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: Second World”
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Book Review: Dancers of the Dawn by Zulekhá Afzal
Format: ebookPublished: June 6th, 2024Age: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Stars As part of an elite trope, Aasira trains to harness her magic. Accessing their magic via dance, the group practice and fight together, edging closer to the day when they will finish their training and head out into the world, to use their abilitiesContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Dancers of the Dawn by Zulekhá Afzal”
Monday Moods: Should Have Read Last Year
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: Should Have Read Last Year”
Audiobook Review: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Narrated by Jefferson WhitePublisher: Scholastic Audio BooksAge: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi DystopiaFormat: AudiobookPublished: March 18th, 2025 Rating: 5/5 Stars After listening to the audiobook for A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, I thought I’d stick with audio for the next book in The Hunger Games series – Sunrise on the Reaping. This one focuses on Haymitch,ContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins”
Book Review: The Midnight Prince by Angie Grigaliunas
Format: ebookPublished: October 27th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy Romance Rating: 4/5 Stars This Cinderella retelling focuses on a fey prince and a half-human servant, and is part of the Once Upon a Prince series – after reading this, I will absolutely be going back to read the whole series from start to end! Prince Kirran returnsContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Midnight Prince by Angie Grigaliunas”
Book Review: The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling
Format: PaperbackPublished: October 15th, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Paranormal Romance Rating: 4/5 Stars I enjoyed this, though not quite as much as the previous two books in the Graves Glen series. Even though we have now run out of Penhallow brothers, I’m hoping we get more Graves Glen books, or books set in the same world. EitherContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling”
Monday Moods: Santa
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: Santa”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Goodreads Choice Awards
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. Let’s Talk Bookish 12th December:GoodreadsContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Goodreads Choice Awards”
Monday Moods: Snow
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: Snow”
Book Review: Medusa’s Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear
Format: ebookPublished: August 8th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I know others dislike it or think it overdone, but I really enjoy the ‘trend’ of Greek myth retellings (though I do think it’s not so much a trend now as just a…fantasy subgenre?). As a kid, I was obsessed with Greek mythology, reading anyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Medusa’s Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear”
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