Tag: #bookrecommendation

Book Review | Girl, Ultra-Processed by Amara Sage

Posted May 8, 2025 by Emma in 2025 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, I have a lot of books to review and catch up on and what better way than to start with my first 5 star read of 2025, Girl, Ultra-Processed by Amara Sage. It’s no surprise as I completely loved her debut Influential a couple of years, I met her a couple of years ago at YALC as l’m just a huge fan of her writing. There is something about relatable YA Contemporary like Influential and Girl, Ultra-Processed that I just love and I find it so unique, so special. These books give us hope, they strip […]

Best YA Books of 2024

Posted December 29, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, 5 Stars, Best Books, Book List, Bookish Post, YA / 1 Comment

Hello, my lovely readers! As 2024 is drawing to a close, it’s time for me to recap my year of reading and select my top ten books of 2024. This year, choosing my favorites was surprisingly easy. I’ve discovered incredible new writers, stumbled upon underrated YA gems that deserve much more attention, and found books that were not only unforgettable but ones I’ll recommend forever. Best of all they are all 5 star + reads! I couldn’t keep it to 10 unfortunately, it was too hard. I feel incredibly fortunate to have met some of these authors throughout the year […]

5 Books that are perfect gifts for every occasion

Posted December 22, 2024 by Emma in Book Gifts, Bookish Post / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms, we are so close to Christmas now and I’m officially off for the Christmas break. I’m so excited. Last week I published part 2 of my bookish gifts recommendations so this weekend I thought I would share 5 books that are perfect gifts. These featured books are more niche and special gifts, they are book that I felt inspired and simply adored. So I hope these will help as a last minute gifts for this festive season or for any occasion. Let me know books you recover as gifts that are perfect for book-lovers.

Book Review | Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr – A must read for fans of The Cruel Prince

Posted December 12, 2024 by Emma in Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, today I have the perfect recommendation not only for The Cruel Prince lovers but also it’s perfect reading to snuggle up this season. This book gave me so many feels and I haven’t felt this way for a series since The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. That’s a big statement I know but it’s so very true. So here is my review of the first in the Wicked Lovely series. Wicked Lovely first published around the time I was reading Twilight. It was a book that completely passed me by then as I was very much […]

Book Review | Let’s Split Up by Bill Wood – Meet your next nostalgic Scream x Scoody Doo YA horror you all need to read

Posted November 25, 2024 by Emma in Book Review, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. Have you read any spooky books this season, I read some amazing books and this particular book is one of my favourites of the horror, thriller genre. Meet your next nostalgic Scream x Scoody Doo YA horror you all need to read. I’ve been looking forward to reading this book for a while, especially during this cosy spooky season. Whilst I did read it after Halloween I had just finished my Screamathon and I was was the perfect mood for this book. Let’s Split Up follows Cam, Jonesy, Amber in a small town of Sanera. Nothing […]

Under the Cover #12 with Anna Zoe Quirke – author of Something to be Proud of

Posted October 17, 2024 by Emma in Bookish Post, Interview, Under the Cover, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms, I am back with another author interview with one of my favourite books of 2024, Something to be Proud of by Anna Zoe Quirke . I read this book back in the summer and it had such a profound effect on me, it brought such smiles, laughter and made me cry. It’s such an inspiring book that I couldn’t put it down. So I instantly asked if I could do an author interview and here we go. Under the Cover is where I interview some of favourite authors and authors I’ve recently read and discovered. I’m trying to […]

Book Extract | Handle with Care by Louisa Reid

Posted October 10, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Bookish Post / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. It’s been a while, back to term has been busy but I am back to share some exciting YA books that are newly released starting today! The author of Gloves Off, Louisa Reid has a brand new YA verse novel, Handle with Care that is out today! I’m so excited to read this. At the beginning of the year I read the incredible Little Bang by Kelly McCaughrain loved this and this book, Handle with Care reminds me of this alongside Trouble by Non Pratt. Here is a little bit more about the book. I am […]

Under the Cover #11 with Ginny Myers Sain – author of One Last Breath

Posted August 30, 2024 by Emma in Bookish Post, Interview, Under the Cover, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms, I am currently in my mystery era of YA books and I am excited to be bringing you a new to me author that I read recently, Ginny Myers Sain to my blog to talk about her twisty , supernatural YA mystery – One Last Breath. I recently reviewed this book which you can check out it here. 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 […]

Book Review | Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

Posted August 26, 2024 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Thriller / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. It’s been a summer of thrillers for me this holiday and I’ve loved it. I feel it’s the genre I read the quickest. Today I’m bringing you a review of a book/author I wish I read sooner. I love a YA Thriller and I was missing out. I am also meeting Maureen on Tuesday and I can’t wait. So here is my review of her latest book, Death at Morning House. It’s been the Summer of Thrillers for me. This book. This is actually my first of Maureen Johnson books and I loved that I started […]