Creatures in the Dark | The Monsters We Deserve | Review

My final review of the month (can you believe we're already 1/4 of the way through 2019!?) is another Netgalley review. The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick was written to celebrate the bicentenary year of Mary Shelley's debut release, Frankenstein. This chilling book will have you sleeping with the lights on and making sure the doors …

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Past Memories Become Muddled | That’s Not What Happened | Review

It's a Friday, which means it's blog post day. I've gotten into a bit of a habit of posting on a Friday. The working week is finished for many, readers are looking forward to spending relaxing weekends reading on the sofa, and me? Well, I'm either working in a busy bookshop or reading up academic …

Even Families Have Their Secrets | All These Beautiful Strangers | Review

I was lucky enough to meet Elizabeth Kospfer? at a Penguin blogger event last summer. It was during the heatwave, it felt like my shoes were sticking to the pavement and trapesing into London felt like a chore. Elizabeth was super lovely and friendly, having travelled over from the US and dealing with the hot …

Painful Memories | The Truth About Lies | Review

March is turning into another YA review month. Following on from last week, today I'm reviewing The Truth About Lies by Tracey Darnton, a proof I picked up from work last year, a story about a girl with a fantastic memory and a dark secret. Blurb Jess has an incredible memory. She can remember every …

WBD 2019 | Favourite Childhood Author | Jacqueline Wilson

For World Book Day this year, I thought I'd re-jig a blog post I wrote in 2016, about one of my favourite childhood author. --- Reading has always been a passion of mine, I've been told that I've been reading since I was three, so it's really no surprise that I ended up wanting to …