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Teaser Tuesday: 5th July 2016

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat If you want to join in grab your current read, flick to a random page, select two sentences (without spoilers) and share them in a blog post or in the comments of Books and a Beat.

TeaserThis week my teaser is from All is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker which I spotted on NetGalley and couldn’t resist requesting. For some reason I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of memory loss and I do love a good psychological thriller so it should be perfect for me. I’ve literally just read the first chapter so it’s very early days but so far so good.

My Teaser

But the injustice of it all, the anger it provoked in me, and the ability to understand her suffering-all of it led me to a single-minded pursuit. And that was to give back to Jenny Kramer this most horrific nightmare.

~ Location 126,  All Is Not Forgotten, Wendy Walker

Synopsis (from GoodReads)

All is Not ForgottenIn the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut everything seems picture perfect.

Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her mother, Charlotte, prefers to pretend this horrific event did not touch her perfect country club world.

As they seek help for their daughter, the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the shadows where they have been hidden for years, and the relentless quest to find the monster who invaded their town – or perhaps lives among them – drive this psychological thriller to a shocking and unexpected conclusion.

Happy reading everyone.

Book Review: Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars

Not as good as I was expecting.

I think this book is probably a victim of too much hype as far as I’m concerned. It’s a book that’s been on my want to read list pretty much since the second it was released and my need to read grew with every fantastic review I saw of it. It’s safe to say then that my hopes were excessively high. Possibly so high that there wasn’t a hope that this book could live up to it and unfortunately it didn’t.

It’s an enjoyable read and there is a lot to like about it. It’s quite sweet, funny, sad in places and very well thought out. It was just missing that spark for me that would have taken it from a good book to a great book.

The main problem for me was probably the characters. They were likeable enough but there just wasn’t anyone I could really relate to or get invested in. Simon I found to be a little bit on the annoying and whingey side which is never a good thing. I know he was going through a bit of a rough time but it’s hard to feel sorry for someone who has so many great friends and a very supportive family.

The highlight of the book was probably the emails between Simon and Blue but even then they felt a little on the light side.

Overall it’s a good read but I’ve read other similar books that do it better.

Synopsis (from GoodReads)

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.

With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

WWW Wednesday: 29th June 2016

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The WWW Wednesdays meme is currently hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words and is a great way to do a weekly update on what you’ve been reading and what you have planned.

WWW Wednesday

To take part all you have to do is answer the following three questions:

  • What are you currently reading?
  • What did you recently finish reading?
  • What do you think you’ll read next?

Here’s this weeks WWW.

Splintered (Splintered, #1)Currently Reading

As I’m sitting writing up this post I’m trying to decide which book I’m going to start as I literally just finished one a couple of hours ago. I think however I’m going to start Splintered by A.G. Howard. I’m in the mood for something quite light so I’m hoping an Alice in Wonderland type story will hit the right spot.

I do love re tellings but I’m not sure I’ve come across one about Alice before. The reviews are a little bit mixed as some reviewers seem to have taken offence at certain elements but I’m still looking forward to it.

Recently Finished

I’ve been very productive on the reading front this week as I finished six books and actually posted some reviews. Something I haven’t been very good aVanishing Girlst recently.

The first book finished was Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver which I was midway through last week. I’m a big fan of this author and absolutely loved Before I Fall but found this thriller about two sisters not that gripping. The writing is very good and I loved the way the author used different elements such as emails, newspaper articles and photographs to paint a picture of their lives and their relationship but I just found the whole thing a little too slow. You can read my full review here.

Midnight Alley (The Morganville Vampires, #3)After the Vanishing Girls I was in the mood for something a little bit easier so switched back to the Morganville Vampires Series by Rachel Caine. I’d read the first two books in the series a couple of weeks ago so I decided to finish the box set I had and read books three and four, Midnight Alley and Feast for Fools over the weekend.

