Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Gothic”
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. We are hitting autumn and I can definitely feel itContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List”
Audiobook Review: Goblin Trilogy 1: Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
Full Cast AudioPublisher: GraphicAudioAge: AdultGenre: FantasyFormat: AudiobookPublished: November 2nd, 2004 Rating: 5/5 Stars This was fun! This book has been on Want to Read shelf for so long, and I finally grabbed it because of a recommendation based on needing something with ‘quest’ in the title. I’m really glad I went for this. Jig isContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Goblin Trilogy 1: Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines”
Monday Moods: Monsters
Monday Moods is a new bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Monsters”
Book Review: The Celts: Search for a Civilization by Alice Roberts
Format: PaperbackPublished: October 5th, 2015Age: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – History Rating: 5/5 Stars This has been on my TBR for a good while, and I was really glad I finally got to it. ‘Celts’, as a whole, are a tricky subject. There are many people who claim to be ‘Celtic’, but even now there’s a lackContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Celts: Search for a Civilization by Alice Roberts”
Book Review: The Queen of Steeplechase Park by David Ciminello
Format: ebookPublished: 7th May, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Historical Rating: 3/5 Stars I really went back and forth on how I felt about this through pretty much the whole book. It’s (allegedly) based on the author’s aunt, and I’d honestly love to know how much of it, outside the ‘obvious’, is fiction vs reality, as if evenContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Queen of Steeplechase Park by David Ciminello”
Book Review: The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners by Seumas Milne
Format: PaperbackPublished: December 1st, 1994Age: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – History – Politics Rating: 5/5 Stars We’re now at 40 years since the 1984-85 miners’ strike, and 30 years after the initial publication of The Enemy Within. Reading it now, in 2024, it’s borderline depressing how we’re still feeling the impact of the way things played outContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners by Seumas Milne”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read During a Storm
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Considering what’s been happening in the UK the last coupleContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read During a Storm”
Blogmas Day 5: Book Review – Christmas Ever After by Jaimie Admans
Format: ebookPublished: September 2nd, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars Ever After Street is a special place, with fairy tale themed shops and a community looking out for each other. And just off Ever After is Christmas Ever After, where it’s Christmas year-round, and where Franca Andrews sells her nutcrackers. But with Christmas approaching,ContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 5: Book Review – Christmas Ever After by Jaimie Admans”
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”
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