Top 5 standalone books I wished were series
Some stories end exactly where they should. Others leave me desperately wishing for another book. These are five standalones I would happily spend more time with.
Top 5 books with ballgowns on the cover
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with ballgowns on the cover!! 👗 It is mini scavenger hunt week 3, and we are all glitzed up to the nines!! Or rather, the characters on our book covers are. But, you know, a girl can dream. This week I went hard on the historical…
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 with a heart on the cover
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with a heart on the cover!! 💙 I am so happy that we’re back with our mini scavenger hunt topics!! I really love them, even though sometimes they are crazy hard. Like, so much harder than I expect when I set the topics. Thankfully, this week…
Top 5 books set in Australia
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books set in Australia!! Ok, I know, the whole topic is top 5 books set in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, but, this is my home country. And while I wouldn’t necessarily call myself patriotic (too many US connotations and I’m much more on the British end…
Top 5 books set in Asia
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books set in Asia!! Oh my gosh. Friends! I am so sorry! My scheduled post didn’t post and so this is so VERY late!! Apparently I hit my maximum storage on my self-hosted blog package, which apparently means everything just… stops. So, I’ve spent the last three…
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…
Top 5 books set in America
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books set in America!! Or, more accurately, top 5 books set in the Americas. Because we really do mean the northern and southern continent. From Alaska to Chile and everything in between. Sadly, while I’ve read MANY books set in North America, I can only find one…
Top 5 anticipated reads for Q2 2025
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 anticipated reads for Q2 2025!! Friends, IT IS TIME!! I know I’ve been talking about this book since January 2022, including making my anticipated reads list for Q2 and Q3 in 2024, but it’s FINALLY here!! Silverborn, by Jessica Townsend is finally arriving. And I am SO…
Top 5 books with royalty in the title
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with royalty in the title!! Friends, readers, bloggers, lend me your eyes. Ok, so not an actual royalty quote, but I think Shakespeare should have been knighted at the very least. And Julius Caesar wasn’t quite royalty, but dictator is up there. I think I’d prefer…
Top 5 books with an emotion in the title
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with an emotion in the title!! Before we get started today, can I just say a HUGE thanks to everyone who reached out here or on Insta last week. Husband is now home and on the mend. This community of book nerds who show up every…
Top 5 books with a place in the title
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with a place in the title!! Hi T5T team — apologies for the delay posting this week. My husband has been in hospital most of the weekend and I am struggling. I wanted to write something fun and witty about making a list of fantasy places…
Top 5 books with a pronoun in the title
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with a pronoun in the title!! I think two years ago (coming out of the pandemic) every month I was all “how are we already in MARCH*?” *insert new month title here. Whereas this year my questions are more along the lines of “how is it…
WWW Wednesday — 5 February 2025
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 5 February 2025!! 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 — 15 January 2025
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 15 January 2025!! 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 — 8 January 2025
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 8 January 2025!! 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 — 1 January 2025
Hello friends, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 1 January 2025!! Which kind of feels like a wrap of for 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,…
WWW Wednesday — 25 December 2024
Hello friends, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 25 December 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…
Emma adaptations
If you’ve ever tried to find the best adaptations of Emma, you’ll know there’s no single “correct” answer… only different interpretations of the same story. Because Emma isn’t just about matchmaking and miscommunication. At its core, it’s a redemption story… just not in the way we usually think about them. There’s no singular turning point. No dramatic fall followed by…
2024 reading firsts book tag
Hello friends!! I should have posted this two months ago, but alas, here we are in April insted. Today’s post is a book tag that I’ve been seeing around the traps called the 2024 reading firsts book tag. The name of the game is to go through some prompts and list the first read or book of 2024 that fits.…
Books that look like other books
Hello friends!! The other week I commented that the only reason I picked up a book on my Kindle was because I thought it was part of a series I had started. Because the covers looked the same to me. So, today I’m going to be talking about books that look like other books. Now, this is absolutely NOT me…
Top 5 green books
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 green books!! Why are we randomly doing a colour? It’s St Patrick’s Day!! Or, it was last Sunday. 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 Personally, I’m not really on board with the hype of this holiday. It could be that I’m not Catholic. Or Irish. Or that I expended any potential f***s…
Top 5 books with baked goods
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with baked goods!! This Thursday, 14 March is International Pi Day. Something about 3.14… maths, circles, other math/sciency things. Look, I read a lot of fantasy and romance. I don’t need to understand how to calculate a circumference. So, instead of picking 5 books that have…
