Publisher: TorFormat: ebookRelease Date: May 11, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Historical FantasyGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I really like Historical Fantasy. I especially like it when it adds in vampires, and I admit I’m a little bit of a sucker (no pun attended) for stuff around the French Revolution. Throw in the fact this is a retelling andContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman”
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Reading Challenges Update #3
The start of a new month, and time for another update on the reading challenges I’m taking part in this year. So far I’ve found doing these challenges to be really fun, and it helps me picking out the book in advance and kind of scattering them across different formats. I feel like I’ve madeContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenges Update #3”
Book Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Format: PaperbackRelease Date: June 5th, 2012Age: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy – RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I can see why this might have been a bit more…unique, back in 2012 when it was originally released, and I get why some people really like it, but for me it was kind of meh. I do want to readContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo”
#5OnMyTBR: Flowers
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here or in the post announcing it. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. Well this is definitely an intriguing theme – ‘flowers’ feels so broad, yet it’s one I might struggle with just a little.ContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Flowers”
Graphic Novel Review: Ultimate X-Men Collection, Book 1
by Mark Millar, Geoff JohnsPublisher: MarvelFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/SuperheroesRelease Date: July 26th 2006Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I was trying to put my finger on why I didn’t click with this as much as, say, The Ultimates, and a large part of it boils down to my feelings about the characters. I don’t have a huge attachmentContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Ultimate X-Men Collection, Book 1”
Disney Park Book Tag
I love Disney, and this tag has been sitting in my bookmarks for a while, so seems like the perfect time to get to it. I saw this over at ForBooksSake – an excellent blog which you really should check out. The Rules: Mention the creator and link back to original post [Alexandra @ ReadingContinueContinue reading “Disney Park Book Tag”
#5OnMyTBR: Fantasy
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here or in the post announcing it. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. The prompt for today is actually ‘Magical Realism’, but I’m not totally sure if I have many Magical Realism books on myContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Fantasy”
Top Ten Tuesday: Genre 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. This week is a Genre Freebie, so I thought I’dContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Genre Freebie”
#5OnMyTBR: Superhero
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here or in the post announcing it. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. Decided to do something a little different with these posts, and highlight why they’re on my TBR/why I want to read them.ContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Superhero”
The Fae Book Tag
I have been meaning to get to this for so, so long! The prompts look really fun, so this should be an interesting tag! Thank you to Becky at Becky’s Book Blog for tagging me, and thanks to Jordyn Reads for creating this tag! THE RULES: Give credit to the creator of this tag –ContinueContinue reading “The Fae Book Tag”
Unwrapping Words 