Hi Bookish Friends, Hope you've all been well and have had a great week!! Since last week's update, it's been a pretty chilled week. I finally managed to sort out Mum's hospital appointment, which is one less thing to worry about. The weekend was pretty chilled. My nephews came around for a sleepover. We ended up watching the Paddington movie twice and lots of Ben and Holly (my 5-year-old nephew's new obsessions).

Format Read: eBook Source: Author Genres: Historical Mystery, Fiction Publisher: Self Published Publication Date: 23rd April 2024 Synopsis/Blurb (Taken from Goodreads): "Aspiring reporter Sophie Strong uncovers deadly secrets lurking in the aisles of a 1912 department store. Will she risk everything in her quest to expose a killer?In 1912 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aspiring reporter Sophie Strong yearns for a thrilling undercover mission that rivals those of her idol, journalist Nellie Bly.

Format Read: eBook Source: Author Genres: Historical Mystery, Fiction Publisher: Self Published Publication Date: 9th September 2021 Synopsis/Blurb (Taken from Goodreads): "A notorious woman is murdered, and reporter Sophie Strong stumbles onto the story. Does she have what it takes to find the killer before it’s too late? Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 1912: As the only female reporter at the Milwaukee Herald, twenty-two-year-old Sophie Strong is thrilled when she’s invited to cover the party of the season.

Hi Bookish Friends, Hope you've all been well and have had a great week!! My week, while it hasn't been too crazy busy, has involved a lot of my free time on the phone trying to chase up a hospital appointment for my mum. Our local NHS hospital is an absolute joke. They were supposed to have booked an appointment for my mum's first follow-up after her surgery nine weeks ago, but they didn't.

Hi Bookish Friends, Hope you've all been well and have had a great week!! It's been a much quieter week than it has been recently, and it was nice. I didn't do much; I spent most of my free time reading, resting, and even started a crochet project. I'm currently making ladybirds for my 5-year-old nephew, as he's become obsessed with ones he has seen on his favourite children's program, Ben and Holly.

Hi Bookish friends!!! Today, I'm back to share my thoughts on Kittiwake Stormhaven and the Pirate's Portolano by Victoria Williamson! A big thank you to Dave @The_WriteReads/@WriteReadsTours for my spot on the tour and also to Victoriaand Tiny TreePressfor my physical review copy and all the little goodies that came with it!! About The Book: Genre: Adventure…

Hi Bookish friends!!! Today, I'm back to shine a spotlight on The First Sin by Cheyenne Brammah! A big thank you to Dave @The_WriteReads/@WriteReadsTours for my spot on the tour!! About The Book: Genre: Science Fantasy Age Category: Adult Number of Pages: 668 Pages Publication Date: 23 October 2025 Goodreads || Storygraph || Amazon Canada || Amazon USA…

Hi Bookish Friends, Hope you've all been well!! It's been a hot minute since I've done one of these posts, but hopefully I'll be sharing it more regularly again. Life has been busy, health has been up and down, but I have been reading amongst all the chaos. You can check out all the books I read in October here. And in today's post, I'm sharing an update of the books I've read and started since the beginning of November.

Format Read: eBook Source: Author Genres: YA Contemporary Publisher: Self Published Publication Date: 8th August 2025 Synopsis/Blurb (Taken from Goodreads): "Seventeen-year-old Blue Lannigan believes in exactly one thing: his two younger brothers deserve more than the crappy apartment and abusive, drunken mother they’re stuck with. And when he comes home to find one brother bruised and bleeding (again), the other cowering in terror (again) and their mother drunk off her ass, blaming all three of them for her tanked singing career (again), Blue decides waiting until he’s 18 to leave is no longer an option.

Hi Bookish Friends, Hope you've all been well! If you've been following me for a while, you'll know I stopped doing monthly reading updates some time ago, and as you know, I've been a little quiet on the blog lately due to health issues, family commitments, and life in general. But amidst the chaos, I have still been reading and thought I would share a quick post about all the books I read in October!

Format Read: eBook Source: Author Genres: YA Fantasy Publisher: Self Published Publication Date: 7th July 2025 Synopsis/Blurb (Taken from Goodreads): "The World, As We Know It, Is Doomed To Fall." He was right, of course, and Kiridain knew that, he just couldn't remember. When Kiridain awakens in the heart of the Sleeping Forest, he is met by a world entirely unfamiliar to him.

Hi Bookish friends!!! Today, I'm back to shine a spotlight on Musings of Mannarkoil Professor: Now and then here and there by Gopalan Srinivasan! About The Book: Genre: Non-Fiction Age Category: Adult Number of Pages: 161 Pages Publication Date: 30th April 2025 Goodreads || Amazon Canada Synopsis/Blurb: MUSINGS OF MANNARKOIL Now and then Here and there by Gopalan Srinivasan is a richly woven memoir capturing one man’s remarkable personal journey from a small South Indian village to life as a professor in Canada.

