Why I found the Story Telling in the Witcher so Uncompelling (no spoilers)

While it may contain one of the catchiest songs of the moment ("Toss a Coin to your Witcher), the way the Witcher was adapted for Netflix failed to initially engage me for three reasons.

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Cover Changes I Liked and Hated

What cover changed do you like and hate? I've picked five of each...

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Discoveries I made in 2019

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly mean, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun. This is such a fun prompt that lets me reflect on the year to highlight the best authors and genres and other discoveries that made this year amazing. 1. Reading Communities Maybe this doesn't feel …

Top Ten Tuesday: Auto-buy Authors

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly mean, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun. This week's prompt is tricky, to say the least. Auto-buy authors? I've never really thought about it before. I read a lot of series and many of my current reads/anticipated are next installments of debut …

Top Ten Tuesday: Unpopular Bookish Opinions

Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, TTT is a weekly meme that everyone is welcome to participate with. I actually wavered a fair bit over whether or not to post my response to this prompt because some of them will be very unpopular. But then I decided that it was the point of the prompt, and I want …

The joys and challenges of Multi-POV

After reading a few books which, in my opinion, suffered from too many POV, I started really thinking about the use of perspectives in books. I usually love reading multi-POV books, and how it can show different sides of a story, but these books didn't click. In my free time, I also write stories, and I …

The DNF choice

This is currently the big debate among the book community. Should we DNF books? Short for 'Did Not Finish' it's dividing readers, in a rather ridiculous way. I think we need to talk about it more, in a reasoned and respectful manner, to have a wide range of opinions out there. How else can we …

Why I’m sick of retellings

I count 20 books in this picture. 20. That's twenty retellings (and additions to existing stories, like the DC Icons books). And that's only my London shelves. I can think of a few more up in York, and there's more if I cross into my sister's room or climb into the loft. Most of these …

Books to read this Brexit-day

Brexit has invaded our homes, taken over the news (or is there simply nothing else happening in the world?) and filled more than a few with a sense of unease and worry for the future. As all bookworms know, the only thing to do when stressed is pick up a book. It might not (always) …

February 2019 Round-Up

February felt rather intense, particularly towards the end. I think that was because I went straight from an exam to a church weekend away so didn't get any rest that weekend. The big bookish highlight was go and see Samantha Shannon at the Leeds launch for PRIORY, which was something new for me. My reading …