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  • Christmas [Eve] Traditions

    Christmas [Eve] Traditions

        Hey all, so if you don’t celebrate Christmas, I apologize, this may be a bit of a boring post for you but I would love to hear about your favorite holidays and how you celebrate them in the comments. This is about Traditions, and I would love to…

    Dec 24, 2021
    bookish
    book blogger, Books, Christmas, christmas books, christmas eve, festive, holidays, other holidays, traditions
  • The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

    The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

    An English country house at Christmas time should be the perfect place to get away from it all – but nothing is ever simple for Hercule Poirot, as he finds not one but five baffling cases to solve. –GoodReads My Review This is one of those books I reread every…

    Dec 23, 2021
    Book Review
    agatha christie, book blogger, Book Review, Books, Christmas, mini review, murder, mystery, quick review, the adventure of the christmas pudding
  • A Holiday for Murder

    A Holiday for Murder

    In Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder — and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case.  –GoodReads My Review This is one of those books I reread every year/other year or so. So…the mystery of it all…

    Dec 22, 2021
    Book Review
    agatha christie, book blogger, Book Review, Books, Christmas, mini review, murder, mystery, quick review
  • The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

    The nutcracker doll that mysterious Godfather Drosselmeyer gives to little Marie for Christmas is no ordinary toy.  –GoodReads My Review I am admittedly a Dumas slut so I may be a smidgen bias in my four cup rating but hear me out! I’m also a huge fan of classic novels…

    Dec 21, 2021
    Book Review
    ballet, book blogger, Book Review, Christmas, classics, Dumas, hoffmann, Holiday Read, novella, Reading, the nutcracker
  • Jade Fire Gold eARC Review

    Jade Fire Gold eARC Review

    Her destiny. His revenge. In an empire on the brink of war . . . – GoodReads My Review Reading the synopsis of this, I can say I was definitely *jazzed* about it. Yea, I’m old enough to say things like that, so what? Anyway, totally was excited and honestly,…

    Dec 20, 2021
    Book Review
    book blogger, Book Review, Books, diverse reads, Fantasy, jade fire gold, june cl tan, netgalley, november debut, Reading, YA Fantasy, yarc read
  • 5 Wintry Books to Add to Your TBR

    5 Wintry Books to Add to Your TBR

    Well I couldn’t help myself, here are some books that are NOT Christmas oriented but perfect for this season of cold for us in the Northern hemisphere. Very much a wintry read, I’m definitely waiting to read the sequel. So hurry up time! Check out my review here. A darker…

    Dec 17, 2021
    Book Review
    adriana anders, book blogger, book list, Katherine Arden, kiran millwood hargrave, roshani chokshi, sally gardner, the emrcies, the silvered serpents, the snow song, whiteout, winter books, winterhnight
  • 12 Days Of Christmas

    12 Days Of Christmas

    Back again with another 12 days of Christmas! (Is this late? Yes, yes it is) **Personally, just to say this right off the bat, I could watch like five a day for 25 days but to spare my family I only have them watch 12 movies with me! I’ve picked…

    Dec 14, 2021
    Book Review
    12 days of christmas, Christmas, family, holidays, movie list, watch list
  • The Midnight Girls eARC Review

    The Midnight Girls eARC Review

    It’s Karnawał season in the snow-cloaked Kingdom of Lechija, and from now until midnight when the church bells ring an end to Devil’s Tuesday time will be marked with wintry balls and glittery disguises, cavalcades of nightly torch-lit “kuligi” sleigh-parties. Unbeknownst to the oblivious merrymakers, two monsters join the fun,…

    Dec 13, 2021
    Book Review
    alicia jasinska, book blogger, Book Review, Books, december release, eARC, enemies to lovers, Fantasy, lgbtqia rep, netgalley, polish lore, Reading, the midnight girls, YA Fantasy
  • Read This Not That GoodReads 2021 Winners Edition

    Read This Not That GoodReads 2021 Winners Edition

    2021 GoodReads winners were announced…and it was a time. Was it frustrating? Yes Was it baffling? Sadly not. It seems that some authors will always dominate but to see such amazing contenders just dropped, it was…as I said, frustrating. I stared at the results and couldn’t even fathom how some…

    Dec 10, 2021
    Book Review
    book blogger, book list, Books, books to suggest, diverseurshelf, goodreads 2021, maas wins again, Reading
  • A Marvellous Light eARC Reivew

    A Marvellous Light eARC Reivew

    Robin’s predecessor has disappeared, and the mystery of what happened to him reveals unsettling truths about the very oldest stories they’ve been told about the land they live on and what binds it. Thrown together and facing unexpected dangers, Robin and Edwin discover a plot that threatens every magician in…

    Dec 9, 2021
    Book Review
    a marvellous light, book blogger, Book Review, Books, eARC, edwardian era, Fantasy, freya marske, historical fantasy, lgbtqia rep, Magicians, netgalley, pride read, Reading
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