Happy Halloween! If you’ve been around for a while, you know that Halloween is my favourite time of year… well, tied with Christmas. So, I’ve been having a fantastic month! A very, very busy month, but a great spooky season all the same. And despite being so busy, I’ve still been reading away. I’m up to 51 books so far this year! To review this month…
Happy Autumn, friends! We’re back again with another month filled with reading. And I’ve officially surpassed my 2024 Goodreads reading goal of 36 books. I’m up to 42 books read so far this year (even more than all of 2023)! As per usual, one of my recent reads is the one we’re focusing on for September’s book of the month…
Welcome back! I have yet again been an absolute slow poke when it comes to reading this month. But I’m still trudging along. And I officially reached my Goodreads goal for the year—36 books! As of now, I’m sitting at exactly 36 books read so far this year. So, even with some slower months I’m still ahead of schedule. On to this month…
Happy July! Summer is in full swing, and I am loving the warmth. I’ve been reading away again this month and am now sitting around 32 books so far this year. And since it’s Summer time, I’ve been in the mood for some light beach reads. So, that’s what I chose for this month!
Welcome back and happy Pride! After a much needed break in May, I am back! Now with a slightly revamped website and more time on my hands for the summer…
Welcome back, friends! This month has been pretty good for me, and I’m up to 15 books read so far this year. So, I’m staying on track and making my way through my TBR. Before we get into this month’s review…
Happy Easter! I had a great reading month this March. I’m up to 10 books read so far this year,…
Happy February, everyone! I hope everyone has a had a great month. I’ve been super busy at work, but overall my month was pretty good. I’m up to 5 books read so far this year, which is a slower pace than anticipated but I’m blaming the lack of time. As per usual, one of those books was this month’s selection…
Happy new year! Welcome back, friends. I hope everyone had a strong start to 2024 so far. I’ve been much less busy than normal this month, and I am loving it. I decided to dream bigger with my Goodreads reading challenge this year since I far surpassed my challenge last year. So, this year I am aiming to read 36 books. That’s less than I read last year, but I’m trying to be realistic. And my first book towards this goal was for this month’s post. So, today I’m reviewing…
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Happy New Year! Wow, we’ve made it to the end of the year and it sure was a wild one. I got a dog this year, had my first concussion, and wrote/hosted 3 murder mystery parties! Well, technically the third one is tonight for my annual family new years mystery, but it counts. Anyway, to wrap up my reading year, I ended up reading 40 books in 2023. Woohoo! I was aiming for 24 and hit that pretty early, so changed my goal to 36 and still surpassed that. And one of my last books of the year was this month’s book of the month…
Welcome back, friends! This month has finally been a little more chill for me. I put on an event for my work at the start of the month and just celebrated my 29th birthday last week, so it’s been fun! I’ve also read 4 books this month and am sitting at 34 books read for the year. And if you’re keeping track, that’s 10 more than my original goal of 24 and 2 less than my refigured goal of 36. But the book we’re focusing on this month is…
Happy Halloween! It’s been a busy month friends. October is always my most hectic month at work, but on top of that I went on vacation and got a puppy. So, it has been a super busy month to say the least! But I still read 4.5 books this month! I also decided to aim for 32–36 books for the year since I already surpassed my goal of 24. And, I have now read 30 books so far this year. To celebrate spooky season, I chose…
Happy September, everyone! I’ve had another solid reading month this September. I’m up to 26 books read this year, which means I’ve surpassed my goal of 24 books for the year! And one of those books is September’s book of the month…
Welcome back! This month has been much more relaxing than my last few months, so that’s been lovely for me. That being said, I haven’t done much reading and am only on book 21 of the year. Oh well! I’ve instead been enjoying spending actual time with my husband and doing fun things. Moving on, this month I’m reviewing…
Hello again, friends! I am crazy busy this month with my regular job’s student showcase AND creating a 20-person murder mystery party for my Grammie’s 90th birthday party next weekend. But despite all that, I still read a few books and got up to 20 books read this year so far! Moving on to this month, I’m reviewing…
