Category: UKYA

Blog Tour | Interview – Chelsea High by Jenny Oliver

Posted August 4, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Blog Tour, Bookish Post, Interview, UKYA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms. Today I’m really excited to be part of the Virtual Blog Tour for Chelsea High, a debut YA by Jenny Oliver. Jenny is best known for her adult contemporaries and romance books and I’m so excited for this new journey in her writing career. Chelsea High is described as ‘UK’s answer to Gossip Girl.’ I feel this is the perfect Summer Read. Make sure you pick it up. As part of the blog tour, Jenny has stopped by my blog to answer a few of my question about her upcoming book. So I hope you enjoy […]

Top 5 Pride books I can’t wait to read

Posted June 8, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Book List, Bookish Post, LGBTQ+, TBR, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Monday my lovely bookworms, hope you had a wonderful weekend. I finally got my reading mojo back and thoroughly enjoying Aurora Rising. I have another top 5 book list for you, I know everyone seems to enjoy them and I love creating new topics. As its Pride month I wanted to show you the top 5 books I’m going to be reading (hopefully) all this month. These are mostly recent releases and a lot of these have had amazing reviews especially from my friend Steph (bookslovereaders). Top 5 Pride books I can’t wait to read I […]

Let’s Talk Books #5 – 3 Books that might not be on your radar this Month

Posted June 5, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Book List, Bookish Post, Let's Talk Books, LGBTQ+, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Happy Friday my lovely bookworms. It’s the end of the week and the first week of June already. Today’s is another Let’s Talk Books, a feature I cohost with Emily A Short Book Lover. A weekly series where we are highlighting particular books (Teen/YA/ Adult etc) coming out during this time, that we will review, or get bookish content from authors and so much more. Today’s post for me is all about books that I’m looking forward to their release and to reading. I decided to pick a few books that I think might not be on your radar that […]

Let’s Talk Books #4 | Guest Post – Why Hideous Beauty is my first LBGTQ+ novel by William Hussey

Posted May 29, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Guest Post, Let's Talk Books, LGBTQ+, UKYA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms. Happy Friday! Another week, another Let’s Talk Books – a feature I cohost with Emily A Short Book Lover. A weekly series where we are highlighting particular books (Teen/YA/ Adult etc) coming out during this time, we will review, or get bookish content from authors and so much more. This week both Emily and I are featuring a new LGBTQ+ YA thriller HIDEOUS BEAUTY by William Hussey. It was released yesterday and this is another book I can’t wait to read. I have so many but now is the best time with lockdown. When I was […]

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 […]

Top 5 Books about Books

Posted May 25, 2020 by Emma in Book List, Booked-In, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 12 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. In the UK it’s Bank Holiday Monday and half-term so I hope your all enjoying it and the weather. It’s meant to be lovely and sunny. I hope. I will be spending it by finishing The Paper and Hearts Society: Read with Pride. Which falls nicely into today’s post. This is another Booked-In series book list. Being a librarian and a lover of books, of course, I also love reading about them. So I thought I’d put together a list of books that are abut books. I’ve spilt it into my my Top 5 I’ve read […]

Book Review | Eve of Man by Giovanna & Tom Fletcher

Posted May 6, 2020 by Emma in 2018 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Dystopian, UKYA / 5 Comments

Happy Wednesday my lovely readers. Today I’m sharing my review of a reread. I didn’t review the first time round as I was on a blogging slump. But nothing is stopping me now. Two years ago I read this book. Last month the long awaited sequel, The Eve Illusion was released. Whilst I remember the story, I really wanted to go back to the world they created so when I get to the sequel it would be like I never left. My Review So when you see two famous people writing a book, what’s your first impression?! Reading this a […]

Blog Tour Review – Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

Posted May 2, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, 5 Stars, Blog Tour, Book Review, Mystery, UKYA / 0 Comments

Hello my bookish friends and fellow detectives too! A first for a Saturday post that’s for sure. Today Pip is once again taking over my blog for Part 2 of the Good Girl, Bad Blood blog tour. All week I’ve been reading this very book and today I finally put into words how amazing this book is… I have been giving subtle hints all week as well. My Review “Mysteries always seem to find their way to you, don’t they?” I’ve hinted all week but whilst both books are 5 stars, Good Girl, Bad Blood is even better than […]

New Book Releases to look forward to this Month

Posted April 27, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Booked-In, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my lovely readers, it’s a new week and soon to be a new month. This is part 2 of a similar post I did last month, Booked-In | My Top Releases this Spring – Part 1 . So today I thought I would bring all the YA and Fantasy Releases that I’m looking forward in end of April/May. I have to say that books have been a lifesaver during this lockdown, so I can’t wait to discover and promote loads more books. Authors need the support now more than ever so don’t forget to order online with Amazon, Book […]