I get a strange amount of joy out of doing these posts, which is great as I think I’ll be doing them for a long, long time to come! Hopefully by the time I eventually (if ever) get to the end, I’ll have wiped off some other books by actually reading them. I am makingContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #57”
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#5OnMyTBR: Set in a Foreign Country
#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. There’s a lot of books I could have picked out for this – I could have been really lenient with myself and gone for booksContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Set in a Foreign Country”
#5OnMyTBR: Titles Starting With ‘M’
#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. #5OnMyTBR February 12th: Titles Starting With ‘M’ Maria the Wanted and the Legacy of the Keepers by V. Castro Genre: Urban FantasyAge: AdultPublished: November 28th,ContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Titles Starting With ‘M’”
Top Ten Tuesday: Quick Reads
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 do like novellas, but looking for books to matchContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Quick Reads”
Audiobook Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Narrated By: Lauren FortgangPublisher: Audible StudiosAge: Young AdultGenre: FantasyFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: June 4th, 2013Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars This was my last audiobook of 2023, and it’s one I really enjoyed. I definitely preferred Siege and Storm over Shadow and Bone, and I think I’ll stick with audio for the third book, too. I enjoyed thisContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read in 2023 But Didn’t Get To
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. Ah, so many. So many! Honestly, I never read allContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read in 2023 But Didn’t Get To”
#5OnMyTBR: Speculative
#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. Ooo, this is a broad one! Speculative covers a huge number of books, and I read a lot of SFF and Horror so I shouldContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Speculative”
My Favourite Books of 2023 – Part Two
In Part 1, I mentioned how difficult I find it to pin down my favourite books of the year – I feel like I’m in a lucky position where I often read some really good books, so picking ‘favourites’ gets hard. So I’ve split my favourite books by month, picking one book for each month.ContinueContinue reading “My Favourite Books of 2023 – Part Two”
#5OnMyTBR: The Longest On Your TBR
#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. I expected to have at least one audiobook and physical book on this TBR list, but nope, apparently none of them are as long asContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: The Longest On Your TBR”
Book Review: Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald
Format: ebookPublished: July 20th, 2023Age: Young AdultGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars If you like pining, a touch of angst, excellent character growth and a soft, gentle Hades paired with a fierce, ambitious Persephone, do I have the book for you. You will spend this whole book yelling at the characters to just confess their feelingsContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald”
Unwrapping Words 