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Hi everyone! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, which is hosted over at  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is Top Ten Books That Were Hard For Me To Read. 1. True Calling by Siobhan Davis I go more in depth on why this was a disappointing read for me in my review. If you would like to read it, it's right  here . So many things just felt wrong when reading this, and I didn't really enjoy it much. 2. Torn by Cat Clarke I read this book SO long ago that I don't remember exactly why this book was hard for me to read in terms of the actual book. However, I do remember being sorely disappointed as I loved Cat Clarke's other book, Entangled. 3. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke This book is the second in the Inkheart trilogy, and I read it because I adored Inkheart, the first book. Unfortunately, I just couldn't connect with Inkspell and barely finished it. 4. Lament by Maggie Stiefvater This book made me so angry. I am a HUGE lover of...

I started this blog a little over a year ago, so obviously there are TONS of books that I read before this blog was created. This feature, which was made by the awesome Jamie over at  The Perpetual Page Turner , showcases books that we've read a long time ago. Now, this won't be like a normal review. Instead I will just be sharing some notes I had while reading it originally. Book title/ Author: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Publisher/ Year:  January 10th 2009 Scholastic Genre: YA Dystopian Series: The Hunger Games #1 Pages: 454 Source/ Format: Paperback    Gifted Rating: I gave it 5 stars on Goodreads Date I read it: March 2012 Thoughts 1. Strong female lead. Katniss was a game-changer in how female leads were thought of. She became the poster girl for YA and made everyone aware of how important YA                                     ...

Book title/ Author: The Maze Runner by James Dashner Publisher/ Year: August 24th 2010 Chicken House Genre: YA Dystopian Series: The Maze Runner #1 Pages: 371 Source/ Format: Paperback Bought with my own money Rating: 5 stars out of 5 *This review may contain spoilers!* Synopsis When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade - a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there - or what's happened to the world outside. My review I had been meaning to read this book for a long time, ever since my best friend first recommended it to me. Then when I realised how soon the film was coming out, it pushed me over and I finally read it. It reminded me a lot of The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, with the unique language and ...

Hi everyone! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, which is hosted over at  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is Top Ten Books On My Fall To-Be-Read List. 1. Insurgent by Veronica Roth I read Divergent back in May, and actually wrote a review too, so if you want to read that, it's right  here . I really enjoyed it and want to start the sequel as soon as possible. 2. If I Stay by Gayle Forman The film adaptation  of this is coming out frighteningly soon, and I really want to read it before I watch it, so I need to get round to it. 3. Half Bad by Sally Green When Autumn comes around, I always think of it as the perfect time to read stories about witches. 4. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman I read Northern Lights a while ago, and have been meaning to read The Subtle Knife ever since. I've heard it's quite short, so I'm hoping I'll whiz through it. 5. Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer I have to admit, when I read the email sayi...

Book title/ Author: Whisper the Dead by Alyxandra Harvey Publisher/ Year: October 7th 2014 Bloomsbury Childrens Genre: YA Paranormal/ Historical Fiction Series: The Lovegrove Legacy #2 Pages: 408 Source/ Format: eARC Netgalley (Thanks Netgalley/ Bloomsbury!) Rating: 5 stars out of 5 I received this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affected my opinion. *This review may contain spoilers!* Synopsis Cousins Gretchen, Emma, and Penelope are all dealing with what it means to be a Lovegrove. For Gretchen, it means she often feels like her head is going to explode. As a Whisperer, Gretchen constantly hears the whispers of other witches' spells. And while this does help her to know when one of her own spells is going wrong, the incessant buzzing and pain the whispers cause makes it difficult to use her gift. But when something evil begins to menace Mayfair, Gretchen must find a way to master her power. Along with her cousins,...

Hi everyone! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, which is hosted over at  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is Top Ten Authors I've Only Read One Book From But NEED to Read More. 1. Erin Morgenstern The Night Circus is Erin's one and only book that I happened to read 4 long years ago on a whim whilst browsing the shelves of my local library. I still think about this book to this day as it had such an impact on me. I don't know if I've ever read a more beautifully worded book in my life. If Erin ever writes anything again, I will pick it up without hesitation. 2. Andrea Cremer This is another author who's book I picked up on a whim in my library. I read Nightshade a couple of years back, and I really liked it. Hopefully, I'll reread it soon and finally read Wolfsbane, the sequel. 3. Maureen Johnson I have only read The Name of The Star by Maureen Johnson, which is a modern-day Jack the Ripper tale if I remember it rightly. I fou...

Book title/ Author:  A Breath of Frost by Alyxandra Harvey Publisher/ Year:  January 7th 2014 Walker Childrens Genre: YA Paranormal/ Historical Fiction Series: The Lovegrove Legacy #1 Pages: 496 Source/ Format: ebook Bought with my own money Rating: 5 stars out of 5 *This review may contain spoilers!* Synopsis In 1814, three cousins - Gretchen, Emma, and Penelope - discover their family lineage of witchcraft when a binding spell is broken, allowing their individual magical powers to manifest. Now, beyond the manicured gardens and ballrooms of Regency London, an alluring underworld available only to those with power is revealed to the cousins. By claiming their power, the three cousins have accidentally opened the gates to the underworld. My review I originally bought this book because I received an advance copy of what I did not know to be he sequel to this. Obviously I had to read this book first if I wanted to understand anything that wou...

Hi everyone! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday,which is hosted over at  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is Top Ten Underrated Books in YA Paranormal. 1. Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes I LOVED this book when it came out, but I've never heard anyone talking about it (or Jennifer for that matter). I feel it is underrated and that it deserves a lot more attention. 2. Glass Houses by Rachel Caine I am a big fan of this series, but I never hear anyone talking about it. Maybe it's because it has been out for quite a while, but that doesn't mean it's not good! 3. Evernight by Claudia Gray I think I read this book when everyone was obsessed with vampires, and so it had a little bit of attention then, but recently I haven't heard anything about it, which is a shame. 4. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce Jackson Pearce is one of my all-time favourite authors and it's sad to see that she doesn't get that much attentio...

B ook title/ Author: True Calling by Siobhan Davis Publish er/ Year: August 1st 2014 Siobhan Davis Genre: YA Dystopian Series: True Calling #1 Pages: Unknown (read on kindle) Rating: 2 stars out of 5 *This review may contain spoilers!* Synopsis Planet Novo, nestled in space twelve hundred miles above the surface of the Earth, is the new home of 17 year old Cadet Ariana Skyee. Confused by the government-sanctioned memory erase and distressed at her impending forced marriage and motherhood. Ariana's plans for the future are thrown into complete disarray. My review This book is actually the first self-published book I have read and although I didn't love it, it did exceed my expectations. I liked Ariana in the beginning, but I found her getting more and more annoying throughout the book. She swaps between feisty and rebellious towards the whole arranged marriage situation one minute, and then enjoying other parts of it, like the clothes,...

Hi everyone! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, which is hosted over at  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is Top Ten Book Characters That Would Be Sitting At My Lunch Table. 1. Tallulah Casey from Withering Tights I feel like me and Tallulah would be great friends because she's down-to-earth and English just like me. If she was real, we'd probably have gone to the same school! 2. Tris from Divergent Although it would be awesome to sit with Tris for lunch, I feel like it's more likely that I would sit with her before she became Dauntless. 3. Claire Danvers from Glass Houses Claire isn't a very popular girl, especially in the first book, which I can relate to. I feel like we'd stick together and have lots in common. 4. Craig Gilner from It's Kind of a Funny Story I'd love to sit on the same lunch table as Craig, because he lives in New York, where I've always wanted to go. He seems really cool and someone I coul...