Hey my lovelies, welcome to this weeks Monday (which is slightly delayed, sorry guys) post, and there has been a little bit of a change in plan, my original planned post is being swapped over to the 31st, and this weeks post is now my booktubeathon TBR & (mini) Haul. The booktubeathon is an annual readathon, that was created by Ariel Bissett on Youtube, with the idea that as well as celebrating the booktube community, everyone bands together to read as many books that they can in the week, whilst trying to complete the 7 challenges. This year it runs from today (July 24th) to Sunday (July 30th). All of the books included in today's post, were bought for the purpose of reading in this readathon, so lets get down to it...

Thankfully when buying for this, I had the good sense to only pick relatively short books, so I won't be overpowering myself by trying to read 7 500+ page books in 6 days.

Challenge #1 ~ Read a book with a person on the cover

Now this one wasn't a very difficult choice to make and that's because it is Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, I first read this book around four years ago, and I remember really enjoying it, however with the series recently coming out on Netflix, I decided before watching it I would reread the book. If you don't know what Thirteen Reasons Why is about Clay who receives a set of tapes, only they're from his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide two weeks earlier, and claims to explain the thirteen reasons why she committed suicide, the only thing is Clay is one of them.

Challenge #2 ~ Read a hyped book

This next book I've had on my TBR for quite some time now, and from the reading of various others TBRs it is clearly a priority to get this one read, especially after the film came out last year, so A Monster Calls is joining my list.  And for this one I am pretty much going into this blind, only knowing that it is about a young boy and a monster (who my mum thought was Groot, when she saw the trailer on TV). But can you deny that this is a super hyped book? Patrick Ness has been so popular with both bloggers and booktubers a like in the recent years.

Challenge #3 ~ Finish a book in one day

And for this challenge (although one of my other picks, will probably cover this one) I have chosen the official Booktubeathon read! Which is of cause Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index by Julie Israel, and all I know about this one is that it deals with someone coping with the grief of losing their sister, and how they deal with allowing themselves to get over the loss.

Challenge #4 ~ Read about a character that is very different from you

For this one I wasn't really sure what to choose, as it was such an open ended challenge, so in the end I simply decided to let it go and see what happens, whilst the readathons on.

Challenge #5 ~ Finish a book completely outside

Now bar challenge #7 this is one I feel I'm most likely to fail at, as you never really know what is going to happen with British weather, but in the spirit of it being summer, I have chosen to read Lying about Last Summer by Sue Wallman. Similar to Juniper Lemons Happiness Index, this deals with the trauma from losing a sibling, however with a mystery/thriller edge, as Skye starts receiving texts from someone claiming to be her dead sister. Pretty Little Liars much?

Challenge #6 ~ Read a book you got because of the cover

For this challenge, I picked a book my mum got me in the last two weeks, which I adore because of the cover and it is The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid, as well as it being the only science fiction book on my list, it is also the only hardcover I plan to read. But honestly how cool is that cover? A butterfly turning into knives, what could be better? This is another one I'm going into blind.

Challenge #7 ~ Read 7 books

And for the final challenge I have chosen the booktubers collaboration Because you love to hate me, I chose this one, because what is better than finishing of a booktubeathon with a book inspired by booktubers writing prompts?

I know I shouldn't but when buying for this haul, I couldn't help myself. So I bought a swapping books, meaning that if I change my mind on what to read I could try this instead. So we have another book by Sue Wallman, See how they lie, which is another ya thriller. 

Thank you for reading my lovelies, I hope you enjoyed it, and if you're taking part in the Booktubeathon let me know what your reading below in the comments!

Previous Book Review: Pigeon Blood Red by Ed E. Duncan
Previous Bookish Post: May/June Wrap Up & July TBR
Next Book Review: Landline by Rainbow Rowell

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Hey my lovelies, welcome to another (two) months wrap up! In May I only managed to read four books, so I decided to wait and do another combination wrap up with June! So lets get down to it...

The first book I read in May was Half Wild by Sally Green, I first read this a few years ago, when it first came out, but when I decided to finally read Half Lost for the first time, I had to read this as well, as in April I read Half Bad. And shockingly the next book I read was Half Lost, are you seeing a theme yet? You can find my review of Half Wild by Sally Green here. As I said I also read Half Lost, however currently I'm not really sure how I'm feeling about it, as the series definitely did not end the way I was expecting it too.

The third book I read in May was Caraval by Stephanie Gerber, and I loved it! This will definitely be making it on my favourites of 2017 post at the end of the year, and I am so excited for the sequel, I won't delve into any of the juicy bits right now, as I have plans to post a full review by the end of next month. 

