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 […]

Sunday Spotlight – Revenge of the Beast by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

Posted February 6, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Bookish Post, Middle Grade / 1 Comment

Happy Sunday evening my lovelies, today I’m excited to be part of The Write Reads – Ultimate Blog Tour for a sequel to The Beast and the Bethany, Revenge of the Beast by Jack Meggitt-Phillips. Yesterday was my stop and huge apologies for missing out Dave, at the moment my reading is extremely slow with work and home but I have both books to read and I have heard so much about these books and how great they are. So without further ado here is a little bit more about the book. Thank you to Dave and The Write Reads […]

Book Review | The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman

Posted January 24, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy, Magic, YA / 0 Comments

My first book of 2022 is a five star read! What a way to kick off this new year! I went into this book completely blind and I love when you have no expectations and it blows you away. This particular fantasy book reminded of another by the same publisher Thorn by Intisar Khanai and I would say if you enjoyed that, you’ll love this and vice versa. I had the exact same feels for both books, so that must be saying something. The Ivory Key follows four siblings, Via, Ronak, Rita and Kaleb. Each of the have gone their […]