Category: books

  • T5W | Favourite First Sentences

    T5W | Favourite First Sentences

    Welcome one, welcome all, to ‘Emma Remembers Top 5 Wednesdays Exists And Decides To Join In’… again. Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingereadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts of Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This Wednesday’s…

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  • Friday Reads | 12th August

    Just a quick Friday Reads post from me today! I’m going to ambitiously share what I plan to read this Friday and into the weekend ahead but, as we all know, I rarely follow through on reading plans once I document them here. However, I am sitting pretty at 49 out of 52 books in my…

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  • T5W | Authors You Are Waiting On Another Book From

    T5W | Authors You Are Waiting On Another Book From

    Welcome one, welcome all, to ‘Emma Remembers Top 5 Wednesdays Exists And Decides To Join In’… again. We all know how this show goes… but, for those who are unaware, Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingereadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts of…

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  • Review | My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

    Review | My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

    Title: My Life Next Door (2012) Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick Read:  3rd-5th August 2016 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Huntley Fitzpatrick’s My Life Next Door is a refreshing, funny, and summery read that takes a dramatic and sudden turn, a turn which made my heart ache in a way that few cutesy contemporary novels have managed whilst also unapologetically…

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  • T5W | Most Recent Wishlist Additions

    T5W | Most Recent Wishlist Additions

    Welcome one, welcome all, to ‘Emma Remembers Top 5 Wednesdays Exists And Decides To Join In’… again. We all know how this show goes… but, for those who are unaware, Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingereadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts of…

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  • Friday Reads | 15th July

    Just a quick Friday Reads post from me today where I’ll share what I plan to read this Friday and into the weekend ahead. My reading this week so far has been intermittent at best, so I hope to correct that today and into this weekend. The usual excuses apply: job hunting woes, feeling generally…

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  • Teaser Tuesday | 12th July

    Teaser Tuesday | 12th July

    Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme created at A Daily Rhythm. Its simplicity greatly appeals to me since all that you need to do is grab your current read, open to a random page and share two “teaser” sentences, being careful about spoilers. This week was prompted by the slightly foolhardy decision yesterday to pick up a…

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  • Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag [2016 Edition]

    Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag [2016 Edition]

    Welcome one, welcome all, to the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag, 2016 edition. Please, hold the applause. Let’s just get this typical response out of the way – I can’t believe it’s already July. There, I said it. Well, actually, that’s genuinely quite scary to me to realise 6 whole months have been and gone. However,…

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  • June 2016 | Reading Wrap-Up

    June 2016 | Reading Wrap-Up

    I can’t believe we’ve already reached July. It’s scary how fast the first half of the year has gone. This June has been… well, interesting to say the least. I finished my job at Teesside University on Tuesday 21st and was suddenly and abruptly very sad to realise I wasn’t going to be working there…

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  • The NY Times By The Book Tag

    The NY Times By The Book Tag

    I saw this tag floating around YouTube months ago but I never actually got round to doing it myself – well today is the day that changes, thanks to the prompting that Shameeka’s blog post provided. The creator of this tag, Marie, devised it around the questions asked of writers in the New York Times’ By…

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