TBRs and Wrap ups

April 2020 TBR // Royalty, magic, and other worlds

I managed to read 10 books during the 40-year period that was March, so I’m aiming for something similar in April. I’m not going to set a TBR for all 10 books (because let’s face it, I don’t want to jinx myself), but I’ve got a couple of fantasy ARCs and a few sci-fi library… Continue reading April 2020 TBR // Royalty, magic, and other worlds

Top Ten Tuesday · weekly features

Top Ten Tuesday // One-word book titles

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: March 3: Books With Single-Word Titles I really like… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday // One-word book titles

Book Features · LGBTQIA

7 new LGBTQIA+ contemporaries for your summer reading list

For me, summer is the perfect time for fun, light-hearted contemporaries, with soft romances. And there have been a lot of great LGBTQIA+ contemporaries that have hit shelves in the last couple of months. So I’ve rounded up seven that I think would be ideal for the warm summer weather, and you might just want… Continue reading 7 new LGBTQIA+ contemporaries for your summer reading list

ARC reviews · Blog Tours · Book Reviews

Blog tour: Girl Gone Viral // A gripping new addition to the 2019 YA scene

Author: Arvin Ahmadi Pages: 384 Edition: e-ARC Genres: YA, sci-fi, contemporary, romance Rating: 4 stars CWs: Trauma, depression, cyber-bullying, on-page death, alcoholism, insomnia, discussions of suicide. For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch: Mars craters, shimmering lakes, any virtual experience her heart desires. But she can’t code her dad… Continue reading Blog tour: Girl Gone Viral // A gripping new addition to the 2019 YA scene

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday // Characters that are literally me

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: May 7: Characters That Remind Me of Myself I don’t… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday // Characters that are literally me

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday // Books I want to read in spring

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: March 19: Books On My Spring 2019 TBR I found… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday // Books I want to read in spring

Announcements · TBRs and Wrap ups

F/F February TBR // Reading challenge announcement

This month my TBR is mainly F/F books, because I’m taking part in F/F February. F/F Feb is a month dedicated to reading sapphic books of any kind, and is hosted by Imi @ImiReviewsBooks and Ellie @FaerieOntheShelf. You can read their reading challenge announcement post here, but the aim is basically to read some F/F fiction.… Continue reading F/F February TBR // Reading challenge announcement

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I read for the first time in 2018

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: January 15: New-to-Me Authors I Read In 2018 I picked… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I read for the first time in 2018

Blogmas · Book Features

Quiz: Which YA book should you read over Christmas?

Wondering which book to pick up off your shelves over Christmas, or looking for a new read to treat yourself to? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Answer each of the questions in the quiz, making note of whether you answer more of a/b/c/d/e, and by the end you’ll have a recommendation based on what… Continue reading Quiz: Which YA book should you read over Christmas?

Blogmas · Book Features

Blogmas Day 6 // Short books to read if you need to catch up on your Goodreads challenge

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been desperately trying to catch up on your Goodreads challenge for the last few weeks of the year. I often start off well in January, but then fall behind by March or April. Normally I pull it back over the summer, but this year I’ve been behind since January… Continue reading Blogmas Day 6 // Short books to read if you need to catch up on your Goodreads challenge