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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.

These gifts are the way to a book lover’s heart – part 2

Posted December 3, 2024 by Emma in Bookish Post / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely book lovers, it’s the season of gift giving and you might have book lover in your life or maybe a little present for yourself, so I have put together another list of my favourite gifts for book lovers. Sometimes it can be really hard buying for a book lover especially this time of the year. In May I collated some of my favourite shops and gifts in a part 1 of this post which you can view here. So today I have found some more niche book lover gifts for all book lovers. * some items I […]

ARC Book Review | Find Me After by A.Connors – The best book of the year so far.

Posted June 7, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Dearest Readers, today I am so excited to bring you my book review of one of my most anticipated reads of 2024. Last year I read an incredible debut that was my favoruite book of last year, The Girl Who Broke the Sea. It’s a book that I haven’t stopped recommending. So today I’m bringing you my glowing review of Adam’s second book, Find Me After – which is out in July. *First off I want to start by saying HUGE thank you to Scholastic who has gifted me a pre-proof ARC copy that I read as soon as I […]

These gifts are the way to a book-lovers heart

Posted May 13, 2024 by Emma in Book Gifts, Bookish Post, Discussion Post / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, from one book-lover to another, I thought I would collate some of my favourite bookish items that I have recieved as presents from myself or others. Sometimes buying for a book-lover can be hard if you think ‘oh I’ll get them a book’ but they already have that book? So whether it’s a treat for yourself, or you want to buy for someone who is a book lover here is a list of personlised and bright bookish items from small businesses. *I am not affilated with any of these shops. I am a loving customer. Book […]

My Top Ten Books of 2023

Posted December 30, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book List, Bookish Post, Favourite Author, UKYA, YA / 4 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. As 2023 is drawing to a close it’s time for me to recap my year of reading and select my top ten books of 2023. For some reason this was the easiest year to select my top 10. I have found some incredible new writers this year, some very underrated YA books that need loads more love, absolutely unforgettable and a book that I will always recommend. I’ve been extremely lucky to have met these authors at YALC this year sharing my admiration and love for these incredible books. I’m excited by what 2023 has brought […]

Book Review | Overemotional by David Fenne – A laugh-out-loud heartfelt queer YA

Posted September 7, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, it’s a hot one in the UK at the moment, wish this weather was around when I had my summer holidays and not when I’m back at work, starting a new academic year. That the British weather for you. Ha. Today I’m bring you a review of my last read of August and that of my summer holidays and what a cracker it was. It was such a good book so let me tell you a bit more. I knew I needed this book when I went to CampYA at the beginning of the summer and […]

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 […]

Read for Empathy – 5 Books that I empathise with…

Posted June 8, 2023 by Emma in Book List, Bookish Post / 2 Comments

Hello my bookish friends, Happy Empathy Day! This is run by the charitable reading organisation, EmpathyLab. It celebrates books and stories that helps us see, understand and feel. I have celebrated it at work, as a school librarian since it first started 6 years ago. I love celebrating another way to promote books and understand why they are so important to us and not about the escapism. It’s also about the importance of representation of us and our feelings. So I thought I would recommend 5 books that I’ve empathised with… 5 Books Recommendations for Read for Empathy How Hard Can […]

My first time at Comic-Con | my experience, tips and advice for newbies (like me)

Posted June 7, 2023 by Emma in Bookish Post, Discussion Post / 1 Comment

Happy Wednesday my bookish friends. Today I am excited to be writing and sharing my experience of going to my first ever comic con. MCM Comic-Con invited me as press to their ExCel London Comic Con. I was honored and so excited to go. My first ever press trip as a blogger. This year MCM Comic-Con added a brand new Literary content for all bookworms. As a fan of young adult books there were so many amazing panels and meet some of my favourite and new to me authors. I also met up with some lovely book bloggers and bookstagrammers. […]