The fourth book I read in May was Love you to death by Meg Cabot, I got it in my head that the best way to get myself out of a (mini) reading slump, was to read an old favourite series of mine, however when I went to do this I actually only got round to reading the first one. 

And now onto June I read a grand total of 5 books. With the first one being The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, and wow was this a book, for me the only downfall is the novel definitely seemed to last forever, as I got thoroughly enraptured in the world building and writing of the book. And in all honesty if you haven't read it yet, what have you been doing? And you should do exactly what I did and go into it completely blind.

The second book I read in June was Pigeon Blood Red by Ed E. Duncan, in all honesty I received this book in exchange for review last year, and I have only just managed to get round to reading it (I'm sorry), which is why I'm not going to get to into the nitty gritty details, as the review is scheduled for the 21st July. However, Pigeon Blood Red is a multiple point of view thriller, following our mains face the consequences for actions they didn't necessarily take. 

The third book I read in June was Landline by Rainbow Rowell, I started reading this book about two, maybe three years ago, whilst on holiday and didn't enjoy it, so I put it down. So I decided to give it another go, and I really enjoyed it, maybe it is because I'm older now? I'm not really sure. Landline follows a woman in a declining marriage, who finds an old telephone that allows her to ring her husband back in the late nineties, which gives her the option of changing the past, so he never married her in the first place. 

The fourth book I read in June was Soundless by Richelle Mead, this was another book I wanted knocked off my TBR, and I've finally done it! Woohoo. It also means I've read every book on my Richelle Mead/Marie Lu shelf, which I am very happy about. Soundless follows Fei, who lives in a deaf village, which relies on the town below to deliver them food, however everything changes when she suddenly regains her hearing.  

The fifth book I read in June was Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, this was another reread for me, as I have plans to complete the Red Queen series this summer. The last time I read Red Queen I wrote a review, which you can find here. 

July TBR

And now onto the books I plan to read in July, So this months TBR pile has 4 books in and they are...

The first book I plan to read in June is Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard, as the final book I read in June was Red Queen, my plan is to try to complete the series, as I have yet to read the next 2.5 books. 

The second book I plan to read in June is Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard, I have technically read this book before, as I did read Queen Song, when it  was released, however bar Coriane dying (which isn't a spoiler), I can't  really remember what happened. 

The third book I plan to read in June is King's Cage, also by Victoria Aveyard, and is the most recent published one, as it only came out in February. With the fourth and final book expected to be released in February 2018, and I know if I don't get this series knocked out this summer, there is no way I will be able to read it when the next one comes out. 

That is it for this months tbr and last months wrap up, I hope you've enjoyed finding out what I've read in May, and let me know what you're planning to read in June, either by commenting, on Goodreads or via Twitter. 

Previous Book Review: The Midnight Star by Marie Lu
Previous Bookish Post: 2017 Anticipated Releases (Part 2)
Next Book Review: Pigeon Blood Red by Ed E. Duncan

Next Bookish Post: Emma Recommends... Books to read on holiday

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Hey my lovelies, welcome to this months reading wrap up and I am happy to say that I have finally ended my reading slump. Woop Woop! Which is why I read a grand total of 7 books in the month of April, and pretty much all of them are Marie Lu books.

April Wrap Up

The first book I read in April was a reread and it was The Young Elites by Marie Lu, I first read this book around two year ago and planned to read the other books in the trilogy when they came out, however I never got round to it and now I finally have. I definitely enjoyed it a lot more than the last time, as I am really into reading stories about anti-heroes right now, which you probably would have realised on your own by the end of this wrap up. You can find out more of my thoughts on The Young Elites on the 12th when my review is scheduled to come out.

The second book I read in April, shockingly was The Rose Society by Marie Lu, the second book in the Young Elite trilogy. Again, I really enjoyed this. There was certain things that I would have preferred to of happened, but again it's not really something I have much of a say on, as I didn't read it. And I really wanted to explore Guiletta's character a lot more, and sadly that did not happen. 

The third book I read in April was The Midnight Star by Marie Lu, this is the final book in the Young Elite trilogy, and it did not disappoint. I really like the ending of this series and how all of the loose ends tied up in a little bow. My review of The Midnight Star is expected to be out on the 26th May.

The next series I started and then completed was the Legend trilogy by Marie Lu. After really enjoying the Young Elites, I thought I would finally knock this one of my tbr and gave it ago. Although I have to say I did not enjoy this as much as the other series, and would have preferred it if some things were slightly different, but you can find out what I thought about the entire trilogy in my review of it coming out on the 2nd June.

