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Does anyone have a confusing relationship with Netgalley? Because I do… I love it but it’s like walking into a sweet shop and telling myself only 1. It’s so difficult not to get caught in the trap of continuous requesting, it’s so easy just to click and click and click and before you know it you’ve got 20 books to read in a month (if you want to read them before release date).. and not just read…

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl, every week features a different book related theme to take part in.. and this week’s is.. Green Book Covers (In honor of St. Patrick’s Day today!)10 Sprayed Edges With Green On Them! Changing this week’s Top 10 Tuesday up a bit because I’ve already seen lots of amazing lists for the cover and honestly probably wouldn’t be…

March feels like it’s flown by already.. it’s honestly not been my best 2 weeks. Between cars going wrong at home to getting ill it feels like the tide is against me this month. But I will persevere as I always do. It could be worse to be honest. My physical health has definitely suffered this month, but apart from a few wobbles my mental health has luckily not been too bad! I don’t feel like…

Book Info  Name: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book #2)Author: Matt DinnimanRelease Date: December 9th 2025 (Originally published January 2021)Edition: UK HardbackPublisher: Penguin Random HousePages: 371Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Comedy, Adult Synopsis: “Greetings, Crawlers! The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin.” The ratings and…

Book Info  Name: Silver Elite (Book #1)Author: Dani FrancisRelease Date: May 6th 2025Edition: UK HardbackPublisher: Del ReyPages: 560Genres: Fantasy, Romantasy, Dystopian, Adult Synopsis: The world is divided. On the Continent, you’re either a Prime—immune to the biotoxin that nearly wiped out the Earth’s population 150 years ago—or a Modified, one who was enhanced by the toxin, developing…

If you want me to be completely honest.. I can’t actually remember much of February. I don’t know why, I just can’t remember.. personally not a lot happened and even though I read less books than last month I read more pages. I’ve been keeping up with my journal, I’ve been keeping up with all my bookish socials, work has been ticking along and my personal life has been.. ok. Sometimes not having…

Book Info  Name: Dungeon Crawler Carl (Book #1)Author: Matt DinnimanRelease Date: December 4th 2025 (Originally published September 2020)Edition: UK HardbackPublisher: Penguin Random HousePages: 447Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Comedy, Adult Synopsis: You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s…

I feel like being a fantasy reader very much opens me up to contend with some big books. World building, magic, travel… all very much important aspects of fantasy and all things which very much bulk up a book. I figured it might interesting to see what big books are on everyone’s TBR piles, especially considering I know some followers and readers of my blog read other genres’. What are my chunky…

Book Info  Name: Thorn SeasonAuthor: Kiera AzarRelease Date: October 1st 2025Edition: Fairyloot HardbackPublisher: Harper FirePages: 409Genres: YA, Romantasy, Fantasy Synopsis: In the Kingdom of Daradon, a persecuted few are Wielders, in possession of a magical Spectre–a shimmering thread that can extend beyond their visible body to give a loving caress, pick a lock . . . even kill. Feared for…

I’ve decided I’m going to do these ‘weekly wrap-ups’ in the middle of the month instead of every week (then I can do my monthly wrap-ups as normal).. I probably should re-name them and do a new graphic for them but that will come in time. I realised that sometimes I didn’t have much to write every week so I figured doing it this way would hopefully give me more content to fill a post. Not to…

Fantasy With Friends is a weekly discussion meme hosted by Pages Unbound focusing on all things fantasy. If you pop on over to the linked page you can see how to participate and all the upcoming prompts for this year! – – – – – A new weekly meme for me to join in with! I won’t promise to participate every week but considering this is all things fantasy related I’m hoping I can tick quite a few…

January was a weird month.. I had some ups, some downs, some good days and some bad. It was a mixed bag. This was the month I made some new years resolutions and attempted to stick with them. I restarted my bookish socials, restarted my book journal.. added a diary that’s also become a planner and journal. I started doing daily to-do lists with the challenge of actually sticking to them. I gave…

Book Info  Name: The Second Chance Convenience StoreAuthor: Kim Ho-Yeon (Translator: Janet Hong)Release Date: June 1st 2025 (Korean Release: April 20th 2021)Edition: UK PaperbackPublisher: Pan MacmillanPages: 196Genres: Fiction, Contemporary Synopsis: Seoul Station is home to Dokgo, a man shrouded in mystery with no memories of his past. Until one day his subdued existence is disrupted when he…

I haven’t done a weekly wrap-up since August of last year and I feel like it’s something I need to get back into. Especially with this being the year I want to keep on top of everything, to-do lists are my new 2026 habit and they seem to be working… although in saying that this week hasn’t been the best. But it could of been worse 😂 Continue reading WEEKLY WRAP-UP – JANUARY 26TH 2026

Welcome to part 1 of my mini review series. These posts will exclusively be for manga and graphic novels, I won’t put every single manga (especially later volumes in a series) in these reviews but will add as many as I can, when I can and when I want to. Enjoy! Continue reading [MINI REVIEWS PART 1] OUTSIDERS VOL. 1, SAKAMOTO DAYS VOL. 1 & THE FROG KNIGHT

Book Info  Name: Seven Deadly ThornsAuthor: Amber HamiltonRelease Date: November 4th 2025Edition: Fairyloot HardbackPublisher: Bloomsbury YAPages: 388Genres: YA, Romantasy Synopsis: In the cursed Kingdom of Aragoa, the punishment for magic is death. Even the students at Vandenberghe Academy aren’t spared. When Viola Sinclair’s deadly shadow magic is discovered, the queen gives her assassin a…