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Bookish Chat: On Representation – Now More Than Ever (Part 1)

Some people don’t give representation a second thought, usually because they’ve grown up seeing themselves reflected in mainstream media anyway. To be unconcerned about representation is to be privileged, to not have to consider it usually means it’s always there for you, anyway – the film hero looks like you, the characters in the booksContinueContinue reading “Bookish Chat: On Representation – Now More Than Ever (Part 1)”

Let’s Talk Bookish: The First Read of the Year

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. This was actually last week’s topic, but I didn’t have a chance to write it upContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: The First Read of the Year”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Buying Too Many Books

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. This was the prompt for last week, but as I didn’t do it then and, althoughContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Buying Too Many Books”

#5OnMyTBR: Siblings

#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook  and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. Taking a (brief) break from Blogmas due to other stuff going on meaning I can’t be hitting a post a day right now. I willContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Siblings”

Blogmas Day 6: 2025 Reading Challenges

Usually I save this for the start of January and highlight a few books on my reading list, but Blogmas felt like a great time to just do a quick rundown of the challenges I’ll be taking part in next year. I’m doing 5 – mainly because they’re all relatively small, and cover the kindContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 6: 2025 Reading Challenges”

Blogmas Day 4: 2024 Reading Challenges Update #11

It’s December already and I’m not quite sure how that happened (outside of, you know, the general march of time and all that). Anyway, this is my last but one update for my 2024 Reading Challenges – there’ll be another one to come in January, then it’ll be diving into the challenges for 2025. IContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 4: 2024 Reading Challenges Update #11”

Let’s Talk Bookish: How Do You Know a Genre is Just Not For You?

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. I love talking about genres and I think today it’s a really interesting topic. I feelContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: How Do You Know a Genre is Just Not For You?”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Same Age Characters

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. I thought this was a really interesting topic for today, and one that has definitely promptedContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Same Age Characters”

Bookish Etiquette

I was talking to Laurie (of Laurie is Reading) about blogging and prompts and the like, she kindly shared a couple of prompts with me. They’re really interesting, so I hope you enjoy these posts! Bookish Etiquette Prompts: On social media, there’s a lot of bookish discourse going around. Selling ARCs (Advanced reader copies), tagginContinueContinue reading “Bookish Etiquette”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Organising Books

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. Initially, I wasn’t sure I’d have much to say on this topic – I’m not theContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Organising Books”