#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’”
Tag Archives: Non-Fiction
Book Review: Meet the Georgians by Robert Peal
Format: PaperbackPublished: July 8th, 2021Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – HistoryGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars This was a great book to finish 2023 on! Meet the Georgians contains a range of short biographies on various historical figures from 1714 to the 1830s, including Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft, Olaudah Eqiano, the Ladies of Llangollen, and many more. Peal keeps theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Meet the Georgians by Robert Peal”
Book Review: Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines By Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, Sue Viders
Format: PaperbackPublished: June 19th, 2000Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – Reference – WritingGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars There have been more recent editions of this book since the one I own was published, and I really hope these editions have updated the way they handle the ‘archetypes’ as, to be frank, I found the descriptions and way theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines By Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, Sue Viders”
#5OnMyTBR: Short Read
#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 will be a Blogmas post coming a bit later today, but I thought this week’s #5OnMyTBR was a great chance to highlight some booksContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Short Read”
#5OnMyTBR: Non-Fiction
#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. Ah, non-fiction. Do you read much non-fiction? I quite like dipping into it, especially when I find subjects that really catch my interest. There is,ContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Non-Fiction”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading Nonfiction
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. There will be a Blogtober post a bit later, but I really couldn’t pass up thisContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading Nonfiction”
Book Review: You Say Potato by Ben Crystal & David Crystal
Format: HardbackRelease Date: October 9th, 2014Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – History – LanguageGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars As someone who doesn’t have a stand-out, clear accent (I was told at university, “You sound Welsh when someone knows your Welsh. Otherwise you…don’t.” This was not the time I got drunk, slipped into a South Wales valleys accent, andContinueContinue reading “Book Review: You Say Potato by Ben Crystal & David Crystal”
Blogtober Day 4: Reading Challenges Update #9
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”
Book Review: Not That Bad – Edited by Roxane Gay
Format: PaperbackRelease Date: July 4th, 2019Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – EssaysGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars It goes without saying but I am going to say it anyway – this is a difficult book. Edited by Roxane Gay, this book is a collection of essays about various experiences of people impacted by rape culture. The essays show aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Not That Bad – Edited by Roxane Gay”
Reading Challenge Update #7
It’s August! And I can confirm following my previous post, the heat was turned down – a bit too much! As I type this it’s very gloomy and grey outside. We just can’t seem to win! But even with miserable weather we’ve had days where it’s been miserable and muggy – it would be niceContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenge Update #7”
Unwrapping Words 