2021
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World Book Day Celebration: Diverse Books for Kids and Teens
Happy World Book Day!! Welcome to my post all about my favourite three diverse books for kids and teens! One of my favourite days of the year is here, a whole day dedicated to books!! In the shop we would take the chance to dress up as our favourite characters which is always a great day! Today a group of UK book bloggers have teamed up to chat all about our favourite diverse kids and teen books! I am super excited to be involved. I shall be talking about my three favourite kids books! Thank you to Jenn for linking to me, you can check out her post here I…
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A Song for a New Day | Blog Tour
Welcome to my stop on the A Song for a New Day blog tour! Thank you so much Head of Zeus and Jade for inviting me to be a part of this tour! Today I am sharing my review of this dystopian novel! A Song for a New Day Review: Title: A Song for a New Day Author:Sarah Pinsker Publisher: Head of Zeus Published: 20th August 2020 Genre: Sci-fi, Dystopian Rating: 4/5 stars An unnervingly prescient, Nebula-award-winning novel explores life in a worldpermanently locked down in the aftermath of a pandemic. BEFORE. Luce Cannon is on the road. Success is finally within her grasp: her songs are gettingairtime; the venues…
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February Book Haul
Another month has finished, and I have added more books to my life! Welcome to my February Book Haul, where, coming as a surprise to no one, I have hauled a few books!! Let’s just jump right in!! Review Copies I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of Sorcery of a Queen by Brian Naslund from Tor UK, the sequel to the amazing Blood of an Exile. I love an epic dragon fantasy, and I cannot wait to get reading this one in March! I also received one of my most anticipated releases of 2021, The Edge of the Ocean by L.D Lapinski. This is the sequel to…
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Six for Sunday | Books That Made Me Cry
Hello everyone, welcome to another Six for Sunday post! Today we are talking all about books that made me cry! I cry very easily, so this list could’ve been a whole lot longer! But I have narrowed it down for you. Here we go! Thanks as always to the lovely Steph for hosting! The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness It's a surprise to nobody that Patrick Ness features on this list. His books often tear my heart into pieces, so it was a tough decision on which one to include. I went for the first book of his I read, which I do remember sobbing while reading it! This…
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Book Review | Plain Bad Heroines
Title: Plain Bad Heroines Author: Emily M. Danforth Publisher: Borough Press Published: 4th February 2021 Genre: Gothic fiction, Horror, Rating: 5/5 stars Plain Bad Heroines is a highly imaginative and original horror-comedy centered around a cursed New England boarding school for girls—a wickedly whimsical celebration of the art of storytelling, sapphic love, and the rebellious female spirit. Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call…