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April Wrap Up/Update

#NewPost on the blog: my #AprilWrapUp of reading! I read 9 books this month which wasn't too bad. Check out my #Blog to see what I read and a little life update. #BloggersTribe #Bookstagram #BookBlogger

April was a month of books for me. I started a new job working at my local bookstore which has been AMAZING – I love that I get to work with one of the things that I’m most passionate about. Through my work I’ve bought a few books and started trying out some new authors because of it. I’ve been busy taking photos for my work and running the shops twitter which has been fun. I have also been…

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Review: She Felt Like Feeling Nothing

Check out my latest #BookReview : #SheFeltLikeFeelingNothing by R.H.Sin I gave it 4 stars! #NetGalley #Poetry #BloggersTribe #Bookstagram #BloggingGals #UKBlogger

She Felt Like Feeling Nothing by R. H. Sin Andrews McMeel Publishing 10 April 2018 4 Stars I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. “I can feel the weariness in your fingers as you turn each page in this book searching for something that’ll calm the raging oceans of negative emotions living within the temple of your heart I feel you I understand” I only recently…

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Review: Sky in the Deep

Check out my latest #review on the blog: #SkyintheDeep by Adrienne Young. I gave it a 4 star rating! #bloggerstribe #fantasy #ya #bookblogger

Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young St Martin’s Press / Wednesday Books 24 April 2018 4 Stars I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  “We die fighting or we die hiding? Which would you choose?” If you know me at all, you know that I LOVE anything inspired by mythology. When I heard that a new YA was coming out that was inspired by Vikings? Well I was pretty damn…

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Review: The Queens of Innis Lear

Check out my latest #bookreview of #TheQueensofInnisLear by Tessa Gratton. I gave it 4 stars! Thank you #NetGalley for sending me this copy! #bloggerstribe #review #blogpost

The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton HarperCollins 27th March 2018 4 Stars I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  “The Stars of heaven proclaim the next queen of Innis Lear shall be the daughter who loves us best.” The Queens of Innis Lear is an intriguing retelling of Shakespeare’s play King Lear where a mad king decides who shall rule his kingdom out of…

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Review: Star-Touched Stories

Check out my latest post: #Review of #StarTouchedStories by Roshani Chokshi. I gave it ALL OF THE STARS. It's absolutely brilliant! #BloggersTribe #NetGalley #BookBlogger #NewPost #Fantasy #YA

Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi St Martin’s Press / Wednesday Books 07 August 2018 ALL OF THE STARS I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Note: There may be spoilers for TSTQ and ACOW. “People can take a lot of roads to get to the same ending, and even with the same ending, sometimes it is quite a different story.” If you are a lover of Roshani Chokshi,…

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ARC Review: I Have Lost My Way

Check out my latest blog post: ARC #Review of #IHaveLostMyWay by Gayle Forman. I gave it 5 stars! #netgalley #bloggerstrain #bloggerstribe #bookreview

I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman 5 Stars Simon & Schuster Release Date: 05 April 2018 I was given this ARC through NetGalley in Exchange for an honest review.  ‘They may be complete strangers, with different lives and different problems, but there in that examination room they are measuring sadness the same way. They are measuring in loss.’ This book, like other Gayle Forman books, really hits…

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Review: Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd

Check out my new #review of #GrimLovelies by #MeganShepherd on the blog - I gave it 4.5 stars! (Thank you #NetGalley and #HoughtonMifflinHarcourt for sending this my way!) #bloggerstribe #bookblogger #bookreview

The Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 02 Oct 2018 4.5 Stars “So serious, aren’t you? My poor dears. My grim little lovelies. What you must have been through…” The Grim Lovelies is an interesting take on the characters from fairy tales that are often forgotten. Think of the animals in Cinderella who are turned back into their animal form after one night of being a human and…

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The Smoke Thieves Review

New Review up on the blog - thank you #netgalley for sending me an arc of #TheSmokeThieves by Sally Green. I gave it 3.5 stars!

