished: 11th October, 2016Age: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Stars This is not my first Star Wars book, but I think of the ones I’ve read it’s the one I’ve enjoyed most so far! I need to also explain I have never seen Star Wars’ Clone Wars or Rebels. My main exposure to Ahsoka’sContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 12
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: May 13th, 2025 Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 / Volume 4 / Volume 5 / Volume 6 / Volume 7 / Volume 8 / Volume 9 / Volume 10 / Volume 11 It finally happened. After readingContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 12”
Book Review: Star Wars: Darth Maul – Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves
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”
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”
Unwrapping Words 