Book Review: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Format: PaperbackPublished: June 1st, 2021Age: Young AdultGenre: Thriller Rating: 5/5 Stars This is another YA book that I think works really well for the target audience. I enjoyed Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s thriller, and can definitely see young adult readers getting a lot out of it. Set in elite private academy Niveus, Ace of Spades focuses onContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé”

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”

#5OnMyTBR: Reading Soon

#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook  and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. The actual prompt for this week was ‘already bought’, but for these posts I do only count the books I currently have in one formatContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Reading Soon”

Book Review: The Unforgettable Loretta, Darling by Katherine Blake

Format: ebookPublished: June 13th, 2024Age: AdultGenre: HistoricalGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I went into this fully expecting to really enjoy it, and for quite a fair bit I did. The first part of the book feels like a Hollywood Novel for the 21st Century, despite its 1950s setting, exploring the glitz and glamour of Hollywood alongsideContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Unforgettable Loretta, Darling by Katherine Blake”

#5OnMyTBR: Authors’ Debuts

#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook  and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. I love coming across debut novels – I think it’s so exciting to get an insight into a writer as they’re just starting out. AndContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Authors’ Debuts”

#5OnMyTBR: Loss

#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook  and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. I always find these types of #5OnMyTBR to be the hardest, the ones where you have to really dig into what a book is aboutContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Loss”

Blogtober Day 2: #5OnMyTBR – Murder

#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook  and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. Yes, we are into Blogtober! I had a review up yesterday for Day 1, and if the prompts align the normal stuff I do (TopContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 2: #5OnMyTBR – Murder”

#5OnMyTBR: Friendship

#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook  and you can learn more about it here or in the post announcing it. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. #5OnMyTBR May 15th: Friendship Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson Format: ebookGenre: Sci-Fi Once again, a book that has been on myContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Friendship”

Top Ten Tuesday: Random Books Grabbed From My Shelf

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. For this week’s Top Ten, due to time constraints I’mContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Random Books Grabbed From My Shelf”

That Dreaded TBR #42

It has been quite a while since I did one of these posts, and I think I need to do them more regularly this year! It is a good way to get my Goodreads Want to Read down, which I really need to do as at the moment it is a completely unmanageable list. SoContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #42”