As part of my 2025 reading-resolutions, I DNF-ed more books that I wasn’t enjoying than I might have done in previous years. I’m happy to say that that significantly lowered the number of truly awful/harmful/boring books I read, that would qualify for this list. Most of these therefore, were more so disappointing than objectively bad. That being said, there were inevitably going to be a few stinkers that snuck through my defenses. This list is all about them. Unlike my favour

There's always something truly exciting to me about browsing publishers catalogues and Goodreads' release-dates for upcoming novels to add to my TBR. 2026 has a great line-up in store for us all, and I've selected 26 of them to share with you. Split into 13 books from authors I've read from before (including some of my all-time favourites), and 13 books that sold me on their synopsis: let's get excited for the new year together. As always, release-dates might be subject to ch

We've reached the halfway point of the year, which means it's time for a Mid-Year check-in. I will stick to my trialed and true format of...

My top 25 priority reads for the new year

2024 has been a great reading-year for me. So much so that, rather than giving a shout out to some honourable mentions here, there’s a...

2024 has been a fantastic year for me, both on the pages of the books I read, as well as in my actual real-life. It’s been a year of...

Despite feeling like an overall good reading year, 2024 still brought some duds my way. There’s a strange katharsis in spilling a...

My 5-part Year-In-Review Series has become a treasured staple for me to wrap up my year ever since the dawn of this blog. Usually the...

I’m switching things up a little bit this year, and kicking off my year in review looking forward rather than back . One of my favourite...

With July almost upon us, we’ve reached the mid-year point, which means it’s time for my Mid-year check-in. What once started as a...

If my “one-on-one-off” pattern of previous years holds true, it’s 2024’s turn to be a fantastic reading-year. With some of these...

Compiling my favourites list was a bit of a different experience compared to the past few years. Where the struggle was often in...

I was surprised and a little shocked with how easily this list filled up this year. Subjectively speaking, 2023 didn’t feel like a bad...

With only 10 spots on my favourites-list each year, there are bound to be more that deserve a shout-out. None more so than the books that...

It’s become one of my most treasured bookish traditions by now: my fiveparter Year In Review series. Not only do I love putting these...

With the start of July, we’ve made it halfway through 2023, which means it’s time for a mid-year check-in. Where in previous years I’ve...

Although I have a dedicated page where I keep track of upcoming releases, I still like to include this list of my “most anticipated...

It’s finally time to talk about the best of the best, the cream of the crop; my top 10 favourite reads of 2022. As previous years, this...

As great a reading-year as 2022 was, they can’t all be winners… In between the hits and hidden gems, I also encountered my fair-share of...

On this second day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 11 hidden gems, and a chance to shout them out. These ten novels are far too...