Author: Emma

Review – Enchantée by Gita Trelease

Posted March 11, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Blog, Book Review, Fantasy, Gita Trelease, Historical, Magic, MyKindaBook / 0 Comments

Enchantée by Gita Trelease Publisher – Macmillan Children’s Books Release Date – 21 February 2019 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians… When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on petty magic—la magie ordinaire—Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy the food and medicine they need. But when the coins won’t hold their shape and her brother disappears with the family’s savings, Camille must pursue a […]

February Wrap-Up & March TBR

Posted March 2, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Monthly Wrap-Up Post, Most Anticipated, TBR, UKYA / 12 Comments

Hi Everyone, I can’t believe its March, where has Febraury gone. (I beleive I keep saying this exact line but just changing the months every wrap-up post, ha!) It’s been a jam-packed month for me more at work and personally, so reading and blogging hasn’t been as much as I hoped. Fantasy Feb, didn’t quite go according to plan either, which I apolgise for. But the posts I did do I’m really pleased with and I seem to be enjoy my TTT these days. Today is a bit gloomy, but we had the lovely weather last week so this image […]

Top Ten Tuesday – Places Mentioned In Books That I’d Like to Visit

Posted February 26, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Book tag, Discussion Post, Top Ten Tuesday / 23 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is becoming a regular feature on my blog and I love it. Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the lovely ladies at The Artsy Reader Girl! Each week, a new topic is put into place and bloggers share their top ten accordingly. This week is all about bookish places that I would love to visit… Some fantasy worlds that of course you need to visit like Prythian and Hogwarts. Then there is the historical places that I wish I could go back in time like Paris in 1700s and Regency London. There is also […]

BLOG TOUR: The Burning by Laura Bates – Top 5 inspirational books for young feminists

Posted February 23, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, Blog, Blog Tour, Feminism, Girl Power, Simon & Schuster, Teenage Life, YA / 2 Comments

Happy Saturday Everyone, today I’m super excited to be part of The Burning blog tour. The Burning by Laura Bates, the founder behind Everyday Sexism Project, has created a book based on events that happen in society today, the pressures of growing up and what it takes to be a young girl today. It a powerful YA novel, that every teenager needs to read. Today Laura talks about her top 5 best feminist books, which I would highly recommend too. But before that, here is a little bit more about The Burning… The Burning tells the story of fifteen-year-old […]

Fantasy Author Spotlight: Q&A with Kesia Lupo

Posted February 21, 2019 by Emma in #FantasticalFeb, ACOFIF, Blog, Bloomsbury, Fantasy, Interview, Kesia Lupo, Thriller / 3 Comments

My fantasy themed month hasn’t quite gone according to plan due to work stresses which I’m really sad about. So I’m really sorry about that. But, today I’m super excited and lucky to have the lovely Kesia Lupo, debut author of internationally highly anticaptated novel ‘We Are Blood and Thunder’ coming in April on the blog today. I’ve been very lucky to have been gifted a couple of this book, so I’m looking forward to delving into this world next month. I know it’s a long time to wait till April but to quench you thirst for this book or make you […]

Top Ten Tuesday – Books I LOVED with Fewer than 2,000 Ratings on Goodreads

Posted February 19, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Book tag, Discussion Post, Favourites, Top Ten Tuesday / 15 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the lovely ladies at The Artsy Reader Girl! Each week, a new topic is put into place and bloggers share their top ten accordingly. This is such a great list… when I saw it I was like how do I know how to find out about the rating rather than going through every book and all I did was select ‘num ratings’ on the settings and voila. I couldn’t believe that so many of my favourites are 2000 ratings… THIS needs to change, these books are amazing… and you NEED to […]

HARRY POTTER BOOK TAG

Posted February 7, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Book tag, Harry Potter, Magic / 9 Comments

So I’m sitting in my Harry Potter PJs and it’s the eve of Harry Potter Book Night and I saw this ages ago and I’ve added a few of my own questions and I thought it would be perfect. This isn’t a test or Pottermore…this is what you want to be… Your name in the world of Harry Potter. Elladora Goldstein (I did this through Name Generator on Bloomsbury website – Give it a go here ) What House are you? Gryfinclaw – I like being in both. Part Gryfindor and part Ravenclaw. What would be your pet companion? Owl – Georgous creatures. […]

BLOG TOUR – Q&A for A PINCH OF MAGIC by Michelle Harrison

Posted February 6, 2019 by Emma in #FantasticalFeb, 2019 Books, Blog, Blog Tour, Fantasy, Magic, Michelle Harrison, Q & A, Simon & Schuster / 2 Comments

Today I’m really excited to be part of A Pinch of Magic blog tour. I’ll be honest I haven’t read A Pinch of Magic yet but I will this month as part of my Fantasy Feb. But I have huge admiration and inspiration of Michelle Harrison, from a librarian perspective she has sparked the mind of readers. I will share with you a quick anecdote as a librarian. The student was in Year 7, she would borrow any book she could find, every new one and she would return haven’t not gotten very far. I know she’s desparate to read, […]

Introducing…A Court of Fantasy in February

Posted February 4, 2019 by Emma in #FantasticalFeb, ACOFIF, ARC, Blog, Fantasy, TBR / 4 Comments

Last Year I did a Fantastical Febraury Month and I really enjoyed it. I’ve added the tag to the top for you to have a look. It included authors such as Sara Holland, Katherine and Elizabeth Corr, Alexandra Christo and many more. I had so many brilliant authors, I discovered new fantasties and re-read my favourites. This year I thought I’m calling it A Court of Fantasy in Febraury after the amazing series last year came to an end. This month I have fantasy type blog tours with Michelle Harrison author of Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month, A Pinch […]