Book Review: No Ordinary Thursday by Anoop Judge

Format: ebook Release Date: August 1st, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary Goodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars I’ll put my hands up straight away and admit this wasn’t for me. It was a book I grabbed quite a while ago from ‘Amazon First Reads’, and as such I’ve been meaning to read it for a fair while. It cameContinueContinue reading “Book Review: No Ordinary Thursday by Anoop Judge”

#5OnMyTBR: Woods

#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 tried to go for books that mention woods in the title, are set in/around woods, or maybe have woodsContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Woods”

Book Blogger Hop: August 4th – 10th

Book Blogger Hop What fictional character would you most like to meet in person? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer) This is a hard one! I feel like I so often read books with such great characters, and when I do feel a connection to a character, I often feel like they’d be fun to meetContinueContinue reading “Book Blogger Hop: August 4th – 10th”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading and Mental Health

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. August 4th: Reading and Mental Health (Jillian @ Jillian the Bookish Butterfly) Prompts: How does reading impact yourContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading and Mental Health”

Book Review: Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne

Format: ebook Release Date: January 18th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars Thank you to Headline Eternal for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley – views remain my own. This was really enjoyable. A very loose retelling of Pygmalion, Made in Manhattan features Violet – a Manhattan socialite who knows exactly howContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne”

Reading Challenge Update #7

It’s August! And I can confirm following my previous post, the heat was turned down – a bit too much! As I type this it’s very gloomy and grey outside. We just can’t seem to win! But even with miserable weather we’ve had days where it’s been miserable and muggy – it would be niceContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenge Update #7”

#5OnMyTBR: Animal

#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. Another really fun topic from #5OnMyTBR! This one wasn’t hard to find books for at all, as there’s a fair few I have that eitherContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Animal”

Book Review: A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill

Format: ebook Release Date: February 7th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Historical RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars This is one of those books I found myself really enjoying and getting into at certain points, only to then have something minor whip me out the story. The ‘issues’ might be particular to me, but this just scraped by with aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Book Platforms

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. July 29th: Book Platforms(Aria) Prompts: Book blogging certainly isn’t the only online book platform. From booktokContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Book Platforms”

Book Casting: Scott Michael Foster

So, backstory time – I was doing a rewatch of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and it reminded me how utterly against-my-will charmed I was by Nathaniel. For those who haven’t watched the show, I really do highly recommend it. It’s great at taking these stock rom-com trope characters and adding layers and layers and layers to them,ContinueContinue reading “Book Casting: Scott Michael Foster”