The Twitter POC Masterlist

A few weeks ago there was quite a bit of mess on Twitter in the book community, resulting in many readers and authors, the majority being POC, dealing with quite a lot of shit. In an attempt to bring a bit of joy to the situation, I asked people to respond to my tweet telling…

WORLD BOOK DAY: Top 5 Childhood Reads

Happy World Book Day everyone! This is such an important day for young readers, especially for those children who cannot afford to purchase many books to read. This year, the World Book Day theme is 'Share a Story' - and I've joined with a group of other UKYA book bloggers to share some of our…

Top Ten Tuesday – Best books I read in 2018

Hello lovely blog readers – I’m back with another Top Ten Tuesday! The Top Ten Tuesday posts can be found here over on That Artsy Reader Girl’s blog. This weeks prompt is: Best Books I Read in 2018 I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman This was definitely my top read of 2018. Full of brilliant…

Top Ten Tuesday – Winter TBR

Hello lovely blog readers - I'm back with another Top Ten Tuesday! The Top Ten Tuesday posts can be found here over on That Artsy Reader Girl’s blog. This weeks prompt is: Winter TBR. We'll still be in Winter through February as it'll be ridiculously cold, so there are plenty of books that I want to read…

Most Anticipated Reads of 2019

Hello all! 2018 is coming to a close. How has it been for you? I think 2018 has been a fairly good year for me: I got a kickass haircut, my book club is running strong, I got a new job, and I even managed to read a total of 100 books. Let's hope that…

PRIDE MONTH: LGBT+ Masterlist

Hello there lovely readers! As it's Pride month, I wanted to put together a list of books that have great LGBT+ representation in them. I've teamed up with fellow blogger Molly to bring you an extensive list of different titles. We'll be splitting the list up across our blogs to share as many titles as possible!…

Inspirational YA books – Author Picks

The other night, I attended the YA Extravaganza at Waterstones Piccadilly. Hosted by Katherine Webber, the event was a panel of five YA authors promoting their recent releases. Featured were Juno Dawson, Alice Oseman, Lucy Christopher, Simon James Green, and David Levithan. The panel was a really interesting insight into what went into these new…

NEW BOOK NEWS – Slay

NEW BLOG FEATURE! This is not a drill! Something I've wanted to do here on my blog is to shout about new and upcoming books. I've done this before via the 'Why I'm Excited For...' posts I've posted before, but I want this to act as an information point for new books that I'm interested in…

The Spring Has Sprung book tag

HOORAY!!! Spring is finally on the horizon - goodbye freezing cold weather, goodbye 20 layers of clothing before I leave the house, goodbye SNOW! I'm ready for it to be a bit warmer, especially as Spring is my favourite season! So what better way to get in the Springtime mood than a blog tag! Tagged…

Those Beloved Books: Harry Potter

I bet you were all wondering when this post was coming, right? Well, grab a butterbeer and sit yourself by the common room fire. Perhaps you've just finished a thrilling Quidditch game, or you're coming back from classes with tons of Charms homework. Worry not! Relax, because I'm going to tell you about why I…