How do you go on a date without draining your bank account in the process? How can you impress a potential new partner, get to know them and have a good time without spending more than you c… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme run by The Broke and the Bookish. I haven't taken part in quite a while, so I thought it was time I joined in again. This week’s topic is Ten Books I'v… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme run by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is a Thanksgiving freebie, and I've decided to talk about the books I'm immensely thankful for. Som… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme run by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten 2016 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn't Get To (But TOTALLY Plan To).Do I'm sitting her… Read More
First Class Post - because this post is first class!I received a lotof books in March, and I'm sharing a lot of links to of things to read online, so advance warning, this post is super long… Read More
I've been a reader for around two decades now, and over that time, I have discovered certain things about books that annoy me. They don't necessarily ruin the overall reading experience, but… Read More
Welcome to Mental Illness in YA Month on Once Upon a Bookcase!The whole month of July is dedicated to YA novels that feature mental illness. As someone who as anxiety, representation of ment… Read More
Back in June, I went to a launch party where I met Georgia of Georgia's Bookish Thoughts, and it turned out to be a very serendipitous and fortuitous meeting. We got talking about YA books a… Read More
So Mental Illness in YA Month has come to a close! I hope you have enjoyed the event as much as I have in putting it together! If there are some posts you think you've missed, you can find l… Read More
Welcome to Once Upon a Retelling! I'm a huge fan of retellings, and I'm really interested in hearing about authors' own love of the original stories, and what inspired them to retell those s… Read More
With Halloween is just around the corner, it's the perfect time to get yourself kitted out for the night! Perhaps you're not one for costumes, but want to give a nod to holiday with a Hallow… Read More
One of the really awesome things that has come of being a book blogger for nine years and a children's bookseller for six is that I get sent swag, made to help promote and create buzz around… Read More
This novel is something a little different for me. It is a satire set in the UK at the present moment. There are striking parallels between these days and the 1930s. There’s a lot… Read More
This novel is something a little different for me. It is a satire set in the
UK at the present moment. There are striking parallels between these days and
the 1930s. There’s a lot of r… Read More
Dreena Collins’ hobbies include eating Thai food, unintentionally waking at 3.30 a.m., and falling over.
Her writing has been shortlisted and long-listed in numerous writing c… Read More
Sapphic RetellingsThis post contains affiliate links.Titles marked with an asterisk (*) were gifted to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.I'm wanting to try and read more f… Read More
Recently, I have been reading reviews - on blogs, on Goodreads, on Amazon - for specific books and becoming quite frustrated. Which led me to ask on Twitter, "Does no-one else read reviews t… Read More
Today, I want to talk about something that has been bothering me for a while - the pressure within the YA community to buy books. As a member of the YA community, I've seen a number of thing… Read More
Bloggers Get Real: Aly of Of WonderlandWelcome to Bloggers Get Real! Inspired by CW of The Quiet Pond's The Pond Gets Loud series, Bloggers Get Real is a YA book bloggers spotlight interview… Read More
The Why I am Weird TagThis post contains affiliate links.Thanks to Delly of Delly Bird, I've been tagged in the blog tag she herself created - the Why I am Weird tag. The aim of this tag is… Read More
My Nominations for the Third Annual 2019 Book Blogger AwardsMay over on Forever and Everly is hosting the Third Annual 2019 Book Blogger Awards, originally created by Joce of Write Through t… Read More
Bloggers Get Real: Beth of BooksNestWelcome to Bloggers Get Real! Inspired by CW of The Quiet Pond's The Pond Gets Loud series, Bloggers Get Real is a YA book bloggers spotlight interview se… Read More
Bloggers Get Real: Madi of TheBookNerdDiariesWelcome to Bloggers Get Real! Inspired by CW of The Quiet Pond's The Pond Gets Loud series, Bloggers Get Real is a YA book bloggers spotlight int… Read More
I paid off my loans by being conservative with my spending habits while still traveling every year. Timestamps for different topics are below the cut. For useful financial advice, get 2 mont… Read More
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, a retired civil servant, has pushed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into an election runoff - the first of Turkey's post-Ottoman history. Erdogan had held a significant le… Read More