Format: ebookPublished: June 22nd, 2021Age: AdultGenre: Paranormal Romance Rating: 3/5 Stars I was really close to loving this book, but unfortunately by the end I was left feeling a little deflated. There were just too many things throughout that put me off. Evie wants to be a journalist, but at the ripe old age (yep,ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Heartbreak Incorporated by Alex de Campi”
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Book Review: What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
Format: ebookPublished: October 31st, 2023Age: Young AdultGenre: Historical Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I really liked Together We Burn, so I went into this expecting to enjoy it. I wasn’t disappointed. What the River Knows came out last year, but it feels like there’s a trend shifting towards books set in Egypt, pre-1900, grappling with theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez”
Blogtober Day 2: #5OnMyTBR – Murder
#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. Yes, we are into Blogtober! I had a review up yesterday for Day 1, and if the prompts align the normal stuff I do (TopContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 2: #5OnMyTBR – Murder”
#5OnMyTBR: Contemporary
#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. The one is pretty straightforward, and I know there are a lot of contemporary books on my TBR – the hardest part for this isContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Contemporary”
#5OnMyTBR: Number in the Title
#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 DragonContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Number in the Title”
That Dreaded TBR #37
Another instalment of “Elle really needs to get the number on her Want to Read down”. Did you know Goodreads shelves get super buggy when you have too many books? Yeah, a long time ago, when I used to regularly check the recommendations because they were actually really good, I found something interesting: a bookContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #37”
TheWriteReads Blog Tour: Wicked Little Deeds – Kat Ellis
Blurb From its creepy town mascot to the story of its cursed waterfall, Burden Falls is a small town dripping with superstition. Ava Thorn knows this well – since the horrific accident she witnessed a year ago, she’s been plagued by nightmares. But when her school nemesis is brutally murdered and Ava is the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if the legendsContinueContinue reading “TheWriteReads Blog Tour: Wicked Little Deeds – Kat Ellis”
WriteReads Blog Tour: Mirrorland – Carole Johnstone
Blurb Twelve years ago my life began again. But it was a lie. With the startling twists of Gone Girl and the haunting emotional power of Room, Mirrorland is the story of twin sisters, the man they both love, and the dark childhood they can’t leave behind. Cat lives in Los Angeles, about as farContinueContinue reading “WriteReads Blog Tour: Mirrorland – Carole Johnstone”
On ‘Guilty Pleasure’ Reading
We love books, right? Otherwise you probably wouldn’t be reading this blog. And something I see often – especially among women readers – is that habit of saying they particularly enjoy this genre, or this series, or this author, or this book, but they stumble over the words and add on the end, like anContinueContinue reading “On ‘Guilty Pleasure’ Reading”
The Darkwater Bride – Marty Ross [Books]
Genre: Horror Publisher: Audible Studios Rating: Katrina believes her father to be a good man, honest and hard-working. He promises her he has to make one last business trip to London, and then he’ll never have to leave home again. But when his body is pulled from the Darkwater, Katrina travels to London to find out whatContinueContinue reading “The Darkwater Bride – Marty Ross [Books]”
Unwrapping Words 