Book Reviews

Review: The Princess and the Fangirl // A celebration of fan culture and conventions

Imogen Lovelace is an ordinary fangirl on an impossible mission: save her favorite character, Princess Amara, from being killed off from her favorite franchise, Starfield. The problem is, Jessica Stone—the actress who plays Princess Amara—wants nothing more than to leave the intense scrutiny of the fandom behind. If this year’s ExcelsiCon isn’t her last, she’ll… Continue reading Review: The Princess and the Fangirl // A celebration of fan culture and conventions

Announcements

The UKYABAs // I’m nominated for four awards?!

Yes, friends, I can’t believe it either. I’ve been nominated four UKYABAs and I am actually deceased. The UKYABAs, or UK Young Adult Book Awards, are annual YA blogging awards, where you can nominate/vote for UK bloggers who deserve recognition for their content and work in the book community. These are the categories for nominations:… Continue reading The UKYABAs // I’m nominated for four awards?!

TBRs and Wrap ups

July 2018 Wrap Up // Readathons, YALC, and learning how to contour my face

July was fun, exciting, and hot. Summer is my favourite season of the year, and July always ends up being one of my favourite months. This month was no different. I only read four books this month because I was taking part in Tome Topple, the aim of which was to read 500+ page books,… Continue reading July 2018 Wrap Up // Readathons, YALC, and learning how to contour my face

Book Features · features

Rainbow Book Box January Unboxing

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the January box.  Rainbow Book Box is a new book subscription box that promotes diverse and own voices books and last November, I was lucky enough to be chosen to receive one of their trial boxes. They only chose a small number of people to try the boxes, so… Continue reading Rainbow Book Box January Unboxing

The Friday 56

The Friday 56: Love, Hate & Other Filters

The Friday 56 is a weekly blog meme hosted by Freda’s Voice. The idea is to share an excerpt from a book you’ve been reading every Friday, to promote the book or simply just to showcase your current read! Rules: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you… Continue reading The Friday 56: Love, Hate & Other Filters

features · TBRs and Wrap ups

Rounding Up 2017: Books I read and hitting my reading goals

Now that we’re into the new year, I’m looking back on the books I read during 2017. In 2017 I read: This came to 26,526 pages and these were all new reads to me. 2017 was a great year for exciting new books too, so most of the my picks were new releases. Unsurprisingly, you… Continue reading Rounding Up 2017: Books I read and hitting my reading goals

Blogmas · Book articles · Book Reviews

Blogmas Day 14 – Book review: The Upside of Unrequited

Author: Becky Albertalli Pages: 336 Edition: Paperback Publication date: April 11th 2017 Read: 9th – 12th December Rating:  TWs: Fatphobia, homophobia, discrimination against religion and race. (These issues are all challenged and dealt with in a positive manner.) Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love—she’s lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and… Continue reading Blogmas Day 14 – Book review: The Upside of Unrequited