Book Review And Discussion – The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Pages: 297 Published: 1st November 2022 Genre: General/Literary Fiction Trigger warnings: Grief, sexual references, drugs This was a buddy read with my friend Kriti @ Armed With A Book, and we both enjoyed this book and discussed it at length. Spoiler-free extracts of our discussion can be found after my review. Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, hoping …

Top Five – Annoying Characters Who Appeared In Books I Enjoyed

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a good week. Today I have another new list post, and it is all about characters who I found annoying in books that I liked, or even loved. Some of these characters are just plain annoying, while others are just a bit pesky in the way they get …

Discussion – Male Readers And Female Authors

Hello everyone, A recent post on the Twitter account for the Women's Prize for Fiction claimed that of the bestselling books by female authors, men make up only 19% of their readers. This statistic really caught my eye, but sadly it did not surprise me in the least. I have had conversations with friends and …

The Best Books I’ve Read In Summer

Hello everyone, For me, the summer is a special time for reading. I can read outside in the sun until late into the evening, and take books away with me on holidays and day trips, among other things. In the last few years, I have been lucky to have picked up wonderful books during the …

Discussion – What Should Define A Young Adult Book?

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a lovely week so far and enjoying your current reads. Today I have my first discussion post in a while, and it touches on a subject that book bloggers have debated for some time - what constitutes a young adult novel. The reason for this post is that …

Discussion – Seasonal Book Blogging Themes And How I Approach Them

Hello everyone, It is my first discussion post of 2022 and today I am talking about themed months in book blogging, where you publish blog posts more frequently than normal, or even every day. We recently reached the end of the most well-known of these, which is called Blogmas, and I take part in that …

Best Book Blogging Friends Of 2021 – Part Two

Hello everyone, Yesterday I posted a list of nine other book bloggers who have become or continued to be amazing friends to me in 2021, and today I have nine more! I adore all of the content they post and in general they just epitomise why I love being part of an online bookish community. …

Best Blogging Friends Of 2021 – Part One

Hello everyone, One of my absolute favourite things about being a book blogger is that there are so many wonderful people to interact with! I am grateful for everyone I have been able to connect with in the past few years and it is those interactions which more than anything, have made blogging so rewarding. …

Discussion – My Favourite Authors By Category

Hello everyone, It's discussion time! And brace yourselves, for this is going to be long one. The idea for this post came when I had a particular question on my mind: What makes the ultimate perfect book? Away from thinking about my generic reading preferences, I decided to think about particular authors and which of …

Discussion – The Beauty Of Acknowledgements, Author’s Notes, And Associated Paratext

Hello everyone, I have taken a week away from blogging, but now I am back with a new discussion post which I am excited to share with you! When we read a book, we naturally place almost all of the emphasis on the story contained within it, along with the occasional gush about the cover …