Books
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Attending MCM London Comic Con October 2025 | Over-caffeinated Nerd
On 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… Continue reading
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Introducing a monthly Stephen King read-a-long: King of the Month
I 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… Continue reading
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WWW Wednesday | 18 June 2025
Hello 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… Continue reading
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WWW Wednesday | 11 June 2025
Hello 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… Continue reading
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Review | The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
I 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… Continue reading
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WWW Wednesday | 28 May 2025
Hello bookworms, happy WWW Wednesday! This book tag is hosted by Taking On a World of Words, its a set of three questions asked of book bloggers weekly to see how their reading is getting on. What are you currently… Continue reading
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Sunrise on the Reaping | READ-A-THON Announcement 🏹
In just under a month we’ll be returning to the nation of Panem and the Hunger Games! I’m unbelievably excited, The Hunger Games was the series that started my love for reading as a teen and I’ve been obsessed with… Continue reading
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2025 Reading Goals 📚🐍
2024 was a failure for me and my reading goals. I started the year off well but any hope of achieving them completely fell off the cliff in the second half of 2024. When writing this year’s goals I decided… Continue reading
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Happy New Year! | January TBR 🎆🥂
Hope you’ve all had a fantastic holiday season. Mine has been very chilled out though didn’t exactly go according to plan. I ended up with symptoms of Tonsillitis on Christmas Eve but couldn’t get antibiotics until Boxing Day, so have… Continue reading
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NetGalley Update | Nov 2024
After taking a little break from reviewing over the summer (and most of Autumn, oops) I’ve started requesting books to review on NetGalley again! I tried logging back into my account but it seems to have vanished (can’t remember if… Continue reading
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End of Year Book Haul | December 2023
How is it the end of 2023 already? This year has absolutely flown by! I’ve bought a lot of books this year and this is my final haul (excluding the books I’ll probably be gifted at Christmas). Frankenstein by Mary… Continue reading
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What I Read Last Week | 21/08/2023 📚
One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2023 was to be more consistent with my blog but unfortunately, I have been unsuccessful so far. There’s a couple reasons for this. The first is due to the nature of my job… Continue reading
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[Review] The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Genre: DystopiaPages: 528Available formats: Hardback, Audiobook, eBook It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capital, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor… Continue reading
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