Hi Bookish friends!!! Today, I'm back to shine a spotlight on Generations by Noam Josephides! A big thank you to Dave @The_WriteReads/@WriteReadsTours for my spot on the tour!! About The Book: Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Age Category: Adult Number of Pages: 457 Pages Publication Date: April 10, 2024 Goodreads || Storygraph || Amazon Canada || Amazon USA…

Format Read: eBook Source: Author Genres: YA Fantasy Publisher: Self Published Publication Date: 13th April 2023 Synopsis/Blurb (Taken from Goodreads): "August Silvershield is a dead man walking. He and his group (Ashes) have dedicated their lives to opposing the Magicom tyranny and how they control, sell and distribute magic. And Magicom are hell-bent on his capture. Pink, August’s sister, is a recently qualified mage and practitioner of the four elements of magic.

Hi Bookish friends!!! Today, I'm back to shine a spotlight on Take Me Back by Amanda Rodriguez! A big thank you to Dave @The_WriteReads/@WriteReadsTours for my spot on the tour!! About The Book: Genre: Poetry Number of Pages: 185 Pages Publication Date: November 18, 2025 Goodreads || Amazon Canada || Amazon USA || Amazon UK Synopsis/Blurb: Take Me Back is a powerful poetry collection by Amanda Rodriguez that explores the raw, emotional journey of heartbreak, healing, and self-discovery.

Hey Bookish Friends! I hope you're all doing fantastic! As you might have guessed from the title, I wanted to give you a little update about my blog! You may have noticed I haven’t been posting as much lately, and I wanted to share a bit about what’s been going on. While my sprained wrist is finally on the mend, I've been dealing with some new and longer-lasting pain flare-ups.

Hi Bookish Friends, Happy Friday!!!! Welcome back to “First Lines Fridays”!!! For those of you who are new to this, First Lines Fridays is a weekly post hosted by Wandering Words. In this post instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines. To do this simply: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page…

Hi Bookish friends!!! Today, I'm back to shine a spotlight on Reenactments by Tony Iezzi and Melanie P Duckworth! A big thank you to Dave @The_WriteReads/@WriteReadsTours for my spot on the tour!! About The Book: Genre: Non-Fiction Age Category: Adult Number of Pages: 312 Pages Publication Date: October 14, 2025  Goodreads || Amazon USA Synopsis/Blurb: Break the Behavior Patterns That Keep You Stuck in Trauma, Stress, and Everyday Life…

Format Read: eBook Source: NetGalley Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Horror Publisher: Fox Point Books Publication Date: 30th September 2025 Synopsis/Blurb (Taken from Goodreads): "A demonic debt destroys Mark’s family, until he grows up to face its collector, The Chicken Man. * “So slowly, slowly she got up,And slowly she came to him,And all she said when she came…

Hi Bookish Friends, Happy Friday!!!! Welcome back to “First Lines Fridays”!!! For those of you who are new to this, First Lines Fridays is a weekly post hosted by Wandering Words. In this post instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines. To do this simply: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page…

Hi Bookish Friends, Hope you've all been well! It's been a hot minute since I've shared a proper reading update; in fact, the last one was back in July, just before I took time off for the summer! I did share a quick post with all the books I had read during the summer, which you can check out here…

Hi Bookish Friends, Happy Friday!!!! Welcome back to “First Lines Fridays”!!! For those of you who are new to this, First Lines Fridays is a weekly post hosted by Wandering Words. In this post instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines. To do this simply: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page…

Hi Bookish Friends, I’m back with a quick wrap up post of all the books I managed to read during my summer break. It was a busy summer but thanks to audiobooks I was able to keep up with my reading!! This summer I was able to finish a total of 24 books!! So, without further ado let’s see what books I read!!

Hi Bookish friends!!! It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done a cover reveal but, I’m back with a very exciting one!! Today’s cover reveal is for the exciting fifth book in the Tales of Arvia series Arvia: Fangs Of The Forest by D. H. Willison!! About The Book: Print length: 570 pages Release date: October 14, 2025 Synopsis/Blurb: Being sent on a quest to save an entire city and granted the city’s full resources is a grand honor.

Hi Bookish friends!!! I'm back to shine a spotlight on the BBNYA 2024 Winner, Clues To You by Claire Huston! So, without further ado let's dive right in!! About The Book: Length: 373 Pages Genre: Romance, Mystery Age Category: Adult Date Published: September 19, 2023 Amazon Canada || Amazon USA || Amazon UK || Goodreads || Storygraph Synopsis/Blurb: One murder mystery weekend.