Wally Wombat: Anxiety Strategies – Book Review
As someone who struggles with anxiety themself, I’ve known about most of these tips for a while now, though ended up learning something new, too!
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The Faithful Dark – Cate Baumer
Publisher due date: 19th February 2026 The Faithful Dark is a New Adult (NA) dark fantasy with heavy religious overtones. It follows the stories of Csilla, a former church orphan born without a soul, and Ilan, the church High Inquisitor who enjoys torturing confessions out of the general public. Between them, they team up with…
The Coast is Clear – Picture Book Review
It’s been a while since I explored a story via a mirror poem. Nice nostalgia! The sounds were so relaxing to listen to, too.
Book Guild – February 2026
Happy Lunar New Year for asian folks, and everyone else who celebrates! In the chinese zodiac, 2026 is the year of the fire horse, so …:
Every Summer Day – Art Book Review
I like how each object had its own story to tell – for example, a dining table told me how it loves Saturday because of many visitors.
This House Will Feed by Maria Tureaud
This House Will Feed is a superb gothic novel and a damning record of the Irish Potato Famine, told through the eyes of Maggie O’Shaughnessy. Using the medium of Irish folklore, an intriguing supernatural yarn is spun; peppered with the chilling realities of genocide. The book starts with a long trigger warning and I advise…
A Spell for Drowning by Rebecca Ferrier
Publish date: 27th January 2026. A Spell for Drowning follows Kensa Rowe, a child haunted by her father’s hanging and considered a pariah in the Cornish fishing village Portscatho. To find her place, she becomes the village ‘wise woman’ and learns to heal, as well as the ‘Old Ways’ (aka magic). I was pleasantly surprised…
In my mind – Picture Book Review
However, this chapter doesn’t delve much into ADHD and could ‘just’ be a restless/hyperactive child, nervous about its first day of school.
Jibberjack, Fibberjack – Picture Book Review
The blurb promised a little too much. But the illustrations and art style are really wonderful, drawn with love.
The Happy Ghost – Picture Book Review
Wonderfully sweet illustrations. I also like the “fascinating facts” list at the end of the book. Didn’t know that stingrays have something in common with bees!