Recommended by @eviebookish This book was recommended to me, what has to be about 2 years ago now. I do feel bad for leaving it so long, especially since I brought it straight away. Now just feels like the perfect time for it. Since we're heading into spooky season, this strikes me as the perfect… Continue reading Reading Your Recs: The Hacienda
It's that time already! I can't believe we're halfway through September already, how did that happen? My reading has slowed down drastically from the beginning of the year, but I think I do that every year. My plan is to at least finish 3 more books before this month ends; A Day of Fallen Night,… Continue reading Middle of the Month Update
The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke 3.5/5• witches • multiple pov• suspicious disappearances • mysterious billionaire• perfect for spooky seasonI've had this book on my shelves forever now and finally picked it up. I thought it would be a pretty quick read but it actually took me a while. The short chapters made it… Continue reading Review: The Lighthouse Witches
I'm terrible for auto buying any books that mention witches. From cosy romances to feminist stories and historical fiction, I cannot say no to a good witchy read. I thought I'd make a list of my top 5 personal favourite books featuring witches, and maybe a few honourable mentions at the bottom. #1 #2 #3… Continue reading My Top 5 Witchy Reads
There are still so many fantastic books coming out in 2025. I've got a fair few that I've preordered (around 20 of them, but who's counting?) but here's a list of a few to look out for. #1 Girl Dinner Release date: 21st October 2025 I don't know why exactly this book description gives me… Continue reading Upcoming Releases I Cannot Wait For
What did I get up to in August.... I had a hospital appointment that boiled down to a need to reduce stress in my life. I tried to think back to what brought joy into my life and remembered how much I loved the book community on Instagram. I've recently gotten back into taking photos… Continue reading August Wrap Up & September Plans
Recommended by Shannon Who doesn't love a vampire fantasy? A reader friend at work didn't give me a choice when it came to this book. I'm talking months of guilt tripping to finally get me to pick it up. So this will be the first in a series of reviews recommended by my friends. Predictions… Continue reading Reading Your Recs: The Serpent & The Wings Of Night
A second term at Orilium is fast approaching. The Autumn reading challenge is always more intense than the Spring one. This term you're graded. There are 3 grades; O, Q and D. For each calling, you have a specific course and grade you have to reach. My chosen calling is Scribe. I need 4 of… Continue reading Autumn Equinox at Orilium
Empire Of The Damned by Jay Kristoff 5/5 If you're looking for a happy anything please avoid this book at all costs. Jay Kristoff is allergic to the word happy - I think even silver linings are too close for comfort. I had to read it in small parts to prevent total emotional destruction. In… Continue reading Review: Empire Of The Damned
We are over half way through the year, and nearly half way through August already and it's been a busy one. I am on books number #162 and #163. Granted I've been reading both of these books for a few months now - it's a mind set thing for me unfortunately. Do you ever get… Continue reading Reading in 2025
03/03/2024 Monday has rolled back around, and I'm starting this week by trying to get back on top of all my reviews, updates and everything else. I've gotten all of the photos I need for my reviews so I can start posting them - only one a day though. After that I have a regular… Continue reading Reading Update
I set myself a challenge for February to see how many 5-star romance reads I could find. It originally started as reading romances until I hit a 5-star read, but now I realise that wasn't realistic. So I've been reading loads of romance this month and these are all of them from February 2024. System… Continue reading Reading Romance Until I Get 5 Stars
He's everything I want but run away from.There’s a long list of things I don’t handle well:Change.Relationships.Breakups.But there’s one person above everything else I can’t seem to get a handle on.Brody Wallace.In short, he’s perfect. The reality, he scares me. He’s the opposite of what I usually go for. He’s bigger. Intimidating. He reminds me… Continue reading Review: Unspoken Vow
25/02/2024 It's Tuesday and I have barely read anything the past two days because I finally got the keys to my new house! It's only the first step and we aren't close to moving in, but it's officially ours. So the next few days will be spent planning, and cleaning the new place ready to… Continue reading Reading Update
Cecilia Bassingwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She's also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means. Sure, she has a dark and traumatic past and an overbearing aunt, but all things considered, it's a pleasant existence.… Continue reading Review: The Wisteria Society Of Lady Scoundrels
Bookish suffragist Catriona Campbell is busy: An ailing estate, academic writer's block, a tense time for England's women's rights campaign--the last thing she needs is to be stuck playing host to her father's distractingly attractive young colleague.Deeply introverted Catriona lives for her work at Oxford and her fight for women's suffrage. She dreams of romance,… Continue reading Review: The Gentleman’s Gambit
18/02/2024 Another week starting with two days off! I've spent them splitting time between reading and sorting out buying my new house. It's getting near to being mine and the panic is hitting me. In other news I've managed to read Payback's A Witch off of my back list and I've started The Gentleman's Gambit… Continue reading Reading Update
Emmy Harlow is a witch but not a very powerful one—in part because she hasn't been home to the magical town of Thistle Grove in years. Her self-imposed exile has a lot to do with a complicated family history and a desire to forge her own way in the world, and only the very tiniest… Continue reading Review: Payback’s A Witch
Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls—nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it’s… Continue reading Review: Delilah Green Doesn’t Care
These are just a handful of the romance books I've read that I absolutely loved. I did try to get a mix of sub-genres and tropes. When I thought to put up a post with romance recommendations on it, I struggled to remember all the ones I'd read. These were some that were really memorable… Continue reading Romance Recommendations
Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it’s a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she’s desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch—only someone with a secret to hide would rent out a room for that price.Of… Continue reading Review: My Roommate Is A Vampire
11/02/2024 Starting the week off with 2 days off - well needed ones. Finally watching Saltburn after a work friend suggested it. Then I have to get dressed and go food shopping. I'm going to kill the friend that recommended Saltburn because that was just weird. I don't mind reading my weird and obsessive books,… Continue reading Reading Update
Going toe-to-toe with a brooding Scotsman is rather bold for a respectable suffragist, but when he happens to be one's unexpected husband, what else is an unwilling bride to do?London banking heiress Hattie Greenfield wanted just three things in life:1. Acclaim as an artist.2. A noble cause.3. Marriage to a young lord who puts the… Continue reading Review: Portrait Of A Scotsman
I am currently following two book clubs; the Literally Dead Book Club and the Reese Witherspoon Book Club. The RW club picks a variety of books each month from different genres. I'd seen a lot of titles I recognised on their back list so wanted to give it a shot this year to see if… Continue reading February Book Club Picks
KellerBanging my son’s bestie was a total accident that will never, ever happen again. I’m sure of it. While he might be gorgeous and caught me in a weak moment, when it comes right down to it, my son has been my entire life for the last twenty-six years. I don’t know how to be… Continue reading Review: System Overload
It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness.Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy… Continue reading Review: Empire Of The Vampire
04/02/2024 Sunday night I finished The Priory of the Orange Tree!! I couldn't include it on my last update because I posted it and took a nap. I couldn't help it, I was so tired. Hopefully the review will be up before this post though. I picked up There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie… Continue reading Reading Update
January I've started 2024 off strong with 9 books. There's a mix of rereads and new reads. My favourite book for January is... The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. I'd put it off for so long and after reading it, it's on my all time favourites list. The Priory is such an… Continue reading January Wrap Up & February Plans
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though… Continue reading Review: The Priory Of The Orange Tree
28/01/2024 Happy Monday! How has it gone this quickly? Yesterday I managed to snap a quick shot of the books I've gotten from Christmas until the beginning of this week. Unfortunately, the wind has caused some serious damage to the roof of our house - and my room is an attic conversion. There's a very… Continue reading Reading Update
February I've picked out three books coming out in February that I'm really excited for. None of these are continuations of series and I've never read from any of these authors either. The summary for each had me hooked. With how many books I keep buying (despite my ban) I expect to have my hands… Continue reading Coming Soon: 2024 New Releases
I see this one every year and thought I'd guess what books I already own that will end up being 5 stars. No guarantee that I'll actually read these ones but I hope to. At the end of the year I can come back to this post and see if any of my predictions have… Continue reading 2024: 5 Star Predictions
21/01/2024 I can't believe it's already week 3 of 2024. How is it moving so fast? I've set aside this week for reading The Priory of the Orange Tree because its HUGE and I can't keep putting it off. Since I DNF'ed my previous read I got a head start on my reading plans so… Continue reading Reading Update
Carlisle Martin dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer just like her mother, Isabel. Since they live in Ohio, she only gets to see her father Robert for a few precious weeks a year when she visits Greenwich Village, where he lives with his partner, James.Brilliant but troubled, James gives Carlisle an education in all… Continue reading Review: They’re Going To Love You
14/01/2024 My weeks in a bit of a reverse order. I had Monday and Tuesday off of work and I'm at work for the rest of the week. I started the week reading First Lie Wins for the Reese's Book Club January pick. At first I wasn't loving it, but when I finally got into… Continue reading Reading Update
I started the year saying the only challenges I'd be doing were the book clubs I've joined. But here we are with a list of challenges because apparently I couldn't help joining them. I've set my GoodReads to 24, and if I'm over 50% of the way through by June I'll consider pushing it up.… Continue reading Challenges 2024 Edition
The identity comes to Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the target: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job.Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity,… Continue reading Review: First Lie Wins
Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody.When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.But as evidence threatens June’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks… Continue reading Review: Yellowface
January There are so many new books being released through out 2024. As much as I want to put them all on this list, I'm limiting it to 3 or 4 books I personally want to get this year. I'm leaving off a few of the big ones we all know are coming out this… Continue reading Coming Soon: 2024 New Releases
07/01/2024 I know weekly reading updates are usually reserved for YouTube but I've always liked watching them and keeping up with people. And I've yet to reach the confidence of doing BookTube though I'd like to get there eventually. Saying all that, I'll be posting weekly updates on Sundays about my reading, plans, maybe even… Continue reading Reading Update
Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows… Continue reading Review: The Paris Apartment
I know a lot of people use a similar rating system, but I wanted to work out for myself how I want to rate my books this year. In the past I've been a little all over the place when it comes to how I would rate my books. And I'm leaving it on here… Continue reading How I Rate My Books
First things first...Happy New Year! I hope you all had fun celebrating last night/this morning. I realised I hadn't posted anything in a long time and started to scroll through all my older posts. For whatever reason, I didn't like anything I read. So I deleted it. All of it. This is a fresh start.… Continue reading Happy New Year!
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