Publisher: PenguinFormat: ebookRelease Date: 20th April 2023Genre: Contemporary – RomanticGoodreads DNF @ 20% I really wanted to like this but unfortunately struggled so much to get into it, and just wasn’t enjoying it at all. It has an interesting premise, but the pacing was incredibly slow, the characters felt strange, and in large part IContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Always You by Caroline Khoury”
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Let’s Talk Bookish: Reviews & Spoilers
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. February 3rd: Do You Read Reviews and Spoilers Before or After? (Jillian @ Jillian the Bookish Butterfly) Prompts: DoContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Reviews & Spoilers”
Graphic Novel Review: World War Hulk
by Greg Pak, John Romita Jr.Publisher: MarvelFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-Fi/FantasyRelease Date: May 21st 2008Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars Related Reviews The Ultimates Volume 1 / Volume 2 – The Ultimates 2 Volume 1 / Volume 2 Review Ah, World War Hulk. Like other Marvel comics/graphic novels/events from this time, this one feels very much rooted in thatContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: World War Hulk”
Book Review: Christmas Intrigue by Meredith Bond
Publisher: WOLF PublishingFormat: ebookRelease Date: October 18th 2022Genre: Romance – Regency – ChristmasGoodreadsPart of Naughty or Nice: A Holiday Regency Anthology – Once Upon an Aggravatingly Heroic Kiss Review / A Diamond for Christmas Review / The Governess Gamble Review / The Countess’s Christmas Groom Review / A Very Daring Christmas Review / Gentleman ofContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Christmas Intrigue by Meredith Bond”
Book Review: A Very Daring Christmas by Charlie Lane
Publisher: WOLF PublishingFormat: ebookRelease Date: October 18th 2022Genre: Romance – Regency – ChristmasGoodreadsPart of Naughty or Nice: A Holiday Regency Anthology – Once Upon an Aggravatingly Heroic Kiss Review / A Diamond for Christmas Review / The Governess Gamble Review / The Countess’s Christmas Groom Review This novella had quite a few “aww” moments. ItContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Very Daring Christmas by Charlie Lane”
Graphic Novel Review: Doctor Who, The Twelfth Doctor, Vol. 4 – The School of Death
By Robbie Morrison, Rachael Stott and Simon Fraser (Artists), Ivan Nunes and Marcio Menys (Colorists)Publisher: Titan ComicsRelease Date: August 16th, 2016Genre: Sci-Fi/Media Tie-InGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars Related Reviews Doctor Who Comic Collection Reviews: The Iron Legion / The Tides of Time / Voyager / The Flood / The Widow’s Curse / The Cruel SeaOther Doctor Who GraphicContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Doctor Who, The Twelfth Doctor, Vol. 4 – The School of Death”
Blogmas Day 22: The Governess Gamble by Tracy Sumner
Publisher: WOLF PublishingFormat: ebookRelease Date: October 18th 2022Genre: Romance – Regency – ChristmasGoodreadsPart of Naughty or Nice: A Holiday Regency Anthology – Once Upon an Aggravatingly Heroic Kiss Review / A Diamond for Christmas Review Novella 3 of 7 in Naughty or Nice, and feels very middle-ground compared to the first two. Enjoyable enough, butContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 22: The Governess Gamble by Tracy Sumner”
Blogmas Day 15: Spirited
This film immediately made it into my “watch every year” list. Spirited is a musical comedy, starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer and more. Ferrell plays the Ghost of Christmas Present, on the verge of retirement, becomes determined to redeem Clint Briggs (Ryan Reynolds), an apparently ‘unredeemable’ man. But Present still hasn’t come toContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 15: Spirited”
Blogmas Day 14: All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox
Publisher: Hooder & StoughtonFormat: ebookRelease Date: November 24th, 2022Genre: RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley. Views remain my own. This book was so close to hitting five stars, and nothing makes me more frustrated than when the book I’m reading is soContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 14: All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox”
Graphic Novel Review: The Ultimates 2, Volume 2: Grand Theft America
by Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch (Artist)Publisher: MarvelFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/SuperheroesRelease Date: July 11th 2007Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars This is one of those times where I kind of almost found myself siding a little bit with the bad guys… The Ultimates is extremely of its time – it’s rooted deeply in the post-9/11 USA, and works onContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: The Ultimates 2, Volume 2: Grand Theft America”
Unwrapping Words 