Favourite book quotes

A few years back I decided to put my favourite quotes into a note book. So I could always go back to it and look at them. Some of the quotes came from books, some from songs others from tv/movies. Below are some of my favourite quotes from books I’ve read over the years.

The Contradictions Book Tag

Avoiding writing. So doing a book tag instead. This one sounded pretty cool. Because we all find books that contradict what we say. So down below is my answer to these 8 questions.

Books that surprised me part 1

Every now and then you pick up a book and don’t expect much from them. If you are like me sometime I pick books up knowing I’ll probably give up on it and drop the book. So why do I pick it up? Because something about it caught my interest or I’ve seen the book

April Showers Book Tag

A nice cold autumn Saturday. 🍁 Here’s a book tag. And seeing as it has rained heaps this week this tag definitely fits the mood.

Wheel of the year book tag

With Mabon coming up for us in the Southern hemisphere I thought why not do a book tag. This is the closest one I could find.

A Year Wrap up. Bye 2022

I’m not expecting much from 2023. The past few years haven’t been the kindest and I just refuse to go into another year with stars in my eyes. So I’m just rolling into 2023 and just going with the flow. Let’s see what happens. Here’s a wrap up on my year.

5 Days to Christmas: The Academy Awards Book Tag

Another book tag. I am a sucker for them. It’s not long now till Christmas. I’m not the biggest Christmas fan but I’m trying to enjoy myself more each year. So I thought why not find a book tag that’s like all those award shows. Pretty much every time you think of a type of

7 days To Christmas: book unhauling.

With Christmas around the corner and 2023 it’s time to have a look at my collection and see if there’s any I can let go. Make some more room for new books.

12 days to Christmas: 12 books I need to read next year.

We’ve hit that time a year again. Where you look back and see all the books you’ve read and all the books still left to go and new releases.

The Rainbow Challenge/July Wrap up

I decided to do something different for July and create a theme to help me choose between my TBR books. I had heaps of fun doing it and choosing the books to read for each colour. I think I will choose another challenge for August I’m not sure what yet. But below are the books

June wrap up

Below is all the books I read for the month of June.

Poetry month recommendations.

Its officially national poetry month. And I thought the best way to celebrate is to share some of my favourites. One of the things that has surprised me over the past few years of reading is my love for poetry. Especially the dark and gloomy sort, that just speaks to the heart.

Day 8- StoryGraph wrap up

This year I gave the StoryGraph app a try out. And I have mixed feelings.

Day 5- Some Books I’m looking forward to reading next year

These won’t all be new releases. Just like a heads up. There are some books I’ve been meaning to get to for a while now. And I feel like next year is the time. So here’s to knocking down my TBR.

Day 3- 12 favourite book I’ve read this year

I have, officially, as of today read 109 books. I have two more to get through, but I highly doubt they’ll knock off one of these. This is a new record for me. Four years ago I could only ever reach an end goal of 60. Then last year I some how pulled out a

Top 10 book tropes

Spooky Scary Book Tag

It wouldn’t be me if I didn’t do a booktag that’s on point with October 🎃. So here is probably one of many this month….sorry? Haha.

Arc-A-Thon

My arc list is growing steadily. I’m currently sitting on 4 from NetGalley. Two aren’t due to read till next year. But why wait. let’s get shit done. So this week I’m focusing attention on 4 arcs and hopefully October is a much better reading month then September. Where I only managed to read three

🎂 The Birthday Book Tag 🎈

I am officially another year older, but not wiser. Here is a lovely booktag I’ve seen everywhere lately. 1 – BIRTHDAY CAKE – a book with a plot that seems cliche but you adore it anyway Guess I’ll go with the woke up as the chosen one plot. I’ve liked a couple books that have

The Fantasy Tropes Book Tag

Here we are with another book tag. I found this one from this blogsite Forbookssake . The creator Onespeculiar 1 – The Lost Princess – A book/series you lost interest in halfway through. Literally 5 minutes ago more or less. Paige was so annoying. It just wasn’t a good read. 2 – The Knight in

The Spring Has Sprung Book Tag

It’s September, spring time has begun over here In Aus. And it’s my favourite season. All the beautiful wildflowers are out. The weather is all over the place haha. And my birthday is coming up.

