Format: ebookPublished: October 1st, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Romance – Contemporary Rating: 2/5 Stars I really wanted to like this one so much more than I did. Sapphic Christmas romances are few and far between (though it feels like it’s getting better year on year!) so I was really excited to read this, but unfortunately the mainContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake”
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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”
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”
2024 Reading Challenges Update #12
Here we are with my final update for the 2024 Reading Challenges. I…didn’t do as well at these as I would have liked, but I’m still somewhat proud of my progress. I did manage to complete two of the challenges – though one was short, and the other was the Musicals challenge I created myself.ContinueContinue reading “2024 Reading Challenges Update #12”
Book Review: Heartbreak Incorporated by Alex de Campi
Format: ebookPublished: June 22nd, 2021Age: AdultGenre: Paranormal Romance Rating: 3/5 Stars I was really close to loving this book, but unfortunately by the end I was left feeling a little deflated. There were just too many things throughout that put me off. Evie wants to be a journalist, but at the ripe old age (yep,ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Heartbreak Incorporated by Alex de Campi”
Book Review: Her Princess at Midnight by Erica Ridley
Format: ebookPublished: November 10th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Historical Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars I adored this! In Her Princess at Midnight, Ridley takes the Cinderella story and puts a delightful sapphic spin on it – Cynthia doesn’t fall for the prince, but for his sister, whose beauty outshines the stepsisters’ ugliness. Cynthia is determined to attend theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Her Princess at Midnight by Erica Ridley”
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”
Blogtober Day 3: Top Ten Tuesday – Freebie
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. As this is a Freebie for today, I thought I’dContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 3: Top Ten Tuesday – Freebie”
Book Review: Anyone’s Ghost by August Thompson
Format: ebookPublished: July 9th, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Literary – Contemporary Rating: 3/5 Stars I liked this more than I tend to like literary fiction, and although it didn’t have me bawling my eyes out, it’s a very sad, emotional read. My main issue was that it just dragged on a little bit too long, and atContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Anyone’s Ghost by August Thompson”
Book Review: Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead by Steve Cole
Format: HardbackPublished: October 1st, 2020Age: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi Rating: 2/5 Stars I pre-ordered this back when Time Lord Victorious was first announced, excited at the approach and the idea of a Doctor Who storyline across different forms of media. Then I quickly realised there was no way I was going to keep up, especially notContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead by Steve Cole”
Unwrapping Words 