Year: 2016

Have a Bookish Christmas!

Posted December 23, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 3 Comments

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I’m currently watching my favourite film for Christmas which is Love Actually (RIP Alan Rickman 😢) if you can’t tell from the gif above. Another one is The Holiday too…Christmas romances that’s all I seem to watch these days. Haha. 😍

Anyways moving on… this will be my last post till the new year really. I’m off to my families house tomorrow and having a well earned break. Yay! I know I said I would be back with blogging the last few weeks but work has certainly kept me busy – trying to organise your own library takes a long time – my head says its like moving into your own house, you will change things until you have it how you want it. So hopefully 2017 will be a different story. Can you believe another year has passed. I can’t and what a whirlwind it has been. But a great year none-the-less. But more of that when I’m back on January 1st – then back at work on the 3rd. What I love about working in a school is you do get 2 weeks off for Christmas. Haha. So as it is the last post of 2016, I would like to share with you my top 16 books of the year. I admit I haven’t read as much as I wanted nor have I completed my Goodreads challenge sadly but still I’ve read some amazing books and discovered some new ones too. 
Girl Against the Universe by Paula StokesBilly and Me by Giovanna FletcherWhat's a Girl Gotta Do? by Holly BourneBuilt by Jay CrownoverOur Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland26255907What I Couldn't Tell You by Faye BirdThe Black Key by Amy Ewing
...And a Happy New Year? by Holly BourneThe Winner's Curse by Marie RutkoskiThe Unexpected Everything by Morgan MatsonA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
The Witch's Kiss by Katharine CorrDid I Mention I Miss You? by Estelle MaskameThe Girl Who Fell by Shannon M. ParkerFlawed by Cecelia Ahern
Might as well choose 16 as we are in 2016 I couldn’t just choose 10 thats for sure – there has been so cracking books hasn’t there?! Well there is lots of Holly Bourne – I can’t not this has been the best series of the entire year. I actually didn’t realise just how many books were released by her. Plus 2016 marks the end of the Spinster Year too. As well as the finale of the DIMILY series and of course the best dystopian series to date – The Lone City series by Amy Ewing. New books, authors and genres also feature Paula Stokes, Giovanni Fletcher, Cecelia Ahern, S.M. Parker, Krystal Sutherland and Faye Bird. 
So that’s my bookish 2016!!! An awesome year it has been…. So I guess it’s time for me to say Happy Holiday’s to all and wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Magical New Year. See you in 2017!

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COVER REVEAL – SALVAGED by Jay Crownover

Posted December 8, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 0 Comments
COVER REVEAL – SALVAGED by Jay Crownover

Hello Everyone, I can’t believe it’s coming to the end of 2016 already and nearly time for new 2017 anticipated reads and I can reveal the cover of one of mine. Salvaged by Jay Crownover, Book 3 in the Saints of Denver series. So here is the cover…  Salvaged (Saint’s of Denver #4)by Jay CrownoverPublisher – William MorrowRelease Date: June 20th 2017Pre-Order – links above Hudson Wheeler is a nice guy. Everyone knows it, including his fiancée who left him with a canceled wedding and a baby on the way. He’s tired of finishing last and is ready to start […]

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REVIEW – OUR CHEMICAL HEARTS by Krystal Sutherland

Posted November 28, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 3 Comments
REVIEW – OUR CHEMICAL HEARTS by Krystal Sutherland

Our Chemical Heartsby Krystal SutherlandPublisher – Hot Key BooksRelease Date – October 4th 2016Buy – Amazon | Book Depository John Green meets Rainbow Rowell in this irresistible story of first love, broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again. Henry Page has never been in love. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can’t-eat-can’t-sleep kind of love that he’s been hoping for just hasn’t been in the cards for him—at least not yet. Instead, he’s been happy to focus on his grades, on getting into a semi-decent college and finally becoming editor […]

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REVIEW – THE BLACK KEY by Amy Ewing

Posted November 14, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 5 Comments
REVIEW – THE BLACK KEY by Amy Ewing

The Black Key (The Lone City #3)by Amy Ewing Publisher – Walker Books LtdRelease Date – October 6th 2016Buy – Amazon | Book Depository The third book in Amy Ewing’s New York Times bestselling Lone City trilogy, The Black Key is perfect for fans of The Selection and Red Queen. Violet and the Society of the Black Key are preparing to launch an attack on the royalty, and Violet has a crucial role to play. She must lead the surrogates as they infiltrate the Auction and break down the walls of the Lone City. But with her sister, Hazel, imprisoned in […]

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A FOREVER RECAP – where I’ve been?!

