A little while ago the lovely Emma from Never Judge A Book By Its Cover and I launched Let’s Talk YA. You can check out all of the books I’ve previously recommended, all of which are incredible UKYA books that I think need to be shouted about more. Today, I'm discussing the heart-warming and utterly brilliant The Paper & … Continue reading Let’s Talk YA #9
Trigger warnings: animal cruelty, war, death, executions, child death, gun violence, injury and death of a loved one, explosions, sexual harassment, blood, violence, gore, starvation, mass murder. This year, I've raced though this gripping, unique and simply brilliant sci-fi trilogy, so I thought that I should share my thoughts. I'm only including the synopsis for Illuminae to give … Continue reading The Illuminae Files Series
A little while ago the lovely Emma from Never Judge A Book By Its Cover and I launched Let’s Talk YA. You can check out all of the books I’ve previously recommended, all of which are incredible UKYA books that I think need to be shouted about more. Today, I'm discussing the heart-breaking brilliant The Year After You by … Continue reading Let’s Talk YA #8
Trigger warnings: murder, abusive father, mind control, violence, death of loved ones, torture Synopsis: People lived because she killed. People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish … Continue reading We Hunt The Flame
Today, I'm discussing the wonderful My Secret Lies With You, as I'd promised my thoughts were to come rather a while ago! As it's only a short, suspenseful mystery, this will only be a brief review, as I don't want to give anything away. My Secret Lies With You by Faye Bird: Three close friends. … Continue reading My Secret Lies With You
In a previous post, I renamed 'Weekly' Wrap-Ups to Recent Reads, as I feel like that reflects the timescale between posts more accurately! As ever, today I will briefly reviewing all the books I've read since my last post in approximately fifty words. 1. It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race … Continue reading Recent Reads #19
A little while ago the lovely Emma from Never Judge A Book By Its Cover and I launched Let’s Talk YA. You can check out the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth books I’ve previously recommended, all of which are incredible UKYA books that I think need to be shouted about more. Today, I'm discussing the absolutely amazing No Big Deal by Bethany … Continue reading Let’s Talk YA #7
A little while ago the lovely Emma from Never Judge A Book By Its Cover and I launched Let’s Talk YA. You can check out the first, second, third, fourth and fifth books I’ve previously recommended, all of which are incredible UKYA books that I think need to be shouted about more. Today, I'm discussing the incredible Meat Market by Juno Dawson. Trigger … Continue reading Let’s Talk YA #6
Trigger Warnings: sexual assault, pedophilia, rape, victim shaming, panic attacks Synopsis: "I need Owen to explain this. Because yes, I do know that Owen would never do that, but I also know Hannah would never lie about something like that." Mara and Owen are about as close as twins can get. So when Mara's friend … Continue reading Girl Made of Stars
July was such an amazing month for me, but also incredibly hectic, so yet again, my posting has been a bit hit and miss. I went to my first ever YALC and even spoke on a blogging panel as part of the UKYABA celebrations! I will have a post up soon about my experience there … Continue reading July Wrap-Up
A Short Book Lover 