Tag: #yafiction

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 […]

Under the Cover #4 – with Anna Waterworth author of The Girl Who Grew Wings

Posted July 27, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Bookish Post, UKYA, Under the Cover / 0 Comments

Happy Thursday my lovely friends, I’m really excited to welcome my next guest to my author series, Anna Waterworth. 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. Anna is best known for her Fandom duology which I read years ago and loved it. She has returned this year with a brand new Greek Mythology retelling, The Girl Who Grew Wings. It is stunning. So sit back, grab a coffee […]

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 […]

My Top 5 Underrated LGBTQ+ Book Recommendations for Pride Month

Posted June 23, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book List, Bookish Post, LGBTQ+, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Happy Pride Month my friends. The last few years I have read more queer books, I find for me as a reader and a librarian it’s important for me to read different, diverse and inclusive books. I think Heartstopper really kicked off my love for LGBTQ+ books. I’ve grown as a reader and I love that. So I thought today I would share some of favourite books, some underrated ones that you might not have heard of that need to be on your radar. ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS BY DEAN ATTA This was my first verse novel and I absolutely […]

Book Review | A Curse of Salt by Sarah Street – a captivating Beauty and the Beast retelling that made me cry.

Posted June 16, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Fantasy / 0 Comments

Hello my fellow bookworms. If you’re living in the UK I hope you are surviving the heatwave. For me I find I read more as I can’t seem to sleep because it’s so stuffy. I love the sun, just not the heat. Anyways, I thought it was about time I finally review this book. I read this about a month ago and interviewed the amazing author Sarah Street. I was so surprised by this book and I will tell you why. Did you cry is the Disney movie of Beauty and the Beast? I do, every single time. In a […]

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 […]

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 […]

5 Book Recommendations for Mental Health Awareness Week

Posted May 21, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book List, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Hiya my lovely readers. This last week has been Mental Health Awareness Week and this is a something I’m very passionate about. As a reader but also as a school librarian as well. Book are a huge part that can help understand but also ease the struggle that is our mental health. We will struggle with it at one point or another in our lives but know this. You are not alone… The theme this year is ‘anxiety’. I know I have suffered with this, more so because of the pandemic and I think that hasn’t helped a lot of […]