The Smoke Thieves Sally Green Release Date: 3rd May 2018 Received through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 3.5 Stars If you are a fan of Game of Thrones, but want something a little easier to follow, then The Smoke Thieves is for you. A book full of different POVs, The Smoke Thieves is set in a wonderful fantastical world where there are countries on the brink of war. We follow the…

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It is okay to hate your early twenties

It is okay to hate your early twenties

So this post is a bit different to my usual bookish reviews, but inspired by my best friend and Thought Catalog, I decided to branch out and start a new style of post that will pop up between my usual bookish post. So here we go… (let me know what you think in the comments!)  Photo of myself (hello) taken by Anna This age is one that is not often talked about. The early twenties are where your…

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The Waking Land Review

Check out my latest review: The Waking Land by Callie Bates. I gave it 3 stars!

The Waking Land Callie Bates Hodder & Stoughton 3 Stars I received an eBook of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I remembered seeing this book pop up on Instagram for a while last year. I was interested in reading it, but never really saw it in stores so did not bother. However, when I saw it on NetGalley, I thought it was about time I gave it a go. The Waking Land was…

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Review: The Queen's Rising

Review: The Queen’s Rising

THE QUEEN’S RISING REBECCA ROSS HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS 6th FEBRUARY 2018 4 STARS I received this eBook ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. “One day, a queen will rise,” he whispered, as if the books had ears to eavesdrop. “Perhaps it will be in our lifetime, perhaps the one to follow us. But Maevana will remember who she is and unite for a great purpose.” I almost put…

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Review: Between the Blade and the Heart

Check out my latest review: Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda Hocking. I gave it four stars!

Between the Blade and the Heart Amanda Hocking Pan Macmillan 22 Feb 2018 4 Stars I received this eBook through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Between the Blade and the Heart is a clever mesh of the past in the present. It is inspired by Norse mythology but has an Urban Fantasy twist which is exciting and intriguing. If you’re looking for a bad ass heroine, a slightly cheesy love…

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The Hazel Wood Review

Check out my new post where I review the upcoming 'The Hazel Wood' by Melissa Albert. I gave it 3.75 stars! #thehazelwood #bookreview #bookblogger #bookstagrammer

The Hazel Wood Melissa Albert Penguin Random House UK Children’s 8th February 2018 3.75 stars I received this ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  ‘My mother was raised on fairy tales, but I was raised on highways.’ If you’re looking for a creepy urban fantasy, fairy-tales gone wrong, style of book then this is one for you. The Hazel Wood revolves around Alice and her quest to…

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Review: War of the Cards

New Post on the blog - a #bookreview of #WaroftheCards by Colleen Oakes. I gave it five stars!

Book: War of the Cards Author: Colleen Oakes Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books 5 Stars NetGalley were kind enough to give me an ebook of War of the Cards in exchange for an honest review. ‘To all the girls with dark hearts and those who dare to love them.’ I was surfing NetGalley, as one does, when I came across War of the Cards and I was intrigued by the synopsis – I love a good villain…

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Review: To Kill a Kingdom

Book: To Kill a Kingdom Author: Alexandra Christo Publisher: Hot Key Books / Bonnier Zaffre Release Date: 06/03/2018 5 stars. This eBook was given to me through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. If you know me at all, you’ll know that I ADORE retellings. Whether mythically inspired or based off a fairy tale – I love to see a story made new. I was trawling through my Goodreads feed when…

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Book Year Resolutions

As I wrote my New Year resolutions into my bullet journal, I realised ¾ of the ones I had listed were book related! Therefore, it seemed fitting to share them with you all my bookish resolutions that I’m hoping to maintain. So here we go… Goodreads Book Challenge: Read 100 Books I’ve set myself a hard goal of reading 100 books this year. I thought I’d set it and if I don’t make it then its okay,…