New Year, New Books of 2016!

Posted January 1, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 20 Comments
New Year, New Books of 2016!

Happy New Year Everyone! So I said I wouldn’t be back until the 4th but I’ve been reading some cracking books and I have been planning and organising myself and my blog for next year. I thought I would get the ball rolling early as they say. I seem to really get into blogging more at the beginning when work is less busy, so why wait. This post is merely to say Goodbye 2015, where has the year gone and Hello 2016! It’s for me to share what my most anticipated reads are as well as things to come in […]

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2015 – A Year of Blogging & Announcement

Posted December 23, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 6 Comments
2015 – A Year of Blogging & Announcement

Hi Everyone, this is now the last post of 2015 and what a year it has been. I think although I haven’t been as active on the blog as I would have hoped I think I have accomplished so many things that I thought I never would have thought. I have read some incredible books, I have met my favourite author and I’ve attended some awesome publishing events. I have met some more  awesome bloggers and continue to be in touch with some of my closest friends. I’m even lucky to have so much in common with some of my […]

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#ROCKMYTBR – 2016 Book Challenge – My List

Posted December 17, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 9 Comments
#ROCKMYTBR – 2016 Book Challenge – My List

The Challenge: To read a minimum of 1 book per month you already own (published book). This challenge is totally what YOU make of it! You can do 5 books a month, 10, WHATEVER! Anything you accomplish is fantastic. This challenge is really what you make of it. Hi Everyone, it’s coming to the end of the year already and I’m like where has the time gone, This year I really wanted to read more, but to be honest, I’ve come to learn that I better off reading what I want at the right pace rather than creating such a […]

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REVIEW – DID I MENTION I LOVE YOU? by Estelle Maskame

Posted December 11, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 7 Comments
REVIEW – DID I MENTION I LOVE YOU? by Estelle Maskame

Did I Mention I Love You? (The DIMILY Trilogy #1)by Estelle MaskamePublisher – Black & White PublishingRelease Date – July 1st 2015Buy – Amazon | Book Depository When sixteen-year-old Eden Munro agrees to spend the summer with her estranged father in the beachfront city of Santa Monica, California, she has no idea what she’s letting herself in for. Eden’s parents are divorced and have gone their separate ways, and now her father has a brand new family. For Eden, this means she’s about to meet three new step-brothers. The eldest of the three is Tyler Bruce, a troubled teenager with […]

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SST REVIEW & GIVEAWAY – FOR THE RECORD by Charlotte Huang

Posted November 15, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 6 Comments
SST REVIEW & GIVEAWAY – FOR THE RECORD by Charlotte Huang

Hi Everyone, Welcome to my first SST post! Yes I’ve been a member of the Sunday Street Team for half a year and this is my first post. *shakes head in shame* Sorry Nori. But Nori who is part of the reading club and signed up the minute she created it. She is such a brilliant blogger and to orgainse this. So the author of this month is Charlotte Huang, and her debut novel For the Record. I adored it. It got me out of my reading funk even more too. So before I share with you my review and […]

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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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