Heartbreaking yet love affirming. The power of a book. "Seventeen year old Jonah Daniels has lived in Verona Cove, California, his whole life, and only one thing has ever changed: his father used to be alive, and now he's not. Now Jonah must numbly take care of his family as they reel from their tragedy. … Continue reading BOOK BLOG: Emery Lord
Recently I entered a competition to win some bookish goodies from the wonderful Michelle Toy on Twitter! I enter a few competitions now and again on Twitter but don't seem to win... BUT THIS TIME I DID. WOOOOP. LOOK AT IT! It was SO GORGEOUS. When I found out I won I was so excited … Continue reading Competition win!!
October 8th this year was #BookshopDay so NATURALLY I visited a bookshop and BOUGHT BOOKS. What else would I do? I mean I can't say that every day isn't bookshop day with me but I need to celebrate it PROPERLY! I have lusted after BooksAreMyBag bags forever and I never managed to get my hands … Continue reading Bookshop Day
A few weeks ago I blogged about Michael Carey's other book The Girl With All The Gifts (BOOKBLOG: Michael Carey) and then proceeded to go to Waterstones to buy Fellside. And I do not regret it one iota. "Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. It's not the kind … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Michael Carey #2
IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS I WILL BE IN LONDON AND I WILL BE AT YASHOT. I am excited. Can you tell? "What is YAShot?" I hear you scream! "YA Shot is an author-run, author-led Young Adult and Middle Grade festival that raises the money and resources to run a year-long programme pairing libraries and … Continue reading YAShot
So recently, as you all are aware, I was one of the bloggers for the wonderful UKYACX and wrote 2 blog posts about it! Which you can find on my blog! I will link them if you've not read them! Obviously as there were books for sale I MAY have bought some... OOPS. So I … Continue reading UKYACX book haul!
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of Non Pratt's book 'Unboxed'. My friend Rachel already had a copy of the book and she won another copy, so she asked them to send it to me. And man am I grateful! I was sent the book and a beautiful … Continue reading BOOK BLOG: Non Pratt
If you haven't read Part 1 of my blog then check that out! Here we go! Part 2 of UKYACX. This time it was the turn of some very funny, very endearing, wonderful YA authors! After I had lunch with Gabrielle Kent, Liz Flanagan and my friend Aimee we went back to the library for … Continue reading UKYACX Take 2: YA edition!
This past Saturday was finally time for UKYACX to happen! WOOHOO!! The sun was out in force. I got up early (ish). I got dressed. Lipstick was applied (it was only appropriate for such an occasion... it was my favourite lipstick - Soap and Glory Pommie Girl if anyone is interested!). Set off into town … Continue reading UKYACX Take 1! MG edition
So I was lucky enough to be invited to do a blog post with not only one author, but 2! Here is my blog post with the amazing Sara Grant. We had a lot of fun doing this author/blogger Q&A. Questions 1-5 were answered by Sara Grant. Questions 6-10 were answered by me! 1. Which … Continue reading UKYACX blog tour: Sara Grant
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