And the final book I read in April was Half Bad by Sally Green, this was another reread for me, as I really want to finish this series and find out the end of Nathan's story. I read both Half Bad and Half Wild almost two years ago now, and have been planning to read Half Lost for quite sometime and after picking up a signed hardcover, with a small note inside, I've been desperate to find out what it means. 

May TBR

And now onto the books I plan to read in May, but probably won't. And this months TBR is all to do with retellings, due to me picking up Heartless by Marissa Meyer last months and putting it at the top of my TBR pile. 

You can probably guess what the first book on my TBR is, and that is Heartless by Marissa Meyer. I've owned the Lunar Chronicles for round about a year now, and have only ever got round to reading it once, and then I couldn't get passed the first chapter of Cinder, so it didn't go the best. And since then I've been ignoring that section of my shelf, so in order to hopefully get used to her writing styles I am starting off with Heartless. Heartless is a prequel to Alice in Wonderland, following the story of the Queen of Hearts before she even became Queen. All I know of it so far is what I've read on the blurb, and  that alone has me interested. I purchased this due to being Llandudno and felt inspired after seeing all of the statues around the town. 

Another shocking book on my tbr is of cause the first book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Now this is a much loved book series for some people, and other people hate it, and after owning all of the books I really don't want to be a part of the group of people who hate it. But hopefully after reading Heartless, I shall be more accustomed to her writing style, and be able to get on with the rest of the series. All I know about Cinder, is that it's a Cinderella retelling with a scifi twist, and based on the book cover Cinder is in fact a cyborg, or part cyborg. Hopefully after finishing this one then I will be able to move on to Scarlet. 

The third book on my tbr is Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige, I don't really know a lot about this one, only that it is a retelling of the Snow Queen and is set in modern upstate New York, in some sort of mental facility. But other than this I am going into this book completely blind (how I prefer to, in all honesty). 

And the fourth and final book on my tbr is The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige, The Wicked Will Rise is the second book in the Dorothy Must Die series, and I read Dorothy Must Die back in January, and really enjoyed it, and never got round to reading it (are you guys sick of me saying this yet?), however I've been dying to read it, so why not in my very own retelling's month? 

That is it for this months tbr and last months wrap up, I hope you've enjoyed finding out what I've read in April, and let me know what you're planning to read in May, either by commenting, on Goodreads or via Twitter. 

Next Book Review: The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Next Bookish Post: Battle of the Bookcovers

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Hey my lovelies, this month has been an extremely busy month for me, from theory tests to personal issues. So I have been unable to post many (if any) reviews this month, however this is going to be rectified in the coming month. As in August I shall be going on holiday for just over a week giving me plenty of reading time, and you will be happy to know I already have 3 scheduled reviews written and ready to post. So there shall be at least 5 reviews posted in August. I was supposed to take part in the Booktube readathon this month and my goal was to read in 7 books, however I did only end up reading 2.

July TBR

The first book I read in the month of July was My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick, I ordered this as I decided it was summer and I needed to read a light hearted contemporary and even though it did end up having some angsty moments, it was exactly what I needed, and I really enjoyed it. However, for most of this month I have either not been in a review writing mood or the books I have reviewed have a specific date by which they have to be posted, which is why My Life Next Door does not have a review.

The second book I read in July was Deeper by Allyn Lesley, I received this book in exchange for an honest review on the Deeper: Descent book tour in late August. I won't reveal much about this book due to the review coming out on the 19th August. Deeper is an adult suspenseful romance novel following a young teacher and self proclaimed in King of New York Noah.

Shockingly, the third book I read in July was Deeper: Descent by Allyn Lesley, I also received this book in exchange for an honest review and the review shall be posted on the 26th August. Descent is the sequel to the above mentioned book and further follows the story of Avi and Noah, although now they have even bigger enemies going against them.

The fourth book I read in July was The Departed by Kristy Cooper, this was a very interesting book and followed the idea of what if the rapture happened, or what if it didn't however everyone beleives it did. When Gwens best friend goes missing in one night along with thousand of others around the world, she's convinced that her best friend can't really be dead.

You may have seen my booktube readathon tbr, and I am happy to announce in that week I read a grand total of 3 books, whilst rereading one of the books 3 times(this shall make more sense below). 

The fifth book I read in July was Idol by Kristen Callihan, if you've been reading my blog for awhile then you will know that I first discovered Kristen Callihan back in January and fell in love with the Hook Up series, so when I heard about this one I wanted it right now. This also fell into my favourite author challenge, so how could I not? So I picked it up and I really enjoyed it, the only criticism I have is that the ending went far too fast for my liking. But what can you do?

This ofcause lead to me having to reread The Hook Up by Kristen Callihan, yes, I just had to do it, I simply couldn't help my self and in the midst of revising I read it. I am happy to say it was just as good as I remember and shall firmly stay on my favourites list.

