Janay Brazier: Library Book Haul


My latest YouTube video went up on my channel on Monday and this week it was a book haul from my recent trip to the library.

I went in there looking for a Patrick Ness book but when I couldn't find it this is what happened! Seven books in ten minutes. Oops! Watch the video below:


Janay Brazier: My Favourite Romantic Books


I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day (or Galentine's day or Palentine's - whatever you're choosing to call it). This week's YouTube video was about my favourite romance books. I'm not talking about 50 Shades and that kind of romance, but love stories - specifically, modern or contemporary love stories.

Watch the video below to see which books I chose and what I had to say about them:


Spoiler-Free Book Review: Hold Back The Stars by Katie Khan


For my latest YouTube video I did a spoiler-free review of Katie Khan's debut novel Hold Back The Stars, which you can watch below:



Buy it here: Hold Back The Stars by Katie Khan

In my video I give a brief summary of the book, talk about the characters and the plot and give my honest thoughts on the book as a whole.

My favourite part to film in my book review video was the section I'm calling "If it was made into a movie". I love films as well as reading books so I enjoy thinking about who I would cast as the main characters if it was ever made into a film.

Katie Kahn actually watched the video and sent me a lovely message through Twitter:



My Monthly Favourites: January 2017


It's my first monthly favourites post of 2017. Here are the things I've been loving this past month...



This MAC lipstick in the shade 'Modesty' was my wedding day lipstick and I have pretty much worn it every day ever since. It's a beautiful nude lipstick that feels amazing to wear and smells lovely too. It's described as a 'muted neutral pink' which I agree with. This has just become my go-to lipstick and it has made me remember how much I love MAC lipsticks. I now want to go back through my lipstick collection to see which shades I'm missing and fill in the gaps with MAC lipsticks. Buy it here.



This Maybelline brow drama is amazing. When I've been and had my HD brows done this is all I need to use to keep them in place. I have the clear gel rather than a coloured one because when my brows have been tinted I don't need to use a colour in my brows for my everyday makeup. I do want to try the tinted ones though so maybe that will be my next purchase. Buy it here.

WHSmith Zoella Book Club: Author Interviews (Books 5-8)


It's time for my final post about the WHSmith Zoella Book Club as round two comes to an end. I've loved being a part of this, reading some incredible books and getting to talk to all of the authors about their writing. It's just brilliant.

The first four online interviews that I did with Meredith Russo, Alex Bell, Gayle Forman and David Levithan and Rachel Cohn can be found here and the unboxing of the books and other goodies that were very kindly sent to me by WHSmith can be found here. You can also see my video review for all eight books on my YouTube channel.


Let's get to the interviews: