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How do you go on a date without draining your bank account in the process? How can you impress a potential new partner, get to know them and have a good time without spending more than you c… Read More

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme run by The Broke and the Bookish. I haven't taken part in quite a while, so I thought it was time I joined in again. This week’s topic is Ten Books I'v… Read More

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme run by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is a Thanksgiving freebie, and I've decided to talk about the books I'm immensely thankful for. Som… Read More

Church in the northern town of Holmavik. In part two of my three part series on my recent travels to Iceland, I’ll be focusing on interesting and fun facts about Icelandic history, inc… Read More

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme run by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten 2016 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn't Get To (But TOTALLY Plan To).Do I'm sitting her… Read More

First Class Post - because this post is first class!I received a lotof books in March, and I'm sharing a lot of links to of things to read online, so advance warning, this post is super long… Read More

I've been a reader for around two decades now, and over that time, I have discovered certain things about books that annoy me. They don't necessarily ruin the overall reading experience, but… Read More

Welcome to Mental Illness in YA Month on Once Upon a Bookcase!The whole month of July is dedicated to YA novels that feature mental illness. As someone who as anxiety, representation of ment… Read More

Back in June, I went to a launch party where I met Georgia of Georgia's Bookish Thoughts, and it turned out to be a very serendipitous and fortuitous meeting. We got talking about YA books a… Read More

So Mental Illness in YA Month has come to a close! I hope you have enjoyed the event as much as I have in putting it together! If there are some posts you think you've missed, you can find l… Read More

Welcome to Once Upon a Retelling! I'm a huge fan of retellings, and I'm really interested in hearing about authors' own love of the original stories, and what inspired them to retell those s… Read More

With Halloween is just around the corner, it's the perfect time to get yourself kitted out for the night! Perhaps you're not one for costumes, but want to give a nod to holiday with a Hallow… Read More

One of the really awesome things that has come of being a book blogger for nine years and a children's bookseller for six is that I get sent swag, made to help promote and create buzz around… Read More

This novel is something a little different for me. It is a satire set in the UK at the present moment. There are striking parallels between these days and the 1930s. There’s a lot… Read More

This novel is something a little different for me. It is a satire set in the UK at the present moment. There are striking parallels between these days and the 1930s. There’s a lot of r… Read More

Dreena Collins’ hobbies include eating Thai food, unintentionally waking at 3.30 a.m., and falling over.   Her writing has been shortlisted and long-listed in numerous writing c… Read More

Sapphic RetellingsThis post contains affiliate links.Titles marked with an asterisk (*) were gifted to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.I'm wanting to try and read more f… Read More

Recently, I have been reading reviews - on blogs, on Goodreads, on Amazon - for specific books and becoming quite frustrated. Which led me to ask on Twitter, "Does no-one else read reviews t… Read More

Today, I want to talk about something that has been bothering me for a while - the pressure within the YA community to buy books. As a member of the YA community, I've seen a number of thing… Read More

Bloggers Get Real: Aly of Of WonderlandWelcome to Bloggers Get Real! Inspired by CW of The Quiet Pond's The Pond Gets Loud series, Bloggers Get Real is a YA book bloggers spotlight interview… Read More

The Why I am Weird TagThis post contains affiliate links.Thanks to Delly of Delly Bird, I've been tagged in the blog tag she herself created - the Why I am Weird tag. The aim of this tag is… Read More

My Nominations for the Third Annual 2019 Book Blogger AwardsMay over on Forever and Everly is hosting the Third Annual 2019 Book Blogger Awards, originally created by Joce of Write Through t… Read More

Bloggers Get Real: Beth of BooksNestWelcome to Bloggers Get Real! Inspired by CW of The Quiet Pond's The Pond Gets Loud series, Bloggers Get Real is a YA book bloggers spotlight interview se… Read More

Bloggers Get Real: Madi of TheBookNerdDiariesWelcome to Bloggers Get Real! Inspired by CW of The Quiet Pond's The Pond Gets Loud series, Bloggers Get Real is a YA book bloggers spotlight int… Read More