The seventh, eighth and ninth book I read in July was The Highway Code, I had my theory test in the middle my readathon, so I didn't get to read all of the books I wanted as when I went to read it made me feel guilty that I wasn't revising. Does anybody else have this? Usually I can put it to the back of my mind, however this time I simply couldn't.

The tenth book I read in July was Real by Katy Evans, you may remember that I read Manwhore back in January, and when I saw Real was available for me to read, I simply had too. I have to say though I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected too and in my opinion I preferred Manwhore to Real.

August TBR

Hey my lovelies, this part of the post is going to be very short, as I have decided to not have a tbr in August. However I should hopefully be able to read a lot this month, as I am going on my second holiday of the year and shall be doing plenty of reading on the plane and the beach. 

Well, that's it for this month, hopefully you had a better reading month than I did, even though looking at my list I did read quite a bit, I just feel like I did no reading. 

Thank you for reading, To keep more up to date with what I am reading, you can check out my Twitter, Goodreads and Instagram. 

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Hey my lovelies, this weeks monday post is a little different to my normal ones mainly because it is a tbr, but not any old tbr, the BookTube-A-Thon Reading Challenge TBR. The reading challenge takes place every year in one week, in order to help readers take a few books of their tbr, this year it is taking place from July 18th to to July 24th. You can find out more about the challenge here. Now I have chosen 7 books to read this week (a lot I know), in order to reach the each of the seven challenges.

Challenge #1 is to read a book with yellow on the cover, this one seems pretty easy until I actually look at my bookshelves, I do not actually own a lot of yellow books, but I still managed to find one. The book I have chosen is Landline by Rainbow Rowell, I tried to read this last year, however something stopped me when I was about half way through and then I never picked it back up again. 

Challenge #2 is to read a book only after sunset and when I say after sunset this basically just means you can't read the book during the day, which sounds reasonable enough especially for me considering I do not usually go to sleep until around half past one, however sunset is not actually till 9:31pm, so I do not have much time to ensure I read it, however I have done it multiple times before, so this one should be pretty easy to do.

Challenge #3 is to read a book you discovered through booktube, I have been watching various booktubers for over two years now, so there are not that many books I have read that have not come recommended via booktube in some way. So the book I have chosen is Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, I originally heard of this from the booktuber Jessethereader, and have wanted to pick it up since then. And now I do actually have a copy of it, why not?

Challenge #4 is to read a book by one of your favourite authors, this challenge sounds a lot easier than it is, as I have far too many favourite authors, so for this one on the day I am just going to go for it and pick up a book of one of favourite authors shelves (I have individual shelves for Cassandra Clare, Richelle Mead, Sara Shepard, Suzanne Collins and Meg Cabot, because I love their writing so much) 

Challenge #5 is to read a book that is older than you, I recently watched the Pride and Prejudice movie for the first time and really enjoyed, so I have chosen this as the book that is older than me. And it is always good to read a classic, which I have yet to do so far this year.

Challenge #6 is to Read and watch a book-to-movie adaptation, I have decided that this is the challenge I am saving till last, mainly because of the book I have chosen and that is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, I read the Philosophers Stone earlier this year and enjoyed it and have just been putting off the rest of the series until now.

Challenge #7 is to Read 7 books, hopefully I will be able to read all of the above, and then one random choice of my bookshelf.

That's it for this weeks Monday post of books that I plan to read in the Book-Tube-A-Thon Reading Challenge. You can check out my last Monday post of Books that lived up to the hype here. 

Thank you for reading, To keep more up to date with what I am reading, you can check out my Twitter, Goodreads and Instagram. 

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Hey my lovelies, welcome to my May monthly wrap up and my June tbr! This month I seemed to have quite a bit of difficulty getting into books, as I started reading a few and then put them down. However, I did go on a short holiday at the end of  the month, so I got to do quite a bit of reading whilst travelling. And because of this I ended up reading a grand total of 9 books.

 

The first book I read this month was The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey, I really enjoyed this book, a lot more than I expected to. Which is why I rated this a strong 5 stars, recently I have gotten a bit overwhelmed with my reviews, and I felt like every book I read I had to review, so I have now scrapped that idea and am only reviewing the books that I want too and ones that I've been requested to read. Anyway, back to the Fifth Wave, if you haven't already heard about the fifth wave, how have you not? The film came out earlier this year and the book is probably one of the most talked about in the ya book blog/booktube community. And it is worth the hype.

The second book I read this month was Verge by Rebecca Bradford, I received this for free in exchange for a honest review. This book was not what I expected it to be, as it went down a different paranormal route than i originally thought it would go down. In order to fully understand what I mean, you can check out my full review of Verge here.

