Stranger Things Book Tag

What's up bloggers? Today I'm opting to do a post that's a little different to my usual reviews because I think this is super fun, and very relevant right now! I've seen these book tag prompts doing the rounds again and decided I want to join in - this is the Stranger Things Book Tag! …

A Small Life Update – 2021

Hello and Happy whatever-day-it-is-when-you-read-this-post! I thought I'd post something a little different today; basically a small explanation as to where I've been this past year. Long story short, 2021 was a busy year! As some of you may know, back at the end of 2020 my partner and I bought out first house together, and …

Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2022

Hello friends, and welcome back to Sammy's Shelf! I don't event want to look at the date I last posted to my blog because I know it was an embarrassingly long time ago. I have an excuse, but I've decided to put my life-update in another post (here) so this one can focus solely on …

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YALC

So I think there will be lots of people who are really missing Comic Con and other conventions this year. This weekend was supposed to be the London Film & Comic Con as well as the Young Adult Literature Convention at Olympia, and whilst I'm glad they've been able to move certain things online, it …

WARNER BROS. STUDIO TOUR LONDON – DARK ARTS SEASON

"A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more swooped over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkin stutter." —The Great Hall on Hallowe'en Like many UK-based Harry Potter fans I have visited the Warner Bros. Studio Tours at Leavesden multiple times. But I'd never …

LFCC & YALC 2019: DAY 3

Getting into YALC: I don't even remember what was wrong with the TFL network on this day but it wasn't working properly. Again. Slightly different timing today with the ARC drops though; it was deemed too dangerous for people to just run around the place trying to grab all the ARCs first, so for those …

LFCC & YALC 2019: DAY 2

The Journey: I should probably just leave this bit out after this post as the entire weekend I didn’t actually have a “normal” journey either to or from YALC. Curse you TFL. Today however, I at least had some company on my journey! My life-long BFF Abby (her wonderful blog can be found here) was …

LFCC & YALC 2019: DAY 1

Today was a pretty quiet day for me in terms of planned book signings, and I still hadn’t really made my mind up about which of the LFCC actor signings I wanted to attend. So Day 1 was about scouting out the stalls and YALC and LFCC, entering as many of the giveaways as I …

THE LOVER BOOK TAG

Good evening, readers! Today I'm partaking in The Lover Book Tag (lovingly created by Vicky (@whatvickyread)) and as a big Taylor Swift fan and bookworm, this is perfect! I've tagged a few people at the bottom to carry on the chain, but even if you're not tagged, feel free to take part! If you do …

AN EVENING WITH JAY KRISTOFF: DARKDAWN EVENT

Warning: this post contains strong language. But don't worry, it is spoiler free, gentlefriends. This event came and went far too quickly, I also feel like I massively missed my chance for an awesome question to ask Mister Kristoff. But I did say "Hi", get some of my books signed, and get a photo to …