Disappointing
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My Most Disappointing Reads of 2021
Hello everyone, welcome to my most disappointing reads of 2021 post! This is in no way a reflection of the actual quality of these books, its simply that I personally was disappointed in them! I do have a bad habit of going into books with very very high expectations, which does inevitably lead to some disappointment! Anyway, like I say these aren’t bad books, just my most disappointing reads of 2021. Runaway In complete disregard to the intro to this post, I do actually have one book which I do think is actually bad! Runaway by R.L. Stine is a reissue of the Fear Street series which he wrote originally…
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Book Review- Goodbye Days
Title: Goodbye Days Author: Jeff Zentner Published: 7th March 2017 Pages: 405 Genre: YA, Contemporary Rating: 3.5/5 What if you could spend one last day with someone you lost?One day Carver Briggs had it all—three best friends, a supportive family, and a reputation as a talented writer at his high school, Nashville Academy for the Arts.The next day he lost it all when he sent a simple text to his friend Mars, right before Mars, Eli, and Blake were killed in a car crash.Now Carver can’t stop blaming himself for the accident, and he’s not the only one. Eli’s twin sister is trying to freeze him out of school with…
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Book Review- The Angel’s Game
Title: The Angel’s Game Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon Pages: 531 Series: The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #2 Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction Rating: 3/5 From the author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind comes a riveting new masterpiece about love, literature, and betrayal.In this powerful, labyrinthian thriller, David Martín is a pulp fiction writer struggling to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting abandoned mansion in the heart of Barcelona, he furiously taps out story after story, becoming increasingly desperate and frustrated; thus, when he is approached by a mysterious publisher offering a book deal that seems almost too good to be real, David leaps at the chance. But…
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July Wrap Up
This is quite a short wrap up, as I only managed to read 3 books last month, even though I’m not at Uni at the moment, strange!!! Anyway these are the 3 books I read last month, and their reviews if I did one! The One by Kiera Cass 4/5 stars I received this book from Net Galley, and I really enjoyed it. This is the third book in The Selection series, and is a series that I’ve really liked reading, and I’m looking forward to getting around to the fourth book! Review here Changeling by Philippa Gregory 2.5/5 stars This novel was disappointing, I’d been expecting great things from Gregory,…
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Book Review- Changeling
Title: Changeling Author: Philippa Gregory Published: May 24th 2012 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: 256 Series: Order of Darkness #1 Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance Rating: 2.5/5 Dark myths, medieval secrets, intrigue, and romance populate the pages of the first-ever teen series from #1 bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl.Italy, 1453. Seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is brilliant, gorgeous—and accused of heresy. Cast out of his religious order for using the new science to question old superstitious beliefs, Luca is recruited into a secret sect: The Order of the Dragon, commissioned by Pope Nicholas V to investigate evil and danger in its many forms, and strange occurrences across Europe, in…