Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’d Be A Fool Not to 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. I picked these books for a variety of different reasons.ContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’d Be A Fool Not to Read”

Book Review: Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries by Nan Sloane

Format: ebookPublished: January 27th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – Politics Rating: 5/5 Stars Nan Sloane has done an excellent job in detailing, as much as possible, the lives of women who had an impact of politics, before women were even able to have a proper voice within politics. She explores the lives of women – notablyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries by Nan Sloane”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Underrepresented Types of Female Characters

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, with Dini at Dini Panda Reads as co-host from February 2025. Well, I love this topic.ContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Underrepresented Types of Female Characters”

Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 10

by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: October 5th, 2022 Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 / Volume 4 / Volume 5 / Volume 6 / Volume 7 / Volume 8 / Volume 9 Every time I think this series cannot possibly break me anymore,ContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 10”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Did Not Finish

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. I don’t often DNF books, and there’s a few reasonsContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Did Not Finish”

Book Review: Sage and King by Molly Ringle

Format: ebookPublished: May 18th, 2021Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy – Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars Sage and King was a delightful read. Partly inspired by the TV series Merlin, the book features Zaya, a prince who is enough removed from the crown he never expects to wear it, and Col, a young sage who acts as a tutorContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Sage and King by Molly Ringle”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2025 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. I always find it quite interesting to look back onContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2025 To-Read List”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Writing & Posting Book Reviews

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, with Dini at Dini Panda Reads as co-host from February 2025. It’s always interesting to diveContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Writing & Posting Book Reviews”

Book Review: Madness by Sean Baumann

Format: ebookPublished: April 1st, 2020Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – Psychology Rating: 4/5 Stars Sean Baumann worked as a psychiatrist at Valkenberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, and in Madness: Stories of Uncertainty and Hope, he highlights the experiences of his patients, often in their own words, to try and convey the realities of their livedContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Madness by Sean Baumann”

2025 Reading Challenges Update #2

This year feels like a weird one already – on the one hand, I can’t believe it’s March. On the other…it’s only March? Things feel very up and down, but all I can do right now is keep pushing forward. And books are such a great source of joy and escape in difficult times. 2025ContinueContinue reading “2025 Reading Challenges Update #2”