They are both enjoyable enough reads and they aren’t too long so you can get through them quite quickly. However, I’m starting to feel like there’s not enough happening and not much is moving on. I’m also finding it a little annoying that the author leaves a cliffhanger at the end of every book so I think I’m going to put the series on hold for a while.The Girl with All the Gifts

The next book, and my absolute favourite read of the week was The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey. It’s a book that’s been sitting on my want to read pile for a while so when I spied it in the library I couldn’t resist. I hadn’t actually realised it was a book about zombies till I mentioned I was thinking about reading it to someone. It definitely has all of the classic and wonderful zombie story elements (think Walking Dead) but is so incredibly well thought out and developed I can’t recommend enough. Again, I’ve actually written a review which you can read here.Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Also this week I finally got around to reading another book that’s been hovering around my TBR for a while, Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Abertalli. I had heard a lot of great things about this and saw a lot of five star reviews so had high hopes. As it turned out I think I’d built it up too much and there was no way it could possibly live up to it. It’s an enjoyable read and I would recommend it but I think there are better YA M/M romances out there.

The sixth and final book of the week was Every Exquisite Thing Every Exquisite Thingby Matthew Quick which I received from NetGalley. Matthew Quick for those who like me didn’t know wrote the Silver Linings Playbook and like Silver Linings Playbook this story is about misfits and non conformists but is aimed at the YA market.

I hadn’t read anything by this author before and initially I have to admit to going “hmm, this is a bit weird” but after a few pages I discovered it’s weird in that really, really good way. It’s a story about a girl Nanette who’s in that period in the run up to graduation from high school and is feeling a bit lost. Her teacher gives her a book by a little known author which she becomes obsessed with (sound familiar) and which inspires her to make some changes and set off down a different path. There was something about this story that I liked a lot but that I struggle to put into words. Hopefully I’ll figure it out once I write the review.

Reading Next

Miracle of miracles I actually read all of the books on last weeks reading next list which leaves me with a bit of a hole to fill. I have got a lot of books that have been on my kindle or shelves for a while but I tend to be drawn to the shiny and new so will no doubt read one of the books I picked up during the week. These include, Hanover House by Brenda Novak, Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire, Wicked by Jennifer L Armentrout and The Fire Child by S.K. Tremaine.

Hanover House (The Evelyn Talbot Chronicles, #0.5)Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)Wicked (A Wicked Saga, #1)The Fire Child

Have you read any of the books above or have any other book you’d recommend? Leave comments and links below.

Happy Wednesday everyone.

Book Review: The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey

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The Girl with All the GiftsThe Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Warning: mild spoilers after the synopsis

This is one of those books that I saw a lot of hype around but for some reason didn’t really know what it was about. A quick read of the synopsis doesn’t give much away but I thought what the heck I’ll add it to the TBR and get to it eventually. Now I’m asking myself why on earth did I wait so long.

This book is incredible and in my opinion deserves all of the hype and the praise around it. The author creates such a real and vivid world and characters that you feel like you’re there with them. It’s a beautiful, gruesome, gripping and absolutely heartbreaking story and like nothing I expected it to be. If you haven’t read it you need to right now (mostly so I have someone to rave over it with).

Synopsis (from GoodReads)

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her “our little genius.”

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don’t like her. She jokes that she won’t bite, but they don’t laugh.

Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children’s cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she’ll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn’t know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.

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Teaser Tuesday: 28th June 2016

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat If you want to join in grab your current read, flick to a random page, select two sentences (without spoilers) and share them in a blog post or in the comments of Books and a Beat.

TeaserI’m between books at the moment so it seems like a good excuse to post a teaser from The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey which I read at the weekend. It’s a book that’s been on my want to read list for a while and I have to say it was worth the wait. I should be posting a review with 5 big fat stars soon but in the meantime here’s my teaser.

My Teaser

And he’s always assumed that by steering into the middle of the channel, he was going to manage not to get wrecked. Now he knows you can get wrecked in clear waters too, and he’s thinking oh please, don’t let me die. I haven’t even lived yet, so it’s not fair to let me die.

~ page 171,  The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey

The Girl with All the GiftsSynopsis (from GoodReads)

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her “our little genius.”

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don’t like her. She jokes that she won’t bite, but they don’t laugh.

Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children’s cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she’ll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn’t know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.

Happy reading everyone.

Book Review: Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

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Vanishing GirlsVanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars

I honestly don’t know how this author comes up with such fantastically brilliant endings. Unfortunately I’m not sure it was quite enough to save this thriller about the relationship between two sisters.

Lauren Oliver’s writing is as always good and she creates some very real and well rounded characters however, I found the story didn’t grip me as much as I hoped it would.

