Format: ebookPublished: December 7th, 2020Age: AdultGenre: Regency RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars I really liked this novella. It’s got a good balance of romance and humour, and it’s the kind of book that hits that sweet spot for Regency Romance. This is part of the 12 Days of Christmas historical romance series, but the ‘Christmas vibes’ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Chasing the Duke by Tracy Sumner”
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Book Reivew: Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter
Format: PaperbackPublished: December 31st, 2020Age: AdultGenre: ContemporaryGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars I loved, loved, LOVED this book! After her business fails and relationship ends, Nell moves back to the UK from California, rents a room from a stranger due to high price of rent, struggles to reconnect with her now-married-with-kids friends, lands a job writing obituariesContinueContinue reading “Book Reivew: Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter”
Book Review: Taming the Minotaur by Eliza Loveless
Format: ebookPublished: September 13th, 2021Age: AdultGenre: RomanceGoodreads Rating: 1/5 Stars I think I was expecting something a little…more, from this? On the plus side it’s very short, and I did get it for free, which is great because I think I would have been annoyed if I’d paid for it. (Buit always huge respect toContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Taming the Minotaur by Eliza Loveless”
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”
Book Review: A Curse of Blood and Wolves by Melissa McTernan
Format: ebookPublished: October 1st, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy RomanceGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars I love paranormal romance (or are we calling it romantasy now? The lines are blurred!), I love werewolves, and I love a good fairy tale reimagining, so I was really excited when I picked up A Curse of Blood and Wolves. This book marketsContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Curse of Blood and Wolves by Melissa McTernan”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 7
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: April 4th, 2017Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 / Volume 4 / Volume 5 / Volume 6 This volume heads straight for heart-breaking territory, and it’s hard to come out of this one with dry eyes. HazelContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 7”
Book Review: Say You’ll Be My Jaan by Naina Kumar
Format: ebookPublished: January 16th, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Romance – ContemporaryGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars This one was fantastic! A totally entertaining, wonderful, funny read with just the right amount of tension for a romance. Yes, there’s some miscommunication, there’s the characters convincing themselves the other must truly be faking the feelings even when they’re real for them,ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Say You’ll Be My Jaan by Naina Kumar”
Book Review: In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court by Alison Weir
Format: ebookPublished: September 30th, 2021Age: AdultGenre: HistoricalGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars This collection of short stories has definitely made me want to pick up the Six Tudor Queens series. In In the Shadow of Queens, Alison Weir introduces us to various figures who were part of or adjacent to the Tudor court during the lives ofContinueContinue reading “Book Review: In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court by Alison Weir”
Book Review: A Childhood in a Welsh Mining Valley by Vivian Jones
Format: PaperbackPublished: June 22nd, 2017Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – MemoirGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars I picked this up ages ago for research purposes, and because the blurb made it sound like a great way to find out what life was like in mining valleys towards the start of the 20th century. The mines are such a keyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Childhood in a Welsh Mining Valley by Vivian Jones”
Book Review: Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Format: PaperbackPublished: July 6th, 2021Age: Young AdultGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Oh, I really, truly loved this one. Currently my favourite read of the year, Six Crimson Cranes is a retelling of “The Wild Swans”, set in an East Asia inspired fantasy world. Ever since reading Lim’s Reflection as part of the Disney Twisted TalesContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim”
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