Book Recommendations for the Holiday Season

Hello friends! It's Vera here today. I love Christmas and this year, I started to get into the Christmas mood earlier than ever before - in October. Actually, I started purchasing Christmas presents early September, so maybe even earlier than October? Anyhow, that goes to show how much I adore Christmas, with all that it…

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…

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…

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…

A Horror Film Inspired TBR

Hello everyone🧡 Today is a bittersweet occasion as we welcome our final incredible guest poster for our Spooky October celebration! We are massively excited to introduce a post by Olivia-Savannah, who creates amazing content all over the internet. We are super grateful to her for sharing with us some of her favourite horror movies and…

10 Dark Books I’ve Read Recently

Happy Halloween season everyone!  It’s Sabrina here, and in today’s post as part of Wordy and Whimsical's Spooky October, I’m sharing my thoughts on a whole bunch of books that have the word “dark” in the title!  You may remember that a few months ago I accidentally made an entire TBR based on this prompt,…

Favorite Horror Tropes

Hey everyone! We hope you have been enjoying Spooky October as much as we have! 👻🎃 Today we welcome another fantastic guest poster, Tasya from The Literary Huntress! Tasya is a fan of lots of genres and mediums, so you always know you will find something interesting and unique on The Literary Huntress. So today…