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Top Ten Tuesday #7

Top Ten Tuesday #7 Top Ten Books I Plan To Read On The Beach (Not Literally!).
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 week is beach reads week! And that means a tbr of light summer reads and just those feel good books, sometimes. I chose the topic of ten books that I plan to read on the beach, but there's no way that I would be able to read 1 book on the beach let alon...

I'm Back - Life Update

I'm Back - Life UpdateHey everyone! I know I said that I was going on a small hiatus and that small hiatus became a very large hiatus but now I miss blogging and plan on being back and staying back. 
A lot has been happening in my life lately, I turned 20, am one step closer to taking my driving test, I got my first job and I have applied for college. All in all, with plenty of other things and well, it has been taking up a hell of a lot of my time. 
I have barely read anything in the...

Strange The Dreamer News by Laini Taylor

Strange The Dreamer News by Laini TaylorCover Reveal & Prologue Sneak Peek! I don't know about you guys but I am absolutely ecstatic about Laini Taylor's new novel 'Strange The Dreamer', so I was even more delighted when I was contacted to say that I could spread the news of the cover reveal and sneak peek of Strange The Dreamer. 
If you didn't know Laini Taylor is the awesome author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy which includes Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Days of Blood and...

Little Hiatus!

Little Hiatus!Hey everyone! I know it has been a while since I've posted anything and well this post, I guess, is an explanation to the reason why and along with that a lengthening of this hiatus. 
Recently, at the end of February,  my granny had to go into hospital due to chest troubles and had to stay there for a week. She's home now and doing better but is still having some problems so I'm spending all my time looking after her and being with her. 
I also have got a job. At th...

Book Review - Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Siege and Storm(The Grisha #2)Author: Leigh BardugoGenres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Magic. Published: June 5 2014Pages: 381 pages (Paperback) (Indigo)Read: January 4 2016 - March 6 2016Rating: 3 Stars
SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS BOOK AHEAD


The Darkling cupped my cheek with his hand, and when he spoke, his voice was almost tender. 'This is just the beginning,' he whispered.

Alina thought she could run from her past and escape her destiny. She can't.

Mal hoped he'd do...

Book Review - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Me Before You(Me Before You #1)Author: Jojo MoyesGenres: Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance. Published: 2012Pages: 481 pages (Paperback) (Penguin)Read: February 22 2016 - February 26 2016Rating: 5 Stars


Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick.

What Lou doesn't know is she...

Wishlist Wednesday #6

Wishlist Wednesday #6Wishlist 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....



Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard
I was brave
She was reckless
We were trouble

Best friends Caddy and Rosie are inseparable. Their differences have brought them closer, but as she turns sixteen Caddy begins to wish she could be a bi...

Top Ten Tuesday #6

Top Ten Tuesday #6 Top Ten Books I Enjoyed In The Past Year That Weren't My Typical Genre.
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.

The genre I'm going to pick, right here, right now is Contemporary. It was only last year that I found my love for Contemporary novels, before that it was once in a blue moon when I read a Contemporary novel and I never went through a crave for t...

Currently Reading

Currently ReadingHey guys! Sorry for my disappearance these last few days. I've just not been reading too much as of lately. So I said I'd put up this post so you can all see what I have been currently reading and where I am on them too.
I started a new book yesterday! It was Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. I'm currently on page 144 which is 29% of the book. 
I've also been reading Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo. I picked this book up a while back now and other books just seemed to be...

Book Review - Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

Crown of Midnight(Throne of Glass #2)Author: Sarah J. MaasGenres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Magic. Published: September 2 2014Pages: 418 pages (Paperback) (Bloomsbury USA Childrens)Read: February 5 2016 - February 17 2016Rating: 5 Stars
SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS BOOK AHEAD


An assassin's loyalties are always in doubt but her heart never wavers

Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become the King's Champion. But she is far from loyal to the crown. Tho...