Category: Simon & Schuster

EVENT RECAP | Simon & Schuster Big Book Brunch

Posted December 9, 2019 by Emma in 2020 books, Bookish Post, Event Recap, Simon & Schuster / 2 Comments

Happy Monday Everyone! Hope you had a very festive weekend, not long till Christmas now! I had an amazing weekend and this was partly down to where I went on Saturday, the Simon & Schuster Big Book Brunch where we saw previews of 2020 titles, whilst meeting loads of amazing bloggers. I’ve been to one in February and loved it. Many book events as they are largely in the evenings and I’m just so tired from work that I never make it. But events on a weekend I can, and I try and make every effort to go. What I […]

Blog Tour – “A lifetime of ups and downs” – My Journey to Publication with T.E. Carter

Posted May 10, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Blog Tour, Contemporary, Guest Post, Hashtag Reads, I Stop Somewhere, Simon & Schuster, T.E.Carter / 0 Comments

Today I’m really excited to be part of T.E. Carter’s blog tour for her second book, All We Could Have Been. Since I received a copy and talking about the book at the S&S Big Book Brunch, it seems like more hopeful book that her debut I Stop Somewhere. I admit *ashamed* that I haven’t gotten round to this book yet, BUT it’s on my TBR this month. Finally, I know!!!!!! Last year when I first embarked on T.E. Carter’s first book, it blew me away quite literally and emotionally. If you haven’t read it, I would highly recommend it. […]

Event Recap – #BigBookBrunch with Hashtag Reads

Posted March 18, 2019 by Emma in Amy Alward, Amy McCulloch, Blog, Book Event, Hashtag Reads, Laura Bates, Laura Steven, Simon & Schuster / 5 Comments

Happy Monday everyone! Today I’m bringing you my event recap of the #BigBookBrunch blogger event by Hashtag Reads, Simon and Schuster and I had the best time. It was my first blogger event on 2019 and I was so excited to go. It was also the first the blogger event that Simon and Schuster have hosted as well. I hope they do many many more. One week from the event and I’m still buzzing. So today I thought I would share some of the highlights of the event. Lovely publicists Eve and Olivia, presented some of the key YA titles […]

BLOG TOUR: The Burning by Laura Bates – Top 5 inspirational books for young feminists

Posted February 23, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, Blog, Blog Tour, Feminism, Girl Power, Simon & Schuster, Teenage Life, YA / 2 Comments

Happy Saturday Everyone, today I’m super excited to be part of The Burning blog tour. The Burning by Laura Bates, the founder behind Everyday Sexism Project, has created a book based on events that happen in society today, the pressures of growing up and what it takes to be a young girl today. It a powerful YA novel, that every teenager needs to read. Today Laura talks about her top 5 best feminist books, which I would highly recommend too. But before that, here is a little bit more about The Burning… The Burning tells the story of fifteen-year-old […]

BLOG TOUR – Q&A for A PINCH OF MAGIC by Michelle Harrison

Posted February 6, 2019 by Emma in #FantasticalFeb, 2019 Books, Blog, Blog Tour, Fantasy, Magic, Michelle Harrison, Q & A, Simon & Schuster / 2 Comments

Today I’m really excited to be part of A Pinch of Magic blog tour. I’ll be honest I haven’t read A Pinch of Magic yet but I will this month as part of my Fantasy Feb. But I have huge admiration and inspiration of Michelle Harrison, from a librarian perspective she has sparked the mind of readers. I will share with you a quick anecdote as a librarian. The student was in Year 7, she would borrow any book she could find, every new one and she would return haven’t not gotten very far. I know she’s desparate to read, […]

🎥 BLOG TOUR: GUEST POST – WAITING FOR CALLBACK: IT’S A WRAP by Perdita and Honor Cargill

Posted May 29, 2018 by Emma in Blog Tour, Perdita & Honor Cargill, Simon & Schuster, Waiting for Callback / 0 Comments

Today I’m so excited and so happy to be part of Perdita’s and Honor final book blog tour for Waiting For Callback: IT’S A WRAP. It’s been an emotional journey for all laughs, snorts and a series that literally has the story shining through it’s pages. It’s emotional as it’s finally come to an end. Elektra’s story, Perdita and Honor’s debut series has drawn it’s final curtain. Waiting for Callback has also had re-designed covers… Don’t they look amazing. So Perdita and Honor has written a guest piece for my spot on the blog tour and it highlights just how funny […]

Q & A with T.E. CARTER author of I STOP SOMEWHERE

Posted April 20, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, I Stop Somewhere, Q & A, Simon & Schuster, T.E.Carter / 0 Comments

Published yesterday by Simon & Schuster is a powerful debut novel by T.E. Carter, I Stop Somewhere. I’m currently reading this book and I have to say it’s no easy book. It’s harrowing, it’s raw, it’s real also. This girl’s story is from personal experience and it warrants you’re full attention. Today I’m extremely honoured to have T.E. Carter on my blog answering some questions that played on my mind since beginning this book. But before that here is a little bit more on the book. Ellie Frias disappeared long before she vanished. Tormented throughout middle school, she begins her […]

📚#FantasticalFeb: ARC REVIEW – THE WICKED DEEP by Shea Ernshaw

Posted February 5, 2018 by Emma in #FantasticalFeb, 2018 Books, 5 Stars, Debut Author, Fantasy, Shea Ernshaw, Simon & Schuster, The Wicked Deep, YA / 0 Comments

The Wicked Deepby Shea ErnshawPublisher – Simon and Schuster UKRelease Date – March 8th 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow… Two centuries ago, in the small, isolated town, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return from the depths, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them down to their watery deaths. […]

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 […]