Events



Love Month (February 2011)

Love month Mr Linky
Favourite TV Couples
Favourite Love stories
Real life romantic moments: Marriage Proposal
Waiting On: Love Stories
Wedding Songs
Favourite YA authors who write love stories
LGBT love stories
Real-life romantic moments: Airport meeting
Love Stories on my TBR shelves
High School Crushes
What influenced my idea of love
Romantic couples in history, part one
Post-It Love
Romantic couples in history, part two


REVIEWS

My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
A Match Made In High School by Kristin Walker
Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott
Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle
Girl Meets Cake by Susie Day
A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl by Tanya Lee Stone
Rules Of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart
Swapped By A Kiss by Luisa Plaja
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
Return to Paradise by Simone Elkeles
Siren by Tricia Rayburn
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me by Sarra Manning
By Midnight by Mia James
Jessie Hearts NYC by Keris Stainton
Jenna and Jonah's Fauxmance by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin


GUEST POSTS

A reader's response to Delirium by Jo from Once Upon A Bookcase and Ink and Paper

YA boys I will always love by Lyndsey from Heaven Hell and Purgatory Book Reviews

Recommendations for Younger Readers by Luisa Plaja from Chicklish

Why Didn't I Hire a Wedding Planner? by Vivienne from Serendipity

Comparing Love Interests by Suey from It's All About Books

Expectations of Love by Ali McNamara

Lessons Jane Austen Taught Me About Love by Stephanie Burgis

A discussion on love in YA by Sya from The Mountains of Instead

The trouble with loving YA boys by Laura from Sister Spooky: Book Fangirl

Greatest description of Love in a song by Emma from ASAMUM BOOKTOPIA

Susie Day on the books she writes by Susie Day

A love poem by John O'Halloran

The Good Guy by Tricia Rayburn

Favourite couples in YA by Kirsty from The Overflowing Library

Portia and Vance by SusanKMann

The loyalty 0f Puck from The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Love by N from g r e y s q r l

Top 10 Favourite couples by Dwayne from Girls Without A Bookshelf





Doing Things Different Project


Doing Things Different Introduction post

Day one (Dinton Pastures)
Days two and three (French toast, Monkey Mates)
Days four, five and six (Dinner with Friends, Movie Night and California Country Park)
Day seven (Choc brownie muffins)
Day nine (Wellington Country Park)
Day thirteen (Easter Trail at Virginia Water)
York, Part One
York, Part Two

Also, a book that partially inspired the project - Looking For Alaska by John Green and
A bump in the road



Mental Health Awareness Week

Introducing Mental Health Awareness Week

Reviews:

A Note of Madness by Tabitha Suzuma
It's Kind Of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Lottie Biggs Is (Not) Mad by Hayley Long

Posts/Guest posts:

My battle with mental illness
Famous women who have struggled with mental illness (Awesome Women)
In the Darkness - A guest post by Hayley from Read A Book On You
An interview with Hayley Long




Fairy Tale/Fairy Tale Retellings Week

Why fairy tale week?

Reviews:

Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Reckless by Cornelia Funke
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli


Posts/Guest posts/Interviews:

Favourite fairy tales and fairy tale retellings
Fairy tale movies
Authors who write fairy tale retellings (Awesome Women)
Interview with Zoe Marriott
Top 5 Fairy Tale retellings I'm looking forward to

Dystopian August (2010/2011)

Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Candor by Pam Bachorz
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

Across the Universe by Beth Revis
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
The Dead of Night by John Marsden
Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Bumped by Megan McCafferty


Paranormal Month (October 2011)
Introducing Paranormal Month

Reviews

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Raised By Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
13 To Life by Shannon Delany
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Claire de Lune by Christine Johnson
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine
Frostbite by Richelle Mead
Darkness Falls by Mia James
Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
Die For Me by Amy Plum
Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon
Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready
Deception by Lee Nichols
Sea Change by Aimee Friedman
Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
Lament by Maggie Stiefvater
The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
Crypt: The Gallows Curse by Andrew Hammond

Posts

Maggie Stiefvater (Awesome Women)
Werewolves on Film and TV
Buffy the Vampire Slayer villians
My Favourite Vampires by Mia James
Ghost films
Scary films to watch for Halloween



British Month (November 2011) 


Introducing British authors month

Reviews

Stealing Phoenix by Joss Stirling
Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie
The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight by Jenny Valentine
Naked by Kevin Brooks
0.4 by Mike Lancaster
Numbers by Rachel Ward
Extreme Kissing by Luisa Plaja
The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
The Medusa Project: The Set-Up by Sophie McKenzie
Big Woo by Susie Day

Posts

Some of my favourite books by British authors
Jenny Valentine (Awesome Women)
Peter Pan
Reading the not-quite-blockbusters, Part 2



Guest posts


British Book Destinations Tour by Raimy from Readaraptor
Gritty Teen/YA fiction in the UK by Savita Kalhan
How the British seaside inspires my writing by Jill Hucklesby
A literary tour of London by Laura from SisterSpooky: Book Fangirl
What makes a novel British? by Catherine Bruton
Two British settings by Luisa Plaja 
The most bookish place in the UK? by Jenni from Juniper's Jungle
Enid Blyton by Zoe from Bookhi
Ten British books that I love from Hayley Long