Category: Favourite Author

My Top Ten Books of 2023

Posted December 30, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book List, Bookish Post, Favourite Author, UKYA, YA / 4 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. As 2023 is drawing to a close it’s time for me to recap my year of reading and select my top ten books of 2023. For some reason this was the easiest year to select my top 10. I have found some incredible new writers this year, some very underrated YA books that need loads more love, absolutely unforgettable and a book that I will always recommend. I’ve been extremely lucky to have met these authors at YALC this year sharing my admiration and love for these incredible books. I’m excited by what 2023 has brought […]

Happy National Book Lovers Day with my ultimate favourite books!

Posted August 9, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book List, Bookish Post, Favourite Author, Favourites, LGBTQ+, UKYA, YA / 3 Comments

Happy Book Lovers Day my fellow readers! August 9th is National Book Lovers Day celebrating our favourite books and what it means to be a reader, to be a book lover. On my bookstagram I post about my favourite books all the time but not here. They do tend to change every so often especially this year where I’ve added at least 3 new favourites. But how does it become a favourite book? I have my own criteria when it comes to favourite books that I thought I would share. Yes it may be 5 stars and the storytelling is […]

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 […]

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 […]

Book Review | Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

Posted August 12, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Book Review, Favourite Author, Favourites / 2 Comments

Happy Wednesday my bookish friends. Yesterday I finished my most anticipated read in like forever!! I’ve been waiting a long time for this book so my excitement for Midnight Sun was off the charts. So here is my spoiler free review and my extreme fangirling over the fifth book in the Twilight Saga. My Review This book, this series is what really started my love of reading and YA, and the dark fantasy genre. It was the highlight of my teenage years, and when I heard this book was finally coming out, I don’t think I’ve felt such genuine […]

Top 5 Books I would love to read for the first time again

Posted June 24, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Book List, Booked-In, Bookish Post, Favourite Author / 2 Comments

Hello my bookish friends. I didn’t post on Monday as I was pretty knackered from building my bookcase on Sunday. So today I’m bring you another one of my famous top 5 lists as parted of my Booked-In series. This time I’m revisiting and reminiscing some old favourites, books I wish I could open that book for the first time again and be immersed into the world. These books opened a whole new world of literature for me. There is so many books out there it can be overwhelming. So I’m going back to where my reading really began for […]

Book Review | The Paper and Hearts Society: Read with Pride by Lucy Powrie

Posted May 27, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Book Review, Favourite Author, LGBTQ+, UKYA / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms. Happy Wednesday! On Monday I was talking about Books and Books and I’m so excited to read the sequel to The Paper and Hearts Society. I literally just finished Read with Pride last night and I have so much to say about it, so here is my fangirly review, I hope you enjoy it. I loved it! My Review In The Paper and Hearts Society, I found me people, I found my inner Tabby, she is my teenage self. Read with Pride spoke to me in a different way, from the point of a librarian and […]

Book Review | The Pieces of Ourselves by Maggie Harcourt

Posted April 6, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Book Review, Contemporary, Favourite Author, Maggie Harcourt / 1 Comment

Happy Monday my friends. So I start this week with a bit of good news, I amongst so many amazing bloggers have been shortlisted for the UKYA Blogger Awards, for Best Established Long list. I’m so immensely grateful for the nomination and to be with such an amazing bloggers that I can call friends. If you would like to vote for me or any of the nominated – please follow the link here. Thank you so much in advance. Right now we need this bit of happy in these times and this is just what I needed. Now, on to […]