Monday Moods: Freebie! – Eighties

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: Freebie! – Eighties”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 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. We are hitting autumn and I can definitely feel itContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List”

Monday Moods: Fantasy

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: Fantasy”

Book Review: Star Wars: Darth Maul – Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves

Format: PaperbackPublished: January 1st, 2001Age: AdultGenre: Sci-Fi Rating: 2/5 Stars When I was setting up my reading challenges at the start of this year, I gave my Star Wars loving partner a task; to find three of his Star Wars books that fit with any of the prompts, with a promise that if I gotContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Star Wars: Darth Maul – Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves”

Book Review: Kiss Across Time by Tracy Cooper-Posey

Format: ebookPublished: May 1st, 2010Age: AdultGenre: Paranormal Romance Rating: 1/5 Stars I open every book with hope – when I start a book, I want to like it. I want to feel engaged with the characters and the story and end up feeling invested in what’s happening. For the most part, too, I’m happy toContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Kiss Across Time by Tracy Cooper-Posey”

Top Ten Tuesday: Literary/Bookish Candles I’d Make

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 really fun topic, and unfortunately I didn’tContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Literary/Bookish Candles I’d Make”

Let’s Talk Bookish: Following the 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, with Dini at Dini Panda Reads as co-host from February 2025. Let’s Talk Bookish 12th September:FollowingContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Following the Reader”

Let’s Talk Bookish: In Which Season Do You Do Your Best Reading? 

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 5th September:InContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: In Which Season Do You Do Your Best Reading? “

2025 Reading Challenges Update #8

Unlike last month, I’m actually getting to this fairly late – other stuff has taken over recently, so I haven’t been able to work on the blog as much as I would like. I have been consistently reading, but slower with the audiobook. And it’s getting to the point where I’m starting to worry aboutContinueContinue reading “2025 Reading Challenges Update #8”

Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Occupations in the Title 

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 was a fun though hard one! Apparently I haven’tContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Occupations in the Title “