🌧️August Wrap Up🌧️

Another month down. Another pile of books read. I have read 8 books and finished three Readathons. Here are the best books I’ve read in the month of August.

Lakesedge Review

A beautiful gothic fantasy that screams beauty and the Beast retelling. Which isn’t a bad thing.

Bookish Questions

http://aminoapps.com/p/0421xc.                        I found this on the link above. I’m currently avoiding life problems. I’m doing it the right way yes? 1. Which book do you think deserves an adaption? I’m mean there are a few. But, I feel like this series would be alot of fun to watch as a tv show. And its light

Top Ten Retellings

The top ten retellings I have read so far. If there is one thing I love the most it’s a good retelling of a much loved story. Down below is my personal top ten. If you have some recommendations please do comment and let me know. 10 Apparently this is a swamp thing retelling. This

The Merlin Readathon wrap up

1st to 15th of August I finished the first prompt on the first day. A Book with green on the cover. It was a fun quick read. (I say even though I spent all day reading it). I have to admit to I completely forgot what the Queer Principles of Kit Webb was even about.

Dewey reverse readathon

8am Saturday to 8am Sunday Today I started Dewey at 9:45 am. The whole goal and plan today is to take this readathon easy, mix self-care and reading. I want to finish one book and hopefully start another. Making the Merlin Readathon finish early. So the first book today is a reread of a book

Best books I read in July.

It’s hit that time again. I had a decent month of reading. Got out of my comfort zone and was pleasantly surprised. Found a new. Favourite book. Finished a beloved series and found a nice book of poetry. Next month I’m going to be participating in two Readathons. The Merlin Readathon and The Royal Readathon.

Flash Fire Review

First of all I wanted to just state that I received a early copy of this from NetGalley for an honest review. 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 This is the sequel to Extraordinaries by TJ Klune. If for some reason you haven’t read the first one then I suggest walking away from this review as their will be spoilers

Top Ten Classics

In this blog I’ll be telling you my top ten classic reads. Some of these are short stories. Some are full novels.                                                    . These are my top ten classic reads (so far)        and let’s just say I have a love hate relationship with classic stories. Some I absolutely loath while others a quite enjoyed. Feel free

June wrap up 2021

This year I decided I would no longer talk about the books I didn’t enjoy (especially in monthly wrap ups) that way I can promote the books I love and spend the energy on them. So below is the best books I read in the month of June. I don’t know why I put this

My top 10 favourite book covers on my shelf.

When I started this blog. I always had the idea in mind to go through my top ten. Whether it’s top 10 places to hike, top 10 classics to read. Etc. Each month going forward I want to dedicate a blog to a top 10. So to start this off I thought I’d go with

Favourite witchy books I’ve read so far 🧙‍♀️

I am a solitary Green witch. (Baby witch) so I’ve relied on what I can find on the internet, books and myself. There are so many wonderful books to find and check out if you are just starting out. Or maybe want some more ideas. Here are the books I think are the stand outs

The Mid-Year-Freakout Tag

This tag was originally created by Chami I literally can’t believe it’s June already. We are already 6 months in to this crazy year. I’ve decided to have some fun and do this mid year tag as a way to see how I’m doing. And it’s a great way to recap the year so far. Best

Bear Boy Review

Bear Boy by Justin Baker & Jane Goodall Out 22 of June 2021 Justin is a typical teenager, dodging school bullies and waging an endless war with his parents. But when he discovers Ursula and Brutus-two sibling black bears being kept in horrific conditions at a nearby zoo-his life begins to change. He finds a

Do I Have That Book Challenge part 1

Do I Have That Book Challenge part 1 I thought the best way to get to know my taste in books and a great opener for this site would be to do this challenge. i may end up doing the other two I have seen floating around. I’m not sure who started this challenge. I do