Format: PaperbackPublished: October 1st, 2011Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – History Rating: 5/5 Stars I might be biased here, but I really do think Cardiff is a great city, though definitely not reaching its full protentional, which is often a huge shame. I’ve lived near/in Cardiff my whole life, growing up with the city as a backdropContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Story of Cardiff by Nick Shepley”
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Book Review: The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane
Format: ebookPublished: October 4th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy Romance Rating: 2/5 Stars Even calling this a ‘loose’ retelling of Beauty and the Beast is stretching the idea of a retelling. For a retelling to work, there has to be come core elements connecting the original with the retelling, but in The Story of a Hundred Promises,ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane”
Audiobook Review: The World According to Cunk: An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever, Space Permitting by Philomena Cunk
Narrated By: Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan)Publisher: John MurrayAge: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – HistoryFormat: AudiobookPublished: October 3rd, 2024 Rating: 5/5 Stars For those who aren’t aware, Philomena Cunk is a character played by Diane Morgan, and if you haven’t come across her before, I strongly suggest checking her out. Morgan plays the part brilliantly on TV, butContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: The World According to Cunk: An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever, Space Permitting by Philomena Cunk”
Book Review: The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber
Format: ebookPublished: January 20th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – History – Folklore/Fairy Tales Rating: 5/5 Stars If you have an interest in fairy tales beyond the tales themselves, I think Jubber’s book is an excellent deep dive not just in the history of the tales, but of the people who wrote and/or collected them. Yes, weContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Feature Travel
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. Another fun topic for this week, but I’m doing aContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Feature Travel”
Graphic Novel Review: Jessica Jones: Alias, Vol. 2
By Brian Michael Bendis, David W. Mack (Illustrator), Michael Gaydos (Illustrator)Format: PaperbackPublished: January 1st, 2003Age: AdultGenre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy – Crime Rating: 5/5 Stars In Alias, Volume 2, superhero turned PI Jessica Jones investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl, with little but the girl’s collage books to get clues from. As she gradually pieces it together, she gets an eyeopenerContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Jessica Jones: Alias, Vol. 2”
One Sentence Book Reviews – Part 3
I keep meaning to do these a bit more often, but other stuff often gets in the way and, well, it’s been a long time! But they seem to be popular posts so here’s another one. These are one sentence book reviews for the last 5 books I’ve read at the time of writing. OneContinueContinue reading “One Sentence Book Reviews – Part 3”
Book Review: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Format: PaperbackPublished: November 5th, 2019Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars If you’ve been following the blog for a bit, it’ll probably come as no surprise that I was really excited to read this. After reading Take a Hint, Dani Brown, I was keen to go back to book 1 and experience The Brown SistersContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert”
Graphic Novel Review: Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
By Bill Willingham (Writer), Mark Buckingham (Artist), Craig Hamilton (Artist), Steve Leialoha (Artist), P. Craig Russell (Artist)Format: PaperbackPublished: November 30th, 2004Age: AdultGenre: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I’m really enjoying these graphic novels. If you’re not familiar, Fables is about fairy tale characters living in the real world. In the fourth volume, the first refugee in centuriesContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers”
Book Review: The Hemlock Queen by Hannah F. Whitten
Format: ebookPublished: April 9th, 2024Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I loved this. I think sometimes a second book can not-quite-hit in a series. There’s a lot it has to do – continuing the story from the previous book, introducing new elements to keep it a little fresh, raise the stakes and keep you hookedContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Hemlock Queen by Hannah F. Whitten”
Unwrapping Words 