Top 5 morally grey protagonists
I’m drawn to characters who make questionable decisions for reasons I can understand, even when I’m yelling at them through the page. These five morally grey protagonists aren’t secretly perfect heroes. They’re complicated, occasionally terrible and far too compelling for their own good.
June 2025 TBR
My reading plans for June included a mix of anticipated releases, backlist titles, and a healthy dose of optimism. Here's what I hoped to read during the month.
Top 5 books with no pictures on the cover
Character illustrations seem to be everywhere these days, but plenty of books still rely on other design choices. These are five covers that prove pictures of people aren't always necessary.
Top 5 books with stars on the cover
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with stars on the cover!! ✨ It is mini scavenger hunt week 2, and we are all dazzled by the stars in our eyes!! Or on our book covers!! Hopefully the brightness is not too blinding, and we have all found some great books to share.…
Top 5 books I want to buy in 2025
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books I want to buy in 2025!! AHHHHH!! Sorry for being late friends!! It’s somewhat chaotic over in this hemisphere this week. My mum goes into hospital tomorrow for surgery and the last week of work has been insane late nights and I am pooped. I need…
Top 5 books on my TBR that intimidate me
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books on my TBR that intimidate me!! When I wrote this topic list, I had an explainer for this week: Do you have a pile of books on your TBR that you were “going to read soon” but now it’s been like 5 years and you don’t…
Top 5 award winning books
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 award winning books!! Now, by no means am I a literary snob (I don’t think any of us are). And sure, winning an award is nice — validating even. But it also doesn’t increase my enjoyment of a book. In fact, as many award winning books are…
Top 5 books set in the future
Friends!! HELLO!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books set in the future!! Speaking of things set in the future (but not really), I need to explain my completely unintentional absence hiatus from all things books. Including this amazing T5T community. Remember how I got that amazing promotion / job opportunity back in September? WELL……
Top 5 books with shields
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with shields!! Yes, we’re back on scavenger hunts ― and I’m happy to say these are the last lot until next year. Last week we had swords, so this week we’re doing shields. It’s a nice juxtaposition. At first I thought “oh, what have I done?!”…
Top 5 illustrated books
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 illustrated books!! The proviso being that ‘illustrations’ can include fancy chapter dividers, beautiful drop caps, multimedia written books, or pretty end pages. There is no need to limit yourself to picture books on this one. Like most kids, picture books played a huge part of my childhood.…
Top 5 books I will definitely* read in 2022
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books I will definitely* read in 2022!! Yes, we’re still in that hopeful, glossy stage of January where we can make promises that we (generally) intend to fill. It’s lovely, isn’t it!! You might be thinking, “Gosh… this topic looks… familiar?” Which is totally fair because we…
December 2021 wrap up
Hello bookworms!! It’s time for the December 2021 wrap up. It is finally 2022!! I mean, it’s been 2022 for like a week now, but YAY!! This is (the first of my many) final wrap ups of 2021. THANK GOODNESS. I mean, I’m not convinced that 2022 will be any better than 2021, but I can still be hopeful for…
November 2021 wrap up
Hello bookworms!! It’s time for the November 2021 wrap up. I don’t know about you, but when I started writing this back in early December, I felt stuck in this weird “How the hell is it almost 2022? I’m still writing 2020 on things”, but also being “Geez, can we just skip to 2022 already because I am so done…
WWW Wednesday – 8 December 2021
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 8 December 2021!! I’m also super pleased to say that Blogmas is going well — however, work is going to be pretty hectic over the next week, so I’m also being kind to myself at the moment. WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World…
November 2021 book haul
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the November 2021 book haul!! A monthly post where I usually shame myself for never achieving my goal of buying less than I read, or sticking to my buying goal. November is definitely the worth month on record for 2021. I *may* have gone slightly overboard with black Friday sales. But honestly, I don’t regret it.…
WWW Wednesday – 1 December 2021
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 1 December 2021!! Which, according to yesterday’s Top 5 Tuesday post… is about 9 months after my last one. So, I guess you could say it’s been a hot minute. If a minute were the length of a full-term pregnancy. WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking…
Top 5 recent reads
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is a FREEBIE!! But, I decided to be kind to myself (especially after posting the Jan-March 2022 topics) and am doing a top 5 recent reads post. I’m secretly hoping this will kick my butt back into gear so I can start doing WWW Wednesday posts again… Because, apparently they…
Top 5 books I haven’t read yet in 2021
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books I haven’t read yet in 2021. I don’t know how I feel about the whole “end of 2021” fast approaching thing. Because, to me, 2021 has felt like it’s taken 16 years, but simultaneously 31 seconds. I’m still writing “2020” as the year on forms, and…
October 2021 book haul
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the October 2021 book haul!! A monthly post where I usually shame myself for never achieving my goal of buying less than I read, or sticking to my buying goal. And October was an interesting month… Because I read 13 books and I hauled 13 books. I had a bunch of preorders come in, which I…
November 2021 TBR
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the November 2021 TBR post. Now, I know that it’s unusual for me to write a TBR. You know, especially because I never stick to them… (Remember in March when I wrote a TBR for Middle Grade March and then only read smutty romance on Kindle Unlimited? No? Oh… me neither… 😳👀) Well, Gintare, who used…
September 2021 book haul
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the September 2021 book haul!! A monthly post where I usually shame myself for never achieving my goal of buying less than I read, or sticking to my buying goal. Or at least I did in July and August anyway. I was clearly feeling so confident and pleased with my last two hauls that I decided to…
15 books that I’m currently reading
Hello bookworms!! Today I want to address the chaos that is my life, and the 15 books that I’m currently reading. PLEASE SEND HELP. I mean, who even knows how these things happen. I certainly don’t, and I’m living it. But more than that, I want to look at each of the books I’m “currently reading” and decide once and…
Top 5 books with creatures on the cover
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with creatures on the cover. Yes, In August we are doing a ‘scavenger hunt’ type of month, where each week there is a different theme for you to pick covers by. I wanted to pick some topics that everyone can participate in this month, as I’ve…
August 2021 TBR and the MS Readathon
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the August 2021 TBR post, where I will also be talking about the MS Readathon. So… I admit that I get pretty shady when it comes to TBRs. The last one I posted was for Middle-Grade March. And it was so bad that I didn’t read a single thing ON the TBR. But not just that.…
