Category: books

  • Tag | The Greek Gods Book Tag

    Tag | The Greek Gods Book Tag

    Hi folks! Today, on this Thursday evening, I bring you a fun book tag, who would’ve guessed? I wasn’t actually tagged but I saw this tag very recently over on Luna’s blog and it was created by Zuky. Since it’s about greek gods and I loved learning the mythology and legends when I was younger (still do,…

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  • T5W | Books to Give Poetry Newbies as Gifts

    T5W | Books to Give Poetry Newbies as Gifts

    Welcome one and all to this week’s Top 5 Wednesday post! For those of you who don’t know Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingerreadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This Wednesday’s…

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  • Review | Temeraire by Naomi Novik

    Review | Temeraire by Naomi Novik

    Title: Temeraire (2006) Author: Naomi Novik Publisher: Harper Voyager Read: 28th November – 9th December 2018 Genre: fantasy; alternate history Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the…

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  • Christmas at Hogwarts | Sign Up & TBR

    Christmas at Hogwarts | Sign Up & TBR

    Hi witches and wizards, welcome to my sign-up and TBR post for yet another iteration of the Magical Readathon! The Magical Readathon is hosted by Gi of the Book Roast and she has been delighting us all with fun readathons since the first OWLs Readathon back in early 2018. This round we’re getting in the…

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  • Down the TBR Hole #26

    Down the TBR Hole #26

    Welcome folks to the twenty-sixth round of Down the TBR Hole! For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, check out the previous posts via the tag or check out Lia at Lost in a Story who is the creator of this wonderful meme/project. I’m trying to make this a regular feature of my blogging schedule…

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  • Review | Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

    Review | Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

    Title: Wives and Daughters (1866) Author: Elizabeth Gaskell Publisher/Edition: Penguin English Library Read: 1st – 17th October 2018 Genre: classics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson worships her widowed father. But when he decides to remarry, Molly’s life is thrown off course by the arrival of her vain, shallow and selfish stepmother. There is…

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  • Tag | Bookish Naughty or Nice

    Tag | Bookish Naughty or Nice

    Welcome one, welcome all, to another Tag Thursday! Since we are deep in the midst of Blogmas, I thought I would bring you a festive themed tag this week. This week’s tag comes courtesy of Jenn who created the tag and Jenna and Luna who were kind enough to tag me and it’s called the Bookish Naughty of…

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  • December TBR

    December TBR

    If you read my post yesterday, you’ve probably gathered that December tends to be a stressful reading month if I let it be because I try so desperately to finish up the remaining challenges in my yearly reading goals. Since I passed my 52 books Goodreads goal some weeks ago, that one’s not an issue,…

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  • Discussion | The Pressure of Reading Challenges

    Discussion | The Pressure of Reading Challenges

    It’s that time of year, folks, when we look back at our very optimistic reading goals for the year and cry a bit about how little of the year is left and how many reading challenges we still have yet to complete. This year, I decided to ditch the overly ambitious goals and just participate…

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  • Wrap Up | November 2018

    Wrap Up | November 2018

    Welcome one, welcome all, to my November Wrap Up. As mentioned in my previous wrap up, I was writing the post from Disney’s Caribbean Beach resort, and the holiday did affect my reading pace quite dramatically. Then, November rolled around, and I was trying to focus all my efforts on NaNoWriMo. It turns out working…

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