tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21515555833693822402024-02-20T22:12:35.702+01:00MyRainbowReadsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-35625315343280098802016-08-22T19:22:00.000+02:002016-08-22T19:22:25.540+02:00City of Lost Souls<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">*<span style="font-family: inherit;">Disclaimer*
This is the fifth book in “The Mortal Instruments” series so if you haven´t
read the other four books yet, please be aware of spoilers. I would not advise
reading if you want to start this series without being spoiled, but if you
don´t mind feel free to continue on, just be warned. However if you have read City
of Fallen Angels, this review won´t spoil the book.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Title: City
of Lost Souls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Author:
Cassandra Clare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Pages: 554<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Rating: 4/5
Stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 107%;">What price is too high to pay, even for love? When Jace and Clary meet
again, Clary is horrified to discover that the demon Lilith’s magic has bound
her beloved Jace together with her evil brother Sebastian, and that Jace has
become a servant of evil. The Clave is out to destroy Sebastian, but there is
no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. As Alec, Magnus, Simon,
and Isabelle wheedle and bargain with Seelies, demons, and the merciless Iron
Sisters to try to save Jace, Clary plays a dangerous game of her own. The price
of losing is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do
anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Or is he truly lost?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Cassandra Clare has done it again. Even though
The Mortal Instruments is certainly not the best series I have ever read, Clare
manages to make each book better, which is something I am in awe of.
City of Lost Souls is my favourite instalment in this series so far. As some of
you might know by now, I don´t particularly love how Cassandra Clare constructs
her plots. I find them to be a bit too slow building to grab my full attention
right away. But with this book it was a bit different. Clare uses multiple POVs
to showcase different story arcs that at the end come together beautifully to build the
finale, which to be honest wasn´t as great as the previous one in City of
Fallen Angels. Still I found the overall plot in this book, to be probably the
strongest in all of her books I have read so far. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">This book also gives the
reader more of a background knowledge of different characters, which I very
much appreciated. Once again Clare highlights a certain character, in the last
one it was Simon, in this one it is Alec. We haven´t seen as much of Alec as
other characters, so it was nice getting to know him and the way he thinks
more. But where this books really shines
is in Jace´s character development. We see him and Sebastian being melted and
separated and melted and separated over and over again, so I wasn´t quite sure
how much of the real Jace was left. But in the epilogue we see how much he has
grown due to this circumstance. I reckon if I would reread this book, I would be able to
pick up on a lot more subtle hints that point in this direction.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">So what else is there to say? Well the classic
things that Cassandra Clare is known for. It is a really funny book, I am a fan
of all the relationships (seriously I ship them all) and I LOVE the nudges to
the Infernal Devices, those are so great. Also it was really fun seeing bits of
every city they went to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favourite ship from TMI? Let me know
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-33928812701445821902016-08-10T17:54:00.003+02:002016-08-10T17:54:57.799+02:00August Releases<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">A bit late, but but at least you can already get most of these releases now, right? ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Here, by Kanakia Rahul<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As the end
of summer approaches, so does the time where we grab for the last contemporary
book on our TBR-Piles. But which book would be better to chime in the beginning
of fall/the start of the new school year than a combination of contemporary and
school. Rashmi is the typical over the top-perfect-in-everything kind of
student, who just wants to go to Stanford. So to get herself a head start she gets
herself a literary agent. But to write a more relatable novel she starts doing
all the typical American girl things like get a boyfriend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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August 2<sup>nd</sup> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22060619-enter-title-here">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22060619-enter-title-here</a>
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Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Enter-Title-Here-Rahul-Kanakia/dp/1484723872/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470843968&sr=1-1&keywords=enter+title+here">https://www.amazon.com/Enter-Title-Here-Rahul-Kanakia/dp/1484723872/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470843968&sr=1-1&keywords=enter+title+here</a>
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With Us, by Colleen Hoover<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Have I ever
read a Colleen Hoover book? Well…. no. But with such a huge following, like she
has I would think it is safe to say, that her books are quite enjoyable. From
what I have heard so far it seems as it is another crowd pleasing favourite,
which is enjoyed better the less you know about it, so we are going to leave it
at that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Titan, Volume 19<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I have by
no means caught up with this series yet, but it is always nice to have another
volume of this AMAZING series. After Titans destroyed most of humanity,
Humanity has withdrawn into one last city. The story picks up five hundred
years later, when suddenly a colossal titan appears, who destroys the saving
wall. I would highly recommend this series, especially if you liked the
Mistborn series, by Brandon Sanderson. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Nevernight,
by Jay Kristoff<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This book!
