I’m going to be honest this is going to be a little bit of a ramble post, but do you ever have those times where you have a thought and you just need to get it out into the world? Just me? I hope it isn’t just me, or you may find this stream of…… Continue reading Why can’t we be single?
Happy Pride Month! I thought I’d kick it off with some books with A-spec characters in order to show my own Ace pride 😊 I have decided to pick my top 5 of books I have read with Ace characters. However I am aware this is just my opinion so if you viewed these books…… Continue reading Pride Post: Ace Rep
Just a bit of a ramble post about self-care during lock down from me today. I work in children’s mental health, and have been working from home during lock down. This means the place I usually go to to relax has also become my work zone which can sometimes make it difficult to differentiate between…… Continue reading Self-Care During Lock Down!
I never thought I’d say this but jigsaw puzzles have been keeping me sane. Due to the lockdown I’ve been working at home, and obviously staying at home in the evenings, so I’m constantly in one room. I work as a mental health worker for the NHS so I know the importance of protecting one’s…… Continue reading New found love for jigsaws
****WARNING SWEARING AHEAD**** I hope you guys are ready for a ramble about my thoughts on swearing. Yes I am about discuss whether YA books should contain cursing. No I don’t mean Harry Potter Imperious cursing, I am talking about Fuck! Bitch! Twat! I think you catch my drift. In my last discussion post I…… Continue reading Should there be more f***ing swearing in YA?
I was at a book launch last week and I got to spend a few hours with some of my bookish friends and we got on the topic of what makes a book YA and what makes it middle grade. Which then led us on to what books can mention in this specific age categories.…… Continue reading Should periods be mentioned more in YA?
Can you believe it is 2017 already?! So many great things happened to me last year. I started my bookstagram and blog, met so many great bookish friends and went to YALC. Now I want to see if I can top all that this year. Therefore, I have set myself some bookish resolutions. Here are…… Continue reading My 2017 Book Resolutions
To begin with I reached my reading goal of 50 books then read another 26. I can’t believe I read 76 books this year and I owe it completely to the book community. This time last year I was discovering the bookstagram community and attempting to take some badly lit photos of my own. Now…… Continue reading My Year of Reading 2016
As most of you know I was at YALC at the end of July and had the time of my life! Not only did I meet great authors, other book lovers and attend some fantastic workshops. But I also came home with the biggest book haul of my life! I went with 10 books and…… Continue reading My August Book Ban
So YALC is over and it was AMAZING! I will be writing my YALC wrap up soon. Unfortunately I am still trying to gather my energy after the long weekend (so worth it) but for now we are lucky enough to welcome Serena to the blog who has written a post about her experience at…… Continue reading YALC Guest Post – Meeting New People
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