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  • July 30, 2017

    Instagram Sundays

    Instagram Sundays

    Hi everyone, and happy Sunday!  Today’s post is coming a little late because I’ve hauled myself to the last day of YALC, back to my parent’s place, onto the train, and am finally back home!  This wI’ll be a super YALC-heavy post, but not a full round up. I’ll post that once I’ve recovered. Onward!… Continue reading

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    Book Blogger, book photography, Book photos, books, Cat pics, Cats, Fiction, Geek, Instagram, Instagram Sundays, Novels, Reading, YALC
  • July 29, 2017

    ARC Review: Gather the Daughters

    ARC Review: Gather the Daughters

    I was immediately intrigued by Gather the Daughters, and not just because of its gorgeous cover.  The synopsis sounds like a creepy, horror-filled, literary dystopia.  It gave me the same vibes as The Handmaid’s Tale, which I recently read and loved, so I eagerly dove straight in. Continue reading

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    Blog, Book blog, Book Blogger, Book Review, books, Debut author, Dystopia, Feminist literature, Gather the Daughters, Jennie Melamed, Margaret Atwood, New books, novel, Recommendations, Reviews, The Handmaid’s Tale, Women writers, Writing
  • July 28, 2017

    Weekly Wrap-Up #15

    Weekly Wrap-Up #15

    Happy Friday, you guys! I’m currently living it up at YALC, but I didn’t want to miss my favorite post of the week. I’ve been trying to get a ton of reading in before attending this convention, however life gets in the way (as usual). I dind’t read as much as I would have liked,… Continue reading

    Reading Updates and Wrap-ups
    Blog, Book, Book blog, Book Blogger, Book Reviews, books, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, favorites, Fiction, Geek, Nerdy, Novels, Reading, Recommendations, Review, Reviews, sci fi, Weekly Wrap Up, Writing, YALC
  • July 27, 2017

    TBR Thursday #4

    TBR Thursday #4

    TBR Thursday is one of my favorite weekly posts from Bionic Book Worm’s lovely blog.  If you aren’t following her yet, well, you really should be.  Not only does she do great reviews and bookish posts, she’s an all-around lovely person. All book summaries are courtesy of Goodreads. Continue reading

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    Blog, Book blog, Book Blogger, books, Cyberpunk, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction, Geek, History, Katherine Webber, Neuromancer, Non Fiction, novel, Reading, Recommendations, Reviews, Russian History, Samantha Shannon, Science Fiction, TBR, TBR Pile, TBR Thursday, The Bone Season, The Romanovs, To be read, UKYA, Want to read, William Gibson, Wing Jones, Women, ya fantasy, Young Adult
  • July 26, 2017

    Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone

    Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone

    I initially avoided Daughter of Smoke and Bone because, well, I really hated the US cover.  Shallow?  Absolutely.  However I recently read Taylor’s newest novel, Strange the Dreamer, and was swept away by her marvellous writing skills.  I decided to backtrack and dive into her best known series. Continue reading

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    Akiva, Blog, Book blog, Book Blogger, Book Reviews, books, Brimstone, Chimera, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction, Geek, Genre, Karou, Laini Taylor, novel, Reading, Recommendations, Reviews, Strange the Dreamer, Women, Women writers, worldbuilding, Writing, ya fantasy, YA fantasy fiction
  • July 25, 2017

    ARC Review: How to Stop Time

    ARC Review: How to Stop Time

    I recently read and loved Matt Haig’s Reasons to Stay Alive, a moving memoir about living with depression, but had never read any of his fiction. How to Stop Time immediately caught my eye because it combined two of my favourite things: historical fiction and science fiction. I was hoping it was just as poignient… Continue reading

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    Blog, Book blog, Book Blogger, Book Reviews, books, Fiction, Geek, How to Stop Time, Independent publishers, Matt Haig, novel, Reading, Recommendations, Reviews, Writing
  • July 25, 2017

    Tips for Attending YALC

    Tips for Attending YALC

    As many UK readers know, the Young Adult Literature Convention (YALC) is coming up this week!  Part of London Film and Comic Con, YALC celebrates YA books, readers, and authors in one happy weekend.  I’m going to YALC for the first time, as I’m sure many others are too, but I am a seasoned attendee… Continue reading

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    Blog, Book blog, Book Blogger, book love, book lover, books, bookworm, Comic Con, England, Fiction, Geek, London, London Film and Comic Con, novel, Reading, Reviews, Women, Writing, YA books, YA fiction, YA literature, YALC, YALC Tips, Young Adult, Young Adult Literature Convention
  • July 24, 2017

    ARC Review: Flight of a Starling

    ARC Review: Flight of a Starling

    I’m fairly new to the YA genre and am still trying to pin down the type of book I like versus the ones that just don’t do it for me. I have recently loved a couple of contemporary YA books, so I decided to take on Flight of a Starling by Lisa Heathfield. She’s a… Continue reading

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    Blog, Book blog, Book Blogger, Book Reviews, books, Circus, Contemporary, Contemporary ya, Fiction, Flight of a Starling, Geek, Lisa Heathfield, New books, novel, Reading, Recommendations, Reviews, Women, Writing
  • July 23, 2017

    Instagram Sundays

    Instagram Sundays

    Happy Sunday!  It has been a good week for reading — YALC is just around the corner and I’m trying to get through as many books as possible before the 28th!  Here’s this week’s Bookstagram posts. I was lucky enough to get a hardcover ARC of Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed.  I absolutely devoured… Continue reading

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    Book, Book Blogger, Book Blogs, Book photos, Book Review, books, Bookstagram, Cats, Fantasy, Fiction, Instagram, novel, Photography, Photos
  • July 21, 2017

    Weekly Wrap-Up #14

    Weekly Wrap-Up #14

    Happy Friday!  I’m sadly back from holiday and have readjusted to real life.  I did manage to read two books this week, but also bought a whole bunch more.  What TBR challenge? Continue reading

    Reading Updates and Wrap-ups
    A Conjuring of Light, Blog, Book, Book blog, Book Blogger, books, Bookshelf, Cats, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Geek, How to Stop Time, Laini Taylor, Matt Haig, novel, Reading, Recommendations, Reviews, Science Fiction, TBR, The Vorrh, V. E. Schwab, Weekly Roundup, Weekly Wrap Up, Women, Women writers
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Welcome to my corner of the bookish internet. I’m an American who has lived in the UK for almost 10 years, a publishing professional, and lifelong lover of books. I make it my mission to shout about books all over the internet and share my enthusiasm with other readers. I read a little bit of everything, but my main genres of choice are horror, fantasy, and science fiction.

I aim to start conversations about books and reading, link readers to new authors and titles they’ll love, provide insightful review the books I’m reading, and discover new writers and subgenres on this blog.

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