#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. #5OnMyTBR May 22nd: Number in the Title 666 and All That: Apocalypse When? by Paul Whiteman / One Flew Through the DragonContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Number in the Title”
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books If You Liked Bridgerton
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’s TTT is actually ‘Books for People Who LikedContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books If You Liked Bridgerton”
Book Review: The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
Publisher: PenguinFormat: ebookRelease Date: February 2nd, 2023Age: Young AdultGenre: Romance – HistoricalGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars This was a really good read! It’s YA Historical Romance, centred around a Black family during a turbulent time of American history. It’s been compared to Bridgerton, and I can most definitely see the parallels; I would absolutely love toContinue reading “Book Review: The Davenports by Krystal Marquis”
#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.Continue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Flowers”
Book Review: The Runaway Girls by Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Doubleday ChildrensFormat: ebookRelease Date: January 1st, 2021Genre: HistoricalAge: Children’s/Middle GradeGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars There’s a lot of Children’s/Middle Grade books out there that adults can enjoy as well as children, and with this being an offering from Jacqueline Wilson, one of my favourite authors when I was a teenager, I thought I’d really enjoyContinue reading “Book Review: The Runaway Girls by Jacqueline Wilson”
Book Review: The Rake Mistake by Erica Ridley
Publisher: WebMotionFormat: ebookRelease Date: June 4th, 2021Genre: Historical – Regency – HumourGoodreads I really enjoyed this one. I picked it up purely because I was looking for something relatively short to tide me over from one year to the next, before I could start on my reading challenges. This is a prequel, but it’s bookContinue reading “Book Review: The Rake Mistake by Erica Ridley”
Blogmas Day 27 – Top Ten Tuesday: 2022 Releases I Wish I’d Read
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. So the actual Top Ten Tuesday for this week isContinue reading “Blogmas Day 27 – Top Ten Tuesday: 2022 Releases I Wish I’d Read”
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 aContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell”
Book Review: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Publisher: PhoenixFormat: ebookRelease Date: May 12th, 2022Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars There are some books you read and know, instantly, it’s going to stay with you for a long time to come. That is definitely true of Take My Hand, the story of Civil Townsend, a nurse in Montgomery, Alabama, and two of her patients, whoContinue reading “Book Review: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez”
Book Review: Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth
Publisher: Random House UK – CornerstoneFormat: ebookRelease Date: April 14th, 2022Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars When Zillah steps on stage at Crillick’s Variety Theatre, she steps into the persona of The Great Amazonia, an exotic wonder who certainly draws in the crowds. But Zillah must hide herself, and outside the theatre, she has to hide Amazonia,Continue reading “Book Review: Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth”
Unwrapping Words 