#BOUTOFBOOKS 14 : Goals and Updates

Posted August 15, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 6 Comments
#BOUTOFBOOKS 14 : Goals and Updates

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 17th and runs through Sunday, August 23rd in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 14 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team It’s that time of the year again…I am a recent joiner of […]

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BLOG TOUR:GUEST POST & GIVEAWAY – NIGHT OWLS by Jenn Bennett

Posted August 9, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 8 Comments
BLOG TOUR:GUEST POST & GIVEAWAY – NIGHT OWLS by Jenn Bennett

Hi Everyone, hope you are all, I’m currently away by the beach so this is a scheduled post. But I’m pleased to kick off the Night Owls tour with Simon & Schuster this week. Whilst I haven’t got around to reading Night Owls yet it is in my pile next to me right now. So before I share with you my post of the week, which is getting to know more about Beatrix and John… here is a little more about the book. I’ve also got a spare copy of the book to giveaway so make sure you click read […]

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MINI REVIEWS & EXCERPT – THE LADYBIRDS series so far… by Jenny McLachlan

Posted August 7, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 4 Comments
MINI REVIEWS & EXCERPT – THE LADYBIRDS series so far… by Jenny McLachlan

Flirty Dancing (The Ladybirds #1)Publisher – BloomsburyRelease Date – July 3rd 2015Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Bea Hogg is shy but fiery inside. When national dance competition Starwars comes to her school looking for talent, she wants to sign up. It’s just a shame her best friend agreed to enter with school super-cow Pearl Harris. Bea will fight back! But when school hottie, Ollie Matthews, who also happens to be Pearl’s boyfriend, decides to enter the competition with Bea, she will have more than a fight on her hands. This warm, nuanced, hilarious story about friendship, fortitude . . […]

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COVER REVEAL & GIVEAWAY – THE WHITE ROSE by Amy Ewing

Posted July 28, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 5 Comments
COVER REVEAL & GIVEAWAY – THE WHITE ROSE by Amy Ewing

Ladies and Gentleman, as you know I’m a huge HUGE fan of Amy Ewing’s series, The Lone City. The Jewel, book 1 was released last September and I devoured it, and now The White Rose which is releasing this year and it was my most anticipated reads of 2015 and it didn’t disappoint. I was lucky enough to receive a US version quite a few months before release. My review of it will be posted next month… Anyway, if you haven’t already seen Walker Books UK have released their cover of The White Rose and it is my favourite out […]

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BLOG TOUR & GIVEAWAY- EMMY & OLIVER: Q&A with Oliver

Posted July 17, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 16 Comments
BLOG TOUR & GIVEAWAY- EMMY & OLIVER: Q&A with Oliver

Hi Everyone, I am very excited to be part of the blog tour of Emmy & Oliver host by the lovely Simon & Schuster publishers. I read this book earlier in the year and I adored it. It really is an exceptional, unique contemporary of an “enjoyable, heartfelt and simple telling of a friendship worth saving and rekindling into something much more.” Here is my review of this novel, I totally recommend it! Today I have a special interview with the amazing Oliver and a giveaway, so make sure you read on at the end. What I really wanted from this tour was to […]

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REVIEW – LYING OUT LOUD by Kody Keplinger

Posted July 13, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 9 Comments
REVIEW – LYING OUT LOUD by Kody Keplinger

Lying Out Loud (The DUFF #2)by Kody KeplingerPublisher – Hodder Children’s BooksRelease Date – July 2nd 2015Buy – Amazon | Book Depository  Kody Keplinger returns to the world of The DUFF in this brand-new companion novel! Sonny Ardmore is an excellent liar. She lies about her dad being in prison. She lies about her mom kicking her out. And she lies about sneaking into her best friend’s house every night because she has nowhere else to go. Amy Rush might be the only person Sonny shares everything with— secrets, clothes, even a nemesis named Ryder Cross. Ryder’s the new kid […]

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REVIEW – EVERY LAST WORD by Tamara Ireland Stone

Posted July 6, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 9 Comments
REVIEW – EVERY LAST WORD by Tamara Ireland Stone

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland StonePublisher – Disney-HyperionRelease Date – June 16th 2015Buy – Amazon | Book Depository If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can’t turn off. Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn’t help that her lifelong […]

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REVIEW – OPEN ROAD SUMMER by Emery Lord

Posted June 30, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 8 Comments
REVIEW – OPEN ROAD SUMMER by Emery Lord

Open Road Summer by Emery LordPublisher – Bloomsbury US Children’sRelease Date –  March 23rd 2015Buy – Amazon | Book Depository After breaking up with her bad-news boyfriend, Reagan O’Neill is ready to leave her rebellious ways behind. . . and her best friend, country superstar Lilah Montgomery, is nursing a broken heart of her own. Fortunately, Lilah’s 24-city tour is about to kick off, offering a perfect opportunity for a girls-only summer of break-up ballads and healing hearts. But when Matt Finch joins the tour as its opening act, his boy-next-door charm proves difficult for Reagan to resist, despite her vow […]

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BLOG TOUR: NO MORE CONFESSIONS by Louise Rozett

Posted June 26, 2015 by Emma in Blog / 10 Comments
BLOG TOUR: NO MORE CONFESSIONS by Louise Rozett

Hi Everyone, I am very pleased to be part of the No More Confessions, Book 3 in the Confession series through YA Bound Book Tours. Please find the scedule here. I read Books 1&2 for the their tours previously in the last couple of years and I had to see how Rose turned out in Junior Year. If I’m honest I truly forgot I was part of this tour and I didn’t know if I was going to post this review or not today. But before I share my review with you, here is a little bit more about the book…Oh and […]

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