Gemma ๐
@gemmasbookshelf
28 / bookaholic ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Freelance content writer & beta reader. Goodreads 2025 challenge: 45/100. Check out my book blog below!
Hello to all my new followers! I am a book blogger and provide regular reviews, book tours and bookish posts. There is also a section for review requests if any authors are interested! Please check out my blog, any likes and subscribes are appreciated! gemmasbookshelf.wordpress.com
My next read is Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli! ๐ What are you reading this weekend?
A very fun and funny #fantasy story about a girl who find a dragon egg in a world where dragons are supposed to be extinct๐ง๐๐ฅ A finalist in the #IndieInkAwards2024 #BookReview: #Upscaled by #JosephJohnLee thestrawberrypost.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/booโฆ #IndieInkAwards #bookblogger #books
Today, for Selp-Published Author Appreciation Week #SPAAW I have a review of Coal Gets in your Veins by Cat Rector. An urban fantasy taking on generational trauma and proving that vampires are not the worst monsters in an ex-coalmining town pagechewing.com/coal-gets-in-yโฆ #sff #vampire
A whimsical book today, I just couldnโt resist the cover. Here are my thoughts on book five of my summer reading challenge, DallerGut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee ๐๐ซ #bookblogger #books #bookish #BookTwitter #BookReview #20BooksOfSummer2025 everywhere-and-nowhere.com/2025/07/24/dalโฆ
๐โจBook Giveaway Alert!๐โจ Who would like to win... Not one... Not two... But THREE books? I have the full collection of A Lizzie Hardwicke Mystery by @clarkegeorgina1 to giveaway! A special thanks to @verve_books for allowing me to run this giveaway! Ways to enterโฆโฆ
Finally starting this! I've been told it's going to make me sob ๐ญ Have you read it yet? What book are you reading now?๐ #booktwitter
A lot of great books this year! I certainly will be buying the ones that I loved from round 1 that didn't make it through! ๐
That's our 81 finalists (due to a tie at 80th place) all announced in alphabetical order. Congratulations to you all and see you in round two!!
This month's Stephen King subscription from @bertsbooks ! Have you read this one?
My next read ready for my spot on the book tour on the 21st!
On the blog today I have an #excerpt #extract from Murder Most Wilde by #author Helen Golden. tinyurl.com/5ycw5u2r @rararesources #blogtour #ReadersCommunity #readersoftwitter #booklovers #bookworms #fiction #bookseries #fiction #booktwt #bookcover #bookX #BookRecommendations
I've not been able to read for about a week due to work ๐ญ๐ญ I just miss books ๐
Today marks the start of @harrogatefestivals #theakstonscrime so for #ThrillerThursday here is a stack with just some of my favourite thriller writers! I am very excited to be attending the festival for the first time, will you be there? Please say hi if so!๐ #BookTwitter
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I really can't be trusted when I go into waterstones! And when I see that buy one get one half price sticker, it's so over ๐๐
So excited for the euros to finally start today but that means less reading time ๐ซ โฝ๏ธ
Preorder Hydra's Wake! amazon.com/dp/B0FC5LXCVT The best creature feature around is coming back August 5th! #Books #Scifi #Horror #Fantasy #Kaiju #Hydra #Steampunk
- COVER REVEAL - I am very excited to reveal the cover of Estella's Fury, the sequel to Estella's Revenge, by Barbara Havelocke @BCopperthwait โค๏ธ I loved Estella's Revenge when I reviewed it last year, and I can't wait to read this as well! #EstellasFury #BarbaraHavelocke