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”
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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”
Audiobook Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Narrated By: Santino FontanaPublisher: Scholastic AudioAge: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi – DystopiaFormat: AudiobookPublished: May 19th, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Stars Many, many years ago, a friend suggested I check out a book seemingly everyone had been raving about. I trusted their opinion, picked up The Hunger Games, finished it on a train journey home from university and,ContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins”
Book Review: Keep A’Livin’ by Kathya Alexander
Format: ebookPublished: April 11th, 2024Age: Adult Genre: Literary – Historical Rating: 3/5 Stars I will admit upfront this one just wasn’t for me. I usually quite like novel-in-verse, but I just didn’t gel with this. Maybe a bit too on the literary side? I found a lot was a bit too jumpy for my personalContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Keep A’Livin’ by Kathya Alexander”
Book Review: A Radical Act of Free Magic by H. G. Parry
Format: PaperbackPublished: July 20th, 2021Age: Adult Genre: Historical Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I was really excited to pick up the second book in The Shadow Histories duology, and it truly did not disappoint. Far from it, in fact. Like A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians, A Radical Act of Free Magic is a historicalContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Radical Act of Free Magic by H. G. Parry”
Book Review: Sapphires and Secrets by Katerina Simms
Format: ebookPublished: April 7th, 2022Age: Adult Genre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars This was a Stuff Your Kindle gem, and though it’s not the type of romance I usually read, I really enjoyed it. Definitely made me keen to check out the next book in the series, too, which is always the sign of aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Sapphires and Secrets by Katerina Simms”
Book Review: The Wicked Ones by Robin Benway
Format: ebookPublished: January 10th, 2023Age: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy – RetellingsGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars This book was a whole lot of fun, and Benway has done an excellent job with this prequel to the events of Cinderella. The Wicked Ones really adds some depth to the ‘ugly stepsisters’, and shows how they suffer under their mother’sContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Wicked Ones by Robin Benway”
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Favorite Books from Ten Series
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 one was pretty hard. It’s been a while sinceContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Favorite Books from Ten Series”
Book Review: A Street Dog Named Pup by Gill Lewis
Format: ebookPublished: February 3rd, 2022Age: Children/Middle GradeGenre: ContemporaryGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars This book hurt. A truly emotional rollercoaster, wrapped up in an adorable looking package. Think of every film you watched as a kid featuring talking animals and very few humans, throw them together and tease out the best elements, and you’ve kind of gotContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Street Dog Named Pup by Gill Lewis”
Top Ten Tuesday: Debut Novels I Enjoyed
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 one! I can’t always remember whichContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Debut Novels I Enjoyed”
Unwrapping Words 