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Book Review: All the Bad Apples by Moira Fowley-Doyle
I absolutely loved Spellbook of the Lost and Found when I read it back in 2017. Ever since then, I’ve been a big fan of Doyle’s fantastic, dream-like writing. All the Bad Apples was a hugely anticipated book for me, and I’m so pleased to say that I loved it even more than I could… Continue reading
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Book Review: Royals by Rachel Hawkins
Royals by Rachel Hawkins Publisher: Scholastic Publication date: 03 May 2018 Genre: Contemporary YA Page count: 304 pages Rating: 1 out of 5 stars This review is spoiler-free Although I don’t often read contemporary YA, I was looking for something a little different after reading some hard sci-fi and picked up Royals from the Continue reading
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Book Review: The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston
I loved Geekerella back in 2017, so I was thrilled to see that it was getting a companion novel. Although I’m not a huge fan of contemporary YA books, Poston’s convention romances are such fun reads and love letters to geek culture. Continue reading
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Book Review: My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma
I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump lately and needed something totally different to help claw my way out — enter My So-Called Bollywood Life, a debut novel I learned about at an showcase event held by the publisher earlier this year. I don’t have a huge amount of experience with Bollywood films, although… Continue reading
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Blog Tour: Kick the Moon by Muhammad Khan
Welcome to my stop on the Kick the Moon blog tour! I was so excited to hear about this book, as I absolutely adore Muhammad Khan’s spectacular debut I Am Thunder. Today, I’m sharing an extract from his new contemporary YA novel. He gives such an incredible voice to modern teens, and I couldn’t recommend… Continue reading
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Book Review: A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
I rarely read contemporary YA — in fact, I have only read five contemporary YA books this year — but somtimes one really catches my eye. This was the case with A Very Large Expanse of Sea, Tahereh Mafi’s semi-autobiographical novel of life as an American Muslim teen one year after 9/11. Having read and… Continue reading
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Book Review: After the Fire by Will Hill
I must confess that I initially ignored the hype surrounding After the Fire. It is listed as a contemporary YA novel, a genre I don’t tend to enjoy, and I knew nothing about it but the hype. When I spotted it at YALC this year and actually bothered to read the back, I realised that… Continue reading
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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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Weekly Wrap-Up #12
It’s Friday, the happiest day of the week! I didn’t do a weekly wrap-up last week because the last day of the month fell on a Friday – you can read my June round-up here. It has been a tough week for reading and blogging because of general life things (again, all good stuff), but… Continue reading
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