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Saturday, June 20, 2026

Back to Where It All Began...

Well… hello again. 🖤

It's been a while, right?


Tynga’s Reviews began in 2009, back when book blogging was the center of my reading world. For years, this little corner of the internet was where I shared reviews, discovered new authors, talked endlessly about fictional characters, connected with readers who understood exactly why finishing a good book could ruin an entire day, and I hosted bookish events so big I still don't know how I managed it. 😅

Life and parenting got in the way (I now have two teenage daughters, can you believe it?!), the blog eventually grew quiet, but I never stopped reading.

The way I shared my reading life simply changed.

Over the last few years, I’ve been talking about books primarily through BookTok, with a side of Bookstagram. My reading tastes have also wandered deeper into romance, dark romance, romantasy, why-choose stories, morally grey characters, and the occasional book that leaves me emotionally compromised for several business days.

I'd like to honor my first love once again though...

What You’ll Find Here Now

The blog will once again feature regular book reviews, including reviews I wrote on Goodreads in the past months. 

Alongside those reviews, I’ll occasionally share other bookish content, including:

  • Reading journal ideas and tips

  • Book recommendations (Dark Rom Com, Dark Romance, Romantasy, and the occasional sports romance)

  • Audiobook discussions

  • Reading challenges and printables

  • Thoughts about tropes, ratings, fictional obsessions, and the beautifully chaotic life of a reader

I’m not trying to turn this into a rigid posting machine. I honestly can't go back to the frenetic rhythm I used to maintain here, but I simply want Tynga’s Reviews to become a useful, welcoming place for readers again — a space to share longer thoughts that do not always fit into a TikTok caption.

From Book Reviews to Reading Journals

My reading life also led me somewhere I never expected: creating my own reading journals.

After decades of reviewing books, I knew exactly what I wanted to remember about them — and I couldn't find an existing journal that captured it all.

I wanted space for tropes, favorite moments, spice, romance and tears ratings, a checkbox for audiobook narration type (!!!), fictional crushes, and all the little details that make each bookish journey a unique one.

That eventually became Tynga Publishing, where I create guided reading journals designed especially for dark romance, romantasy, and my latest baby is for the cozy readers. 🤍

You’ll see the journals around the blog, but reviews will remain the main engine. This is still a place to talk honestly about books—what worked, what did not, and which fictional characters deserve permanent residency in my thoughts.

Whether You’re Returning or New Here…

Thank you for finding your way to this little corner of the bookish internet.

Perhaps you followed Tynga’s Reviews years ago. Perhaps you know me from TikTok or Instagram. Or perhaps you arrived here because you searched for a book review at two in the morning after finishing something devastating and needed someone else to understand.

However you got here, welcome.

Tynga’s Reviews is alive again.

And this time, it has quite a few more morally grey men, a great deal more spice, and three reading journals waiting nearby to document the damage.


Hey, I'm Tynga! Montreal-based mom of two and lifelong book lover. I started this blog in 2009 reviewing PNR and UF, and over the years my shelves expanded into Romantasy, Dark Romance, and Dark Rom-Com. This blog is the archive. These days, my bookish life lives mostly on TikTok. I also create reading journals through Tynga Publishing — designed by a reader, for readers.

Tiktok | Instagram | My Reading Journals

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