With recent events, I could not be silent. On my Twitter is a range of resources and I've linked here a thread of bail funds to support protesters who are arrested for demanding justice for victims of police violence. I've also linked to the two official GoFundMes for George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter Carrd … Continue reading Let’s Talk Books #5: Wonderland
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Let’s Talk YA #6
A little while ago the lovely Emma from Never Judge A Book By Its Cover and I launched Let’s Talk YA. You can check out the first, second, third, fourth and fifth books I’ve previously recommended, all of which are incredible UKYA books that I think need to be shouted about more. Today, I'm discussing the incredible Meat Market by Juno Dawson. Trigger … Continue reading Let’s Talk YA #6
Let’s Talk YA #2
Last week, the lovely Emma from Never Judge A Book By Its Cover and I launched Let's Talk YA and my first pick was the Beautiful Broken Things duology by Sara Banard. This is going to be a regular feature on my blog and I'm aiming to run it weekly, so today I've chosen the gritty, raw … Continue reading Let’s Talk YA #2
November/December Haul
I haven't done a book haul since October, so for today's post, I wanted to share the books I've bought or received over the past few months! Firstly, I want to discuss something really exciting that happened for me! I received my first ever ARC last month, so a huge thank you to Pan Macmillan and My … Continue reading November/December Haul
Merry Christmas!
So, while I'm working on my massive (and late) November Wrap-Up, I decided to fill day 4 of 18 days of 2018 with a fun little post. I'm using books off my TBR to spell out Merry Christmas, as I've seen other blogs use this same tactic to spell out different words. I am also … Continue reading Merry Christmas!
18 Books With Great Mental Health Representation
It's day 3 of my 18 Days of 2018 feature and if you missed the last two parts, you can find them here and here. Today, I'm sharing 18 books I've read this year that have what I consider to be good mental health representation. My criteria for this is that it isn't the defining characteristic of the … Continue reading 18 Books With Great Mental Health Representation
18 Days of 2018: My Top 15 Non-YA Books
Today is day 2 of my 18 days of 2018 countdown, which kicked off yesterday with eighteen of my favourites series of this year. I feel like I talk an awful lot about YA books on here and it is my favourite genre, but I do also enjoy reading other things, so today I wanted to … Continue reading 18 Days of 2018: My Top 15 Non-YA Books
Top 10 Authors I’d Love To Meet
Day 2 of Blogtober and today, I'm participating in another Top Ten Tuesday, which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and this week's prompt is Authors I'd Love To Meet. I have so, so many authors that would be amazing to meet; hopefully I can go to YALC next year and finally see some of my … Continue reading Top 10 Authors I’d Love To Meet
Top Ten Tuesday: 10th July
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and this week's theme is Best Books I've Read in 2018. I'm up to 173 books on my Goodreads challenge for this year, so it took a long time to cut my favourites down to just ten, but I did it after a lot of deliberating and … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: 10th July
18 Books For Pride 2018 Part 6
Today marks the end of Pride Month 2018 and the end of my 18 LGBT+ Book Recommendations and, in case you missed the five other parts, here's Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5. I've saved some of my absolute favourite until last, so let's get started. 3 LGBT+ Books You Need To Read 16. Queens of … Continue reading 18 Books For Pride 2018 Part 6