Title: Inscape Author: Louise Carey Publisher: Gollancz Publication Date: 21 Jan 2021 Comment: I was given a free copy of this book by @willomullane at Orion Books and the author. I was happy to do it for the InTech Corporation, they know what’s best. Synopsis Inscape is the dystopian future we would do best to avoid.Warning: […]
Title: Siri, Who am I? Author: Sam Tschida Publisher: Quirk Books Publication Date: Jan 12th 2021 Comment: I received a free copy from Quirk books in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine, as far as I can remember. Synopsis: When Mia wakes up in a Long Beach hospital with a head wound, […]
2020 the Year that was a dumpster-fire of epic proportions. In 2020 I read 169 books. Considering I set my goal on Netgalley as 50, I think I did pretty well. My goal for this year was to do more intuitive reading but I did end up doing lots of tours and Netgalley catchups and […]
Title: The Beast and the Bethany Author: Jack Meggitt-Phillips Publisher: Egmont Publication Date: 1 Oct 2020 Comment: I received a free copy of this book from @the_writereads, Netgalley and Egmont books in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and are in no way coerced by the Beast. Synopsis Ebenezer Tweezer […]
Title– The Wrongful death Author– Kenneth B Andersen Publisher– Kenneth Bogh Andersen Publication Date– March 2019 Blog Tour dates– 26th April- 4th May Comment– I received a free copy from @the_writereads but I had already purchased a complete set of these novels for my library as I thought they were awesome. All opinions are totally […]
A few years ago, I was introduced to NetGalley by a publisher at YALC. I told him that I was a librarian and loved coming to book fairs as a way to keep up with what was coming out. I pointed out that by reading the books first I could promote them to my customers […]
Warning- includes sarcasm. For those of you who don’t know, YALC is the Young Adult literature convention which takes place annually in London, on the floor above London Film and Comic Con. It’s a fun place where you can go to meet your favourite Young Adult authors, do writers workshops, meet your favourite bloggers and […]
Today I recommended new teenage books to an avid reader who wrote them all down faithfully and promised to read them. I ordered books on grief for a 4 year old, I referred a couple learning Punjabi to our dual languages section and gave advice on new authors to a 70 year old man with […]
Book review- After the woods by Kim Savage I picked up this book at YALC2018 as I thought the cover looked interesting. It was one of the first YALC reads that I got around to, against, because I really liked the cover. Sadly the whole don’t judge a book by its cover applies here. […]