Tag: #bookish

My Top 5 Spooky Reads for this Halloween

Posted October 30, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Book List, Bookish Post, Favourites, YA / 4 Comments

Happy Halloween Eve my lovely readers. 🎃 This week I have been right into spooky reads and spooky films. I’ve watched my fair share of horror movies that’s for sure. This week I will be doing a lot of reading of The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow which I can’t wait. So to start of this spooky weekend I wanted to share my Top 5 spooky reads across all genres that I have loved over the years. 🎃 MY TOP 5 SPOOKY READS 🎃 I read this years and years ago, it was a series that got […]

Blog Tour: Guest Post | WITCH by Finbar Hawkins

Posted October 28, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Blog Tour, Guest Post, Middle Grade / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. So to continue the seasonal posts this week, I am really excited to be part of the blog tour for WITCH by Finbar Hawkins. This is a historical children’s book about a girl who want to avenge her mother’s death after being tortured and killed by witch hunters. The writing is unique and beautiful and I’m really enjoying it! So today I have an amazing guest from Finbar on his Research for writing WITCH. But before that here is a little bit more about his debut and look out for my review later this week. […]

Life and Books Update | Wondering where I have been?

Posted October 26, 2020 by Emma in Bookish Post, Random Post, TBR, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my wonderful readers, how are you? Well you might have been wondering… or you might not have been but I feel the need to kind of explain as I said a good month ago I was back to blogging and well I sort of vanished again. Before that I wanted to say hello and thank you to the 800+ followers that my blog has! Another milestones and I’m so pleased that it’s still being viewed and read in my absence. So THANK YOU! Life Update Life for me is just one thing, work and sleep these days, with a […]

August Monthly Wrap-Up – The ‘It’s been a while’ edition!

Posted September 14, 2020 by Emma in Bookish Post, Monthly Wrap-Up Post, Wrap-Up / 7 Comments

Helllllllloooooooo everyone. I haven’t been around, how are we all? I’ve missed you and posting on my blog. It’s been nearly over 3 weeks since I last posted. The reason mainly was work. I’m back to working as a school librarian after 6 months off, the constant thinking and over thinking was certainly draining and I just wanted to read and not blog. I found it difficult as I lacked the inspiration and brain power to come up or start writing some posts. BUT I’M BACK!! So this will be a month and half worth of a wrap-up post, including […]

Top 5 Books that make me Smile

Posted August 17, 2020 by Emma in Book List, Booked-In, Bookish Post / 3 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms. Hope you had a lovely weekend, least it wasn’t too hot that’s for sure. Today I thought I would do another one of my famous top 5 posts. I guess I started these during Lockdown and somehow continued them. I’m coming up with new themes all the time and I love it. Today is all about the books that make you giddy, and you can’t stop smiling throughout. I’ve got quite the variety as well. So here they are…. Top 5 Books that make me Smile 😁 I would also recommend Only Mostly […]

Book Review | Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

Posted August 12, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Book Review, Favourite Author, Favourites / 2 Comments

Happy Wednesday my bookish friends. Yesterday I finished my most anticipated read in like forever!! I’ve been waiting a long time for this book so my excitement for Midnight Sun was off the charts. So here is my spoiler free review and my extreme fangirling over the fifth book in the Twilight Saga. My Review This book, this series is what really started my love of reading and YA, and the dark fantasy genre. It was the highlight of my teenage years, and when I heard this book was finally coming out, I don’t think I’ve felt such genuine […]

Blog Tour Review & Guest Post | Boy Queen by George Lester

Posted August 8, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Blog Tour, Book Review, Guest Post, LGBTQ+, UKYA, YA / 4 Comments

Happy Weekend my lovely readers. I hope you are staying as cool as possible. It’s mighty hot here in the UK isn’t it. Anyways, today I’m really excited to be part of the blog tour for Boy Queen by George Lester – his debut LGBTQ+ YA and I loved it! I am sharing my review of this wonderful book as well as George sharing his tips for writing about inclusivity and diversity. But before that here is a little bit more info of this A-M-A-Z-I-N-G book! My Review I feel like I’m bringing out John Barrowman in this review. This […]

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 […]

July Monthly Wrap-Up

Posted August 3, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, Bookish Post, Monthly Wrap-Up Post, Wrap-Up / 6 Comments

Happy Monday my lovely readers. It’s August, where is time going?! 2020 is just whizzing away, sometimes I can’t seem to catch up especially as I write another monthly wrap-up for July. In June I suffered the reading slump, which I hated immensely but July took a turn for the best and I got my reading mojo back. Yay! It’s another month, I always feel like it’s a do over of reading and choosing my books for the month. I love it. The middle of July also saw the beginning of my summer holidays as I work in a school. […]