Hey friends! Today I wanted to talk to you about The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord! This was the first time I had read her work but I knew she was quite popular and has a large fan base. I had heard this book was amazing from other bloggers before reading it, and if you can’t tell by the title, I was not impressed. If you did enjoy The Names They Gave Us,...

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Hi my bookish friends! Don’t you just hate feeling let down by books? Whenever I am told I’m going to love a book, while I may still like it but I won’t love it. This is because I start building a ‘shrine’ for the book in my mind, especially when my favourite bloggers rave on and on about it! I hate when it happens and even when I try to consciously not hype myself up...

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Hi friends! Today I am here to share with you my June TBR! I don't tend to share my TBRs very often mostly because I am the WORST at following them but upon starting my YouTube channel (check out my announcement post for more details if you've missed it!) I thought it'd be a fun and easy video idea! So behold, my June TBR! (Yes I am aware it is the middle of the month,...

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Hi friends!  Today I’m bringing to you a review for Stalking Jack The Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco! I’m not much of a thriller reader and going into this, I didn’t know anything about it, but we had recently studied a murder mystery novel in literature (in school) set in Victorian England and it was The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde so I was quite interested to read this! And I have to...

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Hi fellow book readers! In case you didn’t know, it’s pride month – a time to celebrate LGBTQI+ books and writers! And of course then there was no better time than this to share with you a special, Pride Month edition of mini reviews about books featuring bisexual main characters both of which are #ownvoices (meaning the authors feature the same diverse characteristics as their character)!  Let’s just get started! ...

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I have never been a huge fan of pirates, if I’m being really honest. I didn’t see what was so appealing about them, especially since they are well known thieves and in some cases murders. I have seen the first Pirates Of The Caribbean but haven’t seen the others, and as a child, Peter Pan was a story I avoided because there was nothing appealing about a guy with a hook for an arm.  Going...

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Hi friends!  I haven't done a book haul in FOREVER and I wanted to do something a little different for it! SO I MADE A VIDEO AND POSTED IT ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL!  ...

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