Format: PaperbackRelease Date: July 4th, 2019Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – EssaysGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars It goes without saying but I am going to say it anyway – this is a difficult book. Edited by Roxane Gay, this book is a collection of essays about various experiences of people impacted by rape culture. The essays show aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Not That Bad – Edited by Roxane Gay”
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Book Review: No Ordinary Thursday by Anoop Judge
Format: ebook Release Date: August 1st, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary Goodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars I’ll put my hands up straight away and admit this wasn’t for me. It was a book I grabbed quite a while ago from ‘Amazon First Reads’, and as such I’ve been meaning to read it for a fair while. It cameContinueContinue reading “Book Review: No Ordinary Thursday by Anoop Judge”
Book Review: Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne
Format: ebook Release Date: January 18th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars Thank you to Headline Eternal for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley – views remain my own. This was really enjoyable. A very loose retelling of Pygmalion, Made in Manhattan features Violet – a Manhattan socialite who knows exactly howContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne”
Audiobook Review: Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe
Narrated by: Tess SharpePublisher: Little, Brown Young ReadersAge: Young AdultGenre: Contemporary – RomanceFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: January 24th, 2023Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Oh, this was adorable. If you enjoy audiobooks, the narration for this was absolutely wonderful, and Sharpe does a great job with separating the voices of Penny and Tate. And as for Penny andContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe”
Book Review: The Harrowing of Doom by David Annandale
Format: ebook Release Date: December 1st, 2020Age: AdultGenre: Sci-FiGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars Thank you to Aconyte for providing me with The Harrowing of Doom via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Views remain my own. I’ve read a small number of Marvel novels now, and find them a little hit or miss for me.ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Harrowing of Doom by David Annandale”
Book Review: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett
Format: HardbackRelease Date: October 19th, 2021Age: Children’sGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 1/5 Stars I was left feeling fairly unimpressed with this book. It felt low-effort, and I’m not totally sure what they were trying to say about gender in the way they’ve constructed this. The fairy tales are the Andrew Lang texts, put through an algorithm, withContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett”
Book Review: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Format: ebook Release Date: August 23rd, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Paranormal – Contemporary – RomanceGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton for providing me a copy of this book via NetGalley! I’m going to start off by saying I absolutely freaking loved this. It’s described as warm and uplifting, and it really achieves bothContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna”
Graphic Novel Review: Wolverine: Old Man Logan
by Mark Millar, Steve McNiven (Penciler), Dexter Vines (Inker), Mark Morales (Inker), Jay Leisten (Inker), Morry Hollowell (Colorist), Christina Strain (Colorist), Justin Ponsor (Colorist), Jason Keith (Colorist), Nathan Fairbairn (Colorist), Paul Mounts (Colorist) Publisher: MarvelFormat: PaperbackGenre: Superhero – Post-Apocalypse – DystopiaRelease Date: September 22nd, 2010Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars This is the second time I’ve read this graphic novel, and it really was a great option for a reread. I first read it back in 2016, andContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Wolverine: Old Man Logan”
Audiobook Review: How Not to Fall in Love, Actually by Catherine Bennetto
Narrated by: Rosie JonesPublisher: Simon Schuster Audio UKGenre: Rom-ComFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: January 1st, 2016 Rating: 1/5 Stars This is going to be a bit of a ranty review, I’m afraid. And it might possibly be one of my harshest reviews to date, but if this is a book you’ve been eying up, I’d actually recommendContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: How Not to Fall in Love, Actually by Catherine Bennetto”
Book Review: If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich
Format: ebookRelease Date: December 7th, 2021Age: YAGenre: Romance – Contemporary Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars If This Gets Out is the story of Saturday, a boy-band, one of the biggest acts in America. Four boys, each with a carefully curated image meant to appeal to broad sections of their target audience. Ruben, Zach, Angel and JonContinueContinue reading “Book Review: If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich”
Unwrapping Words 