 

Synopsis (from GoodReads)

Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident that left Dara’s beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged. When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances are linked. Now Nick has to find her sister, before it’s too late.

In this edgy and compelling novel, Lauren Oliver creates a world of intrigue, loss, and suspicion as two sisters search to find themselves, and each other.

Thoughts

I was very excited when I came across this book in my local library as I fell in love with Lauren Oliver’s writing after reading Before I Fall a few months ago. It was one of those books that started off slow but somehow managed to gradually draw me in so that by the end I was completely enthralled and an emotional basket case.

Consequently when I began reading Vanishing Girls and found it slow going I wasn’t too worried initially. When I hit the halfway point and realised I was still finding it a bit of a hard slog that’s when I became concerned. It’s never a good sign when you start putting off reading and doing all of those other things (housework, going to the gym, sleeping) that you usually sacrifice for a good book. Don’t get me wrong, the writing and characterization is good it just didn’t have that thing that hooks you in and makes you totally addicted.

I think this was largely due to the plot which was pretty slow and my inability to really connect with either of the main characters, Dara or Nick (Nicole). Of the two main characters Nick is probably the more likeable. She’s the one who’s always trying to do the right thing, to protect her sister and keep her out of trouble. I’m totally on board with this type of attitude and behaviour (I’m the sensible and responsible sibling in my family) but it doesn’t make for a particularly fun and exciting read.

Dara on the other hand is at the opposite end of the spectrum, always looking for the next thrill, breaking every rule she can find no matter who gets hurt. This insensitivity and bratty behaviour didn’t exactly endear her to me and if I was Nick I probably would have washed my hands of her a long time ago.

It’s difficult when you don’t like the MCs to be drawn into a book and this wasn’t helped by the slow pace of the story. While the blurb gives the impression this is about the disappearance of one of the sisters, this in fact doesn’t happen until very late on (around the 75% mark). The focus is much more on the relationship between the two and an accident that caused it all to go wrong.

Unfortunately for me I didn’t really feel the emotions I suspect I should have and couldn’t understand why the relationship between the sisters meant so much to them. There seemed to be a lot of arguments, a lot of worry and just a general lack of fun and laughs. I know that this is supposed to be a thriller but I always think the dark is darker when there’s a bit of light.

The story jumps back and forward in time from the months leading up to the accident to the current time. It also flips between Dara’s pov and Nick’s and as well as the main narrative there are journal entries, emails, newspaper articles and photographs. I really liked the use of journals and photos but found it all a bit much, particularly at the start as I got lost a few times and had to back up to figure out who and when.

Given all this I was fully prepared to give it 3 stars and move on. Then came the ending which was like nothing I expected. I’m obviously not going to say too much about it only that it turned a decidedly average read into something that little bit more special.

On the whole therefore, it’s a well written story with an incredible ending but is maybe just that little bit too slow to get there. If you like a story about family relationships I think you’ll enjoy this, just don’t expect an exciting thriller.

Book Review: Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan

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Dear AmyDear Amy by Helen Callaghan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A fantastic debut. Dear Amy is exceptionally well written, with a very likeable main character and a storyline that gripped me from the very start. It’s not perfect and I found the first half to be much better than the last but I will most definitely be looking out for more books by Helen Callaghan.

Synopsis (from GoodReads)

Margot Lewis is the agony aunt for The Cambridge Examiner. Her advice column, Dear Amy, gets all kinds of letters – but none like the one she’s just received: Dear Amy,
I don’t know where I am. I’ve been kidnapped and am being held prisoner by a strange man. I’m afraid he’ll kill me.
Please help me soon,
Bethan Avery

Bethan Avery has been missing for years. This is surely some cruel hoax. But, as more letters arrive, they contain information that was never made public. How is this happening? Answering this question will cost Margot everything . .

Thoughts

This definitely seems to be turning out to be a great summer for crime and thrillers. There seems to be a new must read story out almost every week and I know I’ve been mixing a lot more of them than usual into my reading. In a market so crowded it’s difficult to see how a new book from a new author could possibly stand out but in my opinion Dear Amy definitely manages just that.

With this type of story it’s difficult to say a lot about the plot without giving away spoilers but essentially it’s about an agony aunt (and English teacher) who receives a letter from someone claiming to be a girl abducted a number of years ago. For some reason she finds herself believing it could be genuine and when the police don’t take her seriously she starts looking into it herself.