I’m back, friends! I had to take a surprise hiatus last month due to a concussion that made me unable to read or look at my computer screen for a month. But now I’m back in action and it’s been so nice being able to read and get back to my normal lifestyle again. That being said, there obviously hasn’t been much improvement on my reading goals for this year, but I am still ahead of schedule to reach my goals regardless! Because of everything that’s been going on with me, I decided to choose a light, beach read for this month. So, I’ll be reviewing…
Happy end of April everyone! I’ve had an OK reading month again. I’ve been a little slower because I read some longer books, but I’m up to 15 books so far this year, so I’m still pretty happy with that. Anyway, we’re going to get right into it this week because my month has been super boring. So, this month I’m reviewing…
Happy March, friends! I’ve had a pretty boring month, but somehow have had barely any time to read also. Even so, I’m up to 12 books read so far this year! One of which, is our March book pick…
Happy February, friends! Similar to the heroine in this month’s novel, I’ve been absolutely killing it. And by it I mean my reading goals—I’m now up to 9 books so far this year! I have had a busier month this February as my studio social is coming up and I am custom writing a 26-person murder mystery party, but it’s going to be fun so I can’t really complain. Moving on, this month’s novel is another Instagram favourite…
Happy New Year! I hope everyone’s January has been as busy and positive as mine has been. My goal this year is to read 2 books a month, and I’m already at 5. Woohoo! Let’s hope I keep up this momentum. Also, I’m happy to report that some of the craziness of the last few months has died down and I actually have some free time again! My first review of the year is…
Merry Christmas, everyone! What a month it has been, my friends. I had another hectic month of work and life, but it’s Christmastime so who can complain. Alright, this month I’m reviewing a book that was selected by one of my Instagram followers…
Welcome back, my friends! It has been another hectic month over in my real life, but I am here and ready. This month, I decided to review the novel that came second in my book poll a few months back. Plus, I’ve been really wanting to read this book and wanted to give myself an excuse to finally get to it. So, this month I am reviewing…
Happy Halloween, friends! So I have bad news… I love spooky season, but I do so much Halloween stuff in my regular life in October that I opted to not do a spooky novel this year. Instead, I thought I’d have some fun with numbers. So this month I’m reviewing…
Hello again, friends. Welcome back for another review! This month, I am reviewing a book that my followers on Instagram picked…
Hi, friends! I am so excited to be back with the first new review in a year. I’ve missed doing this so much, and honestly I’ve missed reading in general too. So, without further ado, today I will be reviewing…
She’s back! That’s right Teghann is finally back from a surprise, and much needed, hiatus. Read on to find out what’s next for BWAB!
Hello again, friends! Welcome back for another Pride Month edition of my blog. This month is also Indigenous History Month and in light of what’s been happening across Canada, I wanted to highlight an Indigenous author as well. In case you are uninformed…
Hello and welcome back friends. And, Happy Pride Month! This month, I’ll be featuring LGBTQIA+ authors on the blog, and I am so excited…
Here we are again for another review, friends. This week, the only thing to report is that I am still on track for reading one book a week! I truly don’t know how I’m making it work, but at least I am. Getting back to the good stuff, I’ll be reviewing…
Here we are again, friends. Thanks for coming back! This week I have a special surprise for the review…
Hello, friends! Welcome back for another review. I don’t have any life updates this week as my work is still closed and I’ve just been busy running private lessons… Moving on to this week’s review, I’ll be reviewing Imbolo Mbue’s latest novel, How Beautiful We Were. To accompany the novel I’ll be making a…
Welcome back! It’s been awhile, but we’re here now. It’s been an interesting few weeks for me with taking extra time between posts and restrictions being tightened again. And, while I don’t love not being able to work (except private lessons), I have taken the time to go camping and try to get some extra reading in. Although, I am still in a bit of a reading rut so didn’t get too much done, honestly! Oh well, at least I stayed on track this time. On that note, this week I am reviewing…
Hey, all! As promised, I won’t be posting a full review this week, but will instead be doing a mini post about how my rating scale works.
