Ice Cream Tag

I was tagged by the lovely Charlotte from Charlotte Somewhere to do a new tag called the Ice Lolly Book Tag. The idea came from the Charlotte, Amy from Golden Books Girl and Louise from Book Murmuration. I thought this was a really unique sounding...

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Orbiting Jupiter Review

By: Gary D. Schmidt Rating: 3/5 Source: W H Smith Bundle Jack meets his new foster bother, he already know three things about him.  Joseph almost killed a teacher.  He was incarcerated called Stone Mountain.  He has a daughter,...

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Simon vs. the Homo Sapien Agenda Review

by Becky Albertalli Rating: 5/5 Source: Amazon Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the...

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Grad Life Chapter 1 - How Do You Measure Success?

This isn't the post that I thought I'd be writing so soon after one of the best days of my life. Two weeks have passed since I through my cap into the air, collected my certificate and celebrated three years of hard work with my family. I've left education...

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The Start of Me and You Review

By: Emery Lord Rating: 5/5 Source: W H Smith book bundle Can you plan happiness?  It's been a year since Paige's first boyfriend died in a swimming accident and it's time she rejoined the real world. So she makes a plan:  1. Date...

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Unboxed Review

By: Non Pratt Rating: 5/5 Source: Waterstones Unboxed is about four teenagers who come together after several months apart. In previous years, they had put together a time capsule about their best summer with a friend who was dying. Now that...

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Blogger Recognition Award

The amazing Jenny from Jenny In Neverland, tagged me in this Blogger Recognition award. I've seen this floating around have always wanted to take part! As a new blogger I wanted to use this as an opportunity to tag other new bloggers and some people...

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Moxie Review

Rating: 5/5 Source: W H Smith Bundle MOXIE GIRLS FIGHT BACK! Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with a school administration at her small-town Texas high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway...

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The Chateau of Happily Ever Afters Review - Blog Tour + Giveaway

Rating: 4/5 Source: ARC from publisher as part of a blog tour Where dreams come true…? Wendy Clayton stopped believing in fairy tales a long time ago. Instead, she has a ‘nice’ life. Nice job. Nice flat. Absolutely no men. Until her life...

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Thank You

I'm sure by the time this goes up I'll be half asleep and ready for bed, but I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has taken part in the readathon. A thank you to Zoe for allowing me to join her in this readathon, I already know she is going...

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In five years time...

Where do I want to be in 5 years? 5 years is a long time. In 5 years, I'll be 28 years old. Now that is a scary thought. I feel that's an age where you're not a young adult anymore, but you're still not quite a fully fledged adult. Maybe you are and...

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My Book Wishlist

Here are just a few books that I'd like to read/own during the month of July 2017 and the beginning of August 2017. MOXIE by Jennifer Mathieu Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with an administration at her high school that thinks the football team can...

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My bucket list

I'm going to talk about my bucket list, both blog related and personal.  1. Getting my own domain name. I am currently in the process of trying to sort this out so hopefully I can tick this one off very soon! 2. Read 50 books in 2017. I got to...

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Volunteering

What comes to mind when you think of volunteering? Every person I’ve told have automatically assumed that I do all the jobs that no one else wants to do, like cleaning and carrying boxes but that’s not all I do (okay, maybe I did last weekend but...

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My blogging journey

Hello lovelies. This is Zoe from nosaferplace and I have been a blogger for two years now. I really struggled with my blog in the beginning and it took me almost a year to realise, that I actually had to put a lot of time and effort in to make my...

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Dear female authors...

In April this year, the #ThingsOnlyWomenWritersHear hashtag took off on Twitter after author, Joanne Harris, talked about how women are essentially demonised for taking time out of their family life to write. What followed was the writers’ equivalent...

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Books Vs. Screen Adaptations

Not many people are aware that the majority of films that are released each year, are derived from books (obviously WE know that). Hollywood has always struggled with original ideas for films - that’s why we’re currently stuck in a period of prequels,...

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Escaping House Arrest

At the moment I'm finishing edits on my second novel, Everything Is Lies. It’s about a young architect, Sophia, who comes home to find her needy mother dead. Stunned at this inexplicable turn of events, she discovers that her mother had been in a cult...

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Books I'm most excited for in 2017

1. The Explorer by Katherine Rundell- Every time Katherine releases a book I love it even more than the last. Her current releases are all sublime, and this one is set to be just as excellent. I haven`t seen this get anything less than 5 stars from...

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Top Saga Authors Most Embarrassing Moments

We all have them, don’t we? Those moments that haunt you, and every time they pop into your head, your cheeks redden, and you feel all hot and bothered as if the incident had just happened. I asked top saga authors: Freda Lightfoot, Kate Thompson, Elaine...

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Jar Baby

I want to tell you all about my most favourite underrated book and character, Diana (Dee) Rickwood from Hayley Webster's book Jar Baby. (photo by my lovely friend Linda Bell) Jar Baby is one of my all-time favourite hidden gems. It is truly wonderful...

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Children's books that changed me

This is an unashamedly self-indulgent and very pleasurable dip into the books that I read and loved as a child. The recent passing of the great Michael Bond made me think again on the wonderful worlds that have been created by the very best writers...

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Character aesthetic

The Wanderer Astrid Bone is a law unto herself. She butters both sides of her toast. Says she likes it extra soft, despite burning it close to a crisp beforehand. She double knots her shoelaces. For luck, not any practical reason. She only wears...

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Book gems you might have missed

There are some books you love so much you can’t help but recommend them to everyone. Some of these are classics and bestsellers – no one is going to argue too much if you tell them it’s worth reading Pride and Prejudice or To Kill a Mockingbird. But...

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A letter to my younger self

Shannan,  It gets better. Okaay, the next few years have their ups and downs, and your next few years in education may seem useless at first. But there not. You are going to go on to prove all your old teachers wrong, and get that university...

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My writing inspiration: a battered book and an old photograph

On my writing desk sits an old, battered copy of Beloved by Toni Morrison. It is the only book that I have there and its purpose is to inspire me when I write. I wrote five DI Jack Brady books, the latest one, The Puppet Maker (2015)...

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