The Essential Guide To Bulbs by Jenny Rose Carey

The cover of this book drew me in as someone who does enjoy photographing nature, I was hoping and was happily so surprised by some beautiful detailed photo's of flowers blooming from bulb. Packed with chapters of detail about how to plant and nurture bulbs as a beginner with only a few mere daffodils, a pineapple plant and a passionflower in my garden so far this was a great guide for learning more about how to plant and nurture the bulbs to be strong beautiful flowers definitely a handy book to refer to.

Like I Don't Exist by Kaitlan C. Farrior

A beautiful poetry book, as every poetry book often is there's multiple poems I found so relatable. I love the poem The Shadow Author as it can feel like our life has a set story we're following along living what someone else had planned for us and not what we desire to live through and experience in any way. It is well set out and each poem is often set out in verse talking about a range of subjects such as, toxic relationships, lost love, grief and how it feels like the world has fallen apart around you how it altered that world around you forever too.

This Is Why I'm Tired by Faith Hubble

This collection of poetry focuses on Faith herself and the pressures she feels in daily life especially as a mother keeping everyone in the family and the house and daily tasks on track. A real eye-opening collection of poems how a busy house and family life can lead to feeling unnecessary mental loads. I myself am not a parent, however, the poem about mental tabs being open in your brain like a computer I have often said to people myself in my work, I've felt like there's too much on my shoulders to get through and I can fully relate to Faith feeling like tasks are never ending on many days it can make you stressed and lose sleep alike Faith herself wrote. This was an intriguing but nonetheless, honest look into life as an adult adapting to be a wife, mother, anchor for the household and shows how much mothers and parents take on in their households.

Don't Let Go by Autumn Graves

Firstly, the cover, simple and obvious imagery, don't let go of life or each other, who may be struggling, beautiful and simple design. Secondly, the actual poetry, is all about finding purpose and joy in dreaming and acting on to make a new brighter future happen by dreaming yourself there in the future with some positive thinking and actions. The nights can be dark, long, feel lonely but out there if you are awake struggling just remember, others are too out in this world, you are never alone, even if it feels like that sometimes.

Accumulated Poems by D Ortega

Beautiful poetry collection summing up growing up and life's events we can encounter over the years. My favourite from this collection was easily Broken Reflection I find it really true and relatable as well as the ending poem to poets and poetry lovers was a lovely note to us readers, writers and lovers of poetry indeed too.

Radio Boy by Christian O'Connell

Spike hosts a show on a hospital radio station only after getting fired as his show isn't very popular, he finds out he's being replaced by Graeme's gardening hour show!

Feeling down as radio is his passion, a dedicated member of his schools A/V club alongside friends Holly and Archie and encouraged by Mr Taggard his teacher, he sets up his own radio station from his shed at home thanks to his dad's credit card and permission.

Up against the school radio show which is pathetic as the head masters son runs it with no passion, Spike uses his pseudonym Radio Boy and it rockets him to popularity amongst the pupils even when he starts to let it all go to his head and demand no more homework and a protest that suddenly turns on its head to make them hunt Radio Boy and find out his true identity!

Full of hilarious antics, kooky characters including the headmaster and Graeme the gardener the book is a unique children's read with regular children as the protagonists. We witness all the antics and challenges Spike and his friends face and I hope it inspires future radio hosts and dj's as Spike makes it super fun!

To the Man I Loved Too Much by Gabrielle G

This poetry collection was relatable about love for a guy who doesn't love you right or the way you should be, toxic relationships, dealing with the hurt and jealousy that can leave you feeling and coping with. I C U, was such a clever play on words/letters and was my favourite from this collection of poetry about loving someone for everything flaws and all.

More Than Just Love by May L

Detailing all the little ways love has grown and been nurtured over time from accepting each other, making time and holding space for each other, this book details all the little intricacies we fall in love with in our partners that makes the loving bond all the more deeper and accepted. A short but sweet collection of poetry about feelings between two people in a loving relationship and appreciating them for all they are.