The third book I read this month was Out of Order by Casey Lawrence, I received this as an arc for free in exchange for a honest review, I really enjoyed this book and whilst reading I had tears in my eyes and I honestly felt for the main character Corey so much, which is why I rated it a strong 4.5 stars. To find more information about Out of Order you can read my full review of it here.

After reading three books that were supposedly first books in a series (Two of which the sequels have yet to be released), I decided I wanted reminisce a bit and read one of my favourite book series when I was younger and decided to pick up the Missing/1-800-where-are-you series by Meg Cabot. The first time I read this series I was in Year 4, which is probably slightly too young for the books, but I have always enjoyed her writing and when I realised I had not read anything of hers for awhile. I picked them up and ended up reading When Lightning Strikes, the first book in the series, Code Name Cassandra (book two), Safehouse, Sanctuary and Missing You.

The ninth book I read this month was The Wedding Trap by Adrienne Bell , this was one of them books that I saw was free on kindle, and decided to give it ago, however it wasn't for me and didn't really suit my reading needs, as I am not a fan of insta-love at the moment.

I also began reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor and got 87% through it, before finishing it on June 1st, a full review of this shall be posted on June 3rd.

The first book on my June tbr is Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor, due to me finishing Daughter of Smoke and Bone and wanting to find out why the second book in the series is so amazing. And then to find out how the series is going to end, which is why the second book on my June tbr is Dreams of Gods and Monsters, the third and final book in the series. 

The third book I plan to read is Half Lost by Sally Green, which is bought forward from last months tbr, as I didn't manage to get the chance to read it due to having to read other books in exchange for a review. 

That is it for this months tbr and wrap up my lovelies, I have decided on a small tbr this month, as hopefully it will allow me to actually finish this months and to get through the above mentioned books. 

Thank you for reading, To keep more up to date with what I am reading, you can check out my Twitter, Goodreads and Instagram. 

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Hey my lovelies, and welcome to another monthly wrap up and tbr. Sadly, I only actually completed one of the seven books of my April tbr, as my plan was to read the Harry Potter series, however I only actually read the first book, but none the less I still read a grand total of 4 books and 3 novella's. So this month I have picked a relatively small tbr this time.

The first book I read this month was the one book I completed of my tbr and that was ... Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J K Rowling, to be honest I'm not really sure what I thought about this as I found myself comparing it to the movie the entire time and I really do wish that I had read the books when I was younger before watching the films.

The first novella I read was The Proposal by Meg Cabot, now this was a book I enjoyed. It was so nice to meet back up with Suze and Jesse, although I did find myself forgetting who certain characters were, so I definitely see a reread in my future. Click here for the full review.

The second novella I read was Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell, after not necessarily going through a reading slump, but not feeling any inclination to read, I decided to pick this up, which if you didn't already know was one of 2016's World book day books. So how could I not read it? You can find the full review of it here.

The second novel I read this month was Memories of a Mad Man by Don Spector, I received this as part of a book tour, in exchange for a honest review. I definitely enjoyed this one and the review will be posted on the 9th May.

The third novella I read was Queen Song by Victoria Aveyard, I pre-ordered Cruel Crown months a go and was so excited to receive it in the post this morning, as I was waiting to read Glass Sword until I had received this. However I did find I couldn't remember most of the characters names and will probably have to read Red Queen again before Glass Sword. My tbr pile is just getting bigger and bigger.

The third book I read was Sugar Baby Beautiful by J. J Mcavoy, I read this as I had read some of her other books in the past and figured I would give this one ago, and although I did appreciate one of the endings plot twist, the fact that they took away the plot twist kind off ruined it for me. Sugar Baby Beautiful is about a young girl called Felicity who gets pushed into the world of sugar babys by her friends, where she meets billionaire Theodore Darcy. Yep, I bet you can guess exactly where this is going.

The fourth book I read this month was Hate List by Jennifer Brown, I have owned this book for around a year now so when I was doing a bit of reorganizing I thought that I would give it ago. Hate List is about a teenager called who one morning her boyfriend went into school and shot all of their bullies and some other people. This book deals with both her guilt, how other people view her and it also shows flashbacks to what actually happened that morning. This book was so good and it was everything I wanted it to be for such a hard hitting book. My full review for this is scheduled to be posted on 7th May.

As I haven't had much look with predicting which series I will read, I have decided to pick only standalone's or a single books in a series which I haven't read yet.

The first novel I plan to read is Verge by Rebecca Bradford, I received this in April on a read for review basis thanks to its publishing company, Austin Macauley. So I shall be reading this and hopefully posting a review for it soon. Verge is about a teenager who is thrust into a world she thought only belonged in fantasy books. That sounds really good to me, so I shall be getting onto that.

