Book tube videos I have been loving


Even though I havent been reading much due to the book slump to end all book slumps (See here) I have been watching a lot of book tube videos. It's one of my favourite things to do so I thought I would do a post sharing some recent favourite videos from some of my favourite booktubers.

 First up is some videos from Emma @ Emmma books who is I can say truthfully my favourite booktuber. I love all her videos but I recently loved her 13 reasons why series discussion which you can check out below.

Next I found this video in the suggestions bit of my fed and when I started watching it I couldn't stop. It's a 25 minute video with the title of This is literally the worst book I have ever read and Lily C the creator was amazing. The book sounds terrible but it's Lily that kept me there. Check it out.


I have discovered a couple of new channels in the last while and am not one for subbing to new bookish channels but I have two.

First up is Epic Reads this is a channel from Harper Collins and its there YA section Epic Reads. I follow them on all other social media platforms but didn't on YouTube I don't know why. One of there videos I really enjoyed was The Siren by Keira Cass told with dolls, it was hilarious. Check it out.


Finally I discovered Kristin @ Super Space Chick. when I find a new channel I love I go and watch all there videos from the beginning. I know I lead such an exciting life, it does take me ages but I love bookish videos so I know I always have some in back up when I need a fix. One of Kristins latest videos that I enjoyed was a book haul. Who doesn't love a no haul?


What are some booktubers you love? Any I should check out. Leave me a comment below!

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Okay So Booksically Tag



It's time for another book tag. This one I am excited to do as the questions are different than the usual questions you get in tags. This tag was created by Andrew @ OK So Booksically on YouTube. Let's go!

1) Tell us about your blog name and your real name


So my blog is called Readingawaythedays as I like to read away my days *winky face* my sister is actually the one that came up with the name. I am great at making names up for everyone else but I just couldn't make one up for myself. And my real name is Megan.

2) Open Instagram search and chat about the first three images

I love Instagram especially bookstagram photos. Cheeky little plug you can follow me at @ Megan_readingawaythedays


These where the first three images that popped up and of course there bookstagram photos. 

1) The lovely blue books are by The night court bookworm and I love blue book covers. These are so pretty.

2) The photo of the awesome Funko pops is by Pops Hearts Books I love Funko pops and I need more in my life. This account has so many Funko pops am jealous!

3) The photo of the awesome Grisha Trilogy is by Elephant Tales this is a trilogy I really want to read!

3) Your Favourite song to listen to while your reading/writing and how many times you have listened to it

I don't like to listen to music while I read as I need total silence but I do like to while am blogging or just on social media. I have a playlist on YouTube where I have songs that am really into at the time called songs of 2017 it has a list of some new songs am loving as some older songs am into again. I make one every  year and am always updating it. Recently I have been listening to on repeat Fall out Boys lastest song Young and Meanace and Clean Bandit, symphony feat Zara Larrson. You can check it my playlist here

4) Your Favourite book on your bookshelf at the moment

I am cheating a little but probably my Peter Pan collection as there so pretty. And yes I had to take a screen shoot of my own photo as I got a new phone and it didn't  save all my Instagram pics :(


5) Fave bookish thing you love to use as a prop in your pictures or videos 

I am really into cacti and succulents at the minute and I love to use my succulent in my bookstagram photos. It's a fake one from Primark but I do want to get some real ones.


6) Three books you are dying to re-read but probably never will

I love 're reading books but I don't tend to 're read standalone books bar Where rainbows End by Cecilia Ahern which I read every year. So three books that I loved and am dying to 're read but probably never will are;


A little in love by Susan Fletcher which I always call my hidden gem 

The Help by Kathryn Stockett which I loved and the movie was fantastic as well.

All the bright places by Jennifer Niven which you all know broke me.

7) Amazing bookish finds. This can be books, bookish things or bookish moments 

I am going to go for a fave bookish moment and that is any time my favourite author Deborah Harkness likes or replies to any of my tweets or Instagrams. I love social media for the fact that you can interact so easily and to get that small interaction from your favourite author.

8) Finally hottest author (s)/ author crush

I don't usually have any crushes on authors but Pierce Brown is always nice to look at even though I haven't read his books :)

That was such a fun book tag. I am going to tag one of my favourite bloggers , booksagrammers and Booktuber to do the tag:

Blogger: Lisa and Becca from @Lost in lit which is know real surprise as I love these ladies. There Instagram accounts are amazing as well 

Bookstagrammer:  Abi @ The Squeaky Cupboard her photos are goals

Booktuber: Emma from Emmma Books who is my favourite person to watch. I love all get videos 

One question I didn't answer was Open Youtube and talk about the first three videos you see. Feel free to answer it if you wish.

