The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood (proof) - My heart is a kaleidoscope, and when we kiss it makes my world unravel...Last summer, Gottie’s life fell apart. Her belove… Read More
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Today we would like to introduce you to the book THE TRUE TAILS OF BAKER AND TAYLOR: The Library Cats Who Left Their Pawprints On a Small Town…And the World
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A Novel Cover Up is a semi-regular feature that looks at how covers are designed. Thanks to Macmillan Children's Books, I have been fortunate enough to have a guest post from their Art Direc… Read More
You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour & David Levithan (reading copy) - Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really… Read More
First Class Post - because this post is first class!Books Received for Review:Books with an * are reading copies I received as a book seller.Proofs:Noteworthy by Riley Redgate* (2nd May 2017… Read More
What Light by Jay Asher (proof) - Sierra's family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon - it's an idyllic place for a girl to grow up, except that every year they have to pack up and move to… Read More
As you may have seen, I have put together a list of Diverse YA & MG 2017 UK Releases to help readers in the UK find diverse books that are being published over here. To help you further… Read More
Welcome to the first Retellings Reading Challenge 2017 link-up post of the year! I'm really excited to start this challenge, and to read all your retellings reviews! You can link up your rev… Read More
Published on Oct 28, 2016With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the multiple award-winning and bestselling Three-Body Trilogy by China's m… Read More
A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard (proof) - Steffi doesn't talk, but she has so much to say.Rhys can't hear, but he can listen.Their love isn't a lightning strike, it's the rumbling ro… Read More
A Step Towards Falling by Cammie McGovern (review copy) - 'Neither of us is exactly living the dream. But we're living something and that's more than either of us expected this year.'In A St… Read More
First Class Post - because this post is first class!Books Purchased:Physical copies:This Modern Love by Will Darbyshire (11th August 2016)This was a book in our Valentine's Day display at wo… Read More
Welcome to the Retellings Reading Challenge 2017 link-up for March! You can link up your reviews at the bottom of this post. There were no reviews from UK entrants for February so the books… Read More
As you may have seen, I have put together a list of Diverse YA & MG 2017 UK Releases to help readers in the UK find diverse books that are being published over here. To help you further… Read More
Welcome to the Retellings Reading Challenge 2017 link-up for April! You can link up your reviews at the bottom of this post. There were no reviews from UK entrants for March. Please note tha… 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
Heartless by Marissa Meyer (proof) - Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.Catherine may be one… Read More
The State of Grace by Rachael Lucas (eProof) - Sometimes I feel like everyone else was handed a copy of the rules for life and mine got lost.Grace has Asperger's and her own way of looking a… Read More
So who buys promotional products? Well we are here to tell you, as a study from PPAI (reveals the top ten buyers – the people who believe in this marketing technique to produce high l… Read More
First Class Post - because this post is first class!Books Purchased:Physical copies:The Real Witches' Handbook by Kate West (5th February 2001)After loving Spellbook of the Lost and Found by… Read More
First Class Post - because this post is first class!Books Received for Review:eARCs:My Anxiety Handbook by Sue Knowles, Bridie Gallagher, and Phoebe McEwen (18th January 2018)As someone who… Read More
A Girl Called Owl by Amy Wilson (eProof) - It's bad enough having a mum dippy enough to name you Owl, but when you've got a dad you've never met, a best friend who needs you more than ever… Read More
First Class Post - because this post is first class!Books Purchased:Physical copies:Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama (1st October 2013)This is a retelling of The Little Mermaid, but with a… Read More
First Class Post - because this post is first class!Books Purchased:Physical copies:Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon (1st March 2011)This sounds incredible! It's dual-narrated by the mermaid, Prin… Read More
Being a solopreneur means making a choice for freedom. In short, the business you create won’t be an end in itself, but a mean to give you more freedom while creating value for o… Read More
Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa (eProof) - A captivating and profound debut novel about complicated love and the friendships that have the power to transform you forever, perfect… Read More
"If you have Gmail, here’s who’s scanning your inbox" PBS NewsHour 7/3/2018ExcerptSUMMARY: A year ago, Google’s Gmail said it stopped its practice of scanning users&r… Read More
"If you have Gmail, here’s who’s scanning your inbox" PBS NewsHour 7/3/2018HINT: Don't use Gmail. I don't.ExcerptSUMMARY: A year ago, Google’s Gmail said… Read More
Underwater by Marisa Reichardt (proof) - “Forgiving you will allow me to forgive myself.”Morgan didn’t mean to do anything wrong that day. Actually, she meant to do somethi… Read More
Last month, there was an article published on Tor.com, The 10 Best Completed SF and Fantasy Series (According to Me) by Drew McCaffrey. There was a disclaimer that the list didn't inclu… Read More
Bear with me, this is going to be a long one. Today, I want to talk about something I feel is incredibly important; how readers of UKYA & MG should support our authors of colour. When it… Read More
This post contains affiliate links.In February, Imi of Imi Reviews Books and Ellie of Faerie on the Shelf are hosting F/F February - a month long reading challenge "to get as many people re… Read More
Cancer is such a vile word. A word no one wants to hear being said. Even the word brings to mind a picture of a leech, a worm, a snake sliding to your life. Wedeling its way in uninvited. Su… Read More
This years Friday
27th September 2019 set the mark for a Macmillan Coffee Morning, an
event where people are encouraged to come together and chat over a brew in
order to raise money for… Read More
On June 10th, the Republican Party National Committee (RNC) decided to Re-Cycle its 2016 Platform, without any Revision or Updates. This Reduces the amount of work needed at a normal Nationa… Read More
Free Comic Book Day 2020 was scheduled to take place in the first week of May. But then the global pandemic hit and the idea of crowds of people turning up to grab free comic books was not a… Read More
Exploratory Drilling began this week for an Offshore Oil Well just 150 Miles from South Florida, prompting a Warning from 18 Members of Congress, including the entire South Florida Delegatio… Read More
Garden City is a very prestigious neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt. It was founded by Khedive Ismail, near the Semiramis Hotel, so that the upper class of society could live and he could host fo… Read More
Do you want to be a successful literary agent, but are unsure how to start. It can be tough to break into the publishing industry. There are a lot of hoops to jump through, and it can be har… Read More
A 12-year-old boy named Austen MacMillan saved his behavioral therapist, Jason Piquette, from drowning by using CPR that he learned from watching the TV show "Stranger Things." While swimmin… Read More