Top Ten Tuesday: Witches and Wizards

Magic is fun. Magic is dangerous. It can be used to create or to destroy, to provide solutions, or to thwart your enemies. It represents power, but that’s often less important than what one plans to do with it. In today’s Wyrd and Wonder post, I’m talking about some of my favourite practitioners of that old arcane art, in all of its terrible glory. Behold…

Top Ten Tuesday: Fantasy Sidekicks

From adventurers to hermits, swordsmen to squires, best friends to lovers – sidekicks come in all shapes and sizes, and the best ones don’t simply accompany the hero on a quest. They can often become a hero in their own right, and in their own ways. Today I’m shining a light on some of my all-time favourite sidekicks – and yes, I might have interpreted some a little broadly. But we make our own rules in fantasy, right? Let’s take

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Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Fantasy Cities

It’s time for the first of my Wyrd and Wonder Edition posts for Top Ten Tuesday! Today we’re talking about some of my favourite fictional cities in fantasy. Being a city girl at heart, I felt like this choice from imyril’s curated list of prompts was super appropriate for me. So let’s get listing, shall we? (Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.)

Top Ten Tuesday: Rainy Day Reads

Haven’t done this in a while, but today I’m feeling inspired so let’s take a look at some of my favourite comfort reads! (Note: Certain selections below may not *seem* very comforting, but nonetheless I always enjoy them…) Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Couples in Books

It’s that time of year, and while I personally am more interested in all the discounted chocolate post-Valentine’s Day, I can’t deny that a good relationship is often central to my enjoyment of a good book. So for this bookish Valentine’s Day themed post, let’s take a look at some of my absolute favourite couples in books. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday: Winter TBR

This week’s Top Ten is all about what I’m pulling off the shelves to cosy up with this winter, and there are so many options. I tend to get a kind of seasonal mood for reading around this time of year, and you know what that means. Dark fantasy, wicked mythical creatures, blood on the snow. Why, what did you think I meant?

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Must Have in 2019

So I fell off this bandwagon a little bit over the last few weeks, but I am climbing back aboard this week to share with you ten of my most anticipated book releases of 2019! (This week’s prompt was a freebie, I am just really super excited about all these new stories!) Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday: One Day, All This Will Be Mine

It’s time for another List of Awesome Things, and today I’m taking a short rest away from all the Sci-Fi Month madness to share a few items from my wishlist. Today’s prompt is “bookish merch I’d like to own”, and for once I have actually been picky! (Translation: I didn’t make it to ten items! Let’s hear it for being particular, for once, heh!) Let’s go shopping.

Top Ten Tuesday: Battle of the Backlist!

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. So this week’s prompt is “backlist books I want to read”, and after a somewhat prolonged bout of “how the hell do I choose only ten?!” I decided to fold this into my Sci-Fi Month output and stick with science fiction. … After another prolonged bout of indecision, here are the top 10 science fiction books currently jostling hardest for

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Top Ten Tuesday: Spooktastic TBR

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s prompt is a freebie! And since it’s almost Halloween and the penultimate day of Spooktastic Reads, I’m going to share some seasonally appropriate books that are still (or have now been put) on my TBR list!

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