Category: Favourites

My Top 5 Favourite Books of 2020 so far – the year of sequels and debuts!

Posted July 6, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Book List, Booked-In, Favourites / 4 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, so it’s July, over half way throughout the year. It certainly hasn’t been a great start to 2020 with the current situation but that hasn’t stopped me from reading. If anything it’s what I needed, books to escape into away from this reality. I’ve read some amazing books and I’m not the quickest of readers so rather than list loads, I thought I would list my top 5 from the beginning of 2020. So let’s forget the world right now and focus on my favourite books of the year so far especially during Booked-In. Top 5 […]

ARC Book Review | Thorn by Intisar Khanini

Posted March 16, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy, Favourites, YA / 0 Comments

So shall I start this review by saying it’s THE BEST YA FANTASY BOOK I’VE READ THIS YEAR! That’s on hell of a line to start off with but it’s true. I wasn’t expecting it, I admit, a complete surprise by Intisar’s debut novel is just phenomenal! It has everything and more in a fantasy and I honestly can’t wait to talk about it more. My Review Princess Alyrra is a pawn in her own future, she is known as for her brutal honesty and her mother hates it. The cruelty between her brother and her mother, she doesn’t stand […]

BLOG TOUR | REVIEW – Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Posted March 3, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, 5 Stars, Blog Tour, Book Review, Contemporary, Family, Favourites, Ink Road / 2 Comments

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends. Today I’m really excited to be part of the blog tour for Harley in the Sky. It’s one of my most anticipated reads this year. I discovered Akemi last year and she’s on my auto-buy/read list ever since. The only book I haven’t read is Starfish which I think will do sooner rather than later. My post is a review but before that here is a little bit more about the book. (Just on a side note, I haven’t totally finished the book yet due to work craziness last week with Ofsted so my reading […]

Top 5 Adult Fantasy Books I’ve Love

Posted February 26, 2020 by Emma in 5 Stars, Adult Fiction, Bookish Post, Fantasy, Fantasy Feb, Favourites / 4 Comments

Hello my bookish friends, we are half way throughout the week! Yay, we are nearly at the weekend but that also means we are near the end of February already. I really hate how time flies. But anyways I digress. I still have a few more Fantasy themed posts to post. Today’s one is chosen by you via Twitter. Now when I wrote the title I actually thought I’ve read 5 Adult Fantasy books, in a way I have but I’ve read the rest of the series to ones I’ve chosen. So one of the books will be from the […]

Book Review | A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Posted November 11, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, Book Review, Favourites, Feature, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

Hi Everyone, Happy Monday it’s been a while since I last written a review, I think I’ve got a bit rusty. I have to admit something as well…I read this back at the end of May and I’m only reviewing it now. But the amazing thing about this book is that I still remember it. Doesn’t that tell you something?! I hope you enjoy my review and let me know if you’ve read it or any amazing murder mysteries I should read. So I’m going to admit something here. I read this back at the end of May and I’m […]

Review – The Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly Bourne

Posted October 2, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, Book Review, Favourite Author, Favourites, Feature, Friendship, Holly Bourne, UKYA, YA / 9 Comments

Content warnings – Abuse, unhealthy relationships This is her tenth YA book and Holly Bourne isn’t Queen of YA for nothing! It taken me a while to really put this book into words. If you saw my tweets when reading this book you will understand that this book pretty much ripped me apart. There was snot, I’m happy to admit that. When you read this book, please have a box of tissues with you, you will need them. I promise you that. Amelie starts 6th Form completely alone and straight into the unknown, but she still has herself, her cardigans […]

Top Ten Tuesday – Books From My Favourite Genre – Contemporary!

Posted June 4, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Contemporary, Discussion Post, Favourites, Featured, Top Ten Tuesday / 10 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday Is A Weekly Meme Hosted By The Lovely Ladies At The Artsy Reader Girl! Each Week, A New Topic Is Put Into Place And Bloggers Share Their Top Ten Accordingly. Today I’m back with a TTT – I haven’t done one of these in ages and it’s the perfect opportunity to show my favourite books of my favourite genre. Yesterday I had a panic when thinking about this post. I didn’t know what genre to choose, it’s like choosing my…favourite food group. Sweet or Savoury etc. I love so many books across all genres, but since blogging […]

Review – Viper by Bex Hogan aka The best fantasy book of the year!

Posted April 16, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Bex Hogan, Blog, Fantasy, Favourite Author, Favourites, Featured, Girl Power, Hatchette Children's Group, Love, Most Anticipated, Pirates, Team Bkmrk, UKYA, YA / 6 Comments

Viper (Isles of Storm and Sorrow #1) by Bex Hogan Release Date – April 18th 2018 Publisher – Orion Children’s Books Buy – Amazon| Book Depository Marianne has been training to be the Viper for her entire life – to serve and protect the King and the citizens of The Twelve Isles – but to become the Viper and protect the islands she loves she must find the strength to defeat her father. A new fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas. He will make me a killer. Or he will have me killed. That is my destiny. […]

Blog Tour – Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Posted April 11, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Blog, Blog Tour, Book Review, Contemporary, Favourites, Friendship, Grief, Growing Up, Ink Road, Love, Music, Summer, YA / 2 Comments

Today I’m so excited to be part of Summer Bird Blue blog tour. This is my first book by Akemi and I absolutely adored it. It’s an emotional but beautiful book, about love, sisters, grief, friendship, support and family. Before I get to my review, here is a little bit more about the book. Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn’t have the answers to everything. What to eat, where to go, whom to love. But there is one thing she is absolutely sure of—she wants to spend the rest of her life writing music with her […]