Author: Emma

April Wrap-Up – the best reading month this year!

Posted May 7, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Bookish Post, Monthly Wrap-Up Post, TBR, UKYA, Wrap-Up, YA / 2 Comments

Happy Weekend my lovely readers. It’s been a week since my last post – [Insert post] – it’s been quite a busy week at work and lots of travel disruptuon as well so I’ve been getting home pretty late and super tired. But I’m here today and that’s the main thing. Today I’m bringing you my first (oh dear) wrap up of the 2022! I can’t believe I haven’t done one but I think it’s largely down to not reading much at all and I felt it wasn’t worth it. As you can see from the title of my post […]

The books that shaped me as a reader – The ‘Twilight’ Years!

Posted April 29, 2022 by Emma in Blog, Book List, Bookish Post, Favourites / 0 Comments

Happy Friday my lovely bookworms. It’s so close to the weekend and may bank holiday for us in the UK. Three days of relaxing and reading and I can’t wait. Last week I started a mini feature on the blog, inspired by World Book Day ‘You are a Reader’, it got my thinking about my reading journey. Last week’s post you traveled back to where it all begun ‘ The Books that shaped me as a reader – The Early Years’ and this week I am back with the next part to my reading journey. If you can guess from […]

Book Review – Truth or Dare by Sophie McKenzie

Posted April 27, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Mystery, Thriller, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Welcome welcome, as you can see I am catching up with a lot of reviews on my blog at the moment. This particular book got me out of a reading funk that I had been in for about 3 weeks. So let’s get straight onto the review shall we? But first here is a little bit more about the book. My Thoughts CAWPILE – 8.14 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s been a while since I read a Sophie McKenzie book – the last one being Sweetfreak a good few years ago. Both times are when I have met Sophie as part of […]

The books that shaped me as a reader – The Early Years!

Posted April 22, 2022 by Emma in Blog, Book List, Bookish Post, Favourites / 4 Comments

Happy Friday my fellow bookworms. This post was semi written around the time of World Book Day. They celebrated 25 years this year and as a librarian I celebrated in style – dressed as my favourite character which was Bella from Twilight. Anyways the theme was ‘You are a Reader’ and it got my thinking about my reading journey and the books that have shaped me. I’ve decided to go in chronological order from when I was toddler, too now in 5 blog posts. I really hope you enjoy this post, I even used the original covers that I had […]

Book Review – With this Kiss by Carrie Hope Fletcher

Posted April 20, 2022 by Emma in Bookish Post / 0 Comments

It’s been a while since I wrote a review so I might be a bit rusty so bear with me. Tonight I’m exciting to be part of (a day late) to the social blog tour of Wish this Kiss by Carrie Hope Fletcher. I was so absorbed in finishing the book that I wanted to do the review justice especially after being absent for so long on my blog. So I am going to head straight into my thoughts. But here is a little bit more on Carrie’s newest release. My Thoughts CAWPILE – 7.14 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My first Carrie […]

Middle-Grade March | Blog Tour – Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup by Andy Sagar

Posted March 22, 2022 by Emma in 2021 Books, Blog Tour, Book Blast, Bookish Post, Guest Post, Middle Grade / 0 Comments

Good evening bookworms, on this very bright and sunny Tuesday. This post was meant to go live on Thursday but I had a powercut and it went or goobly-gook. Today I’m really excited to be part of the blog tour for debut novel Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup by Andy Sagar. This has been on my TBR and I can’t wait to read it. Perfect for #MiddleGradeMarch . My stop falls on the publication day of this wonderful book and I am really excited to share a guest posts on how everyday items and objects became magical. […]

My Top 5 favourite female writers & characters in YA!

Posted March 14, 2022 by Emma in Book List, Bookish Post, Favourite Author, Feminism, Holly Bourne, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms, these days I seem to be writing loads of posts and then they stay in my drafts. This was meant to go out last week but Last week was International Women’s Day and it got me thinking and I really wanted to share some of my favourite female writers who create fierce female character we aspire to be or inspired by their character. It will come to no surprise about some of the books that I’m talking about today, but some of these are the strongest female authors and character I’ve read. So without furhter ado […]

Blog Tour – Spotlight | Mark My Words by Muhammad Khan

Posted February 21, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Blog Tour, Book Blast, Favourite Author, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, it’s a new week and the last week of February already. How can that be? Today I’m really excited to be kicking off the blog tour for the long awaited new novel by Muhammad Khan, Mark My Words. This was inevitably delayed the last year so I’m really excited to finally get to read it. I first read Kick the Moon a few years ago and I loved it, such a unique writing style and voice of this generation of YA. His books need to be read more that’s for sure. If you want to read […]

Blog Tour | Interview – Diary of a Confused Feminist: Must Do Better by Kate Weston

Posted February 7, 2022 by Emma in Blog / 0 Comments

Happy Monday my lovely bookworms. This week is all about Children’s Mental Health week and I’m honoured to kick off the blog tour for the sequel to Kate’s feminist triumph, Diary of a Confused Feminist – Must Do Better! A few years ago I met Kate at a school event I organised and she is amazing from page to in real life. The book is a credit to her career in comedy and tackling hard topic of teenagers including feminism and mental health. Today I’m excited to be interviewing Kate on my blog about her latest book whilst also asking […]