Category Archives: book recommendations

Merry christmas, everyone! I look forward to making this post every year, because I never get bored of shouting about my favourite books. I read 247 books this year, so obviously I have a lot of opinions about my favourites. These are all 2018 releases, with a few at the end which I adored butContinue reading “My favourite books of 2018”

Last year I chose some books I wanted to read in 2018. I managed to read a lot of them, except a few which haven’t been released yet, and are included below, and The Surface Breaks, Binti 3 and Barbed Wire Heart (I haven’t bought them yet – doing that asap). I feel like there’s lots ofContinue reading “Books I want to read in ’19”

Maggie Stiefvater recently posted about YA as a genre: I did a poll last year on my readers’ ages. I got 10k responses. Overwhelmingly they were 18 and up, with the vast majority in the 18-35 range. From a professional writer’s side of the table, I write stories that will please my existing reader base,Continue reading “Adult books for fans of YA”

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by Sydney Padua Meet Victorian London’s most dynamic duo: Charles Babbage, the unrealized inventor of the computer, and his accomplice, Ada, Countess of Lovelace, the peculiar proto-programmer and daughter of Lord Byron. Lovelace and Babbage have completely captured my heart. IContinue reading “10 graphic novels recommendations”

There are approximately 200 books I need to read next year, so this was an incredibly hard list to narrow down. So I cheated a bit, and have split them up into quite a few categories. Last year I chose 17 books I wanted to read in 2017. I managed to read 14 of them,Continue reading “Books I Want to Read in 2018”

It’s the season to round up our reading years! This year I read nearly 220 books, so it was difficult to choose my favourite ten, especially as I’ve read some truly excellent books this year. Some really important books about feminism and racism achieved the recognition they deserved this year, so those made it toContinue reading “My (personal) best books of 2017”

Previously: 15 books I want to read in ’15 | 16 books I want to read in ’16 We Are Okay by Nina LaCour The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee The Dark Days Pact (Lady Helen #2) by Alison Goodman Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle A ConjuringContinue reading “17 books I want to read in ’17”