Top 5 previously-read authors of 2025
Sometimes the most reliable reads come from authors we already know and trust. These are five familiar favourites who delivered another great reading experience in 2025.
Top 5 anticipated reads for Q3 2025
My reading schedule may be more aspiration than plan, but these are the books I was am excited to pick up during the second half of 2025.
Top 5 books set in Europe
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books set in Europe!! Thankfully my geographical reading is a bit more spread out this week. In fact, we travel to some of my favourite places in Europe! (Although I need to find a book set in Iceland that isn’t a children’s picture book. And a book…
WWW Wednesday — 30 October 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 30 October 2024!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think you’ll read next? Let’s see what I have been reading……
WWW Wednesday — 23 October 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 23 October 2024!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think you’ll read next? Let’s see what I have been reading……
WWW Wednesday — 16 October 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 16 October 2024!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think you’ll read next? Let’s see what I have been reading……
WWW Wednesday — 9 October 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 9 October 2024!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think you’ll read next? Let’s see what I have been reading……
October 2024 TBR
Hello friends!! Welcome to my October 2024 TBR. A post where I will attempt to take my best guess at what I will feel like reading for the upcoming month. My September TBR was… a 50% completion rate. That’s a pass, right?! But, I also read the most amount of books I’ve ever read in a month, AND I hit…
Top 5 genre mash-ups
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 genre mash-ups!! So, I completely forgot that I made this topic… Which is really only a shame when you think about my last top 5 freebie topic: top 5 historical fantasy rom-coms. Because you know what? Those are pretty classic genre mash-up books!! Anyway, today I’m going…
Top 5 series I will finish in 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 series I will finish in 2024!! Because I just need to tick some series off my TBR… Please. In case you’re new around here, this is another post we now do every year (noting that the topic has changed slightly over the past few years, but here…
October 2022 book haul
Hello friends!! Welcome to the October 2022 book haul!! A post where I talk about all the books that I bought and received in the previous month. You know, October was looking like a pretty good month. I had only received six physical books between review copies, book boxes and some light online shopping. And then on Friday 29 October,…
Top 5 anticipated reads for Oct-Dec 2022
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 anticipated reads for Oct-Dec 2022! Not sure about you all, but I am moderately terrified that we’re in the last quarter of 2022. I’m pretty sure I say something similar every time we start a new month… but also, where did 2022 go?! Because I’m pretty sure…
Top 5 bad tropes done well
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 bad tropes done well. Which means, we are in November, and we’re ALLLL about the tropes!! And after last week’s ‘tropes I dislike‘, it’s time to put my money where my mouth is (but not literally, because gross — there are so many germs on money) and…
Top 5 debut novels
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s Top 5 Tuesday is top 5 debut novels. Wow… I’m so glad that I decided to be nice to us all, and have such a normal topic for today!! I mean, who doesn’t love talking about their favourite debut novels – the hardest part is limiting it to a top 5.…
Top 5 books I wish I could read for the first time again
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s Top 5 Tuesday is top 5 books I wish I could read for the first time again. Which is quite a mouthful, but I’m so tired and I can’t think of a better way to phrase it!! If you missed the April topics post, please click here!! Top 5 Tuesday was…
Top 5 creepy characters
Happy Tuesday bookworms!! Welcome to today’s Top 5 Tuesday, and today’s topic is top 5 creepy characters!! This month we have a kind of Halloween theme going on, which I am definitely regretting because I do not read creepy / spooky books. LUCKILY, I have awesome book friends (hi team!!) who reminded me of some super creeps I know!! Top…
10 amazing fantasy classics you should read
Hello friends!! Today I really want to chat to you about 10 amazing fantasy classics you should read!! One day — but also, like what are you even waiting for?! Just in case you haven’t heard me scream about this previously, YA wasn’t really a thing when I was growing up. You had board books for toddlers, picture books for…
November ’19 wrap up and December TBR
Good morning bookworms! It’s time for the November wrap-up! During November I read a very reasonable 10 books. Honestly it feels like that long ago I can barely remember it… but we are almost nearly halfway through December, so I imagine that it did happen! Book Author Series Format Rating (/5) Cover Against the Rules Laura Heffernan Gamer Girls #2…
Waffle book tag
Good morning bookworms! I am a little late with yesterday today’s post. I’ve had a really busy week with work and travel, and yesterday I was sitting on the plane drafting this for you all (photo evidence attached!!). Then when I landed I forgot to post, and I still need to finish my monthly wrap up and challenge wrap up…
Sunshine Blogger Award #9
Good morning bookworms! I know today would normally be Top 5 Tuesday, but Shanah is on a mini hiatus while she has the best sounding break – so I thought, “why don’t I try and catch up on some tags?!” So, the lovely Siobhan @ Siobhan’s novelties tagged me in the Sunshine blogger award back in June! (I mean, I’m kind…
ABC Book Challenge: S (part 2)
Good morning bookworms! During 2019 I am participating in the ABC Book Challenge! Previous letters: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M N | O | P | Q | R | S #1 Please keep in mind that books that literally start with ‘A’, ‘An’ or ‘The’ will be posted in the group of the…
Book recommendations: Overwatch edition #2
Good morning bookworms! Welcome back to another edition of… books I would recommend to Overwatch characters! (Click HERE for edition 1) Also, shout out to my team New York Excelsior (NYXL) for their hard work in the play-offs. The Vancouver game was hard to watch, and while they pulled off a stunning win for a couple of maps, they eventually…
ABC Book Challenge: R
Good morning bookworms! During 2019 I am participating in the ABC Book Challenge! Previous letters: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M N | O | P | Q Please keep in mind that books that literally start with ‘A’, ‘An’ or ‘The’ will be posted in the group of the second word, as…
Good Habits Reading Tag
Good morning bookworms! Can I just start with a massive HI, and THANKS FOR COMING, especially after I accidentally haven’t posted since last Wednesday (which is my biggest disappearance this year). Unfortunately I was struck down with a horrible case of tonsillitis, and then because I was traveling for work I went home early, by plane, and managed to get…
