World Book Day Celebration: Diverse books for kids and teens
Today is World Book Day in the UK and to celebrate, myself and lots of other UK book bloggers are sharing three YA or MG book recommendations for children and teens.
Today is World Book Day in the UK and to celebrate, myself and lots of other UK book bloggers are sharing three YA or MG book recommendations for children and teens.
Authors: Becky Albertalli + Aisha Saeed Genre: YA contemporary, romance Pages: 436 Format: Paperback ARC + audiobook Rating: 4 stars TWs: Islamophobia, antisemitism, racism, sexism. Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state candidate – as long as he’s behind the scenes. There’s no way he’d ever knock on doors to ask people… Continue reading Book review: Yes No Maybe So // A politically-charged contemporary about standing up for what you believe in
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: March 24: Genre Freebie For this week’s theme,… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday // YA contemporaries with big romantic finales
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: February 18: The Last Ten Books That Gave Me… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday // Recent reads that gave me a book hangover
At the beginning of each year, I enjoy trying to predict the books that I think will be my 5 star reads for the year. I like doing this because I find it fun to see what I thought I was going to love versus what I did love later in the year. Especially because… Continue reading My 5 star predictions for 2020
Recently, I shared my most anticipated releases for January to May of 2020. So, naturally, it’s time for part two: June to December. These are the books I’m looking forward to in the second half of the year. June The Dark Tide (Sourcebooks Fire) Publishing: 1st June Genre: YA fantasy The pull: It’s a fantasy… Continue reading Most Anticipated Releases of 2020 // June to December
For me, summer is the perfect time for fun, light-hearted contemporaries, with soft romances. And there have been a lot of great LGBTQIA+ contemporaries that have hit shelves in the last couple of months. So I’ve rounded up seven that I think would be ideal for the warm summer weather, and you might just want… Continue reading 7 new LGBTQIA+ contemporaries for your summer reading list
This month, I’m excited to be taking part in Asian readathon, hosted by Cindy, Sandra, Chloe, Kav, and Ellias. The readathon starts on 1st May and ends on 31st and the aim is to read books by Asian authors. There are five reading challenges, and I’ve decided to try and hit all five of them… Continue reading May 2019 TBR // Asian Readathon
I read five books in March, and I don’t think that’s too bad since one of them was 850 pages and I was also busy almost every weekend. But, I did kind of completely ignore my TBR. Whoops. But although I only read one (yikes) of the books I’d set out in my TBR, I’m… Continue reading March 2019 Wrap Up // I basically ignored my TBR and I’m not sorry
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: April 2: Things That Make Me Pick Up a Book… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday // Things that make me want to pick up a book