When He Leaves You by Michaela Angemeer

Starting from childhood venturing through life from dealing with parents separating and love breaking down, to finding love with someone for the first time and experiencing the relationship fall apart over time this book was another moving collection of short poetry. I found the most relatable poem in this selection, around the theme and idea of chasing bodily perfection with the author asking if she was smaller would he have stayed after losing her appetite after he left. I found it heart breaking and so relatable as someone who struggle with anorexia as a teen and been through a rough heartbreak too, I can't lie when I say I have felt exactly the same way. The take away from this book is to use it as a companion through heartbreak to realise the issues if he leaves are with him, though it may not feel like it, he would stay if he wanted despite you loving him without it being reciprocal you're better off keeping yourself happy l, someone else will appreciate and accept you for being you, wonderful as you are!

F*ckboy Love by Aria Hill

I will be honest I was completely intrigued by the title into reading this poetry collection having enjoyed Aria's last collection. I really related to aspects of the poems wanting to feel seen and wanted in a situationship/relationship and not knowing where you stand. The hoodie poem really stood out to me the most I feel a lot of us have an ex or partner we loved their hoodie for a time! A collection of poetry about acceptance of yourself deserving better than a waste of space relationship leaving you doubting yourself and desiring their attention when they look elsewhere, we all deserve healthy love.

For When She's Feeling Blue by Edgar Holmes

What a touching book, written by Edgar for his partner dealing with depression, such emotive and realistic poetry about life effected by depression which I utterly relate to. I particularly like the poem about men and Instagram, the relationship a guy liking other posts from other girls can effect their relationship with their parnet tremendously in this age. Such a simple yet impactful little poem that was to read and mull over and very much common sense that some guys overlook their real life relationship for the one with their phone. It was a great poetry book for anyone struggling feeling alone and low, this book I feel sums up perfectly how our partners can feel about our silent struggle when it gets overwhelmingly dark for us.

Breathless by Pam Withers

Beverly goes to Hawaii to stay with her Uncle Tom and do some diving which she loves.

However wanting to be noticeable and desirable to guys, she doesn't eat anything wanting to lose ten pounds in ten days and as the crash diet takes hold of her accidents occur...

This book was very realistic about the effects on your body from not eating anything for a long stretch of time. The struggles she goes through with her health is very real and the repercussions made this book a gripping quick read. The relationship with Garth, a diving instructor to me was unclear whether e was trying to push her or even harm her but by the ending seems doubted by Beverly herself despite her struggles. Overall it was still worth a read.

Hello Grief by by Alessandra Olanow

I had to read this book after discovering it after a loss of a beloved friend in my life that came from nowhere. It was completely unexpected and so finding a book to relate to my feelings someone else had felt to some part too felt natural to me. I have to say it was a great book to read with short snappy poetry, illustrations showing how you may be feeling, from regrets and things left unsaid to just learning how to adapt and cope in the new situation without that person you're missing. The drawing that got me most, was the desire to hug the person and now you can't and never will again and regretting being unable to tell them what they meant to you, so badly, it honestly made me tear up thinking of times I've gone to text my friend new songs or funny videos and now can't. An astonishingly relatable book and a companion book to realise your grief is valid for the person you are missing most reach out and give this book a go if you are feeling alone in your grief and be kind to yourself.

Learning To Love Myself by Alex Aubrey

This was a great collection of short but impactful poetry of common sense and advice, real straight talk. If a relationship doesn't make you happy, walk away because someone else, even yourself can love you better. As Alex also says, never change yourself to make someone love you, put yourself first being you, someone will love you for that and who you are, learn to walk away from any situation you aren't happy in and you are capable of the right love, self love.

Even Flowers Don't Like Being Steeped On By Kaitlan C. Farrior

This book really personified flowers in each poem they were described as bwing human like in character which was really fun to think about and how nurturing flowers alike checking in on people can help them be supported to grow and be strong and resilient. A beautiful idea for a collection of poetry.