It has everything I could ever want (except for maybe dragons and ice cream,
but I haven´t read it yet, so who knows?): an assassin, a boarding school AND
magic? Heck yes, sign me in! But I am still a bit anxious, as the reviews so
far have been really split. It seems that people either love or hate this book,
so we will see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nevernight-Jay-Kristoff/dp/1250073022/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470843559&sr=8-1&keywords=nevernight+by+jay+kristoff">https://www.amazon.com/Nevernight-Jay-Kristoff/dp/1250073022/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470843559&sr=8-1&keywords=nevernight+by+jay+kristoff</a>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I read the
first book, called “The Iron Trial”, a couple of months ago. It is a fun Middle
Grade series, in which the main protagonist Callum goes to this magic school.
It reminded me a bit of Harry Potter, so if you have already finished the
Cursed Child and can´t let go this one offers a similar premise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13612965-the-bronze-key">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13612965-the-bronze-key</a>
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Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bronze-Key-Magisterium-Book/dp/0545522315/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470843589&sr=8-1&keywords=the+bronze+key">https://www.amazon.com/Bronze-Key-Magisterium-Book/dp/0545522315/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470843589&sr=8-1&keywords=the+bronze+key</a>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Tahereh
Mafi is best known for her bestselling Shatter Me series, which once again: I
have not read yet! So I can´t go off that but the synopsis sounds cool.
Apparently colour plays a big role in this one so that will be a new concept,
that I have never seen done before. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Furthermore-Tahereh-Mafi/dp/1101994762/ref=pd_sim_14_70?ie=UTF8&dpID=614dj-RRpOL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR106%2C160_&psc=1&refRID=JM4AZW6JPHZM2RWR150D">https://www.amazon.com/Furthermore-Tahereh-Mafi/dp/1101994762/ref=pd_sim_14_70?ie=UTF8&dpID=614dj-RRpOL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR106%2C160_&psc=1&refRID=JM4AZW6JPHZM2RWR150D</a>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-37393342161031380602016-07-30T14:26:00.001+02:002016-07-30T14:27:02.505+02:00July Wrap-Up<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">If I were to summon up my reading habits this month
the only way I would be able to describe it were: Weird.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hey guys, how are you? Long-time no see. I am
sorry, but my computer had to be repaired and it took longer than I thought it
would. But at least I read a lot! Especially during my vacation, but after that
things got strange. I fell into a reading slump, but only kind of. I wanted to
read, but no book grabbed my attention so I started I think five different ones
until I finally committed and finished a book. But since then the only thing I
have read this month are graphic novels/comics. Nothing wrong with that, but it
I would rather read novels. Anyway, moving on to what I actually read:<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">City of Lost Souls, by Cassandra Clare 4/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Once again a great book by Cassandra Clare, really
liked the plot </span>(Review to come)<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://myrainbowreads.blogspot.co.at/2016/07/the-neverland-wars-by-audrey-greathouse_22.html" target="_blank">The Neverland Wars, by Audrey Greathouse 2.5/5 Stars</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Got this one as an ARC, this one just kinda fell
flat. Pretty forgettable</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson 4.5/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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really great high fantasy book</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span>(Review to come)<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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so I wanted to pick them up as well. LOVED it. Really fun and fast read with
loveable characters</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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book, so while still enjoyable, it just wasn´t as refreshing and fun</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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shopping takes the backseat, once again really great (I think I might review
the series as a whole, or maybe in pairs, not sure yet)</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My Life Next Door, by Huntley Fitzpatrick 2.5/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This was the book that helped me start reading
again, but it wasn´t pretty good to be honest. The characters were really cliché and
the plot felt unnecessarily stretched out. </span>(Review to come)<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Attack on Titan Vol 1, by Hajime Isayama 4/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I started watching the anime again, so I knew what
was going to happen; While really great, the art style was confusing at times</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Attack on Titan Vol 2, by Hajime Isayama 4/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I really appreciated the scene that was left out of
the anime, it gave me a better understanding of Mikasa; I think I still prefer
the anime though because the manga isn´t as suspenseful and emotionally
gripping<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">East of West Vol 3: There Is No Us, by Jonathan
Hickman 3.5/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I took too much time off this series, so I was
quite confused by what was going on, but I got back into it by one point; Finally,
the threads are intertwining!</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">East of West Vol 4: Who Wants War? by Jonathan
Hickman 4.5/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Loved the information (maps, history etc.) at the
beginning. Some of the story arcs are becoming understandable, but there is
still lots of mystery around what´s really going on; Can´t wait for Volume 5!</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fables Vol 1: Legends in Exile, by Bill Willingham 5/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Great first instalment, I can definitely see myself
becoming obsessed with this series </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fables Volume 2: Animal Farm, by Bill Willingham 5/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This volume was even better!</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Seconds, by Bryan Lee O`Malley 4/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A really quirky and cute graphic novel. The art
style portrays the characters similar to chibis, which is sweet. The dynamic
between Katie and the narrator is unlike anything I have read before.
