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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...

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Anti-Valentines Reads (also known as these books will break your heart)

It's Tuesday which means that it is time for a Top Ten Tuesday post. This week's topic is ten anti-valentines reads. 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: Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler 

Why We Broke Up


Number 9: Take Back The Skies by Lucy Saxon 

Take Back the Skies (Take Back the Skies, #1)


Number 8: Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider

Extraordinary Means


Number 7: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl


Number 6: All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 

All the Bright Places


Number 5: In Bloom by Matthew Crow

In Bloom


Number 4: Severed Heads, Broken Hearts by Robyn Schneider

Severed Heads, Broken Hearts


Number 3: The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1)


Number 2: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak 

The Book Thief

Number 1: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars


What topic did you do this week? Do you have any anti-valentines reads? Leave them in the comments below. 

See you soon, 

Amy

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