Sally Green Q&A - The Northern YA Literary Festival

Friday, 13 July 2018 • nyalitfest, Q&A

If you've been reading my blog since March, you will probably remember that I worked closely with The Northern YA Literary Festival, well this month today I am hosting another another amazing author in association with the next NYALitFest...

Thursday, 5 July 2018 • blog tour, book review

Hope dreams of working backstage in a theatre, and she's determined to make it without the help of her famous costume-designer mum. So when she lands an internship on a major production, she tells no one. But with a stroppy Hollywood star and his...

Sunday, 1 July 2018 • sixforsunday, tag

Today I am doing something that I should have done a long time ago, and that is jump on the #SixForSunday train that was started by my lovely pal Steph, you can check out her prompt post if you would like to start doing these tags yourself! As you...

Monday, 21 May 2018

Is that title misleading? I'm not actually talking about personal details, though that could be a fun post, we're going through all my Pottermore sortings because I recently remembered that was a thing thanks to the fabulous Hogwarts Mystery that I've...

Monday, 14 May 2018 • personal, tag

What's that? Another tag? Who'd have guessed it. Monday is usually review day here on This Booky Place but today is a special day because The Greatest Showman is out on DVD and I am thoroughly excited to be spending the day watching it on repeat...

Monday, 30 April 2018 • book review, thriller, ya

Rating: 4/5 Source: Proof curtesy of Penguin In the last day of summer, Grace Fairchild, the beautiful young wife of real estate mogul Allister Calloway, vanished from the family’s lake house without a trace, leaving behind her seven-year old...

Friday, 27 April 2018 • personal, tag

Hello lovely people of the bookish world! today I'm back with another tag that no one tagged me in... I saw this tag on A Little But A Lot by the wonderful Steph, so make sure you go and check her answers to this out too! I hope...

Wednesday, 25 April 2018 • sub box, unboxing, ya

After the success of my February box I decided to order my second Book Box Club because the theme Fallen Angels was just way too tempting. We were promised Buffy, Shadowhunters and that was enough to convince me. Onto the unboxing!...

Monday, 23 April 2018 • book review, ya

Rating: 5/5 Source: Netgalley Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to play hour after hour, day after day. He will never play as she did before illness...

Friday, 20 April 2018 • convention, personal, yashot

I'm writing this post on the Monday following one of the best weekends I've had in a long time. Saturday the 14th of April was YA Shot, a YA book event with author panels, signings and basically a mass Twitter meet up. This was my first time attending...

Wednesday, 18 April 2018 • sub box, unboxing, ya

If you haven't received your Wildest Dreams box yet then turn away now because this post will be full of spoilers and I promise you don't want this box spoiled, it is FANTASTIC. If you aren't a subscriber, (why not? There'll be a discount code at...

Monday, 9 April 2018 • book review, fantasy, ya

Rating: 5/5 Source: Waterstones Sorrow - for that is all she brings us. A people laid low by grief and darkness. A cut-throat race for power and victory. A girl with everything and nothing to lose… By day, Sorrow governs the Court of...

Friday, 6 April 2018 • sub box, unboxing, ya

Good morning my loves! Today I have another Wildest Dreams unboxing for you because I'm getting around to catching up on all the things I missed while on accidental hiatus. This is the March's Family Ties box and I say this every time but THIS BOX...

Wednesday, 4 April 2018 • convention, nyalitfest, personal

Hello friends! Today I am sharing my experience at the Northern YA Literary Festival! I'm sure you've seen a lot of photos and blog posts already but I had such a good time at the event that I couldn't not do a write up. ...

Monday, 2 April 2018 • book review, fantasy, ya

Rating: 5/5 Source: Proof curtesy of Penguin A princess, a traitor, a hunter and a thief. Four teenagers with the fate of the world in their hands. Four nations destined for conflict. In Brigant, Princess Catherine prepares for a loveless...

