Book Review: Paper Towns

Who is the real Margo?
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life – dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge – he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues – and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew…

2.5* Read!

Top Ten Tuesday – Bookish Items I Own or Want to Own

When it comes to bookish items there are so many I would love to have and if I had an infinite supply of money and space to keep them… it’ll be tricky to choose just ten but I’m going to kick this off with three items I own, then the rest are on my wishlist/radar.

Liebster Award Nomination Round 2

I’ve been nominated for a second Liebster Award, and I’m pretty chuffed! Find out what I’m listening to right now, what my biggest fear is, and if I have any regrets!

Book Review: Don’t Even Think About It

This is the story of how we became freaks. It’s how a group of I’s became a we. When Class 10B got their flu shots, they expected some side effects. Maybe a sore arm. Maybe a headache. They definitely didn’t expect to get telepathy. But suddenly they could hear what everyone was thinking. Their friends. Their teachers. Their parents. Now they all know that Tess has a crush on her best friend, Teddy. That Mackenzie cheated on Cooper. That Nurse Carmichael used to be a stripper. Some of them will thrive. Some of them will break. None of them will ever be the same…

2.5* Read

Five Friday Favourites – Favourite Things About Being a Blogger/Reader

Five Favourite Things About Being a Blogger/Reader I was tempted to skip this week, partly because my blog has been review-light lately and I feel like I’m doing all the memes (I’m reading the entire Noughts and Crosses series and doing an overall review when I’m done) and partly because I haven’t been blogging for very […]

Top Ten Tuesday – Most Unique Books I’ve Read

It can’t actually be time for a Top Ten Tuesday again?! This week is all about unique books, and it’s times like this that I’m really thankful for Goodreads, or I could spend hours trying to put a post like this together! In no particular order, the most unique books I’ve ever read are…

Rant: Where Have All The Reviews Gone??

A discussion of book reviews, DNFs, book-blogger guilt, and asking what you do when you receive a book for review from a publisher and struggle to get through it…

Stacking the Shelves April 2014

I spotted a meme called Stacking the Shelves and thought I’d join in. As a typical Book Geek it’s not just books that I love, and adore, and have far too many of, I’m a also a movie, TV show and DVD geek too, so I’m including my DVD purchases this month (and bonus points – they’re mostly book related), so here we go…

Top Ten Tuesday – Gateway Books/Authors

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday focuses on the books that turned us into book lovers – books we read as children that have stayed with us, books that got us back into reading after a drought and books that introduced us to a new favourite genre. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday puts a spotlight on those books and authors that we credit with our bookishness.

I Got A Liebster Award!

I’ve been nominated for my first Liebster Award! Find out which book I’d save from a burning library, what one element I’d rewrite in a book, and what my date itinerary would be if I could meet my favourite author…

Book Review: Tease

Emma Putnam is dead, and it’s all Sara Wharton’s fault. At least, that’s what everyone seems to think when Sara, along with her best friend and three other classmates, are criminally charged for the bullying and harassment that led to Emma’s shocking suicide. But Sara is sure she hasn’t done anything wrong, because Emma brought it on herself. Sara is adamant that she was the victim – not Emma. Inspired by a true story, TEASE is a thought-provoking must-read that will haunt you long after the last page.

3.5* Read

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Book Review: The Geography of You and Me

The Geography of You and Me is a story for anyone who’s ever longed to meet someone special, for anyone who’s searched for home and found it where they least expected it. Owen and Lucy meet in a stalled elevator in New York City during both a power cut and a heat wave, and the brief time they spend together leaves a mark. As their lives take them to Edinburgh and San Francisco, to Prague and to Portland, they can’t shake the memory of the time they shared. Postcards cross the globe when they themselves can’t, as Owen and Lucy experience the joy – and pain – of first love. As they make their separate journeys in search of home, they discover that sometimes it is a person rather than a place that anchors you most in the world.

3* Read

Top Ten Tuesday – My Bookish Bucket List

My list includes some goals/aims/dreams (delete as appropriate) that are pretty easy to achieve, and a few more “chunky” ones that will take a little more planning (and a lot more money). In no particular order, my Top Ten Bookish Bucket List is…

Book Review: Adaptation

Flocks of birds are hurling themselves at aeroplanes across America. Thousands of people die. Millions are stranded. Everyone knows the world will never be the same…Reese can’t remember anything from between her accident and the day she woke up almost a month later. She only knows one thing: she’s different now; the real question is: who can she trust?

4* Read

Book Review: The Rosie Project

Meet Don Tillman. Don is getting married. He just doesn’t know who to yet. But he has designed a very detailed questionnaire to help him find the perfect woman. One thing he already knows, though, is that it’s not Rosie. Absolutely, completely, definitely not.

4* Read!

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green Book Cover

Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars

Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

4.5* Read