The second book I plan to read is Soundless by Richelle Mead, I received this as a Christmas present and have heard quite a range of reviews on it, however due to me enjoying the Vampire Academy series so much I shall definitely be giving it ago.

The third book and final book I plan to read is Half Lost by Sally Green, this is the final book in the Half Bad trilogy with the final book coming out in March, I practically ran to Waterstones and was lucky enough to find a signed hardcover there, and have yet to pick it up, so I shall definitely will at some point this month.

Due to me going to Disneyland Paris at the end of the month, I hope to get quite a bit of reading done whilst traveling. So I hope to read about 7 possibly 8 books this month. Thank you for reading, To keep more up to date with what I am reading, you can check out my Twitter, Goodreads and Instagram. 

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Hey my lovelies, here is my February and March wrap up and April Tbr, in the month of February I did not complete any of my tbr, so when it came around to setting one for March I decided to not make one in order to hopefully not feel too bad at the end of the month, when I realise I haven't read the books I originally planned too. Regardless to this in February I still read a grand total of 7 books and 4 in March.

February

The first book I read in February was Bitten by Kelley Armstrong, I decided to read this after really enjoying the first series of the tv show and enjoying her young adult series The Darkest Powers. However, I  did not enjoy it and for me it seemed rather repetitive and I found it hard to like the characters.

The next book I read in the month of February was Wallbanger , this was another book I disliked, the writing style was just not for me and then I found the characters not relatable and due to me starting to read it at college, me and my friend decided to read it at the same time and she found that it had the same problems. But overall the book did not suit me and I didn't enjoy it, which was why I rated it - stars.

The third book I read in February was Where she went by Gayle Forman, I have picked this one up various times since I first read If I Stay and I have never been able to remember what actually happens in it.. until now. Where she went is one of them strange books because their is a lot of stuff that I didn't like and that I did. However it is a nice conclusion to If I Stay.

The fourth book I read was A Midsummer Nightmare by Kody Keplinger, this was a reread for me as I really enjoy Kody Keplinger's writing and her characters never irritate me to the point where I no longer what to read the books.

The fifth book I read in February was The Deal by Elle Kennedy, after taking a few weeks off from reading a new adult novel, I figured I would start another to join my new adult year long readathon. I quite enjoyed this book, although I don't think it really matched up and was as good as the previous 5 star NA reads.

The sixth book I read in February was The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas, I received this arc thanks to netgalley and I will post the full review closer to its publishing date in April. However, I did enjoy this book and it definitely kept me guessing.

And the final and seventh book I read in February was Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt, it was not as good as I believe it could be, which is why I only rated in 3 stars.

March

The first book I read in March was The Perfectionists by Sara Shepard, I had this on my shelf for a long time before finally getting round to it ,you can find out exactly what I think of it here. 

The second book I read was The Good Girls also by Sara Shepard, this was the second book in the duology, which I realised in order to ensure that I complete this series I had to read it now, before i fogot about it and it just began blending in with some of my other older books on my shelf. I also posted a full spoiler free review of this here.

The third book I read was The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson, this was a reread for me in order to rehash what happened for when I read The Heart of Betrayal, before the final book in the trilogy comes out later this year in summer. I also posted a spoiler free review of this available on April 1st.

And the fourth and final book I read in March was The Heart of Betrayal also by Mary E. Pearson, after receiving this for christmas I was really excited to read this, but after having a bit of a reading slump I decided to pick this up. I have reviewed this and it shall be coming out on the April 8th.

Now for my tbr portion. My TBR is a extremely popular series of 7 books, which I am still yet to read.
 Can you guess what it is?

 If you did congratulations, and if you didn't my April tbr is the complete series of the Harry Potter books. Which total a grand total of 3407 pages. So I need to take a whole month to dedicate to this amazing series, after not setting myself a tbr last month and not ending up reading that much, i am definitely setting myself a tbr this time.

I am extremely excited to get finally get round to these 7 books, I will be giving an update and mini review for each of these books at the end of the month, unless I post a review (or plan to) on the books.
Bring on the magic!

Thank you for reading, To keep more up to date with what I am reading, you can check out my Twitter, Goodreads and Instagram. 

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Hey my lovelies, welcome to my January Wrap Up & February TBR! This month I decided to try a new genre, New Adult and read quite a few books in there. At least one of these is going in my favourites list this year, and some of them the opposite. Although I believe I did quite good this month, with reading a grand total of 9 books, which has put me well on my way to my 2016 Reading Goal of 75 Books. The only downside to the books I read was that none of them were on my tbr.

