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Book Review - The Young Elites by Marie Lu

The Young Elites(The Young Elites #1)Author: Marie LuGenres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Dystopia, Magic. Published: February 5 2015Pages: 368 pages (Paperback Edition) (Penguin)Read: July 2015Rating: 5 Stars

I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside.

Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange...

Book Review - Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

Second Chance SummerAuthor: Morgan MatsonGenres: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Romance, Family. Published: May 7 2015Pages: 480 pages (Paperback Edition) (Simon & Schuster)Read: June 2015Rating: 4 Stars

Taylor Edwards’ family might not be the closest-knit—everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled—but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor’s dad gets devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend one...

Book Review - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses(A Court of Thorns and Roses #1)Author: Sarah J. MaasGenres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Faeries. Published: May 5 2015Pages: 416 pages (Paperback Edition) (Bloomsbury Children's)Read: June 2015Rating: 5 Stars

Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot re...

Wishlist Wednesday #2

Wishlist Wednesday #2
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....
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys




In 1945, World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia, and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, almost all of them with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and...

Top Ten Tuesday #14

Top Ten Tuesday #14 Top Ten Fairytale Retellings I've Read / I Want To Read.
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.

This list is going to be split into two, one for the best retellings I've read and one for the retellings that I really want to read... So without delay here is my Top Ten Tuesday:

Books I've Read:

1. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
This is the first in The Lunar Chronic...

BookTube-A-Thon 2015

BookTube-A-Thon 2015Here we go again!!! It's BookTube-A-Thon time :D BookTube-A-Thon is hosted by Ariel Bissett. I participated in this read-a-thon last year so this is going to be my second year and I hope to do a whole lot better this time round :P Oh and also BookTube-A-Thon starts tomorrow (3rd August ) and runs till the 9th August!! 7 Days peeps!!
And as always there are 7 challenges for BookTube-A-Thon!!

The Challenges:1. Read a book with blue on the cover2. Read an author who shares the...

July 2015

July 2015 Book Haul / Wrap Up Dun, dun, dun....the end of July has come....
July 2015 Book HaulI got 3 books this month. They are as follows:

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Allegiant by Veronica RothShadow of the Wolf by Tim HallHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling 
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I got Allegiant just now, because I had to wait for the traditional sized paperback to be released so that all of my books would match. Now they do, see!!Shadow of the Wolf was featured on my blog during the month to as a Wishlist Wed...

Best of the Bunch #2 - July 2015

Best of the Bunch #2 - July 2015
Best of the Bunch is a monthly meme hosted over at A Cocoon of Books. What it is is that you give the Best of the Bunch award to one book which you have read in that month.

For July I read 4 books, 2 of those were re-reads and 2 weren't :P From those books there are 2 going up for this award. One which was a re-read, which isn't going to get the award cause well I have read it before so the book getting the Best of the Bunch Award for July 2015 is .......


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Book Review - I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

I'll Give You The SunAuthor: Jandy NelsonGenres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction.Published: April 2 2015Pages: 429 pages (Paperback Edition) (Walker Books)Read: June 2015Rating: 5 Stars

From the author of The Sky Is Everywhere, a radiant novel that will leave you laughing and crying - all at once. For fans of John Green, Gayle Forman and Lauren Oliver. Jude and her twin Noah were incredibly close - until a tragedy drove them apart, and now t...

Mini Reviews #2

Mini Reviews #1Mini Reviews #2 is going to consist of mini reviews for:
The Poison Diaries by Maryrose WoodBlood Red Road by Moira Young 
The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood(The Poison Diaries #1)
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical Fiction.
Published: May 27 2010
Pages: 238 pages (Paperback Edition) (Harper Collins Children's Books)
Read: June 2015
Rating: 2 Stars
Book 20 / 60 - 2015 Goodreads Reading Challenge The Poison Diaries is a short historical fic...