[REVIEW] Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index

Author: Julie Israel Genre: Young adult; contemporary Rating: 4.5/5 “[I]t's this very darkness, the cutouts, the envelope of holes that makes the stars so sharp and beautiful.” 65 days have passed since since Juniper lost her sister, Cammie, and the only thing holding her together as she starts the new school year is the ritual …

#readwriterepeat August Book Tag

Calling all bookstagrammers, bloggers, and general bookish folk! This August I'm running a booktag on Insta so come take part. 🙂 My decision to host a booktag was motivated by two things: While there are a huge number of book tags to take part in each month, there aren't many tags for writers and authors …

July Goal Update

Where has the month gone?? Last I checked, it was mid-July (which was when I meant to do a goal check) and it's already heading into the last week! Goals Arrowsong to 60k Outline new story Gather old stuff from Arrowsong prequel Post regularly to insta; #booktag Read 2 books – 1 x fiction, 1 x non-fiction …

Book Challenge 2017 – Update 3

So, I realised I've been reading a lot but I haven't done a reading challenge update in months. Oops! GOALS: Read 20 books Read from unfamiliar genres Read a book written by authors from at least ten different countries Turkey (1) India (1) Australia (1) U.S.A. (5) U.K. (1) Canada (1) Jamaica (1) Pakistan (1)  BOOKS I’VE …

QUARTERLY GOALS July – Sep 2017

So as well head into the second half of the year, I thought I'd share with you my goals for the upcoming quarter because if I don't share them, they won't get done. Nothing like the phantom of expectation to motivate! Here’s what I’ll be working on over the next three months. I’d really appreciate …

June Wrap Up

June's done. The year's half over. Get keen though, because it's wrap-up season! June has been such a good reading month for me and I hit my writing goal by the middle of the month (which makes the fact that I spent all of my usual big writing day on Wednesday in a total slump …

“You have ink in your blood.” – Ink and Bone Review

Author: Rachel Caine Series: The Great Library (Book 1) Genre: Young adult; fantasy; steampunk; alternate history Rating: 4.5/5   Books and men left the same traces where they burned. For every book lover who is also a history lover, for every historian with an addiction to book, Ink and Bone is a pipe dream come …

“Someday we will be more than words in the dark” – Snow Like Ashes Review

Author: Sara Raasch Series: Snow Like Ashes (Book 1) Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 4/5   “…even though I’ve never seen Winter or its enslaved people or set foot on its soil, I’m expected to sacrifice everything, because until Winter is free I don’t matter.” Meira is an orphan - by some stroke of fate …

No thank you – Book’s I’ll (Probably) Never Read

So, fair warning, this got a little saltier than I'd anticipated. I just have a lot of feelings, ok? Thanks to Rachel for the tag xx 1) A really hyped book you’re not interested in reading. A Court of Thorns and Roses. 1) It's not really my thing to begin with and 2) I've come …

“Fate had no hold over us” – Sparks Fly Review

Author: Kadian Thomas Series: A Light in the Dark (Book 1) Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 3/5 Release date: June 21st, 2017 (Pre-order your copy from Amazon here) Goodreads | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | Smashwords I was provided a free ARC of Sparks Fly by the author in exchange for an honest review. “Destiny…tells me …