This book has literally been on my TBR for YEARS. Finally, after many days of overlooking it, I decided to pick it up. At last! Now my bookworm brain can stop niggling at me with that little feeling of guilt.
Let’s dive right in!
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon | A dark mystery encased in a love for books
This book was a reread for me – in the form of a buddy read. Both myself and Amy @ ShoutAme felt we needed to read this book, with it being a favourite of ours, and so June brought that reread along. I was slightly paranoid that I wouldn’t enjoy it as much as the original time I read it, since I couldn’t remember a thing and my tastes have changed a lot, but…well, you’ll see from this review how it went.
Let’s dive right in!
Journeying through endless dangers but somehow remaining lighthearted…Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Another series I managed to finish in 2016! I absolutely nailed my “finish some series” resolution from last year *high fives self*
It’s a good job I pushed myself to read this final book in the trilogy in December. I can tell I was going off the series. But more about that in a moment…
Let’s talk about Library of Souls!
Title: Library of Souls
Author: Ransom Riggs
Publisher: Quirk Books
Series Status: The 3rd book in the Miss Peregrine’s trilogy
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Number of Pages: 456
Looking back at my 2016 reading resolutions – let’s see if I nailed them or failed them
At the start of 2016, way back when the new year brought hopeful ambition coursing through my veins, I made a whole bunch of reading resolutions.
Now, resolutions aren’t something I usually stick to. The intention is there, but the motivation very quickly dies. However…somehow reading resolutions are easier to achieve to me. Maybe because I’m actually interested in them, or because it’s not a huge lifestyle change?
There were quite a few though. And a lot of the time I forgot I even had resolutions. So I’ve honestly no idea how this look back will go, but I’m excited to see whether I failed it or nailed it 😆
Let’s take a look back!
Favourite books of 2016 | That awkward moment where I realise I’ve been reluctant with the 5 stars
Hi guys! How are you all doing? I hope all of you that celebrate Christmas had a wonderful time these past few days ❤
Today’s post is coming to you a bit later in the day than usual. With the festivities and general busyness of the season, I didn’t have time to write and schedule the post beforehand like usual. And let’s face it, it’s taking me longer to get back into the swing of things after taking a break.
But today, I’m bringing you my favourite books of 2016. The ones I READ in 2016, not necessarily published in 2016. Now, when I came to look through my Goodreads challenge to choose my favourites out, I was originally planning on picking out 16 for 2016. BUT…then I realised that this year, I’ve actually been quite stingy with my 5 star ratings, and there’s not that many I wanted to mention. However, I did rate a fair few books a 4.5/5 stars, and some of those are really close to being all-time favourites (and are definitely favourites for this year) so I’ve included those too, and managed to get 10.
So let’s talk about my favourite books of 2016!
Merry Christmas!! Grateful wonderings from 2016 & a few festive updates
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!
Considering it’s Christmas day tomorrow, I thought I’d move this blog post a day earlier and make it a mash of grateful wonderings and festive updates.
Though really, the updates aren’t actually that festive…at all…
Although this post is labelled as being festive, it’s a lot more of an acknowledgement of things I’m grateful for from 2016, so if you don’t celebrate Christmas – don’t worry, you won’t be bombarded with it. And I hope each and every one of you take a moment and join me in thinking of things you’re grateful for 🙂
Let’s get to it!
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YOU recommend! It’s time for you guys to take over my blog & make my formidable TBR even longer
Guys, you’re taking over my blog.
At least for today, anyway.
This blog is basically one huge recommendation for reading. There’s an endless amount of books talked about on here, but even so, there’s even more I’ve not yet discovered.
Now, recently I posted my Reading Resolutions for 2017 video. For those who you who haven’t seen it (which you totally should, you know. Would be very much appreciated *winks*), three of the resolutions on there are about bringing a difference to my reading taste.
1. I hope to read more nonfiction
2. I hope to read more diversely
and 3. I hope to broaden my genres
Which means I’ve got a lot of book buying to do in 2017. And you know what I need to do that?
Your recommendations!
When a psychological thriller just turns way too ridiculous for me…The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Since it’s December, I thought I’d finish off at least just one more series before the end of the year and get that little last boost towards my 2016 resolution to finish some of the series I’d started.
And once again, that feeling seems to have hit where I’m going off SO many series/books this year. If you saw my reviews for the previous two books, you’ll know they have quite generous ratings. This one…well…
Let’s talk about The Retribution of Mara Dyer!
Title: The Retribution of Mara Dyer
Author: Michelle Hodkin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Series Status: The 3rd book in the Mara Dyer trilogy
Genre: Young Adult, Psychological Thriller, Supernatural, Mystery
Number of Pages: 470
Sunday Status: Because December is the month where my reading and blogging life gets busy
Now what do we have here?
Oh yes, it’s that new feature I brought in months ago…and then completely forgot about. How did that even happen? Either way, I’ve brought it back now. Let it rise from the ashes like a phoenix and heal you with it’s medicinal bird tears.
10 points to your Hogwarts house if you got the Fawkes reference.
Since the first (and only) one of these features happened a long time ago, here’s a quick summary of what a Sunday Status post is. Basically, it’s just a post where I update you on anything reading related – what I’m currently reading, future plans for my blog and booktube, anything remotely interesting I might have to mention.
So…what’s my Sunday Status?
A Quiet Kind Of Thunder by Sara Barnard | The cute way to learn that making a few mistakes sometimes is OK
So I recently received some very exciting news…I’ve been added to Macmillan’s (@MyKindaBook) YA blogger list! I feel so lucky, and I just thought I’d mention it because you’ll probably be seeing some more books from them over the next few months. Though don’t worry – I definitely won’t be bombarding you with them! Most of my books will still be self bought 🙂
Anyway, this book was one of the first ones to be sent my way. And though I’d not heard much of it beforehand, I’m SO glad it was sent to me because…well, let’s just say this is DEFINITELY a positive review.
Let’s talk about A Quiet Kind of Thunder!
This book suits my aesthetic perfectly. Just saying.
Title: A Quiet Kind of Thunder
Author: Sara Barnard
Publisher: Macmillan
Series Status: Standalone
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Number of Pages: 305
Release Date: 12th January 2017
A frolic through fiction 