Category: Favourites

Top Ten Tuesday – Books I LOVED with Fewer than 2,000 Ratings on Goodreads

Posted February 19, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Book tag, Discussion Post, Favourites, Top Ten Tuesday / 15 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. This is such a great list… when I saw it I was like how do I know how to find out about the rating rather than going through every book and all I did was select ‘num ratings’ on the settings and voila. I couldn’t believe that so many of my favourites are 2000 ratings… THIS needs to change, these books are amazing… and you NEED to […]

BLOG TOUR: REVIEW & GUEST POST – KICK THE MOON by Muhammad Khan

Posted February 3, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Blog, Blog Tour, Book Review, Comtemporary, Family, Favourites, Friendship, Macmillan Children's Books, Muhammad Khan, MyKindaBook / 0 Comments

Kick the Moon by Muhammad Khan Publisher – Macmillan Children’s Books Release Date – January 24th 2019 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Fifteen-year-old Ilyas is under pressure from everyone: GCSE’s are looming and his teachers just won’t let up, his dad wants him to join the family business and his mates don’t care about any of it. There’s no space in Ilyas’ life to just be a teenager. Serving detention one day, Ilyas finds a kindred spirit in Kelly Matthews, who is fed up with being pigeonholed as the good girl, and their friendship blows the social strata of […]

REVIEW – IT ONLY HAPPENS IN THE MOVIES by Holly Bourne

Posted October 9, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, 5 Stars, Anti-Romance, Book Review, Contemporary, Favourite Author, Favourites, Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies, Most Anticipated, Romance, Usborne Publishing, YA / 0 Comments

It Only Happens in the Moviesby Holly BournePublisher – Usborne PublisingRelease Date – October 1st 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Audrey is over romance. Since her parents’ relationship imploded her mother’s been catatonic, so she takes a cinema job to get out of the house. But there she meets wannabe film-maker Harry. Nobody expects Audrey and Harry to fall in love as hard and fast as they do. But that doesn’t mean things are easy. Because real love isn’t like the movies… The greatest love story ever told doesn’t feature kissing in the snow or racing to airports. It […]

REVIEW – INVICTUS by Ryan Graudin

Posted September 25, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Favourites, Hatchette Children's Group, Historical, Romance, Ryan Graudin, Science Fiction, Time-Travel, YA / 1 Comment

Invictusby Ryan GraudinPublisher – Orion Children’s BooksRelease Date – September 21st 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Time flies when you’re plundering history. Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far’s birth defies the laws of nature. Exploring history himself is all he’s ever wanted, and after failing his final time-traveling exam, Far takes a position commanding a ship with a crew of his friends as part of a black market operation to steal valuables from the past. But during a […]

SPECIAL GUEST POST: INVICTUS by Ryan Graudin

Posted September 21, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Fantasy, Favourites, Guest Post, Hatchette Children's Group, Invictus, Ryan Graudin, Science Fiction, Time-Travel / 1 Comment

Today is the release day of this very stunning book and I have to say that this is on my favourite books of 2017, it’s just hazes brilliant and I’m so excited that this book is out in the world today! I have also got a Twitter Giveaway for 3 signed copies so make sure you head over to my Twitter @nverjudgeabook ASAP! But before I share my post with you, here is a little more about INVICTUS. Time flies when you’re plundering history. Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD […]

ARC REVIEW – SWEETFREAK by Sophie McKenzie

Posted August 11, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, ARC, Book Review, Comtemporary, Favourites, Simon & Schuster, Teen Fic, Teenage Life, YA / 3 Comments

SweetFreakby Sophie McKenziePublisher – Simon & SchusterRelease Date – August 24th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Get ready for a brand new edge-of-your-seat read from bestselling author Sophie McKenzie! When everyone thinks you’re a liar, how hard will you fight for the truth? Carey and Amelia have been best friends forever. Then Amelia starts being trolled by SweetFreak, a mysterious and hateful online account, and Carey is accused of being behind the vicious comments and threats. Shut out by her other friends and shunned by Amelia, Carey is determined to clear her name and find out who’s really sending […]

MASH-UP REVIEW – SONGS ABOUT A GIRL & SONGS ABOUT US by Chris Russell

Posted August 7, 2017 by Emma in 2016 Books, 2017 Books, ARC, Book Review, Chris Russell, Contemporary, Debut Author, Family, Favourites, Hatchette Children's Group, Love, Music, Mystery, New Author, Reviews, Series, Summer, Summer Reading, Teenage Life, YA / 2 Comments

Songs About a Girl & Songs About Us (Songs About a Girl #1&2)by Chris RussellPublisher – Hodder Children’s BooksRelease Date – July 28th 2016 & July 13th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Charlie Bloom never wanted to be ‘with the band’. She’s happiest out of the spotlight, behind her camera, unseen and unnoticed. But when she’s asked to take backstage photos for hot new boy band Fire&Lights, she can’t pass up the chance. Catapulted into a world of paparazzi and backstage bickering, Charlie soon becomes caught between gorgeous but damaged frontman, Gabriel West, and his boy-next-door bandmate Olly Samson. Then, […]

REVIEW – THE HAWKWEED LEGACY by Irena Brignull

Posted August 1, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Family, Fantasy, Favourites, Hatchette Children's Group, Irena Brignull, Love, Magic, Most Anticipated, Mystery, Romance, Series, YA / 0 Comments

The Hawkweed Legacy (Hawkweed Prophecy #2)by Irena BrignullPublisher – Orchard BooksRelease Date – June 1st 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Poppy Hooper doesn’t want to be the queen of the witches. But some problems can’t be left behind. Some love stories can’t be forgotten. Some friendships won’t be broken. And some enemies won’t stay dead… The battle for the throne isn’t over yet. My Review It’s been a long time since I enjoyed a fantasy series on witches, covens, clans and magic with spell books, potions and cauldrons. The Hawkweed Legacy, the sequel to The Hawkweed Prophecy (find my review here) was […]

REVIEW – LOBSTERS by Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison

Posted July 10, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Chicken House Books, Contemporary, Debut Author, Favourites, Love, Lucy Ivison, New Author, Teenage Life, Tom Ellen, YA / 2 Comments

Lobsters by Tom Ellen & Lucy IvisonPublisher – Chicken House BooksRelease Date – June 5th 2014Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Sam and Hannah only have the holidays to find ‘The One’. Their lobster. But instead of being epic, their summer is looking awkward. They must navigate social misunderstandings, the plotting of well-meaning friends, and their own fears of being virgins for ever to find happiness. But fate is at work to bring them together. And in the end, it all boils down to love. My Review Lobsters is the first book that Tom and Lucy wrote together and the second […]