Currently Reading: experiments, ethics, and eldritch code. I’ve accidentally themed the week around science gone rogue — one Victorian, one very modern. ⚡ Frankenstein – the original tale of grief, ambition, and what happens when you play god with science. Mary Shelley’s gothic classic is just as devastating and electric …
Reset & Refresh: Expanding the Vibe of This Book Blog
Hello, friends! If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you might have noticed it’s mostly been a space for book reviews and the occasional themed weekly link-up. I love those, and I’ll absolutely keep sharing them when the topics inspire me. That said, I’ve been struggling with consistency …
📚 July Reading Wrap-Up: Books, Goals, and Jannik Sinner’s Perfect Forehand
July felt like one of those months where everything blurred at the edges – warm days, wonky sleep, unfinished to-do lists… but also: finished books! Some excellent reads! And Jannik Sinner winning Wimbledon, which absolutely deserves its own category of joy. Honestly? The sheer glee of watching him lift that …
Book Review: Ancestors by Alice Roberts
Title: Ancestors Author: Alice Roberts Dates read: 20/05/25 – 28/07/25 Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 stars) Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Number of pages: 446 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: history, science Book blurb: An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances …
Book Review: Windswept by Annie Worsley
Title: Windswept Author: Annie Worsley Dates read: 26/06/25 – 28/07/25 Rating ⭐️⭐️3/4 (2.75 stars) Publisher: William Collins Number of pages: 305 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: memoir, nature Book blurb: A few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a small-holding or …
Books with Honorifics in the Title
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to …
Book Blogger Hop: How many weekly bookish posts do you put on your blog and/or social media?
The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer from Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer relaunched the meme on February 15, 2013. Check out the hop here! Each week the hop will start on a Friday …
🗺️ Weekly Wednesday: Fictional Worlds I’d Like to Visit
This week’s Weekly Wednesday Blogging Challenge question is A sport I want to try One of the best parts of reading is the quiet ache you get when you finish a book and think: I don’t want to leave this place. Some fictional worlds are chaotic and dangerous (looking at …
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I love to re-read
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to …
📚 Books I Borrowed from the Library This Month 📚
aka: I definitely don’t have a problem, I just love options There’s nothing quite like walking into the library and emerging with a stack of books that whisper hope and potential — and maybe a touch of delusion about how much free time I actually have. But listen, it’s not …