Blogmas · Book Features

Blogmas Day 1 // Goals for the end of 2018

It’s that time of year again. *sings the Most Wonderful Time of the Year in an off key voice* It’s December 1st, which means it’s the first day of Blogmas. Blogmas is a period during the festive season when bloggers post content to their sites every day. This doesn’t have to be Christmas-related, it can… Continue reading Blogmas Day 1 // Goals for the end of 2018

ARC reviews · Book Reviews

Book review: City of Ghosts

Author: Victoria Schwab Pages: 272 Edition: US ARC Publication date: 28th August 2018 Read: 19th – 23rd May 2018 Rating:  Cassidy Blake’s parents are The Inspectres, a (somewhat inept) ghost-hunting team. But Cass herself can REALLY see ghosts. In fact, her best friend, Jacob, just happens to be one. When The Inspectres head to ultra-haunted… Continue reading Book review: City of Ghosts

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Book bloggers I love

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was 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: August 14: Favorite Book Blogs/Bookish Websites This was so hard… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Book bloggers I love

Book articles · Book Features

Literary Discussions // Why I don’t DNF books

DNFing books is a great way ensure you’re reading only what you enjoy. As readers, we have the autonomy to choose whether or not we continue with a book if it’s not meeting our expectations. After all, we only have a finite amount of time to read (as much as I want to believe that we’re all… Continue reading Literary Discussions // Why I don’t DNF books

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d love to get early (but wouldn’t slay a lion for, they’re precious)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was 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: May 1: Books I’d Slay a Lion to Get Early… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d love to get early (but wouldn’t slay a lion for, they’re precious)

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Frequently used words in YA Fantasy titles

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was 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 24: Frequently Used Words In [Insert Genre/Age Group] Titles… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Frequently used words in YA Fantasy titles

Book Features

A Darker Shade of Magic merchandise wishlist

It’s not exactly a secret that I’m a big fan of the A Darker Shade of Magic trilogy, and that I love all of V. E. Schwab’s work, but I don’t think I’ve ever posted about the merch relating to her books that I often lust after. In general I’m a big fan of merch,… Continue reading A Darker Shade of Magic merchandise wishlist

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

Blog Tours · Book Reviews

Street Song blog tour: Review + Author Q&A

Hey guys, today is my slot on the Street Song blog tour and I’ve got a review and author Q&A for you all! This is actually the first blog tour I’ve ever taken part in so I was thrilled when Black and White publishing got in touch. These were the lovely promo materials they sent me:… Continue reading Street Song blog tour: Review + Author Q&A

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Banned Books

Hey everyone, happy Tuesday! As always, Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted over at The Broke and The Bookish, and this weeks theme is a freebie so I’ve decided to go with ten books you might not have realised were banned! 1.  Animal Farm by George Orwell Date published: 1945 Countries in which it was… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Banned Books