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Continue reading →: A Song of Ice and Fire read-a-long 2026A Song of Ice and Fire is one of those fantasy series that will never leave pop culture. The TV series Game of Thrones is still making an impact in fantasy adaptations six years after its end. Both the show and books have been inspiring fantasy authors across the globe…
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Continue reading →: BBNYA 2025 Semi-finalist Spotlight Tours | Dark Town by Palmer PickeringHello book dragons, hope you’re all ready for the festive season. Today’s blog post is my third BBNYA semi-finalist spotlight tour for 2025. Get ready for Level One of the Dragon’s Crawl in Dark Town, a Fantasy LitRPG by Palmer Pickering! What is the BBNYA? The Book Bloggers’ Novel of…
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Continue reading →: Attending Tulley’s Pumpkin Nights 2025Tulley’s Farm in Sussex are host to several popular attractions throughout the year. There’s a Tulip Festival, a Christmas Experience and Light show, the infamous Shockterber Fest and their autumnal Pumpkin Festival. The pumpkin festival is split into two different experiences: Tulley’s Pumpkin Days and Tulley’s Pumpkin Nights. I attended…
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Continue reading →: Attending MCM London Comic Con October 2025 | Over-caffeinated NerdOn Saturday 25th October, I attended MCM London Comic Con for my 12th year (skipping 2020, of course). I cosplayed as Greg from Over The Garden Wall! Over The Garden Wall is one of my favourite shows and is perfect to enjoy in Autumn. My costume is mostly made from…
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Continue reading →: BBNYA 2025 Semi-finalist Spotlight Tour | The City of Mist and Tears by Alex Robins
Hello book dragons, hope you’re all having a fantastic Halloween weekend so far. Today’s blog post is my second BBNYA semi-finalist spotlight tour for 2025. Now spooky season is coming to a close, its time to put the horror books down (for now) and check out Alex Robin’s fantasy epic:…
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Continue reading →: BBNYA 2025 Semi-finalist Spotlight Tour | The Godsblood Tragedy by Bill Adams
I am so honoured to be a panellist for this year’s Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award! There were some great books in the early rounds and I am excited to get into the final round of reading and judging. But for now let’s show some love to one…
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Continue reading →: Hello Autumn, I have returned. 📚🍂
tw: mention of serious illness Apologies for the lack of posts the last few weeks (or months). My Dad’s liver cancer had grown back, he had to have another major surgery to remove it. Hopefully this’ll be the last time. I’m his primary carer so have been focusing my attention…
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Continue reading →: Sailor Moon Manga Reading Order ✨🌙Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi is one of the most well known and iconic manga series every created, with fans found across the globe. The series ran from December 1991 to February 1997, spanning 5 story arcs, a prequel series and a short story collection.
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Continue reading →: NetGalley Update | August 2025Reviewing had to take a back seat in July as I was preparing for the first exam in my part-time masters course. I’ve sat the exam now (still waiting for the result) and I’ve got three weeks off work coming up so will have a lot more time for reading…
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Continue reading →: Happy Book Birthday to The Broken Sword by L.L. MacRae 🎉Calling all fantasy fans! THE BROKEN SWORD – the epic conclusion to L.L. MacRae’s Dragon Spirits trilogy is here! “Dragon spirits reign supreme in the magic-drenched world of Tassar, where curses linger and ancient enemies rise again.”
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Continue reading →: NetGalley Update | July 2025
As some of you may know, I stopped using NetGalley a while ago due to all of the ARC file types changing to one that wasn’t compatible on Kobo e-reader devices. This has recently been fixed – you can read my post about that here – so I’m back to…
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Continue reading →: WWW Wednesday | 02 July 2025Hello bookworms, happy WWW Wednesday. I know I missed last week (again, sorry). I didn’t have any reading to update you on so I skipped it. I’ve got one month left before this semester’s exam season so my revision has moved up a gear. July will be another busy month…
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Continue reading →: Review | Cosmic Censorship Vol. 1 by Ryu-Ichi SadamatsuThank you to Titan Manga and NetGalley for this eARC to review.
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Continue reading →: Introducing a monthly Stephen King read-a-long: King of the MonthI need to catch up on my Stephen King TBR. As a reader and lover of horror literature, reading King’s novels is (sort of) a requirement. Quick PSA, being a fan of the books is NOT required but there’s definitely an expectation to give one a go, test the waters…
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Continue reading →: WWW Wednesday | 18 June 2025Hello bookworms, happy WWW Wednesday! I’m on time this week! We’re over halfway through June but I’m a little further behind on my monthly TBR than I’d like to be. Hopefully I’ll get plenty of reading time in before the month is over. This book tag is hosted by Taking…
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Continue reading →: WWW Wednesday | 11 June 2025Hello bookworms, happy WWW Wed… Wait, it’s Friday! Sorry this is so late, also for missing last week. I’ve been busy with travelling up and down the country, as well as getting back into some exam revision for my Masters degree. I should be back on track next week, fingers…
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Continue reading →: Review | The Familiar by Leigh BardugoI picked up The Familiar as it was the June selection for my local Waterstones book club. This isn’t my first Bardugo novel, as I’ve read and enjoyed some of her Young Adult series in the past. I’ll be reading Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo’s first horror novel from 2019…
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Continue reading →: Pride Month | June TBRHappy Pride month! All but one of these books are directly from my bookshelves, the other is an ARC from NetGalley. I’ve got more unread LGBTQIA+ books on my shelves (embarrassing, I know) so this TBR could’ve been triple the size. Six books for June is more of an aspirational…
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