Review: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

Abandoned by his father as a small child, Sir Gareth Inglis has grown up prickly, cold, and well-used to disappointment. Even so, he longs for a connection, falling headfirst into a passionate anonymous affair that's over almost as quickly as it began. Bitter at the sudden rejection, Gareth has little time to lick his wounds: …

2023 Anticipated Releases

Hi all! As it's the beginning of the new year, I thought it would be a good idea to share the 2023 releases I'm most excited for. As always, I share a list of anticipated sequels, first in a new series, and standalones. Let’s get into it! Sequels Prince & Pawn (Perilous Courts #3) by …

Best books of 2022

Hi all!' It's been a while, but I'm momentarily back to share my favourite books of 2022. As usual, I'm sharing my top 20 books of the year! 20 - 17 20. The Remaking of Corbin Wale: A soft romance between a baker who moves back to his home town, and a young autistic man …

Clear Ur Shit Readathon – Sign Up and TBR

Hi all! I decided this year I'm going to be joining the Clear Ur Shit readathon. I have tentatively made plans to do this readathon before but always gave up not long after it started. However, I recently finished my Classics Club challenge and the 2022 PopSugar Reading Challenge and I am bereft. I have …

I finished my goal of reading 50 classics books

Hi there! I'm so excited to announce I've finished my goal of reading 50 classics books in 5 years! In 2017, I joined the Classics Club, an online blog of readers who set goals to read between 50-100 books in a specific amount of time; usually 5 years. I joined with 50 books and a …

Mini classic review: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

The story begins with a lonely boy named Bastian and the strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica. Only a human can save this enchanted place by giving its ruler, the Childlike Empress, a new name. But the journey to her tower leads through lands of dragons, giants, monsters, …

Mini classic review: The Princess Bride by William Goldman

What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams?As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered …

Mini classic review: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

Only eleven of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published prior to her death in 1886; the startling originality of her work doomed it to obscurity in her lifetime. Early posthumously published collections-some of them featuring liberally “edited” versions of the poems-did not fully and accurately represent Dickinson’s bold experiments in prosody, her tragic vision, and the …

Mini classic review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

Gilbert Markham is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, a beautiful and secretive young woman who has moved into nearby Wildfell Hall with her young son. He is quick to offer Helen his friendship, but when her reclusive behaviour becomes the subject of local gossip and speculation, Gilbert begins to wonder whether his trust in her …

Mini classic review: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan in the 1950s. A product of a broken home, branded a "sissy" by his dismissive Aunt Dottie, Ripley becomes enamored of the moneyed world of his new friend, Dickie Greenleaf. This fondness …