Book Review | Anna O by Matthew Blake

Thank you to Jonathan Ball Publishers for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. SPOILER WARNING: This review may contain spoilers! FormatTrade PaperbackPages447 pagesPublishedJanuary 2, 2024GenreAdult, Psychological, Thriller, CrimeBook SeriesStandaloneContent Warning??? "A dark, twisty, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double...

Book Review | Daugther Of The Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Thank you to Jonathan Ball Publishers for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. SPOILER WARNING: This review may contain spoilers! FormatPaperback Pages512 pagesPublishedJanuary 11, 2022GenreYoung Adult, Fantasy, Mythology, Asian, RetellingBook SeriesThe Celestial Kingdom #1Content Warning??? THERE ARE MANY LEGENDS ABOUT MY MOTHER. Raised on...

March Maybe’s | My First Month Of Autumn TBR

March is here! That means, unfortunately, that summer has come to an end and we now face "The Long Dark" - what I refer to as the next nine months because it's cold and wet and dark and I hate it. A new month means new books to read; click through to my newest video...

Mid-Year Book Check-In (Freak Out) Tag 2023| How is your reading going?

Can you believe that we’re in the middle of the year, already?!? Perfect time to take stock of ourselves and our goals… This is the third year that I am participating in this tag - this is more commonly known as the Mid Year Book Freak Out tag - and we get to answer a...

A Whirlwind Of Reading | My February WrapUp

And so we come to the end of February; at last! Not going to lie, February was one long month of adjustment for me; now that I don't have to dedicate time to someone else, I suddenly seemed to have a lot of extra time on my hands... Just when I thought I'd finally found...

Adventure Awaits | My Unromantic February TBR

Oh, look; it's February, the month of love. And here's me, newly single... This just means more time for reading, right? This month sees the first leg of #Readathin, a readathon that happens four a year, and it is a readathon I really enjoy, so I participate whenever I can. It has a bingo board...

Book Review | Weyward by Emilia Hart

Thank you to Jonathan Ball Publishers for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. SPOILER WARNING: This review may contain spoilers! FormatTradeback, Proof, ARC Pages368 pagesPublishedFebruary 2, 2023 by The Borough PressGenreHistorical Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Magical RealismBook SeriesStandaloneContent WarningDomestic Violence, Rape, Incest, Abortion, Miscarriage Three...

Loadshedding Must Fall | My November WrapUp

Ugh, guys, November was a very hard month for me; I became depressed early on and it has, unfortunately, continued unabated through to December. I can tell you that there were many reasons for it: My Birthday was coming up in December; I would be turning Fifty and my anxieties, about my mortality, life expectancy,...

A Torturous Adventure | My October Wrapup

Would you believe me if I told you that I'm still trying to recover from October? First, going into a new month during a reading slump is excruciating; then around the middle of the month, Leon started a new job. The job itself is not the problem, the shift work is; it entails three days,...

Book Review | One Dark, Two Light by Ruth Mancini

Thank you to Jonathan Ball Publishers for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. SPOILER WARNING: This review may contain spoilers! FormatPaperback Pages400 pagesPublishedJuly 1, 2021GenreAdult, Crime, Mystery, PsychologicalBook SeriesStandaloneContent Warning??? New Year's Eve, London. Outside the Hope & Glory pub, a man has been...