Narrated By: VariousPublisher: BBC Digital AudioAge: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – History – BiographyFormat: AudiobookPublished: June 20th, 2019 Rating: 5/5 Stars If you’re considering picking this up, it’s worth being aware this isn’t really a ‘typical’ audiobook. It’s a series of shows broadcast on BBC Radio covering a wide range of topics, from activists and celebrities discussingContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: Gay Britannia: Celebrating LGBTQ+ History in Britain”
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Book Review: The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners by Seumas Milne
Format: PaperbackPublished: December 1st, 1994Age: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – History – Politics Rating: 5/5 Stars We’re now at 40 years since the 1984-85 miners’ strike, and 30 years after the initial publication of The Enemy Within. Reading it now, in 2024, it’s borderline depressing how we’re still feeling the impact of the way things played outContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners by Seumas Milne”
Top Ten Tuesday: Destination Titles
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 if tricky one – turns outContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Destination Titles”
Book Review: Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead by Steve Cole
Format: HardbackPublished: October 1st, 2020Age: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi Rating: 2/5 Stars I pre-ordered this back when Time Lord Victorious was first announced, excited at the approach and the idea of a Doctor Who storyline across different forms of media. Then I quickly realised there was no way I was going to keep up, especially notContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead by Steve Cole”
Book Review: What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
Format: ebookPublished: October 31st, 2023Age: Young AdultGenre: Historical Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I really liked Together We Burn, so I went into this expecting to enjoy it. I wasn’t disappointed. What the River Knows came out last year, but it feels like there’s a trend shifting towards books set in Egypt, pre-1900, grappling with theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez”
Blogtober Day 25: Let’s Talk Bookish – Halloween 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. We’re nearing the end of Blogtober, and so far I’ve managed to keep up with aContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 25: Let’s Talk Bookish – Halloween Reading”
Blogtober Day 13: Audiobook Review – The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring
Format: AudiobookRelease Date: September 24th, 2019Age: Young AdultGenre: Horror – Gothic Rating: 4/5 Stars As part of Blogtober, I’m reposting some of my Divination Hollow reviews from the last year. Usually, I review horror and similar genres over there, but October seems like a great time to highlight some of my favourites! You can readContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 13: Audiobook Review – The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring”
Book Review: Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
Format: HardbackPublished: January 1st, 2007Age: Adult Genre: Nonfiction – Historical – Biography Rating: 5/5 Stars I love William Shakespeare. I love that he’s forever a mystery, and a contradiction – we can see his depth and range of emotion in his surviving plays, but we have very little knowledge of his life, how he mightContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Shakespeare by Bill Bryson”
Blogtober Day 4: Book Review – Silent Key by Laurel Hightower
Format: ebookRelease Date: October 10th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Horror – Thriller Rating: 4/5 Stars As part of Blogtober, I’m reposting some of my Divination Hollow reviews from the last year. Usually, I review horror and similar genres over there, but October seems like a great time to highlight some of my favourites! You can read theContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 4: Book Review – Silent Key by Laurel Hightower”
Book Review: Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Adiba Jaigirdar
Format: ebookPublished: June 4th, 2024Age: Young AdultGenre: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars This is a really cute YA romance that doesn’t shy away from some more difficult topics, and is perfect for YA readers. Tiwa and Said used to be best friends, until Said moved away for boarding school. Both are determined to pretend theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Adiba Jaigirdar”
Unwrapping Words 