Category: UKYA

Book Review | VENOM by Bex Hogan

Posted April 15, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, 5 Stars, Bex Hogan, Book Review, UKYA, YA / 3 Comments

Hello my bookish friends. Half way through the week and do I have a cracker of a review for you. If you follow me on social media Twitter or Instagram, then you know this is my hotly anticipated read of 2020. It won’t be the last time I will mention this book either. So I won’t say anymore until my review, as I’m bursting to tell you all about it. My Review With mild spoilers (sorry) Bloody hell! It broke me! It killed me! (not literally) but prepared though. This is a sequel like no other. I don’t say that […]

BLOG TOUR | The Pieces of Ourselves by Maggie Harcourt

Posted April 1, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Blog Tour, Guest Post, In the Mind of an Author, UKYA / 0 Comments

Hello my bookish friends, it’s Wednesday, hope your all well. I’m so excited for today post, it’s my stop on The Pieces of Ourselves blog tour by Maggie Harcourt. I’m currently reading this book and I will have my review either later this week. I’m loving it. If you remember from last week’s Top 5 Comfort Reads, Maggie’s Theatrical was on the list, so this new book is what I need right now. Today I have a guest post planned as part of my recent new author series, In the Mind of an Author. But before that, here is a little bit […]

BOOKED-IN | My top releases this Spring – Part 1

Posted March 30, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Booked-In, Bookish Post, LGBTQ+, Seasonal Reads, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

Hello my bookish friends, happy Monday, hope you had a good weekend and you and your families are well. Back in January I started a new Seasonal Reads post where I spilt up all the most anticipated reads of the year in seasons. It’s Spring but also we are living in an upside down world where authors have books coming out and they struggling as they have no launch events. My first top tip in my Booked-In post was – PRE-ORDERING/ORDERING FROM WATERSTONES OR INDEPENDENT BOOK STORES TO DELIVER TO HOME. So this post is PART 1 as there is […]

IN THE MIND OF AN AUTHOR | With Kate and Liz Corr – authors’ of A Throne of Swans

Posted February 28, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Bookish Post, Fantasy, Fantasy Feb, In the Mind of an Author, Katherine and Elizabeth Corr, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Friday my bookish friends! This week has been a really really long one so I’m ready for the end of today and the weekend as well. But with the weekend comes the end of February and the end of Fantasy Feb too. Today is the last feature post before my wrap up of the month and it’s with two of my favourite authors. I’ve met them and they are just so lovely and their books are amazing too. Today’s post is another one from my new author series called ‘In the Mind of an Author’ where I feature authors […]

NEW! IN THE MIND OF AN AUTHOR | With Bex Hogan – author of Viper

Posted February 24, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Bex Hogan, Fantasy, Fantasy Feb, Guest Post, In the Mind of an Author, Team Bkmrk, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Monday my bookish friends. Today I’m back at work, back to reality, urgh. But to start off my week on a happier note, today I bring to you a new author series that I technically launched as part of a blog tour last week but I want to officially dedicate a post to it. In the Mind of an Author …is a new author series, where I bring some of my favourite authors talking about their journey being a writer, what goes through their mind when they are writing their book, the places they write and much more. It […]

Top 5 Fantasy Books I’m looking forward to Reading

Posted February 18, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Bookish Post, Fantasy Feb, Most Anticipated, TBR, UKYA, YA / 4 Comments

Hello my bookish friends, I’m on half term! Yay! I’m so looking forward to catching up on my reading – especially a book that I’ve been reading for 2 weeks. I know, it’s crazy how work has been that I’ve just been too tired too read. So I want to read a few books off my TBR that I’ve received over the last couple of weeks. It’s just nice having a break and not worrying about work. Reading and Relaxing is what I need right now and I can’t wait! So today I thought I would showcase some of the […]

Fantasy Feb | My Ultimate Fantasy Reading List

Posted February 12, 2020 by Emma in Discussion Post, Fantasy, Fantasy Feb, UKYA, YA / 3 Comments

Happy Wednesday my bookish friends. We are half way through the week and half way closer to the weekend and for me a week off. Yay! I’m continuing my fabulous Fantasy Feb content today with the best post ever – a reading list! This reading list had no limits, what it is, is my Ultimate reading list of Fantasy Books. So I will keep adding to it. But for now these are the books that everyone should read and certainly my favourites.* *Side note – I was scrolling through my Goodreads to check through all of the fantasy books I’ve […]

BLOG TOUR | Review & Guest Post – Follow Me, Like Me by Charlotte Seager

Posted January 30, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, 4.5 Stars, Book Review, UKYA / 2 Comments

Hello my Book Friends, It’s Thursday, nearly the weekend. Today I’m really excited to be part of the blog tour for Charlotte Seager’s latest book, Follow Me, Like Me. I finished this book yesterday, I loved it I couldn’t put it down! As part of my stop on the blog tour I’m sharing with you a mini review of the book alongside a guest post about the dangers of catfishing. It’s so interesting and kinda scary too. I really hope you enjoy it. But before that here is a little bit more about the book. My Review So as I […]

My Year in Books | Favourite Reads of 2019

Posted December 30, 2019 by Emma in 5 Stars, Bookish Post, UKYA, Wrap-Up, YA / 2 Comments

Hello Everyone, I’m back from my Christmas break yesterday and I had such an an amazing time with my family. It was also more like a Christmas Reading Retreat too. I read 3 books in 5 days which is a first in a very long time. 2 of which are Harry Potter books and another a hotly anticipated 2020 release. It was so nice being totally away from my social media and blog for 5 straight days that I feel amazing in myself and ready to plan 2020 with lots more books and lots more blog posts – I think […]