From the very start I found main character Margot Lewis to be very likeable. She’s probably around the same age as me, loves her job as a teacher and as an agony aunt but is having a bit of a personal crisis as she’s in the process of getting divorced and her soon to be ex is making things difficult. Understandably she is a little emotional and sometime she does seem to lose control a bit but given everything that happens her reactions actually feel quite natural and real.

Margot’s character and how it develops is pretty central to the story and while there were elements I didn’t quite believe it did feel like a natural development. Similarly there are a few things in the plot that didn’t seem wholly believable and while some became clear as we got further into the story there were a few bits that I’m still not too sure about.

Despite these niggles, the writing stayed consistently good throughout. It somehow drew you completely into the story and into Margot’s head. There are some flashbacks to Margot’s past and occasionally it seemed like her mind would wander on to something unconnected but I suspect if you were in my head it would be exactly the same. I absolutely loved how she described places and people in particular. I felt like I got a real sense of them and I’m someone who frequently skims over descriptions.

While the majority of the book is told from Margot’s perspective there is the occasional switch to other characters and while I liked some of them there were others I wasn’t as keen on. I think this was probably my biggest issue with the second half of the book. It switched focus to one of the other less likeable characters and it put me off a little. It was also at this point that a lot of the tension and mystery kind of dissipated and it became much more your standard thriller and the ending felt a little flat.

That being said, I still think it was an excellent debut that I would recommend you give a go. On the basis of the writing style alone I will definitely be looking out for more books by this author.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

WWW Wednesday: 22nd June 2016

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It’s WWW Wednesday time.

The WWW Wednesdays meme is currently hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words and is a great way to do a weekly update on what you’ve been reading and what you have planned.

WWW Wednesday

To take part all you have to do is answer the following three questions:

  • What are you currently reading?
  • What did you recently finish reading?
  • What do you think you’ll read next?

Here’s this weeks WWW.

Currently Reading

Vanishing GirlsI started Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver a couple of days ago which is a YA mystery/thriller about two sisters. I’m around the halfway point at the moment and while I’m liking the writing I have to admit I’m not finding it as gripping as I hoped it would be.

I had previously read the author’s debut novel Before I Fall and after a slightly rocky start ended up absolutely loving it so I’m hoping that this will be the same. I am liking that it includes newspaper clips, photographs and diary entries but it’s jumping around in time which I’m finding a little confusing.

Recently Finished

Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1)The first book finished last week was  Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton. I was reading this as part of a group read but it’d been one I’d been looking forward to for a while due mostly to the absolutely beautiful cover. It’s YA fantasy, set in the desert and follows a girl, Amani, who goes on the run to escape the life that’s been mapped out for her.

I really wanted to love this and based on the synopsis I should have but while I didn’t dislike it in anyway I found it just sort of OK. I liked the main characters but I thought the world was a little bit confusing. Too many different places (towns, countries), too many characters who were introduced only to disappear a few pages later and too much terminology. I suspect this is mostly a me thing.

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)The other book finished this week was The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin which I could possibly be one of the last people ever to read. It’s another YA book (I seem to be on a bit of a spree at the moment) about a girl Mara who wakes up in hospital with no idea how she got there. She was in an accident that killed her friends but remembers nothing about it.

I liked this book a lot. Hopefully I’ll get a review up soon but I loved how it kept you guessing throughout. I like a story where you’re not sure what’s real and what’s not. I also liked the main characters which always helps.

Reading Next

I think my reading next list will be pretty similar to last weeks as I still want to read The Girl with All The Gifts by M.R. Carey which I got from the library and Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick which is an ARC from NetGalley. I also managed to get my hands on Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Abertalli. It’s been on my desperately want to read list for a while.

The Girl with All the GiftsEvery Exquisite ThingSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Have you read any of the books above or have any other book you’d recommend? Leave comments and links below.

Happy Wednesday everyone.

Teaser Tuesday: 21st June 2016

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat If you want to join in grab your current read, flick to a random page, select two sentences (without spoilers) and share them in a blog post or in the comments of Books and a Beat.

TeaserThis week my teaser comes from Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver which I got from the local library. I’m only about a third of the way through and finding it a little slow but going on some of the reviews I’ve read and my previous experience of this author’s books I still have high hopes for a big finish.

