An image from the book review app Storygraph of my January 2025 reading wrap-up (8 books, 2728 pages, average rating 3.81 stars)
Januaryβs reading wrap-up (via Storygraph!)
To those of you who don't know me: I'm Laila. I write MG fiction, mostly set in an alternate Egypt, which is where I live (well, in the real version). I've got 2 books out with Chicken House, and one on the way! Pleased to meet you! #kidlit #kidlituk #mglit
Image is of a TV showing the character John Locke, from Lost
They donβt make characters like him anymore!!!
Okay so what verb are we using to describe posting on here? Keep automatically saying βtweetedβ
The final installment of the Aliya series is out in May! Am in love with this cover.
The final installment of the Aliya series is out in May. Am in love with this cover!
Germany, here we come!
Picking up the violin again this year has completely transformed my Sunday evenings, itβs so lovely to spend that time doing something creative rather than worrying about the week to come!
Isnβt it gorgeous!
Very happy to see TDD: Murder by Mistake on the Berkshire Book Award Longlist for 2025! That's some awesome company to be in. Thanks for the nod Berkshireπ
@lucyirvine93.bsky.social
Image is a screenshot of the National Book Tokens annual hidden books game
Itβs that time of year!!
Thrilled about Samantha Harveyβs booker win for ORBITAL, would highly recommend it if you want to cry about space and earth and life and death
HELLO itβs my balloon day today so if youβd like to buy or pre-order my books that would be lovely:
MLLATA: amzn.eu/d/hvFbo1k
SAOWTD: amzn.eu/d/iPvY4rc
As I have already read them (hoho) I have donated to UNICEF to help the children of Gaza: www.unicef.org.uk/donate/child...
πTHE UNDYING TOWERπ
π Stunning new cover
π₯ Explosive opening
βοΈ Dystopian landscape
β³ 5% people live forever
βοΈβπ₯ The other 95% enslave them
π Out NOW!
π Welcome to the Avalonia Zone
π amzn.eu/d/hZGuc48
𧑠SOULMATES AND OTHER WAYS TO DIE π§‘
βοΈ Dystopian romance
𧑠Everyone has a soulmate
π But if they die, you do too
π Itβs Official - Love Kills
π₯ Soulmates
ποΈ Only One Bed
βοΈ Itβs the End of the World
π‘οΈ Enemies to Lovers
π Love Wins
π Out NOW!
π amzn.eu/d/2s2mE33
I am doing a big Lost rewatch with my flatmate (who is watching for the first time) and weβve just got to The Constant, I am EXCITED
Receiving a bunch of new follows today might well be the push I needed to abandon twitter for good - I rarely post anymore but havenβt yet beaten the scrolling habit. Going to try and make a conscious effort to divert that time here instead!
Spotted at the stands!
Hello Frankfurt! #FBF23
Zoom in - james acaster!!!
Tall ship docked in St Katherineβs Dock with the beginnings of sunset in the background
Hello! Hereβs a cool boat I saw at St Katherine Dock last night on the way to the Jericho Writers Ultimate Novel Writing Course dinner
