Book Review: The Queen of Steeplechase Park by David Ciminello

Format: ebookPublished: 7th May, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Historical Rating: 3/5 Stars I really went back and forth on how I felt about this through pretty much the whole book. It’s (allegedly) based on the author’s aunt, and I’d honestly love to know how much of it, outside the ‘obvious’, is fiction vs reality, as if evenContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Queen of Steeplechase Park by David Ciminello”

Top Ten Tuesday: Love Freebie – Sapphic Romance

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 was a love freebie, so I thought I’dContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Love Freebie – Sapphic Romance”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Banned Books Week

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. This is an interesting topic, and unfortunately way too relevant in the US right now. AContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Banned Books Week”

#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. ‘Contemporary’ is a really interesting topic for this week’s #5OnMyTBR – it can encompass such a broad range of different genres, and because of theContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Contemporary”

5 Sapphic Books for Pride

I know we’re not in June yet but I’m a little excited and thought as we’re very close, now would be a good time to highlight some of the fantastic sapphic books I’ve read more recently. So if you’re looking for books to pick up during Pride, why not consider these? And as always, ifContinueContinue reading “5 Sapphic Books for Pride”

Pride Reading 2024

It’s almost that time of the year when we widely celebrate Pride, and over at Divination Hollow we’re busy preparing for our Pride in Horror Month. So for today’s post, I thought I’d highlight just a handful of the books I’ll be reading and reviewing for Pride Month! Because these all fall under the kindContinueContinue reading “Pride Reading 2024”

#5OnMyTBR: Historical

#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. I got so excited seeing this topic – there are many, many historical books on my TBR, of various kinds – some mystery, some historicalContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Historical”

Recommended Biographies

I thought I’d do something just a little different today and highlight a few biographies I’ve really enjoyed, and would recommend to others! I’ve tried for ones that cover a wide range, but with my interests there might be some slight crossover in the themes. But if you’re looking for non-fiction and are interested inContinueContinue reading “Recommended Biographies”

#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”