Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles That Would Make Great Song Titles (BTS edition!)

Hello everyone! I always enjoy topics linking books and music, two of my great loves, and what better theme to use than one of my most recent great loves - the K-pop powerhouse BTS?! (Warning: slight gushing ahead:) Aside from being amazing entertainers who create meaningful music, their personalities, humour, chemistry and charisma are utterly …

#SixforSunday: Series Endings that Broke Me (and why I should now probably avoid YA dystopian)

Today's topic: Six heartwrenching endings to a book series I'll keep this list as spoiler-free as possible! This is going to be a difficult one to compile - I don't think I've read many series with painful/bittersweet/sad endings - definitely more standalones. Perhaps when a reader has spent years getting to know and love these …

Top 5 Saturday: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Titles with Numbers in Them

'Twenties Girl' by Sophie Kinsella Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don't get visited by ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara's great-aunt Sadie-a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about fashion, love, and the right way …

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Titles That Would Make Good Band Names

This week: ten titles that sound like band names! Without further ado... 'Solitaire' (by Alice Oseman) I'm getting dark, bass-heavy, electronic rock music vibes from this name. Wayward Son(s) (by Rainbow Rowell) Definitely sounds like a country band to me! Aurora Rising (by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff) I keep getting electronic/nightcore vibes from this …

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Signs You’re a Book Lover

Woah...it feels like forever since I've been on my blog and talking books with you all. Staying at home has messed with my perception of time and I've been busier than ever, now that I'm in my final stretch with editing several chapters of conference proceedings. ** I'm also doing some research for a 'Medium' …

#SixforSunday: 6 characters I’d love to go on a date with

This week: Which six characters would I go on a date with? Oooh, I haven't made a bookish crush list before so let's see if I have a fictional type, shall we? 😂 I suppose it's also important to make the distinction between someone I find attractive in a book and someone who'd actually be …

Top Ten Tuesday: Spring 2020 TBR

It's been a while since I've done an update post of any sort - the half of March was spent feverishly finishing up my PhD application, editing a section of some academic conference proceedings then generally getting life back into order. And on top of all that is making preparations for and adapting to the …

#SixforSunday: Six characters I’d name my kids after

This week: Which characters would I name my kids after? Now this is tricky... do I pick just names I love or should the character also be worthy of naming my child after? Some characters who I absolutely LOVE have names that I wouldn't choose - e.g. Chaol because the way I pronounce it is …

Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Follow On Social Media

Today's topic: Characters I’d Follow On Social Media! I've tried to keep it to characters that I haven't yet seen on other people's lists yet. Nikolai Lantsov from Bardugo's Grishaverse Nikolai never fails to crack me up and he's so smart and unexpectedly wise sometimes - if he had a blog or Twitter I'd definitely …

Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Gave Me a Book Hangover

Today's topic: The Last Ten Books That Gave Me a Book Hangover! I rarely get hangovers that put me into a slump, because I'm so terrified of slumps that I just force myself into another book really quickly. So for me, a 'book hangover' is a book that I can't stop thinking about, have to …