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Pretty Little Memoirs – Award Winning YA Book Blog
the story of pretty little memoirs

sharing my favourite reads since 2012

meet becca!

the writer behind the blog
Welcome friends! I’m so happy you’re here

My name is Becca and this is my blog, Pretty Little Memoirs.

I am twenty-seven years old (not a proper adult, yet, right?), but I’ve been blogging here since I was sixteen. Books have always been my greatest passion and ever since the mobile library would stop by my primary school every fortnight, I’ve been enamoured by story worlds and fictional characters. Reading truly is like my own personal heaven. I’m from the ever-rainy South Wales in the United Kingdom, just beside England on the map (I don’t mind the rain, though, because it’s perfect reading weather.)

My other hobbies include writing, coding, playlist-making, baking, makeup and spending time with my family. I love shades of green (even my car is green) and will always be a cat lady at heart. I’ve had a chronic illness since I was fourteen, and live with it to this day. My greatest dream is to become the author of a Young Adult novel, which I am working toward.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

a little more about the blog

I began blogging in 2012, turning my hobby of reading into an expression of my thoughts. This blog has been through some major changes throughout it’s years of existence and I am so grateful for the outpouring of support through it all. Pretty Little Memoirs was born of my love for my two favourite books (at the time) Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. I decided to make my first blog post about the sixth book in the Morganville Vampire series—Carpe Corpus—by Rachel Caine, an author that not only supported me throughout the years, but was a huge inspiration for my own writing. 

Throughout my blogging career, I’ve been honoured to be featured as Top 5 YA Bloggers by Reading Hack, and grateful to have won and be nominated for several awards for the design, creation and content on my blog. My reviews have been featured in print inside The 100 series books by Kass Morgan, among many others, and shared on news outlets such as Buzzfeed, where I am a part-time creator and contributor.


get to know me

FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT

cornwall and london

favorite tv show to binge

teen wolf, one tree hill & vampire diaries

MY birth chart

☉ aries, ☾ aries, ↑ cancer

SECRET TALENT

augmented reality creator (insta & tiktok filters)

I’D SPEND my whole paycheck on

books and candles

COFFEE order

venti iced chai or peppermint frap

MY HAPPY PLACE

in a bookstore or watching Nancy Meyers movies in bed

MY GUILTY PLEASURE

twilight saga marathon & we bare bears

forever ON REPEAT

anything Taylor Swift or Lana Del Rey

CURRENTLY READING

i’m supposed to say just one thing?

Book bloggers are magic!


Becca was a delight to work with on several projects and releases. Book bloggers are magic!
J.A.
Publicity Assistant

Becca is a five-star reader.

Becca is a five-star reader.
She understands books effortlessly and working with her helped my book launch immensely!
Liv.
Author

Working with PLM was a dream!

Working with PLM was a dream. I’ve worked with book bloggers for years, and Becca at Pretty Little Memoirs is one of the best.
C.D.
Author & Illustrator

I believe in…

001.

authenticity

Impartial and fair reviews, keeping you informed the entire process.

002.

Trust

Working with many successful publishers worldwide, I have been lucky enough to work with Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Buzzfeed and more.

003.

SUPPORTIVENESS

I work with many blogger groups and non-profits to contribute, share and boost marginalised readers/authors.

LET’S WORK TOGETHER

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books I will always recommend to friends & readers books I will always recommend to friends & readers ♡ 

I’ve been meaning to make one of these posts for ages, but it never quite worked out until now. The summer (so far) has been full of great reads and even greater memories, so I had plenty of new recommendations for you. There’s more to come from me and my blog (you might’ve noticed a little rebrand of logo designs and changes lately—it’s now all done!) so I’m definitely bursting with content to share. I firmly believe there’s a book for everyone, we just have to find our genre: so let’s find it together 🫶🏻

swipe & save! 🔖 

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Rachel Lynn Solomon 💜🪻📖 Get yourself an Rachel Lynn Solomon 💜🪻📖

Get yourself an author that can always deliver YA and Adult books and it’ll be @rlynn_solomon ✨ I’m currently reading #WeCantKeepMeetingLikeThis and loved Today Tonight Tomorrow and most of all, See You Yesterday! Weather Girl is my next TBR of Rachel’s (among others coming out soon!!) so I’m going to firmly announce she’s one of my favourite authors ever🥹 I love the way she writes the romances, the character development, the FEELS 🤍 

Have you read any of Rachel’s books? Let me know which ones so we can talk about them!! 🫶🏻

