Being Bookish!

Check out the latest episodes of Being Bookish (every review is spoiler-free), and remember, new content every other Monday from 00:13BST.

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Episodes dated after 1st July 2022 are also available on my YouTube channel Raye Loves Reading, with later episodes being released in video format.

I couldn’t stay away from Carsely, so I decided that I wouldn’t. With a whole series to choose from I decided to return to the small Cotswold Village with book 31 in the series, Hot to Trot. Agatha and Charles are in trouble, and it’s not the fun kind. Charles’s new and admittedly unbearable young...
Iron Flame was released on Tuesday the 7th of November, the second in The Empyrean Series by author Rebecca Yarros. If you want to know more about the next biggest fantasy fad to hit after A Court of Thorns and Roses then you’re in the right place. I had a few days off this week...
I thought I would switch it up a bit for the first true Winter episode, and this week I am joined by Lorraine from Once Upon a Nightmare to talk about the 2012 novella In the Tall Grass, written by father and son, Stephen King and Joe Hill. This episode is part of a short...
This debut cosy crime by new author Jessa Maxwell has everything a cosy crime baking fan could want. You have a baking competition taking place in a somewhat isolated location, a group of people who seemingly have zero connection to each other but are all keeping secrets. But more than that, there’s a mystery victim,...
Probably better known for her stint on I’m a Celebrity (though I am going to admit right now I have never seen that show), Rosemary Shrager is a TV cook who has appeared on a lot of shows with lots of recipes. With her latest creation, Prudence Bulstrode (herself a retired TV cook), Shrager has...
I am back in the world of fantasy this week with the first in a spin-off romantasy by Stephanie Garber. I am taking you to the Magnificent North where miniature dragons aid in the creation of exquisite sweet treats and magic just is. Where the Immortal Fates have a hand to play in your life...
What can I say? Agatha Raisin keeps on drawing me back in and when I got approved for the latest addition to the series I wasn’t sure whether it would be a topic I chose or if I would just write a review and talk about something else. The 34th book in the Agatha Raisin...
Could I have picked something a little less obscure this week? Possibly. However, if you’re a fan of John Carpenter films, then the story behind this book will definitely be familiar, for Who Goes There? written in 1938 went on to become the 1982 Kurt Russell film, The Thing! As part of a special crossover...
This week I am celebrating a huge milestone, my 150th episode. After three years and a lot of changes, I am going to be taking a look at my last 9 months of reading and picking out my top (and bottom) 5 books. Which ones did I love, and which ones did I unhaul? Believe...
If you love Dark Academia, or Dark Fantasy, and haven’t yet managed to get a copy of Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs, then what are you waiting for? This debut novel from the Minneapolis writer has everything from enchanted books to secret societies. It spans the generations of two families who are about...