I feel like this little…rant, vent, whatever you want to call it, has been brewing for a while. And I want to stress here I am specifically talking about traditional, not indie publishing – the kind where an author gets an agent, likely goes through some editing process, gets a publisher, then goes through (orContinueContinue reading “Topic: The State of (Trad) Publishing”
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Monday Moods: History
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: History”
That Dreaded TBR #81
More from That Dreaded TBR – we’re leaning into horror quite a bit right now, and a quick scan makes me think I’ll struggle to get rid of many out of these. But we’ll have a go! Part 80 RULES Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.Order on ascending date added.Take the first 5/10/however many books.ContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #81”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Romance Novels
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, with Dini at Dini Panda Reads as co-host from February 2025. LTB is currently on hiatusContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Romance Novels”
Top Ten Tuesday: May Flowers
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. This week’s TTT is a companion to the April ShowersContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: May Flowers”
Monday Moods: Found Family
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: Found Family”
100 New Horror Recommendations Part Thirteen
We are looking through more of the Goodreads 100 New Horror Recommendations for (Nearly) Every Kind of Reader list today, and I think we’re currently over halfway through! I’ve had a lot of fun going through this list and checking which I’ve read, knew of but not yet read, and finding gems completely new toContinueContinue reading “100 New Horror Recommendations Part Thirteen”
Monday Moods: Sci-Fi
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: Sci-Fi”
2026 Reading Challenges Update #4
How is April over already? It feels like it only started a few days ago, and yet…time is just moving way too fast! Thankfully, May contains 2 Bank Holidays, which is great for me, and I have some leave this week for rest and reading and my usual blog stuff, as well as working onContinueContinue reading “2026 Reading Challenges Update #4”
That Dreaded TBR #80
Another look at the Want to Read shelf, and looks like we’re now firmly in vampire territory (though we are still in December 2013!). These are, I think, going to be harder to get rid of than the zombie ones, but we’ll see how it goes. For anyone interested in the numbers, including this one,ContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #80”
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