Yes, with the start of another month – and it’s spooky season! – it’s time to do a quick check of where I am with the Reading Challenges I’ve picked up this year. As I mentioned in my last update, I’ve paused the Netflix one for now, as the other two are specific to 2023ContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 4: Reading Challenges Update #9”
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Let’s Talk Bookish: How Stubborn of a Reader are You?
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. September 15: How Stubborn of a Reader are You? (Davida Chazan @ The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog) Prompts:ContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: How Stubborn of a Reader are You?”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 1
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: October 23rd, 2012Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Finding myself run out of graphic novels and at a little bit of a loss as to what to pick up next, I eyed up my shelves and decided to do a re-read of what is, quite frankly, oneContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 1”
Book Review: The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten
Format: ebookRelease Date: March 7th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Lore is a spy and poison-runner, working for her adopted mothers. When a job goes wrong, her secret is exposed, and she finds herself caught by the Presque Mort. Lore has the power to wield Mortem, though unlike the Presque Mort, she’s not sanctionedContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten”
Top Ten Tuesday: Characters Who Should Team Up
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 think this will be a really interesting one, andContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Characters Who Should Team Up”
#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”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Struggled to Finish
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 amended this week’s – the actual topic is ‘TenContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Struggled to Finish”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With One-Word Titles
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. Click on the book titles to read my reviews ofContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books With One-Word Titles”
Top Ten Tuesday: Freebie
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. A freebie week! So I had a look at pastContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Freebie”
Book Review: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Format: ebook Release Date: August 23rd, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Paranormal – Contemporary – RomanceGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton for providing me a copy of this book via NetGalley! I’m going to start off by saying I absolutely freaking loved this. It’s described as warm and uplifting, and it really achieves bothContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna”
Unwrapping Words 