Category: 5 Stars

9 Years of Never Judge a Book by its Cover! | 9 Favourite books I discovered from being book blogger

Posted July 21, 2021 by Emma in 5 Stars, Bookish Post, Discussion Post, Favourite Author, Favourites, UKYA / 7 Comments

TODAY MARKS 9 YEARS of my blog and being a book blogger. Honestly where does the time go!? I feel when I get to the 10 year mark it will certainly be a huge milestone for me and my blog. It’s funny but I started this blog 9 years exactly to the day as I started this blog for my Summer Holidays and today is the last day of term! So it curtly feels like an occasion to celebrate and to definley make the most of my blog during the summer once again. I do have an Update post shortly […]

Blog Tour – Review & Spotlight | The Monstrous Design by Kat Dunn

Posted June 5, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, 5 Stars, Blog Tour, Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Saturday my wonderful booklovers. The sun is shining and I can’t wait to relax and read in the park this afternoon. Today I’m bring you Part 1 of my post for the blog tour of Monstrous Design by Kat Dunn. My stop will have a Q&A but it’s not quite ready yet, so I thought I would share with you a short review of Dangerous Remedy and why you should put this book on your TBR. Thank you to Zephyr Books for sending me both copies exchange for honest review. My Review First of all can we just appreciate […]

Book Review | The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent

Posted May 5, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post / 3 Comments

Happy Wednesday my lovely readers. Today I’m bringing you a review of my favourite book of the year so far! I’m just going to leave it there and get straight onto the review. Warning – there might be a lot of dreamy eyes and fangirling. My Review I had been struggling with reading for a while and this book was a breath of fresh air. I feel like this book came at the right time for me. It’s been a while when you so eager and itching to get back home and read more. I missed that feeling and that’s […]

Book Review | The Switch by Beth O’Leary

Posted February 19, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, 5 Stars, Adult Fiction, Book Review / 1 Comment

Well hellooo there, my lovely bookworms. I seem to have neglected my blog for the last couple of weeks. I guess I got a bit burnt from work and just needed a little break. I haven’t been reading much either, been watching a lot of Bones which is a rewatch and it’s definitely what I needed to relax. But today I’m back with one of my first reads of February and so far my favourit reads of 2021. So I will head straight onto my review. My Review Why not start February, the month of love with a romance novel. […]

Book Review | A Throne of Swans by Katharine & Elizabeth Corr

Posted January 11, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy / 3 Comments

Happy Monday my lovely readers! Hope you’re all well. Today I’m bringing you the first review of 2021 and also my first 5 star read of 2021. What a way to start the year hey?! So I’m just going to head straight into the review. So before my review, here is a little bit more about the book. My Review Being a huge fan of Kate a Liz’s debut series, The Witch’s Kiss trilogy, I was so excited for another series fantasy series. The Witch’s Kiss series is one don’t usually talk about, it was very early on in my […]

Top 5 Red Books to commemorate Remembrance Day

Posted November 11, 2020 by Emma in 5 Stars, Best Books, Book List, Booked-In, Bookish Post, Favourites, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my lovely readers. I abandoned you again. Back to work and more tired again. Ha. But I’m hoping to kick my ass into gear and actually get myself organised again. Stay tuned for the relaunch of the blog series Booked-In that I started during the original lockdown. So today I wanted to commemorate Remembrance Day/Armistice Day and all those that fought and died in the armed forces in the line of duty. I decided to recommend by books that are red which is obviously the colour of the Poppy. Each of these books are read and I absolutely loved […]

Book Review | Eve of Man by Giovanna & Tom Fletcher

Posted May 6, 2020 by Emma in 2018 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Dystopian, UKYA / 5 Comments

Happy Wednesday my lovely readers. Today I’m sharing my review of a reread. I didn’t review the first time round as I was on a blogging slump. But nothing is stopping me now. Two years ago I read this book. Last month the long awaited sequel, The Eve Illusion was released. Whilst I remember the story, I really wanted to go back to the world they created so when I get to the sequel it would be like I never left. My Review So when you see two famous people writing a book, what’s your first impression?! Reading this a […]

Blog Tour Review – Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

Posted May 2, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, 5 Stars, Blog Tour, Book Review, Mystery, UKYA / 0 Comments

Hello my bookish friends and fellow detectives too! A first for a Saturday post that’s for sure. Today Pip is once again taking over my blog for Part 2 of the Good Girl, Bad Blood blog tour. All week I’ve been reading this very book and today I finally put into words how amazing this book is… I have been giving subtle hints all week as well. My Review “Mysteries always seem to find their way to you, don’t they?” I’ve hinted all week but whilst both books are 5 stars, Good Girl, Bad Blood is even better than […]

Book Review | VENOM by Bex Hogan

Posted April 15, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, 5 Stars, Bex Hogan, Book Review, UKYA, YA / 3 Comments

Hello my bookish friends. Half way through the week and do I have a cracker of a review for you. If you follow me on social media Twitter or Instagram, then you know this is my hotly anticipated read of 2020. It won’t be the last time I will mention this book either. So I won’t say anymore until my review, as I’m bursting to tell you all about it. My Review With mild spoilers (sorry) Bloody hell! It broke me! It killed me! (not literally) but prepared though. This is a sequel like no other. I don’t say that […]