Wrap-Ups and TBRs

April Hopefuls 2026!

April Hopefuls: My Reading Plans for the Month Thereโ€™s something about April and Spring that always makes me feel extra optimistic about my reading plans โ€” letโ€™s say itโ€™s the whole โ€œnew beginningsโ€ thing! My April hopefuls are a mix of a book club read, a readalong pick, some exciting sent copies, and of courseโ€ฆ the possibility… Continue reading April Hopefuls 2026!

Book Reviews

Book Review: Cece Wainwrightโ€™s Christmas Wish by Andrea Jenelle

Rating: 5/5 Page Count: 280 pages Publication Date: 15th October 2024 Link: Barnes and Noble Andreaโ€™s Website Cece Wainwright married her childhood sweetheart and lost him at Balaclava six years ago. The only thing she has to remind her of him is the stack of letters he wrote her.  And now there's a second stack… Continue reading Book Review: Cece Wainwrightโ€™s Christmas Wish by Andrea Jenelle

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Authors Iโ€™d Love a New Book From

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 Weekโ€™s Topic: This weekโ€™s topic is Authors Iโ€™d Love a New… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Authors Iโ€™d Love a New Book From

Wrap-Ups and TBRs

February Hopefuls/TBR!

Happy February! Itโ€™s here, we did it! Goodbye to January for another year and itโ€™s ability to just keep going. I managed 10 books last month, and Iโ€™m hoping that the momentum continues into February! I have a mini trip to Bath this month by myself and hoping that Iโ€™ll definitely have reading time to… Continue reading February Hopefuls/TBR!

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors Discovered in 2023

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 weekโ€™s topic: New to me authors that… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors Discovered in 2023

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-me Authors I read in 2020

Top Ten Tuesday was created byย The Broke and the Bookishย in June of 2010 and was moved toย That Artsy Reader Girlย in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's prompt is about new authors you read the work of in… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-me Authors I read in 2020

Book Reviews, Uncategorized

My Rating System

So I have been reviewing books for a while and I realised I havenโ€™t really shared my rating system with you all! When reading a book, I know what Iโ€™m looking for. Whilst each genre is different, the general things I look for remain the same. To ensure a 4 or 5 star rating, a… Continue reading My Rating System

Book Reviews

Blog Tour and Book Review: The Mercenaryโ€™s Daughter by Joe Gazzam and Jessica Therrien

Published by: Acorn PublishingPublication date: March 31st 2020Genres: Thriller, Young Adult Rating: 5 stars Purchase Links: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3bJtMT5B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mercenarys-daughter-joe-gazzam/1135918855iBooks: https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-mercenarys-daughter/id1493498293?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-mercenary-s-daughter-1 Summary: When Special Ops recruit, Tara Kafee is dishonorably discharged, thereโ€™s only one place to goโ€”Home. But thereโ€™s more waiting for her there than sheโ€™s ready for. Itโ€™s been four years since sheโ€™s been back and ten… Continue reading Blog Tour and Book Review: The Mercenaryโ€™s Daughter by Joe Gazzam and Jessica Therrien

Book Reviews

Book Review: Percy Jackson and the Titanโ€™s Curse

Third book in the series done! The best thing about this series is that the writing and the story donโ€™t deteriorate in any way. I usually find that with some series, the books get worse the further on in the series you get. This isnโ€™t the case. Riordan is just amazing. The main quest isnโ€™t… Continue reading Book Review: Percy Jackson and the Titanโ€™s Curse

Book Reviews

Book Review: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror. I am so many reviews behind so I am trying to catch up! This is my second book for the #lovemyshelfchallenge by @permanentlybooked and Iโ€™m slowly trying to decrease the number of unread books on my… Continue reading Book Review: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle