Category: books!
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A Rare Book Haul
I love a good book haul. In fact, they’re my favourite blog posts to read and my favourite videos to watch on Booktube. But I stopped doing them because my book buying habits were so sporadic. However, I am back with a rare book haul as I have acquired some exciting books that have made…
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Books That Should Be Top Of Your YALC Reading List
It is officially the week of the Young Adult Literature Convention! The schedule has been released, I have finally bought my tickets and I am super excited. YALC always ignites my reading mojo, it’s so satisfying to be around people who love books and love young adult literature. I love watching the panels and hearing…
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Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda – Becky Albertalli
Title: Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda Author: Becky Albertalli Year Published: 2015 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24926015-simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda Synopsis: “Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being…
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Wing Jones – Katherine Webber
Title: Wing Jones Author: Katherine Webber Year Published: 2017 Source: own copy Goodreads link:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25909375-wing-jones Synopsis: “Jandy Nelson meets Friday Night Lights: a sweeping story about love and family from an exceptional new voice in YA. With a grandmother from China and another from Ghana, fifteen-year-old Wing Jones is often caught between worlds. But when tragedy…
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Book Buying Tag
Today, I bring you the Book Buying Tag. I have seen this tag do the rounds on Booktube and wanted to do it! 1. Where do you buy your books from? My go to points are either independent bookshops, Waterstones or Foyles. If I’m ordering online then Waterstones, Foyles or Hive.co.uk. Only as a last…
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Three Fantastic #UKYA | Birdy, Radio Silence & Beautiful, Broken Things
I had a massive reading binge over the Christmas break. What with the office being closed and being on a blogging break, I certainly had the time to get down to it. Here are three fantastic young adult books that I read over the break. Birdy – Jess Vallance Birdy is a fantastic, thrilling ride…
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Books To Get To In 2017.
I have seen posts and videos and tweets all about the book related challenges people are taking on this year. Now, I use the goodreads goal. And I barely scraped it in 2016. I’ve decided to keep my 2017 challenge at 60 books, so I can make more time for reading and cut down my…
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The Art of Asking – Amanda Palmer
Title: The Art of Asking Author: Amanda Palmer Year Published: 2014 Source: Owned copy! Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23511311-the-art-of-asking-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-let-people-hel Synopsis: “Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and…
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My Top Books of 2016
We are so close to the end of the year, it’s time to start reflecting back on what we achieved. I had set myself a reading goal of 60 books on Goodreads, but to be honest I don’t think I’m going to make it to the finish line. I spent most of my year being…
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Tom Fletcher – The Christmasaurus signing @ Selfridges
Last week, my friends Jen, Claire & I went to a signing at Selfridges to celebrate the release of Tom Fletcher’s book The Christmasaurus! And what with the news of a stage show of The Christmasaurus being released earlier in the week,I thought I would write about the signing! I was particularly excited about this one…
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