Let me know some of your answers to the questions below

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Hello World!

It has been a while since I posted and the reason is I have been in a major book slump and I have some theories on that which I will get to. This year I started out so strong with my reading, reading 11 books in January and then 9 books in February and then the mother of all book slumps hit. I haven't had a book slump like this in years I think since reading All the bright places by Jennifer Niven that left me grieve stricken.

So I said I have some theories of why I was in a book slump and am not sure if it was necessarily one of these but a combination.
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1) I read so many books in the first few months of the year and I am usually a slow reader and I just think after reading so many I lost some of my reading power (Yes I have reading powers)


2) I was reading a lot of adult\new adult romance in fact I have only read one YA book this year and it as a novella at that and they all just started to meagre together. I just felt like I was reading the same story over and over again with different character names and setting.



3) And the last reason is I read a book called Royal Affair by Parker Swift and I loved it so much it left me in a slump because I needed the next book. Thankfully I did get an early copy of the second book and did read it last month, that being the only book I did read but when I heard the first book in mid February I just couldn't stop thinking about it.


 So that is a few of the reasons I think I was in a slump. Now I am not totally out of it but am getting there. And I hope I continue to start to crawl out of my reading slump cave.
How do you get out of a reading slump? My usual way of reading some of my favourite books did not help!
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Blog Tour: Hard Justice by Lori Foster Excerpt & Giveaway



About HARD JUSTICE:

Playing it safe has never felt so dangerous…

Justice Wallington knows how to harness his strength and intimidating size—skills he put to good use first in the MMA cage, and now as a bodyguard at the Body Armor agency. But no opponent has ever left him feeling as off balance as his new client, heiress Fallon Wade. Far from a spoiled princess, she’s sweet and intriguingly innocent. It’s a risk-free assignment, until he’s required to fake a relationship with her in order to blend in.

Sheltered from the world after a family tragedy, Fallon longs to experience life—going to bars, dancing, talking to strangers. Not easy with a huge, lethal-looking bodyguard shadowing her every move. Justice seems like her polar opposite, but pretending to be a couple stirs undeniable heat. And when danger strikes again, it’s not just her safety in jeopardy, but a passion that’s real, raw and absolutely against the rules…

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Excerpt 

It took Fallon a few seconds more to get her feet moving, then she darted to the closet with new excitement. Shoot, even having a bodyguard would be an adventure when the bodyguard looked like him.

She stepped into her flat-heeled shoes, found a cardigan to pull on over her top and chose a scarf to drape around her neck. She didn’t particularly like the outfit, but no way would she make him wait while she went through her wardrobe.

After one last fluff of her brown hair and a quick swipe of gloss over her lips, Fallon squared her shoulders, filled her lungs with a fortifying breath for courage and ventured forth.

The second she stepped out, she heard his deep voice and paused to listen.

“No need to worry. I’ll cover her.”
Her father choked, turned it into a cough, and said with authority, “She is not to be alone. Not for a single second.”
“Promise I’ll stick real close.”
Alarmed, her father corrected, “But not too close.”
“Just close enough, then.”
“No one is to get too cozy with her either.”
“No cozy shenanigans,” he said. “Got it.”
“She’s naive and doesn’t understand that thugs—” here her father paused for effect, his narrowed gaze on the man “—might try to use her to get to her wealth.”
“Yeah? That’s happened before?”

“Well…no.” Her father harrumphed in that familiar way that showed his annoyance. “But it’s a very real concern.”


Author Bio


LORI FOSTER is a New York Times, USA TODAY and Publishers Weeklybestselling author of more than 55 titles, beloved for her contemporary romance novels revolving around alpha males and the women they fall for. Lori has been a recipient of the prestigious RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy, and for Contemporary Romance. For more about Lori, visit her website at LoriFoster.com, or check out these online locations where she interacts with readers: Facebook.com/LoriFoster, Twitter.com/LoriLFoster, Goodreads and Pinterest.com/lorilfoster.

You can also sign up for her monthly newsletter at LoriFoster.com/Newsletter.


Grab your copy of UNDER PRESSURE the first book in the series here!


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My First Booktube Video

I posted my first booktube video. It was scary , exciting and I was so nervous. I did a book tag as I thought it would be the easiest. Check it out:


Thoughts? Do you like watching book tube videos?
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Pick n Mix Book Tag

I love a good book tag and Sarah @ The Book Life recently created the Pick n Mix Tag and I just had to do it. You can check out Sarah's video here



1. Fizzy Blue Bottles. They look strange, and they taste strange, but you like them. Name a book or series with a really strange plot that you couldn't help but love.

First question and I don't have an answer. I can't think of any that had a strange plot. I would like to know your answer below.