Hello and welcome back! To start off, I’m sorry for the delay on this post…This week, I’m reviewing Cherie Jones’ debut novel…
Hello and welcome back, friends. Nothing special to report this week, unfortunately, so let’s just get into it. This week, to honour Black History Month, I will be reviewing another Black-authored novel. And the novel I chose is…
Happy Valentine’s Day friends! Today’s a day for love, togetherness, and, of course, reading my latest book review. So far, I haven’t posted on an exact holiday yet, but it’s finally happened and I figured Valentine’s Day isn’t a big enough deal to skip a week (even though I did feel lazy and consider it). And, since I am posting on Valentine’s Day, I wanted to do a love story…
Welcome back, everyone! It’s been a pretty uneventful couple of weeks, so not much of an introduction for this one. One update, for those interested, is that I’m currently at 5/52 books for the year. So, that’s one book ahead of schedule for my goal of reading one book a week! On that note, I am reviewing…
Hello again, my friends. Thanks for coming back! This week I am continuing my reviews of the top rated books of 2020. This will also be the last book I’m doing from the 2020 lists before I start doing some new 2021 releases. On that note, this weeks review is of…
Happy New Year! Welcome back, my friends. I hope everyone had a safe and lovely holiday season. Hopefully, this new year will bring better times for all of us! Continuing with my list for 2020’s best books, I have chosen to do Goodreads’ top fiction book of the year…
Hi everybody, here’s a little bonus post for the new year! I wanted to wrap the year up with a small post about my favourite books of the year…
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and happy last post of the year! I, like most people, am excited for this year to come to an end. Until then, I’m excited for Christmas even though I won’t get to do what I normally do or see my family. But I’m hoping that’ll just make next year even more special. Anyways, for my final review of the year I have chosen to do Indigo’s top book of the year and Goodreads’ top historical fiction book of the year…
Hello again, friends. It’s been another two weeks of mixed emotions for me as my work closed again. I won’t say it hasn’t been difficult on my mental health, but I’m trying to relish the extra time to read and play games. With that said, I have decided to review V.E. Schwab’s latest novel, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. I absolutely love V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic trilogy, so I have really been looking forward to this novel. For my accompanying drink…
Here we are again, my friends. It’s been a pretty interesting two weeks for me since my last post. My normal job had to close again, but we reopen tomorrow (yay!), and I celebrated my 26th birthday. While the birthday was nice, the only other upside of the past two weeks is how much reading I was able to get done with nowhere to go and nothing to do. On that note, this week I am reviewing…
Hello again, friends. I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! Now that spooky season is over, it’s time for me to get back into reviewing regular novels again. So, on that note, this post is about Fredrik Backman’s latest novel, Anxious People. I struggled finding a drink pun for this one, but ultimately landed on…
Happy Halloween! I know I’m about a week early for Halloween, but I wanted to do a spooky themed post anyways. So on that note, I am reviewing The Hollow Ones by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. And, in the Halloween spirit, the cocktail I’m making is none other than a…
Hi, everyone. Sorry for getting the review up late this week! I have been so busy with moving, Thanksgiving, etc. that this post was not on the top of my priority list to have completed. But better late than never (and now you have less time to wait for the next one too). This week I am reviewing The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah. And I am making a…
Hi all. This week I am reviewing One by One by Ruth Ware. I have been super excited for this novel to come out, so I had to read it as soon as it did. The synopsis for this book gave me big And Then There Were None vibes, which is one of my favourite books, and it got me even more interested. My accompanying drink for this week is…
Hi, friends. This week I decided to review Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. It’s a few years old now, but this one has been on my TBR list for a long time. So, while I waited for my next shipment of books to come in, I decided to finally read it and do a review! For my perfect book club cocktail, I have chosen to make a…
Welcome back, friends! Thanks for coming back for another review. This week I’m reviewing Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer. And I’ve chosen to make a…
Hi, friends. Thanks for coming back for another review! This week I am reviewing The Shadows by Alex North. The creepy and mysterious nature of this novel made me feel like I needed a dark drink. So, I chose to make a…
Hi, everyone. Welcome back for another review! This week I’m reviewing The Guest List by Lucy Foley. And in keeping with my pun theme I made a Perfect Guest, or, more accurately, my variation of it that I am calling…
Hi, friends. Welcome back for another book review! This week, I am reviewing The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel. For this novel’s cocktail…
Hi, everyone. Thanks for coming to my first real review! I started off with a book I’ve been really looking forward to reading – My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell.
Hi, Friends! I’m Teghann. Thanks for coming to my blog, Bartender with a Book. On this blog, I will be posting books and booze – AKA book reviews with themed drink recipes…