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  About Amy Hello, I'm Amy, an aspiring motorsports writer and former blogger.  If you dig deeper enough, you find some very old blog posts, as this started as a book blog, but that's really where I got my start in writing: book reviews, hot book topics and as well as the odd personal essay.  After leaving university, I left the book blog behind, but continued writing and going in the world of social media, writing film reviews and promoting queer cinema, but after a tragic event in my personal life, I quickly discovered Motorsports.  What started as a love for Formula 1, while finally watching the Formula 1 film, Rush, and discovering Formula 1 TikTok, this love soon expanded to everything Formula E, IndyCar, Formula 2, Formula 3, as well as F1 Academy.  I soon found the itch to write come back, with the fast-moving news of motorsport, to the drama, the competition, and the journey of drivers trying to find a race seat. I found that it was the people and storie...
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For The First Half of 2016

It's Tuesday which means that it is time for a Top Ten Tuesday post. This week's topic is my most anticipated releases for the first half of 2016. The Top Ten Tuesday feature was created by The Broke and the Bookish and more about it can be found here. Let's get started...

Number 10: Square Root of Summer by  

 The Square Root of SummerI have heard people get excited about this book and I am one of them. This book's premise seems interesting and the UK cover is pretty. I really want to read.








Number 9: Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard

 Beautiful Broken ThingsIn the UK this book has been getting a lot of hype on the blogging scene where everyone is saying just how good it is and I want to get reading this. I actually have it from netgalley so I guess I can read it already. I need to get on it...







Number 8: Crush by Eve Ainsworth

 CrushThis another one that I am really excited about when I saw the cover reveal earlier year as it is stunning. The premise is also interesting dealing with domestic abuse which I have never read about before. The reviews for this have already started and I really want to read soon. 






Number 7: Waiting for Callback by Perdita and Honor Cargill 

 Waiting for CallbackThis sounds like a really cute contemporary that I will actually like to read. This is another where bloggers have been getting it early and it is making eager to read it. 








Number 6: Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

 Radio SilenceI read Soltaire this year by the same author and I definitely want to read it. It has an interesting premise and I can not wait to get my hands on this book. 







Number 5: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken 

 Passenger (Passenger, #1)This has been really hyped up by a lot of bloggers and booktubers who say that this a cool time travel novel which really interesting. I need to get it as soon as it comes out. 







Number 4: Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

 Truthwitch (The Witchlands, #1)This is yet another book that has been hyped up by so many bloggers and booktubers that I really want to read. This is another that I need to get my hands on. I also really want to read more fantasy so this may be a good start. 







Number 3: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton 

 Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1)This is again one that has been getting a lot of hype for along time as I knew about at YALC in August and I am really excited about it. I am also reeally excited for this!!!







Number 2: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

 Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1)Cassandra Clare is one of my favourite authors and I love the TID and TMI series so when Lady Midnight comes out in March I know that I am going to buy it. It will most likely be on the release day, I am so excited to get into this world again!!!






Number 1: How Hard Can Love Be? by Holly Bourne 

 How Hard Can Love Be? (Normal, #2)This is the second book in a series by Holly Bourne after Am I Normal Yet? which was my favourite book of this year so I definitely want to read this one. It will definitely be interesting to see where this story goes as it follows Amber instead of Evie being more of a companion series.  





What are your most anticipated releases for the first half of 2016? Leave them in the comments below.

 See you soon, 

 Amy

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