The first book I read this year was The Hook Up by Kristen Callihan. This was such a good read and really surprised me, the characters were relatable and the writing was fantastic and was the reason why I decided to do this New Adult experimentation in the first place (You can find all of my NA experiment books here), I was recommended this via goodreads, but was out of when I saw the cover and then put back on again when I saw the rating, honestly this book was so good and I recommend this to anyone, from people who are starting of with NA or just general NA readers. Soon as I have read around 10 NA books I shall do a mass review of a few different NA books I have read. This is definitely going in my favourite books of 2016.

The second book I read this year was the second sequel to The Hook Up and was The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan. I tried to read the second novel, but i just couldn't get into it, so I just skipped on. The Game Plan was also a extremely well written book, again the characters were relatable and it included characters from the Hook Up, which was nice as a little flash-forward. Although for me it was not as good as the Hook Up, but is there any series where the sequels are as good as the original?

The third, fourth & fifth book I read was Manwhore, Manwhore +1 and Ms. Manwhore by Katy Evans, another series I really enjoyed, they were well written and good characters, however personally I would have made some different choices, but nobody's perfect, right? The only negative with this series is that the first novel ends on a cliff hanger, so I do recommend you get the second book at the same time.

The sixth, seventh & eighth book I read was the 100 trilogy by Kass Morgan, even though the series had a low rating on goodreads, i pushed through because of how good the tv series was and I was wrong, I did not enjoy these books at all, you can check out my full review on why here. 

And finally the ninth book I read this year was Burning Yves by Joss Stirling, which isn't really a book, as it is a short companion novella from the Benedict Brothers series, which is one of my all time favourite series. I have reviewed another companion novel to the series, Misty Falls here.

That is it for my January Wrap Up my lovelies, below you shall find my February TBR.

My TBR for February continues on from last month (which can be found here), as I never read any of the novels, which I intended too. As mentioned in the link before I plan to read the Shiver trilogy by Maggie Steifvater, featuring Shiver, Linger and Forever and the second trilogy I plan to read is the Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu, featuring Legend, Prodigy and Champion. A more in depth explanation can be found here. 

That is it for this month my lovelies, you can check out my previous wrap ups and TBRs here and there shall be another monthly recap at the end of February/beginning of March. You can check out
I am extremely excited to get finally get round to these 6 books, I will be giving an update and mini review for each of these books at the end of the month, unless I post a review (or plan to) on the books.

Thank you for reading, To keep more up to date with what I am reading, you can check out my Twitter, Goodreads and Instagram. 

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Hey my lovelies, it's the beginning of a new month, which means a brand new TBR! This month I am attempting to get through the piles of books my fabulous parents bought me for Christmas (thank you! And the haul should be posted later next week), so I'm going to try and get through at least two trilogies bought for me.

The first trilogy I plan on reading is the Legend trilogy by Marie Lu, featuring Legend, Prodigy and Champion. I have wanted to read the Legend series for a while now, ever since I first read The Young Elites, so when I opened my presents and found the presents I was ecstatic. And cannot wait to get wrapped up in that world.

The second trilogy I plan on reading is the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater, featuring Shiver, Linger and Forever, this is another series I have wanted to read for a long time, but have never gotten round too. I have already downloaded the spin off novel Sinner onto my Kindle in preparation for when I finish the trilogy.

I am extremely excited to get round to these 6 books, I will be giving an update and mini review for each of these books at the end of the month, unless I post a review (or plan to) on the books.

Thank you for reading, To keep more up to date with what I am reading, you can check out my Twitter, Goodreads and Instagram. Please check out my December wrap up.

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Hey my lovelies, its officially December! And even though I've had quite a long (4 month) break, you should be glad to know that I am back and better than ever with a load of posts queued up in advance. Here is my offical December TBR, featuring all of my christmas reads including John Green and Stephanie Perkins! Now this month I am going to be extremely busy with a week trip to Disney Land (and a half day in Paris), which means there will be plenty of time specifically for reading, whilst travelling.

Hey my lovelies, this months is the time for new starts (well for me anyway), this month I start sixth form, so I'm not sure how much reading I can do, but I will certainly try.

The first book I plan to read is Trial by Fire by Josephine Angleni. I have just spent a week buying books and this was one of the first ones I picked up, so in my attempt to decrease my TBR, by buying books. I have decided to do something I should have done a long time ago. I am now on a read a book, buy a book policy and only then can I buy one.

The second book I want to read is Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill. I keep seeing this in my local waterstones and have finally decided to give it a shot.

The third book I plan to read is Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen. Most people on booktube seem to love this and I want to get in on the action.

