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The books that shaped me as a reader – The ‘Twilight’ Years!

Posted April 29, 2022 by Emma in Blog, Book List, Bookish Post, Favourites / 0 Comments

Happy Friday my lovely bookworms. It’s so close to the weekend and may bank holiday for us in the UK. Three days of relaxing and reading and I can’t wait.

Last week I started a mini feature on the blog, inspired by World Book Day ‘You are a Reader’, it got my thinking about my reading journey. Last week’s post you traveled back to where it all begun ‘ The Books that shaped me as a reader – The Early Years’ and this week I am back with the next part to my reading journey. If you can guess from the blog title there is a huge hint as to what really dominated my reading at the time. I really loved writing this post, oh the nostalgia of Twilight is very real.

Welcome to the ‘Twilight’ Years – the obsession!

  • Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  • Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
  • House of Night by P.C. Cast
  • Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine
  • The Hollow by Jessica Verday

Can you see a theme here, ahaha. So there was a point after ‘the early years’ to here where I stopped reading for a while, not sure why, maybe I just simply snuggled what to read next. But then when I was in secondary school, Twilight basically the Heartstopper of today, it was all anyone was reading or watching at that point. My Film Tie-In was so battered when it travelled in my school bag, I wish I had a book ouch/sleeve to protect like I do now.

It’s not surprise to my reader of my blog and my instagram that Twilight will forever be the started my true love for reading, it came at a time when I needed it most. It’s my comfort read, my comfort watch (which I have been watching the last week too). I explored the Dark Romance section in Oatakers and finding books just like this, and I read LOADS. I became the reader I am because of that book.

I remember getting Vampire Academy as a pre-order incentive for *I think* The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. I was sitting with my feet in the pool and I started reading and couldn’t stop. This is a particular favourite of mine especially Dimitri and Rose.

House of Night and The Morganville Vampires (RIP Rachel Caine) weren’t far behind at all. This was when I feel books were such a good deal, I used to do the BOGOF in WHSmith with House of Night and I was truly addicted to them. Morganville Vampires were a summer holiday binge from The Works that has recently opened. Shane and Claire, my heart! Myrnin and his rabbit slippers. Classic Vampire YA, even now this is getting me all emotionally nostalgic especially when looking at them on my shelf as I am now writing this.

To round it for something a little different, basically not vampires I really enjoyed The Hollow series, set in Sleepy Hollow and the Headless Horseman. Fascinating and there was certainly some dark romance in there too.

So basically in my ‘Twilight’ Years you could definitely say I was an obsessed Teen and you would always find me in the Dark Romance section! ๐Ÿ˜… This post is an ode the book that really made me the reader I am today!

What was your favourite series when you were a teen? Did you have a book obsession like me? Any Twihards fans following my blog maybe? Let me know, I’d love to chat and fangirl.

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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
The books that shaped me as a reader – The Early Years!

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 […]

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Blog Tour | Interview – Diary of a Confused Feminist: Must Do Better by Kate Weston

Posted February 7, 2022 by Emma in Blog / 0 Comments
Blog Tour | Interview – Diary of a Confused Feminist: Must Do Better by Kate Weston

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 […]

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Twenty Twenty One – My Top 10 Books of the year

Twenty Twenty One – My Top 10 Books of the year

Hello it’s me again, I am on a roll at the moment with blogging and I am loving it. I’m starting as I mean to go on. So today is all about the books I loved during 2021. I have to say the it’s quite varied and I love seeing how my tastes have changed. I can’t wait to see what my reading is like year! So let’s get to the nitty gritty part of the post with my top 10 books of the year! As my reading is drastically lower than normal with life and I havenโ€™t reviewed every […]

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Twenty Twenty One Life Wrap up – the ‘where have I been’ edition!

Posted January 1, 2022 by Emma in 2021 Books, Blog, Bookish Post, Personal, Wrap-Up / 0 Comments
Twenty Twenty One Life Wrap up – the ‘where have I been’ edition!

First of all I want to wish you all a Happy New Year! It’s 2022 and I honestly don’t know where 2021 has been. I’m writing this post 3 months after my last one. Let’s just say for me 2021 I have been notoriously absent from the book world. It’s been probably been the worst book blogging and books read year but believe me there has been plenty going on that has kept me occupied. I thought I would give you a bit of a life update I guess. The last time I did that was August and since then […]

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Life & Blog Update | Hello, it’s me…

Posted August 19, 2021 by Emma in Blog, Bookish Post, Personal / 2 Comments
Life & Blog Update | Hello, it’s me…

Hellllllloooo it’s me! Have you missed me? I hope so, I have missed my blog and have often wanted to pick up my iPad and write a review or a post but life has really gotten in the way. But rest assured itโ€™s all positive things. So this post has been half written and in my drafts for a good few months, itโ€™s about time I fill you in right, a lot has happened do I will keep it brief and then update you on some of my favourite books Iโ€™ve read recently. I started my driving lessons – ever […]

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Blog Tour | Interview – The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

Posted May 12, 2021 by Emma in Blog / 0 Comments
Blog Tour | Interview – The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

Happy hump day my lovely readers. Today I’m really excited to be part of Titan’s blog tour for a Norse debut fantasy novel,ย The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec. I’m really excited to read this book when I’m in the mood for it as I’m mood reading a lot these days and loving it. But to celebrate the release of the book I have a special interview with the author herself. So before I hand over to Genevieve here is a little bit more about the book. Fans of Neil Gaiman will love it. Interview with Genevieve Gornichec Firstly, can you […]

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Blog Tour Book Review | The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

Posted December 10, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Blog, Blog Tour, Book Review / 1 Comment
Blog Tour Book Review | The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

Hello my lovely readers. Iโ€™m so excited to be part of another #UltimateBlogTour for the one and only THE COUSINS by Karen M. McManus! Massive thanks to Dave and TheWriteReads who organises epic blog tours these days. Iโ€™m really excited to share my review not only am I trying to experiment with a review style, well I think itโ€™s new, probably shorter and not much else. But Iโ€™m going to try CAWPILE created by Book Roast, (Iโ€™ll link the video here for you) for a new rating system. Iโ€™m not sure why itโ€™s taken me so long to use this. […]

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Itโ€™s Friday – What are you reading?

Posted July 10, 2020 by Emma in Blog / 0 Comments
Itโ€™s Friday – What are you reading?

Itโ€™s Friday my lovely bookworms. A couple of weeks ago I did this random post – Itโ€™s Friday, What are you reading? and it got a really good response and I really enjoyed it just talking about what Iโ€™m reading at the mo. So I thought I would do another one with a little weekly reading update too. Iโ€™m also finally back to to my reading, albeit a little slow than slower, I am enjoying it a lot! This Weekโ€™s Reading – I finished a wonderful Middle Grade book, Rooftoppers, which I reviewed this week that honestly opened my eyes […]

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