Let’s Talk Bookish: All About Audiobooks

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, with Dini at Dini Panda Reads as co-host from February 2025. Let’s Talk Bookish June 20th:AllContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: All About Audiobooks”

Audiobook Review: Gay Britannia: Celebrating LGBTQ+ History in Britain

Narrated By: VariousPublisher: BBC Digital AudioAge: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – History – BiographyFormat: AudiobookPublished: June 20th, 2019 Rating: 5/5 Stars If you’re considering picking this up, it’s worth being aware this isn’t really a ‘typical’ audiobook. It’s a series of shows broadcast on BBC Radio covering a wide range of topics, from activists and celebrities discussingContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Gay Britannia: Celebrating LGBTQ+ History in Britain”

Blogtober Day 17: Audiobook Review – Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley

Format: AudiobookRelease Date: March 16th, 2021Age: AdultGenre: Sci-Fi – Horror 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 theContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 17: Audiobook Review – Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley”

Blogtober Day 13: Audiobook Review – The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring

Format: AudiobookRelease Date: September 24th, 2019Age: Young AdultGenre: Horror – Gothic 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 readContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 13: Audiobook Review – The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring”

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”

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”

Audiobook Review: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Narrated By: Travis BaldreePublisher: Audible AudioAge: AdultGenre: FantasyFormat: AudiobookPublished: November 9th, 2023Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Yes, I am very late to the Legends & Lattes train, and I picked this up on audiobook not realising it was a prequel, and decided to read Bookshops & Bonedust anyway despite not currently having Legends & Lattes, andContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree”

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”

Audiobook Review: She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus and Valentina OrtizPublisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UKAge: New AdultGenre: Contemporary – RomanceFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: April 14th, 2022Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars A really sweet sapphic romance, She Gets the Girl follows Alex and Molly, two vastly different girls who try to help each other in their respective love lives, only toContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick”

Reading Challenges Update #6

We’re into July and this year feels weird! So far it’s really felt like summer has come early here, and as someone who doesn’t do well in heat, I don’t like it. Can we turn it down just a touch please? Did you enjoy June? Did you take part in any Pride activities? I’ve lovedContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenges Update #6”