That is it for this months TBR my lovelie, I apologise that this post is so small, but I'm not sure how much time I will have to read. Hopefully, I will smash it and read more. Make sure you check out my July/August Wrap Up!

To be more up to date on what I am reading you can follow me on Instagram, Goodreads and Twitter.

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Hey my lovelies, I am going on holiday to Majorca on the 16th July, so I am having two separate TBRs. So lets get started...

The first couple of books I plan to read are the rest of the Percy Jackson series, I have already read the first two and are around half way through the third book. So I plan to finish the series whilst I am over there. They are already downloaded onto my Kindle app and are ready to read for at the airport.

The two single books I plan to read are Miss Peregrine's Home of Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs and The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa.

I also plan on starting the Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead, as I loved the Vampire Academy series.

Please also note that all books mentioned above are on my kindle app, so they are easier to take on the plane and I won't have to lug around a bag of ten or so books, as I find I tend to read a lot more when I am relaxed and on Holiday.

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Hey my lovelies, here is this months TBR! Due to last month I didn't read as many books as I wanted. I have only chosen five books to read this month and any more are an added bonus.

The first book I plan to read is Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I have wanted to read this for ages, but only picked it up from my local bookstore earlier this week. Hopefully there should be a review coming out for this.

The second book I want to read is The Enemy by Charlie Higson, I am not usually much for apocalyptic zombie books but it was only a £1 so I figured I would give it a go. There should be a review of this, once I have read it.

The third book I am going to read is To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han, this is going to be the seventh book by Jenny Han I have read (Burn for Burn series and the summer trilogy). I have immensely enjoyed all of Jenny Hans book so far, as I have previously completed two of her trilogies already. I believe this is set to be a trilogy and the sequel has already come out, which I will buy if I enjoy this.

The fourth book I plan to read is Talon by Julie Kagawa, Who wouldn't want to read a book about dragons? I wanted to read this book for awhile now and I recently saw it in my local stationary shop under 3 books for £5.00, so I figured why not?

The final book I plan to read is Panic by Jeff Abbott. This was one of the books I chose for the offer above. Normally I would not be interested in a book like this, but I figured I would give it a go, as it had a similar summary to the Abduction film starring Taylor Lautner and Lily Collins, so I picked it up.

That is it for my June TBR my lovelies, these are the main books I plan to read, but hopefully I will read more books, but only time will tell!
To be more up to date on what I am reading you can follow me on Instagram, Goodreads and Twitter.

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Hey my lovelies, can you beleive how fast the year is going? Anyway I had a really good reading month last month, although I didn't complete much of my tbr, so most of it will be transfered to this month.

The first book I plan on reading is Looking for Alaska by John Green, I picked it up last month and are extremely excited to read it after finishing Paper Towns.

The next book I plan to read is Girl Online by Zoe Sugg (Zoella) & Siobhan Curham, I know there is alot of controversy over this book, due to Zoe not really writing it and instead having a ghost writer, but I wanted to give it a fair shot anyway.

The third & fourth book I want to read are Angelfall and & World After by Susan Ee, I am taking part in the Penryn and the End of Days reread and because the final book in the trilogy, End of Days comes out next month I want to give myself a refresh.

Thats it for this months tbr, I know it's short but my GCSE's start on the 26th, so I need to revise alot this month. Remember to follow my Goodreads, Twitter and Instagram.

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Hey my lovelies, here is this months TBR and can you believe it we are already in March! Christmas did'nt seem like that longer go. And I promise this month I will read atleast two of the books on my Tbr, unlike last month. But due to my birthday being last week, I have lots of choices.

1. Girl Online by Zoe Sugg (Zoella)

Like most people nowadays I have a bit of a you tubers obsession, last month I read and purchased Fleur de Forces 'The Glam Guide' and Tanya Burrs 'Love Tanya', a few days later I also purchased Zoe Suggs controversial first novel 'Girl Online' (if you are wondering why it is controversial it is due to it being wrote by a ghost writer, not Zoe Sugg or 'Zoella' herself. None the less after being a fan of her YouTube channel no puting of buying this book for awhile, I have finally picked it up and as of now, I am four chapters in. If you have read my February wrap up and if you haven't you should read it now here, you will know that I am writing this before I go to bed just after finishing my wrap up post.

2. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

After now owning the complete Mortal Instruments collection , which I got of my wonderful parents, I am going to do a binge read of all the series (hopefully) or atleast the first three. 

3. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Yes I know I know I promised to read this last month but I never got around to it and I swear I will this time!

4. Shatter Me by Taherah Mafii

I picked up this book a while ago, and keep saying I am gonna pick it up and give it a read, but haven't yet.

Thats it for now my lovelies, have you read any of these books? What do you think?

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