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, we are officially 1/4 through the year, it wasn't that long ago since christmas was it? Anyway this wrap up is quite a long one as I tried to read a book a day and instead of reading books on this months tbr list, I tended to read books that have been on my tbr for awhile now. Another good thing is that I've surpassed my half way point on my goodreads reading challenge! Woo hoo!

The first book I read in March was Hex hall by Rachel Hawkins. I know, I know i finally got round to reading it. I am so happy i can tick it of my tbr list. even though the book for me was a bit of a disappointment for me. After really enjoying Rebel Belle I was expecting great things and that didn't happen. If I'm bored one day I might pick up the sequel, but after reading it, I'm not going to be picking up the physical copy any time soon (I read it as an ebook).

The second book I read in March was The Distance Between Us by Kasie West, which I read on the same day as Hex Hall as I needed a bit of a pick me up. I really enjoyed this contemporary, the characters were interesting and I really wanted to know about the main female characters father and what happened with her parents and grandparents. So I enjoyed the book, although I'm not much for the ending, as it seemed unfinished, but I did enjoy the plot. This was another one I read as an ebook and hopefully I should be able to pick up the novel in paperback.

The third book I read this month, March 3rd to be exact, was Shatter Me by Taherah Mafi. Which means I have ticked another of my TBR list. I enjoyed Shatter Me, but I did expect it to be alot better than it is, after all the hype around the series. But I don't know, maybe the sequels get better?


 I read this month was DNA, which is a play I had to reread for school. Woohoo English Lit!

The fifth book I read was Need by Carrie Jones, this was a reread, which I don't think I ever finished, but whilst rearanging my book shelf discovered it again and figured I would give it a go.

Straight after I read Need, I went straight on to Captivate, Needs sequel. I read that in two hours and have now ordered the rest of the series. Which I'm very excited to read and find out how the quartet ends.

Later the same night I started The Young Elites by Marie Lu, which I then finished the next morning. As this is the first novel I have read by this author, I don't have anything to compare it too, but I will probably read the Legend trilogy later in the year.

The eight book I read this month was 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison, which I also read on the eight. This was a reread for me, as I first read it when I was in Year 6, but after finding it, I couldn't help but read it.

The next book I read was the first book in the 'summer' trilogy, The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han. I completed this in two sittings.

The 10th book I read in March was another reread, which was All American Girl by Meg Cabot.

The next book I finished was the second book in the 'summer' trilogy, It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han. Which I read alongside All American Girl.

Then I read the final book in the Summer trilogy, We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han.

After completing one series of Jenny Hans, I figured I must read her Burn for Burn series, also by Siobhan Vivian. I completed the first book about two years ago, so I reread it and went straight to the sequel Fire with Fire.

Absolutely loved fire with fire, what a plot twist! I am so glad I own the trilogy sand I don't have to go get it!

The 14th book I read this month was ... the final book in the Burn for Burn trilogy, although I didn't enjoy the epilogue, i did enjoy the series and will be adding it to my list of favourites.

The next book I read was Control by Lydia Kang, i have had this on my ereader for quite awhile and finally decided to give it ago. I expected to not enjoy it, but I really did. I give it around 4.25 out of 5 stars.

After having a almost week break from reading my last book I went to waterstones and picked up Half Bad by Sally Green after seeing its stunning cover. I then read it in one sitting, which lasted around 3 hours .

Then when I went to bed, I couldn't get to sleep and I have  had Obsidian on my ereader for awhile now but never got round to reading it and now I finally have!

The eighteenth book I read this month was the sequel to Obsidian, Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout.

The nineteenth book I read this month was Paper Towns by John Green. I watched the trailer on youtube and decided I would give it a try, so when I saw it and Looking for Alaska on the 2 for £7 offer at tesco I couldn't help myself.

I am currently 100 pages into Half Wild by Sally Green, which I started reading on the 29th, I am enjoying it so far, but it suddenly came to me that I begin my GCSE exams on 1st and figured I had better study, Oops.
So that is this months wrap up, I hope you enjoyed it. If you did you can check out my Goodreads, Twitter and Instagram. All linked on my contact page.
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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?

EnglishBlonde

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