reading | Kristiana Reed

Review: Cutting Apples by Jomé Rain

Cutting Apples by Jomé Rain was kindly given to me by Querencia Press in return for a fair and honest review. Written during the 2020...

10 reads for Christmas

The holiday season is approaching and I'm a firm believer in gifting books, particularly books I've read in the year that I feel would be...

Review of Fever by Shilo Niziolek

Fever by Shilo Niziolek has sat with me for weeks. It has become a part of me; the armchair in the corner of the room, a vase of flowers,...

Review: Love Me Louder by Tyler Hurula

Hurula’s chapbook Love Me Louder is bittersweet and superbly pieced together. In just 47 pages we follow the speaker’s transformation at...

Review: Maverick by Fernando Rover Jr.

Review originally published on Reedsy Discovery. Maverick by Fernando Rover Jr. blends poetic and photographic storytelling to create a...

In a writing slump?

This isn't for rainy days and this isn't to discuss whether writer's block truly exists. Ask any writer and they will have different...

Five Favourite Reads / 2022

To say I have a voracious appetite for books would be an understatement... Since becoming a member of the National Poetry Library (which...

Review: Fill the Gaps by Andrew Johnston

Review originally published on Reedsy Discovery. Johnston’s Fill the Gaps is an interesting novel following a period of time in...

Review: PTSD: Poems to Slay Demons

Thank you to Robin L. Harvey for a copy of her collection to review. “let me drown her whispered lies in yellow blooms so at last I hear...

Ants in a Jam Jar by Olivia Snowdrop

Snowdrop’s debut explored and celebrated personal growth, while Ants in a Jam Jar continues to follow this growth, Snowdrop writes far...

Readathon & writing prompts

On Tuesday, 5th April, my sister and I embarked upon a twenty four hour readathon. Currently trending on the Book Tok side of TikTok, the...

A Valentine Review

In the spirit of co-opting Valentine's Day into what you want it to be as long as it involves gifts and gifting, I give you a review of...

2021 favourite reads

Throughout the year I keep a track of the books I have read in my Notes app, then, as the year comes to a close I highlight some of my...

Book one hundred

My Good Reads goal this year was to read one hundred books; having surpassed this number earlier than expected, I have decided to reflect...

Review: Godshots Wanted

Emily Perkovich writes from places many of us shroud in metaphors and her poetic voice drips with experience. Quite often, her work moves...

Five Favourite Reads / 2021

The smell of passing rain clouds lingers as I consider what I’ve read so far this year; as I consider whose words have remained with me,...