2. The Metre. It goes on forever. Name the longest book series you have read.

I love a long series and I think the longest I have read was The Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris at 13 books.

3. Chocolate Raisins. No amount of chocolate can hide what's inside. Name a book with a disappointing cover but an interesting story.

This is probably a sin to say but I don't love the covers of the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness even though it is my fave series of all time. The story is definitely better than the cover.

4. Chocolate Mice. They look sweet, but they're secretly vermin. Name a book that surprised you with it's villain. (Be careful not to give spoilers!)

I don't really read a book with a lot of villains in it but some of villains in the Harry Potter series surprised me as a lot of them weren't all villain some fell into a grey area. 

5. Hard Gums. You take a bite, but almost break your teeth. Which book or series was really difficult to get into?

I found it really hard to get into The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern. I don't think I was in the right frame of mind when I first went into it but I would like to give it a try again.

6. Cola Bottles. Some are sweet, some are sour. Name two similar books, one that you loved and one that you didn't like. 

After by Anna Todd and Paper Princess by Erin Watt are quite similar however I really liked After and just felt meh about Paper Princess, I didn't totally dislike it but it just didn't live up to the hype for me.

7. Fried Eggs. Some people love them, some people hate them. Others feel quite indifferent to them. Pick a book that matches how you feel about fried eggs. 

I love a fried egg and a book I love is the Fifty Shades Trilogy by E L James and people can be indifferent to this trilogy.

8. Smarties. No matter what you do, they're everywhere. Name a trend or trope you are tired of reading.

Fairy tale retelling or retelling's in general. Please stop!

9. Gummy Bears. Name your favourite fictional creature or animal.

I could go with an obvious one from Harry Potter which of course would be Dobby but one of my recent faves is Grimalkin for the Iron Fey Series by Julie Kawaga.

10. Pick n Mix! So many sweets, so much variety. Name one/some of your favourite diverse books! 

I hate to admit this but I don't read a lot of diverse books and I know it's a big topic this year in literature. I would like some suggestions below please. One I do want to read is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.

If you want to do the Pick N Mix tag I tag you!

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#Review The Iron King (The Iron Fey #1) by Julie Kawaga

Today I have a review of The Iron King by Julie Kawaga. This is the first book in the Iron Fey Series, a YA Fantasy. This is an older series that started in 2010 but it is one I am so glad I have started.

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Blurb

Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined.

Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at home.

When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.

But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil, no faery creature dare face; and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart. 

The Iron King is a book I have had on my TBR since I started blogging back in 2011. Recently I have been reading a lot of new adult/adult romance and I just needed a bit of YA in my life and I especially needed something not of this world. So I decided to pick up The Iron King. The thing about my reading tastes is I don't tend to read fantasy books, one of the only ones I can remember reading is The Winners Curse by Marie Rutkoski which I did enjoy. So I went into The Iron King unsure how I would get on with it.

 I am happy to say I really enjoyed The Iron King giving it 3.5*. I think it helped that this book started in the real world and then went into the Nevernever, the world in the series. It helped me feel that this wasn't pure fantasy and I didn't feel confused or out of my depth. Having not read much or felt comfortable reading fantasy this really helped.

 I really liked a lot of the characters, there where so many interesting characters to explore. Meghan was our main leading lady and I liked her as a character, I liked seeing her growth though out the story. I also liked that we are learning about the world of Nevernever and its rules along with Meghan. I also liked both Ash and Puck, the love interests. From reading it I can tell this is going to be a love triangle so if that is something you don't like be aware of it. But I definitely feel Meghan knows who she want's I don't think Meghan leads one on more than the other.

 The Iron King is based on A Midsummers Night Dreams by Shakesphere, having not read the play I can't tell you how much is based on it but having not read it I didn't feel out of my depth. The "creature" of this series is Fey and if you know me you know I don't really get on with Fey and Mermaids they are creatures that I never really like in books but I loved the Fey in this book and all the other creatures you meet. Especially Grimalkin, a talking cat that really reminded me of the cat from Alice in Wonderland.

 The world of the Nevernever was amazing I could picture it so vividly which says a lot about Julie Kawaga's writing. I loved her writing and descriptions of everything really made me feel like I was there.

 The Iron King is a fast paced, edge of your seat read and the plot was like a roller coaster you jump on it and keep going. I loved the use of technology in this book, I think talking a bit too much about it would give some things away but all I can say is I definitely get what the author is trying to say and when I have read the series I want to do a spoiler talk about this series.

 Overall I really enjoyed The Iron King and can't wait to start the next book.
It seems I had a lot to say about The Iron King. If you managed to read this far, your awesome. Have you read this series? Thoughts? 
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