Jump Into Books

This is going to be a short post because, if you didn't know already, July was kind of a dead month for me on the blog. I didn't read that much and I certainly didn't review that much... I just really need to read a 5 star, absolutely amazing book because it feels like it's been forever since that happened and I think it will get me out of my reviewing slump a bit. Hopefully I'll at least get around to doing more than 6 posts in August, though... Books read: Dead Jealous by Sharon Jones Adorkable by Sarra Manning (reread) The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey Hidden Among Us by Katy Moran Antigoddess by Kendare Blake Ocean of Secrets by Aimee Friedman Book of the Month: I don't really know for July... Like, I enjoyed everything that I read, but none of it stands out as being particularly outstanding from the rest. If I had to pick one (and I'm not counting Adorkable because it's a reread and one of my favourite books), it would probably be Antigoddess. Books rev...

Hidden Among Us Katy Moran March 7th 2013 Walker Books When Lissy meets a mysterious and strangely beautiful boy on her way to Hopesay Edge, she is deeply unsettled by their encounter. She discovers that the boy, Larkspur, is a member of the Hidden, an ancient group of elven people, whose secrets lie buried at Hopesay Reach. Before long, Lissy and her brother Rafe find themselves caught by a powerful magic and fighting to escape a bargain that can never be broken. It's been a while since I've read a book about proper creepy fairies, so I wasn't too sure how I would feel about Hidden Among Us, especially seeing as I'd started it before but couldn't get into it. However, I'm really glad I did give it another go because I really enjoyed it despite it being pretty different from a lot of other books that I've read recently. Hidden Among Us has a lot of different POVs, which I think was the original barrier for me the first time around, especially considering tha...

Letterbox Love is the UK's version of IMM, hosted by the lovely Lynsey at  Narratively Speaking  :) Sorry for not posting anything for a week! I am such a slacker. For review: Antigoddess by Kendare Blake (Already read this and it is really good I'm telling you. Kendare Blake can write books. Thank you, Orchard Books!) The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher (Reallly looking forward to reading this, but I'm going to hold off for a bit! It looks fab though. Thank you Chicken House) Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Mass (Again, looking forward to reading this because I just want Chaol and Celaena to get their shit together! Thanks Bloomsbury!) Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson (Really intruiged by the sound of this book. Thanks Orchard, again!) See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles The Messengers by Edward Hogan (Don't really know that much about these two, but thank you Walker!) Cruel Summer by James Dawson (I have been waiting a long time to read this book. Can't wait to di...

The 5th Wave Rick Yancey May 7th 2013 Puffin Books The Passage meets The Hunger Games in a gripping new series from Carnegie-shortlisted Rick Yancey. After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave. On a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, until Cassie meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan may be her only hope for rescuing her brother and even saving herself. Now she must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up. Cassie Sullivan gets up. The 5th Wave took me a while to get into, and with the fact that there are a few different POVs in there took me a while to...

Did you fall into the trap of my hilariously misleading title? I hope so. Because, just to start this off on the right foot, I don't actually think that teenage girls are the worst. I am a teenage girl, so you'd hope I wouldn't think that, anyway. But, being a teenage girl, I am well aware of how teenage girls are perceived and how, technically, I think I belong to what is considered the least valuable demographic (in terms of content), which, really, pisses me off. First of all, I just don't get it. Stuff for children is good because children are the future and all that, and we need to get them off right and I love stuff for kids, and stuff for adults is good because it's for adults and it's serious and gritty or whatever - though stuff for adult men is obviously better than stuff for adult women. Obviously. *rolls eyes*. Anyhoo, that's a different argument. Even stuff for teenage boys is considered marginally better. (That has  been purposefully marketed t...

   The Taming of the Tights Louise Rennison July 4th 2013 HarperCollins Children's Books Gadzooks! It’s another term at Dother Hall for Tallulah and her mates. But can they keep their minds on the arts with all those boys about… After the thing-that-will-never-be-mentioned last term, Tallulah is keen to put all thoughts of Cain behind her. But that seems like that the last thing he wants. Their performing arts college may have been saved by Honey’s mystery benefactor, but for how long is anyone’s guess. So will Tallulah finally get to wear those golden slippers of applause or will Dr Lightowler swoop down on her glory days? And with Seth and Flossie forever snogging, Vaisey and Jack loved-up and Phil and Jo fondly biffing each other can Tallulah resist the call of her wild boy? Don your craziest tights and Irish dance your way to some surprising and hilariously unexpected answers… The Tallulah Casey books are probably one of my only guilty pleasures in life. I genuinely adore ...

Dead Jealous Sharon Jones July 4th 2013 Orchard Books People think of Mother Nature as a gentle lady. They forget that she's also Death...Sixteen-year-old Poppy Sinclair believes in quantum particles, not tarot cards, in Dawkins, not druids. Last summer, in a boating accident in the Lake District, Poppy had a brush with death. But the girl she finds face down in Scariswater hasn't been so lucky. As she fights to discover the truth behind what she believes is murder, Poppy is forced to concede that people and things are not always what they seem and, slipping ever deeper into a web of lies, jealousy and heart-stopping danger, she comes to realise - too late - that the one thing that can save her has been right there, all the time. Dead Jealous was a really great murder mystery that ended up being a lot more than I'd thought it would be. It wasn't perfect, and there were parts of it which I felt didn't work as well as the rest of it, but it was a lot of fun to read an...