Friday, 16 March 2018 • convention, nyalitfest, Q&A

You may remember last month I had Anna Day on my blog in association with The Northern YA Literary Festival, well today I am hosting another Queen and that is Holly Black, author of The Cruel Prince. Her latest novel was released in January and you...

Wednesday, 7 March 2018 • personal

The other day I saw a lot of hate on Twitter for a book series that I really love and for a minute I actually considered not sharing my love because of the sheer number of people I knew I would be going against. I thought, there must be a blog post...

Monday, 5 March 2018 • harry potter, play review

January 2017, I finally got tickets to see Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. I'd already read the script half a dozen times but I was so excited that I'd finally get to see it as it was meant to be, live on the stage.. In a years time. Fast...

Friday, 2 March 2018 • book review, ya

By: Jennifer Mathieu Rating: 4/5 Source: Netgalley Everyone knows Alice slept with two guys at one party.But did you know Alice was sexting Brandon when he crashed his car?It's true. Ask ANYBODY....

Monday, 26 February 2018 • sub box, unboxing, ya

Today is a very exciting day because I am unboxing my very first Book Box Club package. I have admired from afar for basically a year now but it was last month when I saw that the theme for February was Into Dystopia, I had to buy it. Divergent,...

Friday, 23 February 2018 • film review

Why is straight the default? On Monday I got to see one of my most anticipated films of the year; Love, Simon. I wouldn't normally review a film on this blog but since it's an adaptation of one of my favourite books, I couldn't not. After...

Wednesday, 21 February 2018 • blog tour, book review, thriller, ya

Questions are dangerous but answers can be deadly. Callie’s world will be lost to war – unless she can unlock the magic of an ancient manuscript. She and her friends will be sent to the front line. Many of them won’t come back. When a secret...

Monday, 19 February 2018 • sub box, unboxing, ya

Hello everyone! Today we have another Wildest Dreams unboxing. As always this post will be full of spoilers so if you are reading this before you have opened your own box then I recommend leaving now and coming back later. If you didn't order yourself...

Wednesday, 14 February 2018 • personal, ya

So as it's Valentines Day and I'm still a singleton, I thought I would write a post about the only men in my life - some more YA boys. I did a post like this a while ago on Zoe's blog (check that out here) and thought I'd do a part two here on my...

Monday, 12 February 2018 • nyalitfest, Q&A

Today I have a very exciting post because I have the fabulous Anna Day on my blog and if you don't know her then you're about to get to know her very well! Anna is the genius behind The Fandom which was released in January, and is beyond amazing...

Monday, 5 February 2018 • book review, ya

Rating: 5/5 Source: Amazon Jade and Becky are best friends, but when Jade’s ex-boyfriend lets on that everyone thinks Becky is the better of the two, Jade finds herself noticing just how often she comes second to her best friend. There’s nothing...

Friday, 26 January 2018 • sub box, unboxing, ya

It's that time again! By now I hope that everyone has received their Wildest Dreams box and if you haven't opened it yet I recommend you look away now because this box is going to be full of spoilers....

Monday, 22 January 2018 • personal

Hello everyone, bit of a soppy post coming today so I hope you don't mind! This post is part big thank you and part link drop, I thought the best way to share my blog in an awards nomination post is to share my journey. So here it is. ...

Thursday, 18 January 2018 • book review, fantasy, ya

Rating: 5/5 Source: Waterstones Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there,...

Friday, 12 January 2018 • personal

Welcome welcome to my bookshelves! Disclaimer - I own a lot of books that unfortunately have to live under my bed, so I will not be showing those because it isn't dignified or cute. I also fill my shelves with non-booky things in the places that...

Monday, 8 January 2018 • book review, ya

Rating: 5/5 By: Sara Holland Source: Waterstones In the land of Sempera, the rich control everything - even time. Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, days and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins....

Thursday, 4 January 2018 • book review, ya

Rating: 5/5 By Anna Day Source: ARC from YALC Cosplay ready, Violet and her friends are at Comic-Con. They can’t wait to meet the fandom of mega movie, The Gallows Dance. What they’re not expecting is to be catapulted by freak accident into...

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