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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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Three Year Blogging Anniversary and GIVEAWAY (CLOSED)

So if you could not see by the title of the blog post, it has been three years since I posted my first blog post. I can happily say that this blog has changed a lot in three years, We have gone through different layouts, different content posts. Quite a bit has changed but I am still here! This blog has increased my passion for reading and has been a way that I can spread this with everyone in this community. This has led me to read some incredible books and interact with some great people and I can happily say that I feel part of the community. 

Since my first year, I hoped to track the changes in my blogging life especially in terms of my reading life. So let's get started...
Q1) Favourite Book

The Book ThiefThe Book Thief by Marcus Zusak- OK so this one hasn't changed. A book still has not beaten how I feel about this book. Let the hunt continue...






Q2) What book do you hope to read in the next year?
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Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman- This was my answer last year and let's face it I need to read this one!







Q3) Most anticipated read? 

 Image result for floored bookFloored by Various Authors- I already have an e-ARC from Netgalley so hopefully, I can read this one soon...







Q4) Which topic would you most like to write about on the blog within the next year?

I mentioned in the last two that I would like to write about the concept of strong female characters in general and this is something that I would love to do. This needs to happen 

Q5) Favourite Blog Post?

I really do like my Turning 21 post. 
Image result for november criminals bookQ6) Book you hate?
I dislike a lot of negative things about books but I can not support a book that has Holocaust jokes and this is the November Criminals by Sam Munson so you can guess why I hate this book...





Q7) Which author do you want to meet and why?

John Green- I love John Green. I will probably never meet him but I really want to.
Just Don't Mention ItQ8) Current read?

Just Don't Mention It by Estelle Maskame- I am really enjoying it so far. 



Invisible GhostsQ9) Next on your TBR?


Invisible Ghosts by Robyn Schneider- I really love Robyn Schneider so I am really excited to read this one!



Q10) What is next for your blog?

Onwards and Upwards I hope!!

OK now on to the giveaway! So as a celebration of this blog is 3 years old, I thought I would do a giveaway. This is not going to be your average giveaway as I am going to give a book to a winner that has been my favourite which I have read in the last year. 

 The winner will be able to select from the following: 
  • Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
  • Panther by David Owen
  • A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland
  • It Only Happens In The Movies by Holly Bourne
  • Giant Days Vol 1 by John Allison 
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
  • The Museum of Heartbreak by Meg Leder
  • Geekerella by Ashley Poston
  • Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
  • The Good Immigrant Edited by Nikesh Shukla
  • Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart
  • Things A Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls 
  • Street Song by Sheena Wilkinson 
  • Everless by Sara Holland
  • Scythe by Neal Shusterman


 The competition is for those over the age of 18 or those with consent from their parents. The winner will be contacted by Twitter and the giveaway with close on the 15th July. Due to privacy laws, I will delete any trace of your address after the giveaway has taken place. By entering this giveaway, you are consenting that you are allowing me to use your data, your twitter, email and address. As I am using Gleam for the giveaway, you can find out more about GDPR here. 

 Now on to the real giveaway...

3rd Anniversary Blog Giveaway

Good luck and here is to three more years!

 See you soon, 

 Amy

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