As you can tell from the title, today is all about small-town romances. I’ve read a few in the past, maybe 4 or 5, but it’s not a trope I reach for often. I wanted to give it a good shot and see if it might be something I enjoy and here we are. So … More Discovering Small-Town Romance Books
Since we’re halfway through the month, I thought now would be a good time to check in and chat about how I’m doing with NaNoWriMo this month. Full disclosure, I wrote this on the 13th after I’d already done my words for the day so I could focus on my writing and other life things … More NaNoWriMo Midpoint Check In
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s topic was meant to be popular authors I haven’t tried before, but I couldn’t really think of anyone in the genres I do read. I could’ve made a whole post just listing horror authors I haven’t read but … More Authors I Don’t Read Anymore | Top Ten Tuesday
As per usual I’m running behind with my mini reviews. These are from mid to late October and then into November so at least we’re not too far behind yet. But today we have some middle-grade, some non fiction and some others so let’s jump straight in. Gargantis (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea #2) by Thomas … More Five Most Recent Reads | November 12th
Welcome back to yet another post I’ve been working on for weeks. I’ve got quite a few I’m trying to finish before the end of the year so here’s hoping that happens. But today I’m here to start some new series. I’ve been working hard on continuing series lately and so I couldn’t resist starting … More A New Journey Begins: Starting Five New Series
I thought today would be a good time to bring out the old End of the Year Book Tag since we’re hurtling towards the end of the year very quickly. This was started by Ariel Bissett—I don’t remember when, but here’s the 2021 version of the tag. It’s a nice quick tag so we’re going … More End of the Year Book Tag 2023 Edition
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here or in the post announcing it. Today’s topic is non fiction which is something I love to talk about when I get the chance, so let’s jump straight in. The Amazons by Adrienne Mayor This is honestly one of the non fiction … More #5OnMyTBR: Non Fiction
I cannot begin to tell you how excited I was when my lovely friend, Helen, announced the Junior Eurovisionathon round in late October. Eurovisionathon is a readathon that Helen created and runs every year around April/May in which we try and read books from all the countries participating in Eurovision that year. This is my … More Junior Eurovisionathon TBR
I don’t know about anyone else, but October flew past for me. Maybe it’s because I have some big plans for November? Whatever it is, it means it’s time for October wrap up so let’s jump into the things I read, watched and did this month! Reading Wrap Up Firstly, can I say that I … More October Wrap-Up: Reading, Life Stuff & More
Nonfiction November is hosted by Olive from A Book Olive, and you can find the 2023 announcement video here. The whole purpose of the month is to read more nonfiction than you would in an average month—so if you’d read one, try and read two and so on. Olive also gives us four optional prompts … More Nonfiction November TBR
Earl Grey Books 