Category: UKYA

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 […]

Blog Tour: Review – The Stranded by Sarah Daniels

Posted August 7, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Blog Tour, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms, I am currently on holiday and relaxing with my book and the sea. This is the perfect time for me to catch up on my reviews starting with this one. I am really excited to be part of the Ultimate Blog Tour with The Write Reads for The Stranded and The Exiled by Sarah Daniels. My post is a little late due to end of the academic year, (sorry Dave) however, I read this book in 2 days last week and I loved every second of it. I have bought The Exiled with me on holiday […]

Under the Cover #4 – with Anna Waterworth author of The Girl Who Grew Wings

Posted July 27, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Bookish Post, UKYA, Under the Cover / 0 Comments

Happy Thursday my lovely friends, I’m really excited to welcome my next guest to my author series, Anna Waterworth. Under the Cover is where I interview some of favourite authors and authors I’ve recently read and discovered. I’m trying to refresh my blog and I love interviewing authors and getting an insight into their storytelling, hence Under the Cover was born. Anna is best known for her Fandom duology which I read years ago and loved it. She has returned this year with a brand new Greek Mythology retelling, The Girl Who Grew Wings. It is stunning. So sit back, grab a coffee […]

5 New YA Books that you need on your radar!

Posted July 6, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book List, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 3 Comments

Hello my bookish friends, so today is a major publication day for quite a few UKYA books and I thought I would do a round up. They are all authors I’ve read and I can’t wait to read them all after getting out of my slump from Fourth Wing. 😅 If you’ve read it you know what I mean… I’ve been very lucky to receive a proof of each of these and I can’t wait to read in the next couple of weeks. If you haven’t picked up a book from any of these author then I would highly recommend […]

My Top 5 Underrated LGBTQ+ Book Recommendations for Pride Month

Posted June 23, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book List, Bookish Post, LGBTQ+, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Happy Pride Month my friends. The last few years I have read more queer books, I find for me as a reader and a librarian it’s important for me to read different, diverse and inclusive books. I think Heartstopper really kicked off my love for LGBTQ+ books. I’ve grown as a reader and I love that. So I thought today I would share some of favourite books, some underrated ones that you might not have heard of that need to be on your radar. ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS BY DEAN ATTA This was my first verse novel and I absolutely […]

5 Book Recommendations for Mental Health Awareness Week

Posted May 21, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book List, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Hiya my lovely readers. This last week has been Mental Health Awareness Week and this is a something I’m very passionate about. As a reader but also as a school librarian as well. Book are a huge part that can help understand but also ease the struggle that is our mental health. We will struggle with it at one point or another in our lives but know this. You are not alone… The theme this year is ‘anxiety’. I know I have suffered with this, more so because of the pandemic and I think that hasn’t helped a lot of […]

April Wrap-Up – The best reading month of the year so far…

Posted May 2, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Monthly Wrap-Up Post, UKYA, Wrap-Up, YA / 0 Comments

Good evening bookworms. It’s May and finally the sun is shining here in the UK. Are we finally getting our spring weather? I really hope so, makes us feel so much better, I do love the warmer months. So this is my first wrap up of the year… it’s been a unusual start to the year with being quite unwell for half of it, work taking over my life and not really reading at all. But this April I have prioritised my well-being, my mental health and that in turn means I read loads more. Woohoo. May it continue… get […]

NEW! Under the Cover #1 – with A. Connors author of The Girl Who Broke the Sea

Posted April 20, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Adventure, Bookish Post, Interview, Science Fiction, Thriller, UKYA, Under the Cover, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my friends, today I’m SO EXCITED to start a new blog post series called UNDER THE COVER! This will be a new weekly series where I interview some of favourite authors and authors I’ve recently read and discovered. I’m trying to refresh my blog and I love interviewing authors and getting an insight into their storytelling, hence Under the Cover was born. Today I’m excited to interview A.Connors known as Adam Connors debut author of The Girl Who Broke the Sea – my favourite book of the year so far which I reviewed earlier this week. If you haven’t […]

Book Review | The Girl Who Broke the Sea by A. Connors – my favourite book of the year so far…

Posted April 18, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, Thriller, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Happy Tuesday my book friends, today I bring you my favourite read of the year so far. This book took me totally by surprise but I absolutely loved it. It needs all the love as more people need to read this. So here is my glowing review… Well this book, again I picked this up at my scholastic book fair knowing I was going on holiday by the sea and I wanted a themed book. This book was IMPOSSIBLE to put down and is my favourite read of the year so far! I hope I justify it in a review […]