We Bloom In The Dark By Aria Hill

With themes of trying to please your parents born into a life of trying to be enough, good enough, for everyone else and trying to find your identity, struggles with depression and how it separates you from who you are at your core and who you crave to be yet yearn for that wanting to get well. Aria's writing is so relatable and refreshing to me documenting feelings in short impactful poetry about the struggles life can give us in the background we grow from.

Breathing In Broken Spaces by Belinda Daou

This was a beautiful collection of poetry on love and feelings from the time in the relationship and how reflecting on love lost makes you feel. How so deep into the relationship you can lose who you were as you become a team, a duo, so when that ends how your life can feel so much different to before, after giving that person and relationship your everything to keep the love alive and going. The poems touch on themes of love to hate, hope to commiserations, endings and beginnings of relationships and the feelings that leaves you dealing with and how broken that relationship can leave you to grieve and heal alone from. If you are going through a heartbreak and need a book to show you how you feel is valid and others get how you feel in their own circumstances, this collection of poetry is easily one to pick up and find instant relatability in feelings.

Just Trying To Exist By Aria Hill

Well from the first introductory page from the author herself, Aria, explaining why and how she came to write this book I have to say I can relate to her struggles growing up she references as I think many people will do, I have to say putting her honest experience in the book made it feel all the more personal from the start. The poems start from time before the pandemic, feelings during and feeling a sense of loss of life for how it was always so busy and friends and joy that seemed very far removed how social media became a sour, though once happy, place to turn to reminding you of old normal life. There was also discussion I'm saying a trigger warning here for, domestic abuse, alcohol abuse, eating disorders and isolation, each showing their effects of the author and her life at the time. Overall, this collection of poetry is one of my favourites I read it in one sitting to feel it then again to gather my thoughts and feel mu relatable feelings with the authors story. The final poem, You Made It, was easily the most truest reflection of past and hope for future and present, a poem of sorts to is all reading to realise life can get better. An astonishingly wonderful, emotion rich debut for an author I will absolutely be keeping up reading poetry from. I will end by saying this, love is in the little actions repeatedly showing you how well you are seen and loved for how and who your are which is unique, a whole message I have always felt close to telling others hence my online social handles, a message I can totally get behind pushing everyone to realise their unique person they are is special and wonderful, remember that today, read of this review.

Chasing Euphoria by Nicole Mcallister

All about falling in love and the pain when it comes apart at the seams of the relationship breaking down from the happy place you were in. That being said, the author depicts the beauty in finding a love within yourself that is enough to carry on and enjoy the simple beauty the world around us brings everyday which I feel all the more is aided by the simple lovely cover for the book. After all, the sky and clouds are works of nature's art we are all lucky enough to witness and can't create ourselves.

My Story & Me by Kate Rosewood

This was a beautiful poetry book by Kate, is very honest opening up about her feelings of never feeling enough which I'm sure a lot of us can relate to and how when trying to please others so often you forget to do what makes you happy most of all. Each poem was powerful in it's writing tone and cleverly crafted to be so impactful and of course I can't not mention the use of colour, images and drawings to annotate many of the poems and give them even more of a personal touch too.

Love In Bloom Volume 2 The Darkness & The Light by Cheryl Bradshaw

This book was a really raw read facing some dark painful topics of abuse, rape and miscarriage. As someone who has friends who've deal with these separate situations this book hit me all the more honest each poem was at depicting each terrifying situation the author found herself in for the first part entitled The Darkness. However, in The Light part after all the pain life has shown and brought, Cheryl we see how adventure and love can change your life and in one poem, a note to single women, which I really agree with letting in a guy who you randomly meet and connect with, it does happen at some point I can agree! Another moving and emotional poetry book but definitely a trigger warning here for anyone who may find the subjects mentioned upsetting.

She Deserves Better by Anika Kaur

Great poetry collection full of candid raw poems of love, lust and coping with relationships breaking up and the aftermath. Wtitten in a mix long and short poems this collection may have varying lengths of poems but still pack so kuch emotion in each one a really beautiful collection of how love can near break you. My favourite poems were by far these two, Vulnerable and Hope, the themes are strong and raw and just made me feel so seen and heard in how I've felt in love before.