Vanishing GirlsSynopsis (from GoodReads)

Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident that left Dara’s beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged. When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances are linked. Now Nick has to find her sister, before it’s too late.

In this edgy and compelling novel, Lauren Oliver creates a world of intrigue, loss, and suspicion as two sisters search to find themselves, and each other.

My Teaser

“It’ll be just like old times,” Parker says, and I feel a hard ache in my chest, a desperate desire for something lost long ago.

Everyone knows you can’t go back.

~ page 52, Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

Happy reading everyone.

The Harry Potter Book Tag

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It feels like it’s been forever since I did a tag so when I was tagged by the wonderful Jess at the The Mud and Stars Book Blog to complete The Harry Potter Book Tag I just couldn’t resist. If you get a chance you should definitely check out her blog. It’s my go to source for great book recommendations 🙂

This awesome tag was created by Trang and Lashaan over at Bookitode, as were the amazing graphics below, which they have very kindly said anyone who completes this tag may use!

The only rule of this tag is that YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE HARRY POTTER AS AN ANSWER. Good news for all Slytherins 🙂

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A book in which you found the theme interesting, but you’d like to rewrite it:

Never Never: Part Three (Never Never, #3)

I’ve always had slightly mixed feelings about Colleen Hoover books but really liked the Never Never trilogy she wrote with Tarryn Fisher. It’s a fascinating idea, a boy and a girl suddenly get amnesia and can’t remember anything about their lives. They have to follow the clues to figure out the reason behind it while also getting to know each other. What I’d like to re write is the ending in the third and final book. I have no idea what I’d want the ending to be. Just not that…

 

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The first book in a series that got you hooked:

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

This could be just about every first book in a series I’ve ever read as I have an addictive personality when it comes to series. Once I start I just can’t stop 🙂

However the last series where I read every book I could get my hands on as soon as possible was Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. If you like YA fantasy with strong female characters and a lot of emotion this would definitely be my top recommendation. Although beware there are still a couple of books to come so you may want to wait.

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A book you wish you could have right now:

A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3)

ACCIO A CONJURING OF LIGHT. I have a long wait for this one as the third and final part of the Shades of Magic trilogy doesn’t come out till February 2017. I have been stalking the author on Twitter to try and get some hints but I have no idea how I’m supposed to last 8 months.

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A killer book. Both senses. Take it as you like:

Jane Steele

My choice for this absolutely has to be Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye. It’s a dark and gothic (sort of) retelling of Jane Eyre which is my all time favourite of the classics. The story is set in the same time period and mirrors that of Miss Eyre but this Jane is much more lethal. One of the best books I’ve come across in a while and an absolute killer.

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A book that you found really confusing:

The Stranger

I read The Stranger by Albert Camus as part of higher French when I was in school. As we were reading the french version of the book I probably only understood every other word in a sentence (I was too lazy to look up the words I didn’t know). I would love to tell you what it’s about but honestly I have no idea. Maybe I should try re reading the English translation but it seems doubtful.

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Your spirit animal book:

Jane Eyre

OK you might be noticing there’s a bit of a theme going here (and not the intended Harry Potter one). There are obviously a lot of differences between myself and Jane Eyre but I like to think that we have a lot in common. She’s pretty quiet and doesn’t like to be the centre of attention, she’s generous, loyal, works hard and most importantly she’s independent (particularly for the time she lives in). Plus I kind of wish I had the same strong morals and determination.

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A dark, twisted book:

Black Widow

This is probably a difficult one for me as I don’t really think I read that many dark and twisted books. I will however go for Black Widow by Chris Brookmyre. I wouldn’t necessarily call it dark but it is most definitely twisty. It certainly kept me guessing throughout.

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A book that surprised you in a great way:

Before I Fall

When I picked up Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver I was expecting your standard contemporary YA read what I got was something much deeper. The main character is in a car accident and ends up repeating the day over and over again until she figures out what she’s supposed to do to end the cycle. This is one of those stories where I wasn’t keen at the start but by the end I didn’t want it to be over. Absolutely heart breaking.

I think I’m probably the last person in the universe to do this tag so I won’t tag anyone but if you haven’t done it yet, and want to, consider yourself tagged 🙂