13 Books With Unexpected Story Structures

Hello everyone, it's Sabrina here!  Something I've discovered in 2021 is that I love a book with a unique, interesting or unexpected structure to it.  To me, this encompasses the chosen breadth of a story, the separation of a book into distinct parts, the perspectives shown and other elements similar to that in a story. …

Mini Reviews – Did These Books Live up to Their Hype?

Have you ever been tempted to read a book because of the hype surrounding it? I'd like to think that I wouldn't read a book solely because of it being popular, but I'll admit that the hype surrounding a book can certainly nudge me towards it. The way it works is that I'd hear about…

All The Reasons I Loved Even If We Break

Hi all, it’s Sabrina!  Something that has always annoyed me about my reading habits is that I usually pick books on a whim - I hear or see something about a book and think, okay, I’m going to read that as soon as I can and I put it on hold from my library.  And…

Book Recommendations Based on Taylor Swift’s Red

Hi everyone! It's that time again - Taylor Swift has dropped an album and we're here to recommend you books for the songs! There's 30 tracks on Red (Taylor's Version) and we have recommendations for every one of them. We've both been listening to the album nonstop - as expected, it's incredible in both sound…

Ranking Mike Flanagan’s Works from Worst to Best

Hello friends! Even though the spooky season is well and truly behind us, I'm here with another horror-themed post today. Mike Flanagan has been a well-liked horror-creator of mine for a couple of years - since I've first watched The Haunting of Hill House - and I became a bigger and bigger fan with each…

Small Things That Annoy Me in Books

Hello friends, Vera here! I'm fairly certain I've shared something like this before on here, but I had some new thoughts that I really wanted to talk about today, so here we go (again?). I brought you four things that truly annoy me in (and about) books, and I'm not sure what else to say…

15 Book Covers With Hidden Faces

Hi everyone!  It’s Sabrina here, and today I’m sharing with you a list revolving around a book cover style that I love - hidden faces!   I find this cover style so fun and creative - though of course, some examples are better than others - and it reminds me of certain picture books I…

New Favourites and Horror Movies in Our October Wrap Up

Hi everyone! Blogging wise, October has been a fantastic month - we have so loved sharing all our Spooky October content with you all, along with our marvellous guest posters', as well as seeing everyone else's amazing Halloween and autumn inspired posts! The end of the year is fast approaching so we hope you all…

Unpopular Horror Opinions

Hello friends! It's Vera here, here with our final Spooky October post of 2021. All good things must come to an end and all that, but still, I'm always sad to see this event go as I love the spooky season so much. I'm really proud of the posts we put up this year and…

Books With Morally Gray and Villainous Female Leads

Hello friends! It's Vera here today, back with another Spooky October post. For those who are new here, Spooky October is a month-long event here at Wordy and Whimsical where we share Halloween appropriate posts throughout October. Today, I'm concentrating on a topic that isn't only suitable for horror and thriller fans, but could be…