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”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Mood Reader?

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 a really interesting question, and one I don’t think I really have a straightforwardContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Mood Reader?”

Top Ten Tuesday: Relationship Freebie

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 is a fun one – basically, the prompt (fullContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Relationship Freebie”

#5OnMyTBR: Books About Books

#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. Today’s topic is a really fun one, and I had a great time picking out my TBR books that are about books! There are soContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Books About Books”

Let’s Talk Bookish: All About Bookmarks

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. Oh, I love bookmarks! They’re always such a little treat, whether they come free with aContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: All About Bookmarks”

Top Ten Tuesday: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

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 actually found this one pretty hard – it feltContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Planes, Trains & Automobiles”

#5OnMyTBR: Title Starting with an ‘I’

#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 love the letter prompts for these – it makes it very easy, but it also reminds me of some books I otherwise occasionally overlookContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Title Starting with an ‘I’”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Blogging Essentials

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 a fun topic! This one is a little late, as I tend to doContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Blogging Essentials”