Author: Emma

REVIEW – ASKING FOR IT by Louise O’Neill

Posted November 12, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 12 Comments
REVIEW – ASKING FOR IT by Louise O’Neill

Asking for Itby Louise O’NeillPublisher – QuercusRelease Date – September 3 2015Buy – Amazon | Book Depository It’s the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O’Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there’s a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma. The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can’t remember what happened, she doesn’t know how she got there. She doesn’t know why she’s in pain. But everyone else does. Photographs taken at the party show, in explicit detail, what happened to Emma that […]

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BLOG TOUR: REVIEW & GIVEAWAY – DANGEROUS LIES by Becca Fitzpatrick

Posted November 9, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 9 Comments
BLOG TOUR: REVIEW & GIVEAWAY – DANGEROUS LIES by Becca Fitzpatrick

Hello Everyone, it’s been a while since I’ve written a review and it’s good to be back. I apologise in advance if my review isn’t up to my normal writing standards. Still trying to get back in the swing of things. However, this particular book got me out of my reading funk to so I’m indebted to this book. I’m very excited to be part of this tour I adored this book as you will know from my review below, plus I’m giving a copy so you can fangirl alongside me too. But first here is a little more about […]

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EVENT RECAP: YA SHOT 2015

Posted October 29, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 5 Comments
EVENT RECAP: YA SHOT 2015

Yesterday I had the enormous pleasure of going to YA Shot in Uxbridge. Created by the author of House of Shadows – Alexia Casale it was made of 71 UKYA authors, bloggers and vloggers. It was the place to be. I’m still on the book high even a day a later. There was only one reason I went to this book event, two words for you…HOLLY BOURNE!!! As you probably all know by now I am very lucky to have been a part of Holly’s books by being quoted in them for the praise of her novel, recently Am I […]

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AN UPDATE – I’m Still Around & A Spooky Announcement!

Posted October 20, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 8 Comments
AN UPDATE – I’m Still Around & A Spooky Announcement!

Hope you are all well. As you can see the last post was about 2 weeks ago and even before then my posts were quite sporadic. Lately personal life has got in the way including work which is quite tough of late. It’s affecting my enthusiasm for writing and reading. I seem to be quite picky in my books. I think I’ve picked p about 2 or 3 books and have put them down because my heart hasn’t been in it I’m afraid. But…. I’ve been away from home and I have to say it’s done me the world of […]

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BLOG TOUR: GUEST POST – DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS by Amy Lukavics

Posted October 4, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 8 Comments
BLOG TOUR: GUEST POST – DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS by Amy Lukavics

Happy Monday Everyone, seems like a very dull day in the UK at the mo unlike the weather we had last week. We may all be at work sadly but I have the perfect read for those dark days espeically even for Halloween. Today I bring the kick off post to the blog tour of debut author and novel of Daughter Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics. I can’t wait to read it. I’m saving mine for Halloween for sure. So before I share with you my post, here is a little bit more about the book.  Daughter Unto Devilsby Amy LukavicsRelease […]

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ARC REVIEW – THE WHITE ROSE by Amy Ewing

Posted September 29, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 8 Comments
ARC REVIEW – THE WHITE ROSE by Amy Ewing

The White Rose (The Lone City #2)by Amy Ewing Publisher – Walker Books Release Date – October 1st 2015 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Matched, this is the second book in the Lone City trilogy, following on from Amy Ewing’s shocking and compelling debut novel, The Jewel. Violet, Ash and Raven have escaped the palace of the Duchess of the Lake, but Regimentals are hunting for them across the city. Nowhere is safe, and they are dependent on Lucien and his secret society for survival. If they can reach the safety […]

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REVIEW – THE REST OF US JUST LIVE HERE by Patrick Ness

Posted September 24, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 17 Comments
REVIEW – THE REST OF US JUST LIVE HERE by Patrick Ness

The Rest Of Us Just Live Hereby Patrick NessPublisher – Walker UK BooksRelease Date – August 27th 2015Buy – Amazon | Book Depository What if you aren’t the Chosen One? The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this […]

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REVIEW – EVERYTHING EVERYTHING by Nicola Yoon

Posted September 16, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 25 Comments
REVIEW – EVERYTHING EVERYTHING by Nicola Yoon

Everything Everythingby Nicola YoonPublisher- Corgi ChildrensRelease Date – September 1st 2015Buy – Amazon | Book Depository My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches […]

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BLOG TOUR: REVIEW, EXCERPT & GIVEAWAY {INT}- THIS IS ONE MOMENT by Mila Gray

Posted September 12, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 13 Comments
BLOG TOUR: REVIEW, EXCERPT & GIVEAWAY {INT}- THIS IS ONE MOMENT by Mila Gray

  Happy Sunday Everyone! Today I’m the last part of the This Is One Moment blog tour, the sequel to Come Back to Me. I couldn’t wait to read this novel and I loved it even more than the first. After meeting Sarah/Mila, I am one to find myself always reading her novels and I can’t wait to read more. Before I review it, here is a little more about the novel… AND don’t forget to enter a INTERNATIONAL giveaway, you lucky people! This Is One Moment (Come Back To Me #2)by Mila GrayPublisher – Pan MacmillanRelease Date – September […]

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