
Merry Bookmas: My guide to your next festive read
Worried that your TBR pile will collapse after all the books you'll be getting for Christmas? Fear not, for here is my guide as to what...
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Dec 16, 20242 min read

Pride Book Tours: Spotlight on 'Heretical'!
AD-PR Product Thank you so much to the amazing Pride Book Tours for sending me a copy of 'Heretical' and giving me the opportunity to...
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Sep 2, 20242 min read

Book Spotlight: Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
On a rainy Saturday afternoon, I did what I always do: I sought out a bookshop. After perusing its shelves, I settled on buying a copy of ..
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Jul 30, 20243 min read

Calling all detectives: 'Has anyone seen Charlotte Salter?'
4.5 star read 1990 The beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up at her husband Alec's 50th birthday party. He soon...
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Jul 12, 20242 min read

Enter 'Argylle': Elly Conway's spy sensation
4 star read AD-PR product Thank you to the Newark Book Festival for sending me a free copy of 'Argylle', the first instalment in the...
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Jul 11, 20242 min read

Lover Birds: Advance copy review
AD-PR product Thank you so much to Harper Fire for sending me a proof copy of 'Lover Birds', the swoon-worthy queer enemies-to-lovers...
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Jul 9, 20244 min read

Power of Play at the Newark Book Festival 2024
SAVE THE DATE: 11-14th JULY 2024! Welcome to the Newark Book Festival 2024, where I am very excited to announce that I will be...
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Jul 1, 20241 min read

Something To Be Proud Of: Advance copy review
AD-PR product This post is my review for my second ever advance copy of a book, the brilliant 'Something To Be Proud Of' by Anna Zoe...
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Apr 18, 20245 min read

Book Spotlight: A Tempest of Tea
A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal (YA/adult crossover, fantasy) 'The streets of White Roaring grew fangs at night. When the moon dragged...
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Apr 11, 20244 min read

The Reappearance of Rachel Price: Advance copy review
(AD- PR product) Thank you so much to Electric Monkey Books for sending me this stunning proof copy of 'The Reappearance of Rachel...
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Mar 28, 20244 min read

Book Spotlight: Lies We Sing To The Sea by Sarah Underwood
Lies We Sing To The Sea by Sarah Underwood (Young Adult fiction, Electric Monkey Books) 'Lies We Sing To The Sea' remains one of my...
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Mar 21, 20245 min read

Some Like It Cold: Advance copy review
I am delighted and honoured to share my review for Elle McNicoll's YA debut 'Some Like It Cold.' Thank you to Pan Macmillan for sending...
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Mar 14, 20247 min read

Pen to paper: Letters and diaries of great women
Letters and diaries: close friends, spaces to share the most personal of details and custodians of history. I have always been fascinated...
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Mar 7, 20246 min read

Author Spotlight: Holly Jackson
Welcome to 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder': a world of closed cases, missing persons and dead girls walking. This trilogy is the creation...
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Feb 29, 20246 min read


Book Spotlight: How To Find A Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok
This review contains some spoilers! Meet Iris Blackthorn: amateur detective, misfit and justice seeker. Following her sister's...
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Feb 22, 20244 min read

Author Spotlight: Lucy Powrie
Welcome to the world of Lucy Powrie, a safe, supportive, bookish haven where everyone can be their truest self. I first came across 'The...
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Feb 16, 20245 min read

For the love of books: Redefining Valentine's
Valentine's Day- think declarations of love, flowers, hearts and dinner dates. The festival supposedly epitomises romance and all that...
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Feb 8, 20246 min read


Book Spotlight: Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
After falling in love with 'Babel' last year, I couldn't wait to dive into Rebecca F. Kuang's latest novel, the acclaimed satire...
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Feb 1, 20245 min read


Six books to get you out of a reading slump
Although the colder months are a great time to curl up with a big thick novel, they are also the time when I find myself most often in a...
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Jan 25, 20248 min read

The hidden wonder of libraries
For me, libraries are the unsung heroes of the book world, often overlooked or dismissed but nonetheless full of opportunities for...
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Jan 16, 20245 min read