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Book Review - The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

The Unexpected EverythingAuthor: Morgan MatsonGenres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction. Published: May 5 2016Pages: 528 pages (Paperback) (Simon & Schuster Children's)Read: June 6 - June 19 2016Rating: 5 Stars



From Morgan Matson, the bestselling author of Since You’ve Been Gone comes a feel-good story of friendship, finding yourself, and all the joys in life that happen while you’re busy making other plans.

Andie has a plan. And she always...

Top Ten Tuesday #9

Top Ten Tuesday #9 Top Ten Favourite 2016 Releases So Far.
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.

2016 releases that I have read that I loved... hmmm.... let me think. Honestly I don't think I've read many 2016 releases so far yet... so, in no particular order:

1. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
I think this was pretty obvious that Lady Midnight was going to be on this list....

Book Review - Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Salt to the SeaAuthor: Ruta SepetysGenres: Young Adult, Historical Fiction. Published: February 4 2016Pages: 391 pages (Paperback) (Penguin)Read: May 12 2016 - May 21 2016Rating: 5 Stars



It's early 1945 and a group of people trek across Germany, bound together by their desperation to reach the ship that can take them away from the war-ravaged land. Four young people, each haunted by their own dark secret, narrate their unforgettable stories. Fans of The...

Book Review - Stars Above by Marissa Meyer

Stars Above(The Lunar Chronicles Novellas)Author: Marissa MeyerGenres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fairytale Retellings. Published: February 3 2016Pages: 369 pages (Paperback) (Feiwel & Friends)Read: May 2 2016 - May 11 2016Rating: 5 Stars

The Keeper: A prequel to the Lunar Chronicles, showing a young Scarlet and how Princess Selene came into the care of Michelle Benoit.

Glitches: In this prequel to Cinder, we see the results of the plague...

Top Ten Tuesday #8

Top Ten Tuesday #8 Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For The Second Half Of The Year.
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.

Second half of the year releases! There are actually so many books that I can't wait to come out and honestly my can't wait to release shelf has just exploded! My list here is going to be ordered by publication date starting with the sooniest to the f...

Read-A-Thon's I'm Taking Part In

Read-A-Thon's I'm Taking Part InI've decided to take part in some upcoming read-a-thons and I am just really excited for them to start and yay! 
The first read-a-thon that I'm taking part in begins on Sunday June 5 and runs until June 19th. It is the TOME TOPPLE READ-A-THON hosted by Thoughtsontomes and is all about reading big books! Books that are over 500 pages long!! I already have my tbr chosen and you can expect that post tomorrow!! Let's just say I'm really excited to read all...

Friday Reads #1 (June 3 2016)

Friday Reads #1 (June 3 2016)I've just seen this so much around BookTube and blogs and have decided what the heck, let's go for it! This is just an awesome way of updating people on what you're reading.

Ok guys my reading has suffered greatly since March and I feel so bad.... I have a load of books that I just want to read now and I haven't even been able to have the time to read. Because of this I have started a lot of books where I have just gotten a small bit into but haven't yet finished w...

TBR Jar Pick #1

TBR Jar Pick #1June 2016TBR Jar Pick is a new little meme / feature / whatever you want to call this thing, where I pick one book a month from my TBR jar that I have to read during the month. This is the first time that I'm doing this and my first time with a proper TBR jar too! 
So the book that was picked this month, by my little brother, is......
Hour of The Bees by Lindsay Eagar

Things are only impossible if you stop to think about them. . . .

While her friends are spending their summers...

Book Review - Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Lady Midnight(The Dark Artifices #1)Author: Cassandra ClareGenres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal. Published: March 8 2016Pages: 720 pages (Paperback) (Simon & Schuster)Read: March 8 2016 - May 1 2016Rating: 5 Stars
The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel.

It’s been fiv...

BEA

BEAOne year, I swear, one year I will make it to BEA. It may take me about 10 years to save up for it but I will get there, just wait!
I don't know about you guys but some of you may remember my post last year about BEA & Bookcon. If you can't remember, check it out - BEA & Bookcon -How It Affected Me!!
This year, what my discussion is going to be about is basically just all the new books that I found out about and am now really anticipating from watching all the BookTube hauls. Se...