Top Ten Tuesday/Blogtober Day 4: Favorite Bookstores

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 decided to merge Top Ten Tuesday with Blogtober forContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday/Blogtober Day 4: Favorite Bookstores”

Book Review: The Rose Kiss by Esme Rome

Publisher: Parako PressFormat: ebookRelease Date: May 1st, 2021Genre: Romantic FantasyGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars Review I admit I was really looking forward to finally reading this one after it’s sat on my virtual shelf for so long. Romance? Beauty and the Beast? A curse in a Historical Fantasy setting? All things very much right up myContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Rose Kiss by Esme Rome”

Book Blogger Hop: September 30th – October 6th

Book Blogger Hop The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, it was relaunched on February 15, 2013 by Billy @ Ramblings of a Coffee Addict. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following Thursday. There will be a weeklyContinueContinue reading “Book Blogger Hop: September 30th – October 6th”

Blogtober Day 1: October TBR

It’s that time of the year again! We’re into Blogtober now, and I really do like the challenge of trying to post as often as possible during this month. I’ll still post up regular reviews, Top Ten Tuesday, etc, and occasionally might post twice in one day, but largely I’ll be focusing on autumn andContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 1: October TBR”

Top Ten Tuesday: Typographic Book Covers 

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. Oh wow. This is going to be a really intriguingContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Typographic Book Covers “

Graphic Novel Review: The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas

By Gerard Way (Writer), Gabriel Bá (Artist), Dave Stewart (Colourist), Nate Piekos (Letterer)Publisher: Dark Horse ComicsRelease Date: November 1st, 2009Genre: Sci-FiGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars Review Okay, Dallas takes The Umbrella Academy in a more batshit direction that volume 1, and I am totally here for it. Do not go into this expecting the Netflix series; there are a coupleContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas”

Book Blogger Hop: September 23rd – 29th

Book Blogger Hop The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, it was relaunched on February 15, 2013 by Billy @ Ramblings of a Coffee Addict. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following Thursday. There will be a weeklyContinueContinue reading “Book Blogger Hop: September 23rd – 29th”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading Seasonally

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. Reading Seasonally(Mikaela @ Mikaela Reads) Prompts: Do you read seasonally? Do you like a beach read in summer,ContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading Seasonally”

The Ultimate Book Tag

I bookmarked this a while ago because it looked really intriguing, and I think it’s about time I gave it a go. I saw this over at Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub, which is a truly fantastic book blog, so definitely go check it out! Do you get sick while reading in the car? I don’t, usually,ContinueContinue reading “The Ultimate Book Tag”

Audiobook Review: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Narrated by: Daisy DonovanPublisher: Tinder PressFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: March 31st, 2020 Rating: 4/5 Stars This is definitely an interesting book, but as I listened to the Audible version I think there were quite a few things I missed, but I’ll touch on that later. Really, what ideally would happen is eventually I’d pick up aContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell”