Tag: #yafiction

My Top Ten Books of 2022 – The Best Reading Year so far…

Posted December 30, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Best Books, Book List, Bookish Post, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my wonderful readers. With 2023 fast approaching in the next couple of days I think it’s about time I reflected on my year of reading and select my top 10 books. I feel this year not only have I read more than last year but I also completed by Goodreads Reading challenge for the first time in ages. I have also read more diversly this year and read books that have been on my TBR in forever. I feel this year has been the best reading year in a very long time. So choosing my top 10 was really […]

Blog Tour – Book Review | With Fire in Their Blood by Kat Delacorte

Posted August 30, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Fantasy, Romance, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my fellow bookworms, I am once again back with another book review. Today I’m excited to be sharing my review for a new witchy fantasy set in Italy, With Fire in their Blood as part of TheWriteReads blog tour. I am going to get straight into the review, but here is a little more about the book. Italy, what really comes to mind, beautiful Mediterranean coastline and culture. But there is a hidden, isolated city – Castello, that holds more than just secrets but also dark power, old ways, and past sins. Castello, is where Lilly find herself after […]

Book Review | The Honeys by Ryan La Sala – Don’t miss this Summer’s Hottest YA Horror!

Posted August 23, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, Horror, LGBTQ+, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms. I said I had many reviews to write and here I am writing yet another which is 5 star read. This a book that took me by surprise and I love when that happens. So let’s straight into my thoughts shall we but first here is a little bit more about the book. The Summer’s hottest YA Horror! The Honeys follows Mars, when his twin sister, Caroline, is horrifically dies in front of him, he is haunted by it. Ever since attending Aspen Summer Academy, Caroline changed, she grew cold and distant from him and his […]

Book Review | Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard

Posted August 22, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, Summer Reading, UKYA, University, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms. Happy Monday and hope you had a lovely weekend. Today I’m bringing you a book review *shock horror*. I know – I mean it’s been a while once again. But I’ve read a lot of books this summer so far which I’m loving and I need to catch up on review desperately. Today’s review is my most recent finished book, Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard. With under half way to go on the book, I picked it up before bed and I finished it at 2 am. So here is a little more about the […]

Blog Tour – Interview | Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard

Posted August 19, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Bookish Post, Contemporary, Interview, LGBTQ+, Sara Barnard / 0 Comments

Happy Friday my lovely bookworms. I am currently travelling home from holiday. But today I’m really excited to be ending the blog tour for Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard. This is also my current read for the train ride. It’s been so long since I read a book by Sara and I’d forgotten how much I loved her writing. I would say if you are a fan of Holly Bourne, like I am, as you all know then I would definitely recommend Sara’s books. My favourite of hers is A Quiet Kind of Thunder. Something Certain, Maybe is a […]

JULY WRAP-UP – THE BEST READING MONTH THIS YEAR!

Posted August 8, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Bookish Post, Monthly Wrap-Up Post, YA / 0 Comments

Happy August my friends! I can’t believe how quickly this year is going and I’m on my summer holidays so I know that it will fly by – it always does then we’ll be in September and talking about Christmas very soon. The last time I did a wrap up post it was April and I said I had the best reading month. Well I’ve beaten that and I’m so happy. I think with the horrible UK heatwave a few weeks ago, all I did was read as I was too hot to sleep. I would also say that this […]

Blog Tour | Debut YA Spotlight – The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean

Posted July 22, 2022 by Emma in Bookish Post / 1 Comment

Happy Friday my lovely bookworms. It’s been a while since I last posted. Today I broke up for the summer holidays and I’m excited for 6 weeks off. It’s been much needed and a very long school year. So be prepared for more reading and posts. I’ve got some exciting things planned. Anyways, update aside today I am ending the blog tour for The King of the Dead by Benjamin Dean. Ben is known for his Middle Grade book – Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow. Now, he has released his first YA book and all I’ve […]

Book Review – Truth or Dare by Sophie McKenzie

Posted April 27, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Mystery, Thriller, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Welcome welcome, as you can see I am catching up with a lot of reviews on my blog at the moment. This particular book got me out of a reading funk that I had been in for about 3 weeks. So let’s get straight onto the review shall we? But first here is a little bit more about the book. My Thoughts CAWPILE – 8.14 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s been a while since I read a Sophie McKenzie book – the last one being Sweetfreak a good few years ago. Both times are when I have met Sophie as part of […]

Blog Tour – Spotlight | Mark My Words by Muhammad Khan

Posted February 21, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Blog Tour, Book Blast, Favourite Author, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, it’s a new week and the last week of February already. How can that be? Today I’m really excited to be kicking off the blog tour for the long awaited new novel by Muhammad Khan, Mark My Words. This was inevitably delayed the last year so I’m really excited to finally get to read it. I first read Kick the Moon a few years ago and I loved it, such a unique writing style and voice of this generation of YA. His books need to be read more that’s for sure. If you want to read […]