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Book Box Club March ‘Under the Sea’ Unboxing
Hey everyone, Today I thought I’d bring you an unboxing/review of the Book Box Club box for March. The theme for this month was ‘Under the Sea’ and it promised some excellent goodies. I have to say, I wasn’t disappointed. If you’d prefer to see a video version of the unboxing [featuring my weird face] you can do so here. Cool. So now we’ve got that out of the way, I suppose we should get on with the actual unboxing. As always, it came with a gorgeous art card with the spoilers for the box on the back. I love these things, and I tend to decorate my uni room…
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Wednesday Writing: How to Give Good Feedback
Hey everyone, I’ve been meaning to start doing a weekly post about creative writing. I know a lot of people who read also love to write [myself included] and I thought it would be helpful to talk about some things like feedback, passive versus active, what to do once you’ve written a book/story/poem and why things like adverbs drive me insane. Today I’m going to talk about feedback. Most people who write have probably already experienced giving and receiving feedback, and if you haven’t, it’s one of those things you’re likely to come across. Feedback can be wonderfully helpful, and I can guarantee that every book on the shelf…
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Orphan Monster Spy Book Launch Party
AKA The One Where We Got Lost and Drunk in London My day started ridiculously early. I’m one of those awful people who can’t manage anything more than the basic zombie functions without a cup of coffee, so I had one and felt a touch more human before I left the house to get the coach to London, but I also stopped at Costa for a large latte with an extra shot. This was probably a mistake. Not least because, while my friend was catching some zzz’s on the three and a half hour coach journey, I was quite literally jittering in my seat while blasting Halsey, trying not to…
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International Women’s Day- Top 20 Kick-Ass Heroines in YA
Hey, everyone. As you may or may not know, today is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, I thought I would post up my list of favourite YA heroines, all of whom are incredibly intelligent, strong, independent and awesome. They’re not in any particular order, and they’re a mix of fantasy/sci-fi/historical and contemporary. Please note, there’s going to be a few spoilers ahead, so if you see a book you haven’t read yet and want to, I’d suggest skipping ahead unless you don’t mind the spoilers 😀 Audrey from It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne This is a contemporary book that I instantly fell in love with. It’s a story…
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Books I’m Super Excited For in 2018 Part One: Jan-March
Hey everyone, So this post comes a little late [three months into the year, to be exact] but I still thought it would be sweet to share some of my most anticipated YA and adult reads of this year with you. I’ll include in this list some of the books I’ve already read in Jan/Feb just because, and since it’s so long, I’m going to divide it into three-month parts so it doesn’t look like a mountain of books. So, without any more waffling, here are the novels I can’t wait for in 2018. Remember as well that the dates on show are for UK releases [and may not prove…
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February Wrap-Up
Hey, everyone. February is finally behind us [even if the snowy weather is not] and I thought it was high-time I talked about my month of bookishness. It’s been quite a busy month, packed more with social events than with lazy Sunday reads. but I did manage to turn a few pages this month. The first novel I read this month was Libba Bray’s The Diviners, a historical fantasy YA about a girl with the ability to read objects, and who is entangled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a supernatural murderer. I started this book at the end of January, and it took a few days to get…
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Female Heroes: Josephine Baker
When I was first approached to read and review Orphan, Monster, Spy, I was quite taken aback by the offer. I’d only done a little blogging before, and it was a big opportunity for me. Naturally, I took the chance, and decided to do the review. And I’m very pleased that I did. Matt Killeen’s debut is great for fans of The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak, and comes highly recommended by me, as you can see from my review. The book was wonderful and unique, fast-paced and riveting, and I’m so pleased that I can now say that I have the author, Matt Killeen, here on his book blog tour to talk about one…
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Exciting news guys…
Join me, on March 3rd, as I host Orphan, Monster, Spy author, Matt Killeen. He’ll be stopping by on his book blog tour to talk favourite female heroines [historical and fictional]. Other stops along the way can be found at the bottom of this post. I’m so excited to have gotten my mitts on an ARC of Matt’s novel earlier in the year, and it was such a fun read, so it’ll be awesome to hear his thoughts on heroines like Sarah, a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany who must survive as a spy in a boarding school for the daughters of high-ranking Nazi officials. You can read my review of the…
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February: First Date Book Tag
Hey guys, so this is a pretty old tag [dating back to 2016] but with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I figured I would dust it off and have a go at answering these questions myself. I first came across this on the Booktube channel Alex’s Fiction Addiction so if you want to see more of this, you should check it out there. The original tag was made by Kate’s Book Date 😀 In addition to this, if there’s some kind of amusing [and probably awkward] backstory I can supply to my choices, I will add it to my explanation of why I chose the books on this list Question…
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Books and Series I DNF’d
It’s unfortunate, but every now and then a book or series comes along that you’re either just not in the mood to read, or you really can’t bring yourself to finish. I hate it when that happens, and my list of DNF’d [Did Not Finished] is mercifully short, but there’s always a few. So here are mine. As ever, please don’t take offence at any of my opinions about these books. I know some of them are beloved in the YA community, and it’s always a bit of a shame when you hear someone hasn’t enjoyed a book you adore, but they’re my own opinions so please be kind! …
