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Earth Day 2025
Hi friends, happy Earth Day! It’s no secret by now that I am an environmentalist and that shows in some of my book choices. While every day should be spent with love for the planet, today in particular is a day to celebrate it and to call for its protection. For some context, earthday.org was founded…
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Spring Equinox Celebrations Book Tag
Thank you to Lynn of Lynn’s Perspective for tagging me in this! (Lynn’s post is here.) The tag was originally created by Laura (Corner of Laura) here, and I like the thought behind it. I myself don’t celebrate Easter, but I do celebrate the Equinox (and there are many more celebrations around the world at…
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And So I Roar by Abi Daré
Synopsis: When Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother—terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria—and her aunt, the repercussions will send her on a desperate quest to uncover a secret her mother has been hiding for nearly two decades. Back home in Lagos a few days later, Adunni,…
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The Literary Tag
Happy Saturday! I haven’t had a chance to put together any reviews this week with my sister visiting, so I thought it was time to try out a tag! Lynn from @Lynn’s Perspective did this one and I thought it was a fun, so here we go! What was your first read of the year?…
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WWW Wednesday: 16/4/25
Happy Wednesday, how has your week been so far? I’ve done a lot less reading since the last check-in as I’ve been focused on my knitting projects and my sister is also visiting! WWW Wednesday is a weekly recap meme hosted by Sam over at Taking on a World of Words, where we share what we’re…
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Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Synopsis: A slender novel of epic power and the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men traveling through space. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts—from America, Russia, Italy,…
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