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Let’s Talk YA #11

Sep 20, 2019Sep 19, 20192 Comments

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 heartfelt and hopeful A Boy and His … Continue reading Let’s Talk YA #11

Let’s Talk YA #10

Sep 6, 2019Sep 5, 20197 Comments

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. I am thrilled to be posting my tenth edition of this … Continue reading Let’s Talk YA #10

18 Books With Great Mental Health Representation

Dec 15, 2018Apr 18, 201910 Comments

It's day 3 of my 18 Days of 2018 feature and if you missed the last two parts, you can find them here and here. Today, I'm sharing 18 books I've read this year that have what I consider to be good mental health representation. My criteria for this is that it isn't the defining characteristic of the … Continue reading 18 Books With Great Mental Health Representation

Tuesday Thoughts

Nov 27, 2018Nov 30, 20183 Comments

So, I've had a bit of time out of blogging due to a hectic month, which means that I haven't quite be as regularly posting as I'd hoped to be. However, I want to make up for this today with a couple of reviews for some books that I think need a lot more love. … Continue reading Tuesday Thoughts

Top 10 School Mysteries

Oct 18, 2018Oct 17, 20183 Comments

So, I was thinking the other day about how often mysteries/thrillers are set in schools or are based around events that happened in school. I'm a sucker for a good boarding/private school mystery, so today, I wanted to share 10 of my favourites. To be included, the plot must centre around a school or events … Continue reading Top 10 School Mysteries

Update on my TBR shelf

Sep 30, 2018Sep 30, 2018Leave a comment

How is it nearly October already? I can't believe we're nearly into #Blogtober now and I'm both scared and excited for some of these posts to go live! It's going to be quite a challenge but hopefully I can among it. Anyway, this is quite a late post, but I wanted to give a quick … Continue reading Update on my TBR shelf

18 Books For Pride 2018 Part 1

Jun 25, 2018Jun 29, 20187 Comments

So, as it's Pride Month, I thought I'd do a list of 18 books that contain LGBT+ themes or are ownvoices to celebrate Pride 2018. The post ended up looking overwhelming, so I've split it up into six parts, each with 3 books in. I'll post a new one every day until the end of … Continue reading 18 Books For Pride 2018 Part 1

Kicking Things Off

Jun 25, 2018Jun 25, 20183 Comments

So, I've been toying with the idea of starting a blog for ages now. As a self-confessed book addict, I certainly have plenty to say. I've always loved writing and constantly have my head stuck in a book, so this should be fun. My aims for this blog are to share my love of reading, … Continue reading Kicking Things Off

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Rating System

Updated on the 4th August 2019 to differentiate between disability and mental health representation, so will be used going forward in future posts

⭐️ = BAME authors/characters

🏳️‍🌈 = LGBT+ authors/characters

💙 = disability representation

🧠 = mental health representation

Star Ratings:

⭐️ = Hated it

⭐️.5 = Strongly disliked it

⭐️ ⭐️ = Disliked it

⭐️ ⭐️.5 = It was just ok

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = I enjoyed it, but it was forgettable

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ .5 = Had great moments but something was missing for me

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = Really enjoyed it

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ .5= Loved it, would probably buy a copy of it

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = Obsessed with it – will read everything I can in the series or by the author

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