Tag: #bookish

Reading Heartstopper in the exact location – Nick & Charlie’s first date!

Posted September 10, 2023 by Emma in Bookish Post, Heartstopper, Personal, YA / 4 Comments

Hello my wonderful readers, Today’s post I’m really excited about. Heartstopper has been my bookish obsession since Season 2 released in the summer. I can confirm I have watched it a lot and I love every second of it, even the playlist which I have on all the time. The ultimate feel good watch. It’s everything! When I was on holiday in Kent in the summer, I found out from an independent bookstore, Harbour Books, that parts of Heartstopper Season 1 was filmed in Herne Bay. I couldn’t not take a trip and experience it for myself where it was created. […]

My Top 5 YA Standalone books ‘I wish I had when I was younger’

Posted August 25, 2023 by Emma in Book List, Bookish Post, LGBTQ+, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

Hello my bookish friends, today’s post is inspired by Heartstopper. With the new season out and the hype and love around it, the comment I keep seeing or reading is ‘I wish I had this book/series when I was younger’. So I thought I would do a few posts, from standalone books to book series (which will include Heartstopper no doubt). So as an adult reading Young Adult and some Children’s books, it got me thinking about the books I wished I had when I was younger. Young Adult books wasn’t a category when I was a young adult. I […]

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 […]

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 […]

Blog Tour – Book Review | If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude – a unique sapphic dystopian YA…

Posted June 2, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Blog Tour, Book Review, Bookish Post, LGBTQ+, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my bookish friends. I am really excited to be part of the Ultimate Blog Tour with The Write Reads for debut novel, If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude. Sadly life got in the way, so here is my delayed review. It’s the start of Pride Month and I have the perfect YA Dystopian recommendation for your to add to your TBR piles. Whilst I have put a content warning above, the first few pages is about the main character, Avery about to take her own life. There is a lot of reference to it throughout the book. I […]

Under the Cover #3 – with Sarah Street author of A Curse of Salt

Posted May 25, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Bookish Post, Fairytale, Fantasy, Interview, Under the Cover, YA / 1 Comment

Happy Thursday my lovely friends, I’m really excited to welcome my third guest to my author series, a debut author of A Curse of Salt which is being published TODAY, Sarah Street. 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. As I said, A Curse of Salt, a Beauty and the Beast retelling is out in the world TODAY! Happy Publication Day Sarah! I loved it. I didn’t realise […]

Under the Cover #2 – with Amara Sage, author of Influential

Posted May 18, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Bookish Post, Interview, Under the Cover / 1 Comment

Happy Thursday my lovely friends, today I’m really excited to be bring you my second post of my new author series, Under the Cover. 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. I’m really excited to be interview Amara Sage who has written her debut novel Influential which I reviewed recently. I loved it. Amara Sage reminded me of Holly Bourne’s writing when creating impactful and […]

Blog Tour | Book Review – Straight Expectations by Calum McSwiggan

Posted May 7, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Blog Tour, Book Review, Bookish Post, LGBTQ+, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Sunday my bookish friends, today I’m really excited for my stop on the Ultimate Blog Tour with The Write Reads for debut novel, Straight Expectations. My first book of May and what a brilliant start to the month. Before I head into my review here is a little bit more about the book. Another book I didn’t really know what to expect. Opening the first few pages on my kindle and I knew I was going to love it. It instantly it gave me Boy Queen by George Lester and Heartstopper vibes. Max is loud and proud at school, […]