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 definitely an interesting topic – I love the idea of pairing music with books,ContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Music for Books”
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Getting Started on NetGalley
I’ve been mulling over doing something like this for a while – there are plenty of helpful tips out there for NetGalley, but I’ve been on there for quite a while now, and I figured this could possibly help someone step into NetGalley and gain access to arcs. I used to see ‘NetGalley’ mentioned oftenContinueContinue reading “Getting Started on NetGalley”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Provide a Much-Needed Escape
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. We all need an escape now and then; it’s greatContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Provide a Much-Needed Escape”
#5OnMyTBR: Lighthearted
#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 did try and pull this week’s book from my reading challenges, but unfortunately I really didn’t have many lighthearted books on them! But IContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Lighthearted”
2024 Reading Challenges Update #8
We’re into another month, and it feels like we’re all too quickly heading towards the end of the year! This is when I start looking at my reading challenges and maybe panicking slightly, but it’s also when I start planning out my challenges for the following year – not completely, but from now I’ll beContinueContinue reading “2024 Reading Challenges Update #8”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books Involving Food
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 found this one quite hard, and actually only endedContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books Involving Food “
#5OnMyTBR: Classics
#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. This is going to be more of a quick one today, due to some time constraints. So I’ll be including blurbs (from Goodreads) instead ofContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Classics”
Audiobook Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Narrated By: Santino FontanaPublisher: Scholastic AudioAge: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi – DystopiaFormat: AudiobookPublished: May 19th, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Stars Many, many years ago, a friend suggested I check out a book seemingly everyone had been raving about. I trusted their opinion, picked up The Hunger Games, finished it on a train journey home from university and,ContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Favorite Topic Freebie! Celebrating 5 years of Let’s Talk Bookish
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. Let’s Talk Bookish turns 5! That’s exciting, and definitely deserves celebrating. Five years of participation andContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Favorite Topic Freebie! Celebrating 5 years of Let’s Talk Bookish”
Book Review: Keep A’Livin’ by Kathya Alexander
Format: ebookPublished: April 11th, 2024Age: Adult Genre: Literary – Historical Rating: 3/5 Stars I will admit upfront this one just wasn’t for me. I usually quite like novel-in-verse, but I just didn’t gel with this. Maybe a bit too on the literary side? I found a lot was a bit too jumpy for my personalContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Keep A’Livin’ by Kathya Alexander”
Unwrapping Words 