Category: Blog

INTERVIEW with my favourite author of 2018… Emily Suvada

Posted January 24, 2019 by Emma in Blog / 4 Comments

A book that I couldn’t put down. A book that I wish I discovered as soon as it came out, a book that is honestly in a league of its own. The THIS ( I keep doing that) Mortal Coil series by the wonderful Emily Suvada. As soon as I finished The THIS Cruel Design I really wanted to have Emily on my blog and well here she is… But before that here are my reviews for book 1 and book 2 if you want to have a look and here is a little bit more about This Mortal Coil. Catarina Agatta is […]

EARLY REVIEW – ONE SHOT by Tanya Landman

Posted January 21, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Barrington Stoke, Blog, Book Review, Historical, Tanya Landman / 7 Comments

One Shot by Tanya Landman Publisher – Barrington Stoke Release Date – 15th March 2019 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository A powerful and deeply moving coming-of-age drama, inspired by the life of infamous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. After the death of her beloved father, Maggie and her family are thrown into a life of destitution. With little income and no way to live off their poor land, Maggie tries to provide for her family the way her father always had – with his hunting rifle and whatever animals the forest would provide. But when her mother is confronted with her […]

BLOG TOUR: REVIEW & GUEST POST – SLAY ON TOUR by Kim Curran

Posted January 17, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Blog, Blog Tour, Book Review, Guest Post, Kim Curran, Slay, Usborne Publishing / 3 Comments

What a way to kick off 2019!! I’m so excited to be part of the SLAY On Tour blog tour. The excitement when this book came in the post a couple of days before Christmas felt like Christmas had came early for me. This was my first book of 2019 and what a way to start it. SLAY on Tour (SLAY #2) by Kim Curran Publisher – Usborne Publishing Release Date – OUT NOW! Buy – Amazon | Book Depository SLAY are BACK…and this time they’re headed to Tokyo to track down another hell-raising demon. When they’re invited on tour […]

Jason Reynolds talks about the inspiration behind BLACK ENOUGH… and GIVEAWAY

Posted January 9, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Blog Tour, Guest Post, HarperCollins / 2 Comments

MINI REVIEWS – SHADOWBLACK by Sebastien de Castell & BOOKSHOP GIRL by Chloe Coles

Posted December 6, 2018 by Emma in Blog, Chloe Coles, Fantasy, Featured, Hot Key Books, Magic, Mini-Review, Sebastien de Castell / 1 Comment

Some amazing reads I’ve read lately both totally different but brilliant in their own way. Shadowblack (Spellslinger #2) by Sebastien de Castell It’s a few months since Kellen left his people behind. Now aged sixteen, Kellen is an outlaw, relying on his wits to keep him alive in the land of the Seven Sands. He misses home, he misses family and more than anything, he misses Nephenia, the girl he left behind. Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn’t blind, and who carries a secret that’s all too familiar to Kellen. Kellen and Ferius resolve to help – […]

📚APRIL WRAP UP & MAY TBR

Posted May 2, 2018 by Emma in Blog, TBR, Wrap-Up / 2 Comments

Hi Everyone, I thought I would try and do a wrap up monthly post no matter what I’ve read. So not a lot has happened on the blog this month in comparison to last month. Personally a lot has happened, I’ve had Easter holidays and going away to the lovely St Ives in Cornwall, I was reading and relaxing on the beach or in my reading chair on holiday and which took me away from a lot of my blog. Another highlight of the month was going to YAShot in Uxbridge meeting so many of my […]

REVIEW – A QUIET KIND OF THUNDER by Sara Barnard

Posted April 12, 2017 by Emma in Blog / 3 Comments

A Quiet Kind of Thunderby Sara BarnardPublisher – Macmillan Children’s BooksRelease Date – January 12th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Steffi doesn’t talk, but she has so much to say. Rhys can’t hear, but he can listen.Their love isn’t a lightning strike, it’s the rumbling roll of thunder. Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life – she’s been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. He’s deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that she’s assigned to look after him. To Rhys, it […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here’s to 2017!

Posted January 1, 2017 by Emma in Blog / 5 Comments

Hi Everyone, and a very Happy New Year to all of you! 2016 has been a year for me and a brilliant one at that. Aside from the crap that’s happened in the news personally long myself, and my family are happy and healthy that is all I care about. Before I end 2016 completely here is the highlights for me, both personally and bookish. Pic 1: Turning 21…I’m Old! 😋😜– Ha I’m only joking, a big milestone but I don’t feel any different. I had a very special day and my […]

Have a Bookish Christmas!

Posted December 23, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 3 Comments

I’m currently watching my favourite film for Christmas which is Love Actually (RIP Alan Rickman 😢) if you can’t tell from the gif above. Another one is The Holiday too…Christmas romances that’s all I seem to watch these days. Haha. 😍 Anyways moving on… this will be my last post till the new year really. I’m off to my families house tomorrow and having a well earned break. Yay! I know I said I would be back with blogging the last few weeks but work has certainly kept me busy – trying to organise your own library takes a long time […]