Book Review: To Steal a Heart by Kate Bateman

Format: ebookPublished: February 23rd, 2016Age: AdultGenre: Historical Romance – RegencyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars To get an idea of how much I really enjoyed this: before I’d even finished, I purchased book 2. Actually, by coincidence, I picked that up shortly after we were introduced to the couple who are the focus of book 2, soContinueContinue reading “Book Review: To Steal a Heart by Kate Bateman”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Diversity in Reading

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 is such a great topic, and one I feel very passionate about – I couldContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Diversity in Reading”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2024 To-Read List

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. I’ve mentioned before how much I enjoy doing these TBRContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2024 To-Read List”

#5OnMyTBR: Beach Read

#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. This was a fun one! I find the term ‘Beach Read’ quite interesting – I don’t think I often pick up books that others wouldContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Beach Read”

Divination Hollow Reviews: Pride in Horror Month

Over at Divination Hollow Reviews – the horror and dark fiction site I run with the help of a small, dedicated team of contributors – we’re celebrating Pride in Horror Month throughout June, and I thought it’d be a good opportunity to showcase the content we’ve featured so far! WelcomeI think I’ve done a welcomeContinueContinue reading “Divination Hollow Reviews: Pride in Horror Month”

#5OnMyTBR: Title Starting With a ‘T’

#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. The hardest part about this was finding books that started with ‘t’ but not ‘the’. I excluded them, because otherwise the whole list would beContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Title Starting With a ‘T’”

Queer Non-Fiction

It’s Pride Month, and as well as celebrating over on Divination Hollow Reviews, I wanted to highlight some of the queer non-fiction I’ve read. As someone who great up under Section 28, it’s great to see queer books more accessible than ever. Yes, there is still a way to go, but we’ve come a longContinueContinue reading “Queer Non-Fiction”

Top Ten Tuesday:  Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About

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 is such a fun topic for this week’s TopContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday:  Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About”

#5OnMyTBR: LGBTQ+ Rep

#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. The hardest part of this one was actually narrowing it down! What a great prompt for the start of Pride Month. I have a lotContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: LGBTQ+ Rep”

2024 Reading Challenges Update #5

It’s the first day of a new month, which means it’s time for another update on this year’s reading challenges. I feel like it’s going pretty well, and although we’re just getting to 2024’s halfway point, I’m very close to being halfway through my overall reading goal! So, in terms of reading at least, thingsContinueContinue reading “2024 Reading Challenges Update #5”