2017
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It’s Monday, What Are You Reading?
This meme is hosted by Kathryn at the Book Date. ~~~ I’m so happy it’s Christmas break! I’m planning on reading loads of books over the break, so hopefully the blog will be a little busier! What I Read Last Week: The Girl on the Train- Paula Hawkins I saw the movie starring Emily Blunt when it first came out in cinemas, but I didn’t get around to reading the novel until now. It was ok, but nothing special. What I’m Currently Reading: Up Next:
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How My Reading Habits Have Changed
When I first seriously started reading, I was maybe 12/13 and I was massively into YA Paranormal novels. I devoured the Twilight series, and then read everything else YA that came out in a similar genre. This obsession went on for a few years, I was probably 15/16 when I became less obsessed with the Paranormal, and moved on to Dystopian novels. You can track these changes in conjunction with big series that came out, Twilight, and then The Hunger Games. Once I had exhausted everything YA dystopian my interest in YA dropped a lot. From about 16/17 onwards I began to read less YA and more adult fiction. This…
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Book Review- The Lost Causes
Title: The Lost Causes Author: Alyssa Embree Schwartz & Jessica Koosed Etting Published: 5th September 2017 Pages: 344 Genre: YA, Mystery, Fantasy Rating: 3.5/5 Misfits. Outcasts. And the only ones who can find a killer. They’re the last people you’d ask to help with anything, much less a murder investigation. The rich girl, the obsessive, the hypochondriac, the addict and the hot-tempered athlete—people think they’re beyond help. Lost causes. But where the world sees losers, the FBI sees its only hope. With the help of a dangerous serum, the FBI erases the teens’ past problems and unlocks a psychic ability within each of them. In return, all they have to…
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Book Review- The Border
Title: The Border Author: Steve Schafer Published: 5th September 2017 Pages: 364 Genre: YA, Thriller, Contemporary Rating: 4/5 stars One moment changed their lives forever.A band plays, glasses clink, and four teens sneak into the Mexican desert, the hum of celebration receding behind them.Crack. Crack. Crack.Not fireworks―gunshots. The music stops. And Pato, Arbo, Marcos, and Gladys are powerless as the lives they once knew are taken from them.Then they are seen by the gunmen. They run. Except they have nowhere to go. The narcos responsible for their families’ murders have put out a reward for the teens’ capture. Staying in Mexico is certain death, but attempting to cross the border…
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My September Anticipated Releases!!
There are loads of great books out in September in the UK, which is a problem for me because Uni begins and I just know that I’m going to have no time to read! Never mind, I’m still really excited for them all! Odd & True- Cat Winters I, Eliza Hamilton- Susan Holloway Scott The Lost Causes- Jessica Koosed Etting & Alyssa Embree Schwartz This Side of Murder- Anna Lee Huber Daughter of the Burning City- Amanda Foody The Border- Steve Schafer American War- Omar El Akkad Alex and Eliza- Melissa de la Cruz