HOLA AMIGOS

(I don’t know why I start my blog posts in another language… am I the only one!?)

Today is Sunday. You all know what that means. It’s the return of #SixforSunday. WOOHOO. Do you guys all love it too?!

LOVING all of your guys’ posts by the way! Keep up the good work.

Today we are talking:

Characters who deserve their own stories

I’m taking on 6 characters who I love the most who I think deserve their own stories! Now that I’ve thought about this I want them all to be written so if we could make that happen that would be wonderful thank you very kindly authors.

1. Luvian Fen (State of Sorrow/Song of Sorrow)
   LUVIAN LUVIAN LUVIAN. This one will come as no surprise to anyone for I love Melinda Salisbury and Luvian Fen more than I love life. He’s a brilliant human and he deserves his own book. Imagine knowing more about how he came to be the man we all know and love? YES THO.
2. Obel (Ink trilogy)
   GOD. I LOVE HIM. I think he deserves his own book. I wanna know more about him. He’s just great. Plus, he’s totally swoon worthy too.
3. Betty (The Exact Opposite of Okay/A Girl Called Shameless)
   For those of us who have not read TEOOO, Betty is Izzy O’Neill’s grandmother and she is a BLOODY BRILLIANT CHARACTER. I love her so much. I’d love to know more about Betty’s upbringing. Laura, make it happen.
4. Charles (Rooftoppers)
   I JUST LOVE HIM OK?
5. Bartholomew (Everdark)
   I love Abi Elphinstone’s writing and as soon as I was introduced to Bartholemew, I KNEW that I needed to know more about him. He’s so funny and witty and I bet he has a good few cracking stories to tell the world!
6. Scythe Faraday (Scythe/Thunderhead)
   Just yes. 100% want. I think he’s a great role model and he’s a brilliant character. I just want the stories about the good guys!

And there you go. As you see all of these characters are good guys… next week I have 6 baddies who deserve their own stories. *shudder* #teamgoodguys

See you next week!

S x

Morning bookish folk!

How are we all today? Welcome to a new month in the world of #SixforSunday. This month we are taking on Bookish Wishes and we are starting this week with:

Books I want to be written

I mean, besides ALL OF THE BOOKS EVER, here are my choices for today’s prompt:

1. More Melinda Salisbury – SHOCK AND SURPRISE. I KNOW. Guys we all knew this was going to be on my list. I stand by my ‘more Twylla/more Sorrow’ life choice, but also just more Mel would be great cheers.

2. More Sara Barnard – hot off the heels of her YA Book Prize win (yay), there’s loads of people now picking up Sara’s books… I’ve read them all and I need more. Sara knows how to BREAK MY SOUL and still be one of the best people around. So more of that please.

3. More books like Floored – I BLOODY LOVED FLOORED and I loved the concept. A bunch of different authors coming together to write one story from multiple perspectives? YES THANKS. If we could have another one of those sometime that would be wonderful.

4. More MG books with LGBT rep – I read a book recently, a 9-12, that had some amazing LGBTQ+ rep and I WAS THERE FOR IT. I need more of this.

5. More books that are going to break my heart – if you’ve ever read CG Drews books (A Thousand Perfect Notes in particular) you’ll know how HEARTBREAKING it is. I know this sounds like a bizarre request, but my god, I am ALL ABOUT a book that will make me weep. (Cait if you read this… I think you’re great and I need more books please!)

6. More body positive books – having read Jemima Small Versus The Universe (Tamsin Winter) and No Big Deal (Bethany Rutter), I need more books that are body positive. It’s so refreshing to read books where you have fat characters and them actually achieve something… and them not be the brunt of all of the jokes.

So yes. I WANT ALL OF THE BOOKS THANKS.

Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk about all of the books I want. Remember to share yours using the hashtag #SixforSunday! I can’t wait to see what you all want in life!

See you next week!

S x