Book Features · features

Heart-warming, sweet, and uplifting books to read in times of stress

These are strange times. Across the world people are working from home, distancing themselves, avoiding travel, and trying to safeguard their loved ones. We’re all trying to do our bit to keep each other healthy and minimise risk, but it’s a worrying, stressful time for a lot of people. Which is why I wanted to… Continue reading Heart-warming, sweet, and uplifting books to read in times of stress

Blog Tours · Book Reviews

Blog tour: Angel Mage // Rich in magic, action, and angelic intervention

Today is my stop on the Angel Mage blog tour and I’m excited to be sharing my review of Garth Nix’s new novel. More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But she emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking no… Continue reading Blog tour: Angel Mage // Rich in magic, action, and angelic intervention

Top Ten Tuesday · weekly features

Top Ten Tuesday // YA cover redesigns that were A Good Move (™)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and 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 week’s theme is August 6: Cover Redesigns I Loved/Hated After looking at my… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday // YA cover redesigns that were A Good Move (™)

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Top Ten Tuesday: Striking character names

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 week’s theme is: May 22nd: Best Character Names Sometimes, character names come… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Striking character names

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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters who could lead unlikely/downright weird revolutions

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created by Jamie over at The Broke and The Bookish. The feature was created because Jamie is loves lists, and this weeks theme is: November 7: Ten Characters Who Would Make Great Leaders (Leaders of what? That’s your decision. Who could lead a country, an army, a book club, a classroom,… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Characters who could lead unlikely/downright weird revolutions

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Top Ten Tuesday: Weapons and abilities I’d use to fight off Halloween monsters

Happy Halloween everyone! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created by Jamie over at The Broke and The Bookish. The feature was created because Jamie is loves lists, and this weeks theme is: October 31: Halloween Freebie! Jamie said we could go wild with this week’s freebie, so I’ve decided to go with bookish weapons and abilities… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Weapons and abilities I’d use to fight off Halloween monsters

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Top Ten Tuesday: A long (but not inexhaustible) list of things I want to see more of in books

Happy Tuesday everyone! As always, Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted over at The Broke and The Bookish, and this week’s theme is: May 9: Ten Things On Our Reading Wishlist: things you want to see more of in books – tropes, a time period, a specific type of character, an issue tackled, a certain… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: A long (but not inexhaustible) list of things I want to see more of in books

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish Had More Female Friendships In Them

Happy Tuesday everyone! I’m super excited for this week because I’m currently reading A Gathering of Shadows and picked up a physical copy of Traitor to the Throne! It’s also only two days until I can go and grab the special edition of Caraval! As always, Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted over at The… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish Had More Female Friendships In Them

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Top Ten Tuesday: Pumpkin carving

It’s that time of the week once again! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted over at The Broke and The Bookish, and this week’s theme is a Halloween freebie. As I haven’t read many horror novels recently (and don’t read them that much in general), for this edition I decided to do top ten book-related… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Pumpkin carving