Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Gothic”
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Book Review: Bookish: How Reading Shaped Our Lives by Lucy Mangan
Format: ebookPublished: March 13th, 2025Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – Memoir Rating: 2/5 Stars Although there are some entertaining parts to Bookish, I found it overall more irritating than anything else. Where the author tries to come off as funny (I think), the humour often falls flat, feeling more judgemental or simply ignorant. This is a sequelContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Bookish: How Reading Shaped Our Lives by Lucy Mangan”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Special Editions
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. Let’s Talk Bookish 14th November:AreContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Special Editions”
Book Review: Medusa’s Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear
Format: ebookPublished: August 8th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I know others dislike it or think it overdone, but I really enjoy the ‘trend’ of Greek myth retellings (though I do think it’s not so much a trend now as just a…fantasy subgenre?). As a kid, I was obsessed with Greek mythology, reading anyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Medusa’s Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear”
Monday Moods: Birthdays
Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Birthdays”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading Non-Fiction
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. Let’s Talk Bookish 7th November:ReadingContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading Non-Fiction”
Monday Moods: Fire
Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Fire”
2025 Reading Challenges Update #10
This is where I start entering mild panic mode – I definitely, absolutely took on too many challenges this year, and though I’ve loved each individual challenge and the opportunity to explore books across various genres, I absolutely need to cut down on the ones I’m doing for next year. Anyway, let’s see how IContinueContinue reading “2025 Reading Challenges Update #10”
Book Review: Black Victorians: Hidden in History by Keisha N. Abraham, John Woolf
Format: ebookPublished: September 1st, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – History Rating: 5/5 Stars I’ve been able to read a few books more recently which set out to spotlight overlooked historical figures, and they’ve all been pretty great. This is no exception. Abraham and Woolf present these short biographies that show Victorian Britain really wasn’t as monolithicContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Black Victorians: Hidden in History by Keisha N. Abraham, John Woolf”
Book Review: The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod
Format: PaperbackPublished: April 29th, 2025Age: AdultGenre: Historical (Regency) Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars This was fantastic. Charlotte is a recent widow, after the death of Mr. Collins. Facing the idea of leaving her home, and the garden she has lovingly cultivated, she writes to Lizzie, who sends her sister, Mary to Charlotte in hopes of liftingContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod”
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