Posted November 1, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 4 Comments
A FOREVER RECAP – where I’ve been?!

Hi, Ello, Howdy, Whats up?! Happy November my friends!! It’s been a long time hasn’t it and it feels that way to me. I’ve literally been swamped under with this new job of mine but I absolutely love it. I didn’t realise starting a fresh could take such a long time to settle in but like my Head says it’s like moving into a house, it takes you ages to get the place how you want it. Plus I want to make this new library my own and it’s getting there…slowly but surely. Whilst with the new job I haven’t […]

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REVIEW – HOW NOT TO DISAPPEAR by Clare Furniss

Posted September 13, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 8 Comments
REVIEW – HOW NOT TO DISAPPEAR by Clare Furniss

How Not to Disappearby Clare FurnissPublisher – Simon & SchusterRelease Date – July 14th 2016Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Our memories are what make us who we are. Some are real. Some are made up. But they are the stories that tell us who we are. Without them we are nobody. Hattie’s summer isn’t going as planned. Her two best friends have abandoned her: Reuben has run off to Europe to ‘find himself” and Kat is in Edinburgh with her new girlfriend. Meanwhile Hattie is stuck babysitting her twin siblings and dealing with endless drama around her mum’s wedding. […]

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REVIEW – BILLY AND ME by Giovanna Fletcher

Posted August 30, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 13 Comments
REVIEW – BILLY AND ME by Giovanna Fletcher

Billy and Me (Billy and Me #1)by Giovanna FletcherPublisher – Penguin Release Date – May 23rd 2013Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Sophie May has a secret. One that she’s successfully kept for years. It’s meant that she’s had to give up her dreams of going to university and travelling the world to stay in her little village, living with her mum and working in the local teashop. But then she meets the gorgeous Billy – an actor with ambitions to make it to the top. And when they fall in love, Sophie is whisked away from the comfort of her life into Billy’s glamorous […]

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HOT NEW YA COMMUNITY by Simon & Schuster called…

Posted August 24, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 0 Comments
HOT NEW YA COMMUNITY by Simon & Schuster called…

Twitter: @hashtagreads Facebook: www.facebook.com/hashtagreads Tumblr: http://hashtagreads.tumblr.com/ Hello Everyone, I haven’t been around much as I’m enjoying my time off. But Simon & Schuster asked me to post about their wonderful community for the fans of YA just like me. So don’t stop reading when you hear about competitions and big authors such as Cassandra Clare on your screen.  YES YES YES!!!! If you haven’t heard of it already then now you have – right now! It’s a great place for readers to find out about the latest YA reads, hear more from their favourite authors, read exclusive material and enter the hottest competitions. If you love the Shadowhunter […]

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REVIEW – WHAT’S A GIRL GOTTA DO? by Holly Bourne

Posted August 7, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 22 Comments
REVIEW – WHAT’S A GIRL GOTTA DO? by Holly Bourne

What’s A Girl Gotta Do? (The Spinster Club Series #3)by Holly BournePublisher – UsborneRelease Date – August 1st 2016Buy – Amazon | Book Depository HOW TO START A FEMINIST REVOLUTION: 1. Call out anything that is unfair on one gender 2. Don’t call out the same thing twice (so you can sleep and breathe) 3. Always try to keep it funny 4. Don’t let anything slide. Even when you start to break… Lottie’s determined to change the world with her #Vagilante vlog. Shame the trolls have other ideas… My Review And so the third book of the most inspiring, kick […]

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