Genre: UKYA

Book Review | Influential by Amara Sage

Posted April 6, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my fellow readers, long time no post. Before I head on to my review of this brilliant book I just wanted to update you on my MIA from the blog. The last two months I’ve been unwell, one thing after another, flu and such and it’s taken me a while to bounce back to normal. To get back to reading, to blogging to really get my energy back. I think I suffered from massive burn out at work, But I’m typing this with the sea in front of me whilst I’m on holiday, relaxing and just feeling refreshed I […]

Book Review | The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy

Posted January 24, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

My first book review of 2023 and it’s a 5 star read!!! What a way to kick off my reading for this year. The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy is everything I needed and more from a gloriously twisty, scary, thrilling horror YA. One of my goals this year is to read as many 2023/ARCs as I can so I started with Cynthia Murphy’s latest release The Midnight Game and it was the best choice I made. I read Last One to Die a few years ago which I loved. Cynthia has a way of writing that you can’t put […]

Book Review | Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard

Posted August 22, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, Summer Reading, UKYA, University, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms. Happy Monday and hope you had a lovely weekend. Today I’m bringing you a book review *shock horror*. I know – I mean it’s been a while once again. But I’ve read a lot of books this summer so far which I’m loving and I need to catch up on review desperately. Today’s review is my most recent finished book, Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard. With under half way to go on the book, I picked it up before bed and I finished it at 2 am. So here is a little more about the […]

Blog Tour – Interview | Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard

Posted August 19, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Bookish Post, Contemporary, Interview, LGBTQ+, Sara Barnard / 0 Comments

Happy Friday my lovely bookworms. I am currently travelling home from holiday. But today I’m really excited to be ending the blog tour for Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard. This is also my current read for the train ride. It’s been so long since I read a book by Sara and I’d forgotten how much I loved her writing. I would say if you are a fan of Holly Bourne, like I am, as you all know then I would definitely recommend Sara’s books. My favourite of hers is A Quiet Kind of Thunder. Something Certain, Maybe is a […]

Blog Tour | Debut YA Spotlight – The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean

Posted July 22, 2022 by Emma in Bookish Post / 1 Comment

Happy Friday my lovely bookworms. It’s been a while since I last posted. Today I broke up for the summer holidays and I’m excited for 6 weeks off. It’s been much needed and a very long school year. So be prepared for more reading and posts. I’ve got some exciting things planned. Anyways, update aside today I am ending the blog tour for The King of the Dead by Benjamin Dean. Ben is known for his Middle Grade book – Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow. Now, he has released his first YA book and all I’ve […]

5 reasons to read The Battalion of the Dead series by Kat Dunn

Posted June 27, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Blog Tour, Bookish Post, LGBTQ+, UKYA / 0 Comments

Happy Monday my lovely bookworms. Today I am really excited to be bringing you my blog tour stop for The Glorious Poison, the final book in The Battalion of the Dead series by Kat Dunn. I decided to do a bit of a different post today for my stop, I wanted to share 5 reasons why you should read this glorious series. See what I did there. 😉 Sadly life got in the way the last couple of weeks and I haven’t had a chance to read Glorious Poison but I will be shortly. But first here is a little […]

Book Review – Truth or Dare by Sophie McKenzie

Posted April 27, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Mystery, Thriller, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Welcome welcome, as you can see I am catching up with a lot of reviews on my blog at the moment. This particular book got me out of a reading funk that I had been in for about 3 weeks. So let’s get straight onto the review shall we? But first here is a little bit more about the book. My Thoughts CAWPILE – 8.14 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s been a while since I read a Sophie McKenzie book – the last one being Sweetfreak a good few years ago. Both times are when I have met Sophie as part of […]

Blog Tour – Spotlight | Mark My Words by Muhammad Khan

Posted February 21, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Blog Tour, Book Blast, Favourite Author, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, it’s a new week and the last week of February already. How can that be? Today I’m really excited to be kicking off the blog tour for the long awaited new novel by Muhammad Khan, Mark My Words. This was inevitably delayed the last year so I’m really excited to finally get to read it. I first read Kick the Moon a few years ago and I loved it, such a unique writing style and voice of this generation of YA. His books need to be read more that’s for sure. If you want to read […]

Blog Tour | Interview – Diary of a Confused Feminist: Must Do Better by Kate Weston

Posted February 7, 2022 by Emma in Blog / 0 Comments

Happy Monday my lovely bookworms. This week is all about Children’s Mental Health week and I’m honoured to kick off the blog tour for the sequel to Kate’s feminist triumph, Diary of a Confused Feminist – Must Do Better! A few years ago I met Kate at a school event I organised and she is amazing from page to in real life. The book is a credit to her career in comedy and tackling hard topic of teenagers including feminism and mental health. Today I’m excited to be interviewing Kate on my blog about her latest book whilst also asking […]