Fantasy with Friends: Witches 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.  I love a witchy fantasy – witches can be such interesting characters in the right hands, and so different, especially when we look at subgenres. So I’m very excited toContinueContinue reading “Fantasy with Friends: Witches in Fantasy”

Monday Moods: Retellings

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: Retellings”

Monday Moods: Folk

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: Folk”

Fantasy with Friends: Brandon Sanderson

Fantasy with Friends – hosted by Pages Unbound – poses questions each Monday about fantasy, either as a genre as a whole or individual works.  I had a glance over this and although these questions are posed for Mondays, I thought these would be really fun prompts for Friday discussions between LTB posts. At someContinueContinue reading “Fantasy with Friends: Brandon Sanderson”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want to Read by New to Me Authors

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 like doing these new-to-me authors lists, and seeingContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want to Read by New to Me Authors”

Monday Moods: Sharks!

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: Sharks!”

Monday Moods: Christmas! (In July)

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: Christmas! (In July)”

2026 Reading Challenges Update #6

As we leave one month behind and head into the next, I really feel like I’ve made a lot of progress on my challenges in June! How did it go for you? Do you tend to read queer books during Pride, and if so are there any that really stood out? We had a lotContinueContinue reading “2026 Reading Challenges Update #6”

Monday Moods: Queer Freebie

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: Queer Freebie”

Graphic Novel Review: Inkblot, Vol. 1

by Emma Kubert, Rusty GladdPublisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: FantasyRelease Date: 13th April, 2021 Rating: 3/5 Stars Volume 1 of Inkblot collects issues 1-6 of this cute story. A cat causes havoc as it travels through time and space, focusing on a family of…I think immortal beings? Who went out exploring different realms and possibly claimedContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Inkblot, Vol. 1”