Format: ebookPublished: 5th August, 2026Age: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – Self Help Rating: 5/5 Stars Self Help books often get a poor reception – don’t get me wrong, I know there’s a lot of dubious ones out there, but to listen to some people talk you’d think they were all somehow worsening society. In my own humbleContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Are You Mad at Me? by Meg Josephson”
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Graphic Novel Review: The Magnificent Ms. Marvel Omnibus, Vol. 1
by Saladin Ahmed, Magdalene Visaggio, Minkyu JungPublisher: Panini UK Ltd / MarvelFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-Fi FantasyPublished: 1st November, 2021 Rating: 5/5 Stars Oh, this was fantastic! Despite not having read the Ms. Marvel comics that come prior to this, I found it super easy to pick up on what was happening and the different dynamics atContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: The Magnificent Ms. Marvel Omnibus, Vol. 1”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Autumn/Fall 2026 To-Read List
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. It doesn’t feel like that long ago I was puttingContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Autumn/Fall 2026 To-Read List”
Fantasy with Friends: Le Guin, Tolkien and Worldbuilding
Fantasy with Friends – hosted by Pages Unbound – poses questions each Monday about fantasy, either as a genre as a whole or individual works. This is a really interesting question, and not something I’ve deeply considered before – I admit, before diving into this, I haven’t (yet) read Ursula K Le Guin’s work, butContinueContinue reading “Fantasy with Friends: Le Guin, Tolkien and Worldbuilding”
That Dreaded TBR #82
Welcome back to my attempt to reduce my Goodreads Want to Shelf by…well, as much as possible! So far I’m doing a fairly good job of getting rid of books from this shelf, but it’s a long, slow going process as I have way, way too many books currently listed on there. The books I’mContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #82”
Fantasy with Friends: Technology in Fantasy
Fantasy with Friends – hosted by Pages Unbound – poses questions each Monday about fantasy, either as a genre as a whole or individual works. Oh this is an interesting one! When I read it, I think I may have grinned a little. Really excited to dig into this topic, so let’s go! Fantasy withContinueContinue reading “Fantasy with Friends: Technology in Fantasy”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Digital vs Physical Decluttering
Let’s Talk Bookish is a bookish meme created by Rukky @ Eternity Books in 2019 and co-hosted by Book Nook Bits and Dini @ Dinipandareads, where bloggers write about and discuss all sorts of bookish topics. Somehow, the prompts for LTB are always really interesting – today’s is no exception! Thank you as always to the wonderful co-hostsContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Digital vs Physical Decluttering”
Book Review: Drawn Together by Juliana Smith
Format: ebookPublished: 27th September, 2025Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars I read two excellent contemporary romances back-to-back, and now feel a little spoiled! I honestly didn’t think this would be as good immediately after reading Conflict of Interest, but it really surprised me. Flora has recently moved to New York, and is about toContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Drawn Together by Juliana Smith”
Fantasy with Friends: Prologues
Fantasy with Friends – hosted by Pages Unbound – poses questions each Monday about fantasy, either as a genre as a whole or individual works. I really enjoy these discussion posts – they often make me consider things I have plenty of thoughts about, but don’t often dig too deep. Prologues is definitely one ofContinueContinue reading “Fantasy with Friends: Prologues”
Book Review: Conflict of Interest by Zarah Detand
Format: ebookPublished: 16th July, 2026Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars You know that feeling when you sink into a book and realise, pretty quickly, that you’ve discovered a new favourite series AND author? Then realise how many books they have and hope you get to read, well, all of them, soon? That’s how IContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Conflict of Interest by Zarah Detand”