In a surprise livestream, Ubisoft has now revealed the location of the next Assassin’s Creed installment. The developer/publisher collaborated with digital artist Bosslogic to reveal t… Read More

Ubisoft finally revealed the first look at their next Assassin’s Creed installment – Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla yesterday, and now we have the official trailer with us… Read More

Well, that was quite the reveal! Ubisoft just got done with premiering the trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, and we now have some gorgeous screenshots for the game. Click on the… Read More

In a blog post, EA confirmed that the next entry in the Battlefield franchise will be arriving sometime in 2021. This is the first time the FPS series will be seeing a 3 year gap, hopefully… Read More

The Inside Xbox event that has been heavily marketed throughout the week has just ended. And wow, the response is NOT what they were hoping for. As is quite evident from the comments and dis… Read More

In its latest State of Play episode, Sony revealed a hefty chunk of gameplay from the upcoming PS4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima. The gameplay demo showcased various aspects like exploration… Read More

This week will mark the beginning of Sony’s PS5 production. The report comes directly from Business Korea, which notes that the new PlayStation console will contribute to semiconductor… Read More

I paid off my loans by being conservative with my spending habits while still traveling every year. Timestamps for different topics are below the cut. For useful financial advice, get 2 mont… Read More

It seems like, before every Assassin’s Creed title, a leak is bound to happen. Well, as they say – history repeats itself. Almost 30 minutes of new Assassin’s Creed: Valhal… Read More

The developer behind the VR adaptation of Rockstar’s crticially acclaimed crime investigator L.A. Noire from 2011 is working on a new AAA VR title for Rockstar. This has been revealed… Read More

Xbox has just announced that they’ll be holding their July event on the 23rd, simply called Xbox Games Showcase. This lines up pretty well with all the rumors which pointed to the same… Read More

With the launch of the Ryzen 3000XT CPUs, AMD is also going to give away a free copy of Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla for eligible purchases. Announced as part of the “Equipped to W… Read More

Xbox has reportedly told developers that they cannot charge players for game upgrades from current-gen Xbox One to the Series X instead of opting for their Smart Delivery scheme. As from… Read More

Ubisoft’s $15 subscription service just got a free 7-day trial period, until July 27, and luckily Uplay+ consists of a lot of great games to try out in the period. Uplay+ pretty muc… Read More

Ubisoft has now released extended looks at gameplay sequences from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. The gameplay was revealed during the Ubisoft Forward conference, giving us a first look at… Read More

[Update: Ubisoft have now confirmed that everyone will be receiving their rewards, regardless of whether they logged in during the event. Now anyone with a Uplay account is eligible for the… Read More

Amazon is finally joining the cloud game streaming space with its new service – Luna. The new service will be available on PC, Mac, mobile, tablets, and even on Amazon Fire. Interested… Read More

Ubisoft has announced a new platform that it will launch on October 29 called Ubisoft Connect. The new platform, available as an app on PC and mobile, will let you save your progress regardl… Read More

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has now been confirmed to target 4K 60 FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series X, but will it be the outlier once future games come out? To date, every Assassin’… Read More

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla marks a significant turn for the franchise. It’s built on the same core gameplay principles that Origins and Odyssey followed, yet it tries to evoke the… Read More

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the 12th major instalment in Ubisoft’s historical open-world franchise, and yet still isn’t showing any signs of ageing for a franchise that ol… Read More

Big Navi is finally here, and it has made its debut in big fashion with the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which is AMD’s counter to NVIDIA’s RTX 3080 for enthusiast gamers. We’ve b… Read More

With just 2 days until release, Cyberpunk 2077 is nearly upon us. Reviews for the PC version of the game are out, and we’ve now got an idea for what to expect in the performance depart… Read More

Ever since Ubisoft turned Assassin’s Creed into a yearly franchise, we’ve had multiple occasions where the games would be leaked to oblivion before their official reveals. Last y… Read More