Best books I read in 2020 part two | Relatable AIs, a non-binary space hero, and a trans love story

Helloooo my lovely lemons! How have you been? I hope you had a wonderful Christmas (if you celebrate it) and that you were blessed with many books to entertain you throughout the new year. I'm back with the second half of my 'best books of the year' list! If you haven't seen the first half, …

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman Review | Platonic Love, School, and the Internet

This book has been on my radar for a very long time. I was aware of Alice Oseman long before I started blogging, thanks to her adorable webcomic Heartstopper (it's free on Tapas, please read it!) But I've never read one of her books. When I decided to change that, I knew the first book …

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera | Profound and Heartbreaking

This was the second book by Adam Silvera that I read - and following straight on from History Is All You Left Me, I quickly came to the conclusion that he enjoys the pain of his readers. I don't know what I thought I was getting from a book called They Both Die at the …

Top 5 Tuesday | 5 Books I Predict Will Be 5 Stars

This is such a fun topic, I couldn't wait to write this post! Sometimes I'm really good at predicting which books I'll rate 5 stars, but sometimes I just pick up a random novel and it takes me by surprise. So, it's a toss up as to how many of these will be right, but …

False First Impressions | All the Wrong Assumptions I’ve Made About Books!

I've made quite a few wrong assumptions about books in my time. Some are silly, some are me judging a book by its cover, and I thought it might be fun to share them with you! The time I nearly wrote off a queer book by thinking it was straight Before I knew of Adam …

Top 5 Wednesday | Books I Didn’t Get to in 2018

Seeing as this was the year I joined Goodreads, I set myself a lot of reading goals. I found plenty of new books to add to my TBR, and (predictably) did not get around to reading them all. So here are all the books I bought but didn't read in 2018. Hopefully I'll get to …

Top 10 Tuesday | Books I’d Like to Find Under the Tree

While my books look incredibly festive, I'm not sure how bookish my Christmas is looking. I've got tinsel all around my bookshelf (yes, sadly, bookshelf singular), but who knows how many new additions are waiting under the tree? I really love this prompt, so I'm using it as a way to narrow down my most …