This week, my TBR falls back into the dystopian theme I am mostly drawn too, and it is Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi.
” I have a curse
I have a gift
I am a monster
I’m more than human
My touch is lethal
My touch is power
I am their weapon
I will fight back
Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder.
This book wouldn’t have come to my attention if it wasn’t for this review, but now it has definitely been added to my summer reading list!
‘The Muse’ by Jessie Burton tells the story of a young Trinidadian woman Odelle Bastien who lands a job as a typist at the prestigious Skelton art gallery in London in 1967, five years after she moved to the city. Odelle’s new boyfriend Lawrie has recently inherited a painting rumoured to be the work of Isaac Robles, a talented young Spanish artist who mysteriously disappeared during the Civil War in the 1930s. The painting causes quite a stir at the Skelton and Odelle’s enigmatic boss, Marjorie Quick, appears to have a personal interest in the painting as well as a professional one. Odelle sets out to uncover the true origins of the lost masterpiece whose secrets lie with the wealthy Anglo-Austrian Schloss family who employed Isaac’s sister Teresa as their housekeeper in Malaga at the beginning of the war.
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Title: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Author: Jenny Han
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books
Published: April 15th 2014
Pages: 288
★★
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister’s ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all…
I picked up this book with very, very high expectations. With a title and description like that, why wouldn’t you? I envisioned a deep, complicated romance, with high character profiles and lots of drama. Although probably my fault for not trying a sample first (perks of having an ereader), this book did not meet my expectations whatsoever. I wouldn’t class this as my kind of book (there are some annoying spelling mistakes for a start), but I did enjoy some parts. As it goes, I was really pleased with the ending, and how it leads on to the next book in the series – however, I will not be reading it in a hurry.
Okay, so I know that my currently reading says The Masked City, which is still true, but today is my first day off in what feels like forever, and I woke up this morning fancying a girly, easy read. Thus, in the space of about five hours, I have downloaded and finished Jenny Han’s To All the Boy’s I’ve Loved Before. I got what I wanted, a girly, easy read, and a review will soon be following. Enjoy!
I realised today that it’s prom season. A time in a girls life which seems like the be-all or end-all. You need the perfect dress, the perfect hair style, the perfect shoes, and the bag to match it all. There is so much pressure to look the part for prom, for it to all be over in a matter of hours.
Well it’s been five years since my prom. Read More »
A bit of a random one for me, but this weeks to-be-read is Katy Carter Wants a Hero by Ruth Saberton.
“There are some things a girl has to keep to herself…
Hopeless romantic Katy Carter still dreams of becoming bestselling novelist. A ghost writer by trade, Katy knows she’s no Booker Prize winner but has fun penning sizzling scenes and hot heroes for celebrity novels. Writing aside, Katy no longer fantasises about a hero of her own – she’s found him in teacher boyfriend, Ollie. After five years together their own happy ever after is just around the corner – if she can only rescue the couple’s ailing finances.
But with Ollie becoming increasingly career minded and teaching at a very strict school, Katy’s racy writing soon causes difficulties. When she secretly signs a contract with steamy publisher Throb, tensions mount. A surprise trip across the pond brings things to a head, sparking a chain of events which set Katy on a collision course with family, friends and, most of all, her one true hero… “
What do you think?
Should I read this book?
Have any of you read it?
These are the three goals I would like to achieve on my blog within a year:
TBR Thursday is a bookish event hosted by Kimberlyfaye Reads that I am going to begin. The aim is that I tell you what book is on my to-be-read list, and hopefully you will comment whether or not you would recommend that I read it.
One of th
e books that has been sat on my kindle for ages is Partials by Dan Wells.
“Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island. But sixteen-year-old Kira is determined to find a solution. As she tries desperately to save what is left of her race, she discovers that that the survival of both humans and Partials rests in her attempts to answer questions about the war’s origin that she never knew to ask.
Playing on our curiosity of and fascination with the complete collapse of civilization, Partials is, at its heart, a story of survival, one that explores the individual narratives and complex relationships of those left behind, both humans and Partials alike—and of the way in which the concept of what is right and wrong in this world is greatly dependent on one’s own point of view.”
What do you think?
Should I read this book?
Have any of you read it?
It’s that time of the year again, I have finished University and I can pick up a book to read for pleasure. I am currently reading The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman, which is the second in The Invisible Library series. So far it is really good, a review will follow, but just to start my blog up again I would like to share my to-read list with everyone:
Charlie N. Holmberg – The Paper Magician
Jodi Taylor – Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary Book 1)
Paula Hawkins – The Girl on the Train
Katie Kacvinsky – Awaken
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire)
So last week I celebrated my 21st birthday. I had a lovely Tiffany’s cake to match my new Tiffany’s ring, and I think I could become a Pandora model with all of my new charms, a necklace and a ring that I received. I was truly spoilt. I do have to say, I really like this picture of myself, so I felt like sharing it 🙂
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