TAGS 👒💚🌿
 
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hi loves! 🌸 I just got back from the most glori hi loves! 🌸
I just got back from the most gloriously beautiful holiday to East Devon, nestled in an idyllic lodge on the edge of a seaside village by the Jurassic Coast ✨ it was truly like a Nancy Meyers movie (my favourite!) and we had an incredible time taking time to ourselves and enjoying time together chilling, exploring and of course reading! I began @emilyhenrywrites Happy Place whilst there and let me tell you: my heart has never been happier! What a stunning/emotional book 🥹 the setting was *chef’s kiss* because of our location, and I found myself settling in to *my* happy place with my comfort author 🥰 I took this picture at Bridport Harbour where we had chips and whippy ice cream and stared at the ocean that glistened icy blue like it was full of diamonds 💎 🌊 I do love being away but missed home terribly, so I’m now back into my routine after that massive post-holiday crash that felt like the worlds worst hangover crossed with being drained of life by some kind of energy-seeking vampire 😂 I have so many more pictures to share so do check out my story highlights! 🫶🏻 here’s to summer and so many memories 💛🌼

also: happy bank holiday weekend to those celebrating/relaxing in the gorgeous weather! 🌞

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#booktok #booklover #emilyhenry #emilyhenrybooks #happyplace #happyplaceemilyhenry #youandmeonvacation #beachread #vacation #peoplewemeetonvacation #emilyhenrybook #adultromancebooks #romancebooks #romcomnovel #romancenovel #bookstagram #amreading #bookblogger #ipreview
“make the fireflies dance, silver moon's sparkli “make the fireflies dance, silver moon's sparkling. . .” 🪩💋

𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 @rachelbatemanbooks 🫶🏻 MAKE THE FIREFLIES DANCE is a contemporary YA rom-com about blind dates, first kisses, and a surprise romance set around the end of senior year and prom. Quincy Walker is a hopeless romantic, so when she's kissed by a stranger in a dark theater, her rom-com obsessed imagination begins plotting the perfect movie-version ending to her senior year (which ends, like all great high school rom-coms, with the prom) 💜

My review is ⚡️live⚡️ on my blog (link in bio) but in short, I called it: a glorious, charming ode to growing up and owning the magic in the messiness of love and being human. 

Sound like your kind of read? Do you prefer Romance or Mystery (or a mix of both?) Let me know in the comments! 📖🛻🪲 

PR: @runningpresskids (gifted)
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happy valentines day, loves! 💘 so this book . happy valentines day, loves! 💘

so this book . . . @lynnpainterkirkle has done it yet again 🥹 just when I thought I’d reached peak-fan after Better Than The Movies and Mr. Wrong Number, The Do-Over sweeps in and BAM! I’m in love 💝 I finished it in 48 hours (and at just after midnight on Valentine’s Day!!) and GAH 🫶🏻 I can’t describe just how much it made me smile and feel all the feels 💛 Lynn, you are my favourite always!! And those little Taylor Swift moments/lyrics . . . it made my heart happy 🤍
I share more of my thoughts at the review link in my bio!! 📖 ⌨️ 

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THIS BOOK KILLS 🔪📖 First things first: this THIS BOOK KILLS 🔪📖

First things first: this book had one of the best narrators I’ve read in a long time. Jess had this witty humour as she told the story of how Hugh Henry Van Boren became to be, well, no longer living 💀 At the prestigious Heybuckle boarding school, there’s a murderer lurking… read the enticing first page on the second slide and then head to the link in my bio to see my blog tour stop with review, murder mystery playlist and why I rated #ThisBookKills five stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(gifted book/merch by @usborneya for a fair, unbiased review.)

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All I Want For Christmas Is You… 🎄❤️ (wel All I Want For Christmas Is You… 🎄❤️ (well, and books 📚) 

Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas to all that are celebrating! I’m getting in the Christmas spirit with lots of treats, cosy blankets and of course some festive reads! 🤶🏻 This beauty is my next read after finishing Love In Winter Wonderland—this might be my last read before Christmas Day, but I’ll have tons more under my belt by 2023! I’ll be back around NYE to chat to you all and share more 🫶🏻💕 

Sending love and happiness from my family to yours 🎄🥰 

#whiteout #christmasreads #whatbeccaread #books #yabooks #christmasbook #yachristmasbook #dhonielleclayton #tiffanydjackson #nicstone #angiethomas #ashleywoodfolk #nicolayoon #blackauthorsmatter

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