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Top Ten Tuesday #17

Top Ten Tuesday #17 Top Ten Books That Would Be On My Syllabus If I Taught YA 101 .
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and consists of them picking a topic each week for us bloggers to list our Top Ten.

I will never become a teacher but some of these YA books just need to be read. Simple as....

1. Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
This is a book that needs to be read. It is themed around racism where white people are the ones scrutinise...

Wishlist Wednesday #4

Wishlist Wednesday #4
Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Pen to Paper. This meme is where you showcase one book that is on your wishlist and that you can't wait to get off your wishlist and into your hands.

On my Wishlist Wednesday today is....


This Is Where The World Ends by Amy Zhang

Janie and Micah, Micah and Janie. That’s how it’s been ever since elementary school, when Janie Vivian moved next door. Janie says Micah is everything she is not. Where Micah is shy, Janie is o...

Top Ten Tuesday #16

Top Ten Tuesday #16 Top Ten Of My Auto-Buy Authors.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and consists of them picking a topic each week for us bloggers to list our Top Ten.

It takes a lot to get on my auto-but list so this may not make it to 10!!

1. Cassandra Clare
I've read all her books so far so why stop now?? Who could give up the Shadowhunter world??

2. Leslye Walton
She currently only has one book out, but I will be certain to be getting all...

Book Review - The One by Kiera Cass

The One(The Selection #3)Author: Kiera CassGenres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Romance. Published: June 5 2014Pages: 323 pages (Paperback Edition) (HarperCollins Children's Books)Read: August 2015Rating: 5 Stars
SPOILERS FOR THE PREVIOUS BOOKS AHEAD!!


The Selection changed America Singer's life in ways she never could have imagined. Since she entered the competition to become the next princess of Illéa, America has struggled with her feelings for her firs...

Book Review - Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

Ashes(Ashes Trilogy #1)Author: Ilsa J. BickGenres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Horror, Zombies. Published: September 29 2011Pages: 465 pages (Paperback Edition) (Quercus UK)Read: July 2015Rating: 5 Stars

No, she thought. No, please, God, I'm not seeing this

Seventeen-year-old Alex is hiking through the wilderness when it happens: an earth-shattering electromagnetic pulse that destroys almost everything.

Survivors are divided between those who have developed a s...

Book Review - Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

Falling Kingdoms(Falling Kingdoms #1)Author: Morgan RhodesGenres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Magic. Published: March 11 2014Pages: 448 pages (Paperback Edition) (Razorbill)Read: July 2015Rating: 4 Stars

AURANOS - Privileged Princess Cleo is forced to confront violence for the first time in her life when a shocking murder sets her kingdom on a path to collapse.

LIMEROS - The king’s son, Magnus, must plan each footstep with shrewd, sharp guile if h...

Book Review - Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

Wicked Lovely(Wicked Lovely #1)Author: Melissa MarrGenres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Faeries. Published: July 1 2008Pages: 328 pages (Paperback Edition) (HarperCollins Children's Books)Read: July 2015Rating: 4 Stars

Rule 3: Never stare at invisible faeries.

Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world.

Rule 2: Never speak to invisible faeries.

One of them, a beautiful faerie boy named Keenan, is try...

Wishlist Wednesday #3

Wishlist Wednesday #3
Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Pen to Paper. This meme is where you showcase one book that is on your wishlist and that you can't wait to get off your wishlist and into your hands.

On my Wishlist Wednesday today is....
Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family...

BookTube-A-Thon Wrap-Up

BookTube-A-Thon Wrap-UpHey ya'll!! Here is my completel wrap-up of BookTube-A-Thon whic occured all of last week. 
There were 7 challenges to complete and I completed 3 and a half of them!The challenges I completed were:- Read a book with blue of the cover- Read a book you really wanted to read- Read a book without letting go of itAnd half of - Read a book by an author who shares the same first letter of your last name.
And so, below I am going to show my day to day progress and just my li...

Top Ten Tuesday #15

Top Ten Tuesday #15 Top Ten Authors I've Read The Most Books From.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and consists of them picking a topic each week for us bloggers to list our Top Ten.

Thank you Goodreads for providing me with this information!!

1. Cassandra Clare - 19 Books
I'm sure this really ain't a surprise... and I've read 19 books written by Cassandra Clare. That includes The Mortal Instruments series, The Infernal Devices series, The Bane Chroni...