Recommend especially for people who want to get into graphic novels!!!</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sweet Tooth Vol 1: Out of the Deep Woods, by Jeff
Lemire 3/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Didn´t really like the artstyle, but it does fit
the story well</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sweet Tooth Vol 2: In Captivity, by Jeff Lemire 3.5/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I liked this one better; Also we got some
backstory, which is always nice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sweet Tooth Vol 3: Animal Armies, by Jeff Lemire 3/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Didn´t like it as much as the second volume</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Chew Vol 1: Taster´s Choice, by John Layman 3/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This was a difficult one, I appreciate the plot and
the characters, but I wasn´t a fan of the art and it is just a bit too gross
for my taste (pun intented), I´ll probably read Vol 2 and then decide if I
really want to continue on, I would still recommend it though, because it is by
no means a “bad” comic</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Y: The Last Man Vol 2: Cycles, by Brian K. Vaughan 4/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Even though I didn´t like it as much as the first
Volume, I still really liked it! It wasn´t as humorous and I can´t comprehend
Hero´s actions. Also: Not cool Yorrick! What about Beth?</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Y: The Last Man Vol 3: One Small Step, by Brian K.
Vaughan 4/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I think this is my least favourite volume in this
series yet, it was great until that part with the theatre. That turned me off a
bit, but apart from that: Great Volume, great series!</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Y: The Last Man Vol 4: Safeword, by Brian K. Vaughan 4.5/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The beginning was strange, but after they leave 711
this volume did everything right again.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As you can see, I was pretty busy this month. Do
you want me to review any book/comic in particular? Let me know down below and
we can discuss it together!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lena</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-66910827886023913442016-07-22T12:45:00.002+02:002016-07-22T12:45:44.571+02:00The Neverland Wars, by Audrey Greathouse<div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: The Neverland Wars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">Magic can do a lot—give you flight, show you mermaids, help you taste the stars, and… solve the budget crisis? That's what the grown-ups will do with it if they ever make it to Neverland to steal its magic and bring their children home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">However, Gwen doesn't know this. She's just a sixteen-year-old girl with a place on the debate team and a powerful crush on Jay, the soon-to-be homecoming king. She doesn't know her little sister could actually run away with Peter Pan, or that she might have to chase after her to bring her home safe. Gwen will find out though—and when she does, she'll discover she's in the middle of a looming war between Neverland and reality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">She'll be out of place as a teenager in Neverland, but she won't be the only one. Peter Pan's constant treks back to the mainland have slowly aged him into adolescence as well. Soon, Gwen will have to decide whether she's going to join impish, playful Peter in his fight for eternal youth… or if she's going to scramble back to reality in time for the homecoming dance.</span><br />
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I love Peter Pan. I really do. And I love retellings even more, so it is really sad that this is a book that is best described as forgettable and just ok. Nothing too special and not worth recommending or even remembering. While it is a fast paced read with fun aspects like e.g the mermaids (really enjoyed those) and it does have a nice modern twist on the Peter Pan store I just had lots of problems with it, the biggest one being the characters, especially Gwen. Apart from being a naive girl, the only thing Gwen is the perfect shining star (pun intended) and she is oh so special. Yes, she "sees behind the glamour" of growing up, contrary to all the teenage robots around her, but apart from that she has about zero personality. She justifies lots of her behavior with how her parents treat her, which by the way is NOT how parents treat their kids these days. It is only used as another device to get the authors message across, but while yes, I got what she wanted to achieve, but there is hardly any way around that if the reader is hit over the head with what they should be feeling. Another example for that are the lost boys. They are depicted as these really, once again, naive children, who are so centered around the idea of adventures that they completely shuffle off their families to be in Neverland. I can´t comprehend these actions, but at least they had more character than Gwen did. Also I smell a love triangle coming, which I am not a fan of.<br />
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This book just tries to be/do something it does´t have the skill to do. It tries questioning the meaning of growing up and how age and puberty affect us, but really all it does is making me roll my eyes on a seemingly desperate added depth to an already forgettable YA book. I would say if you look for a fast paced read and are willing to over lacking characters, this book might be for you, but it just wash´t for me.<br />
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Do you guys know of any other Peter Pan retellings you would recommend? If so I would be really interested in reading them!<br />
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Read on xx<br />
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Lena<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-53654188552220514612016-07-06T13:42:00.002+02:002016-07-06T13:42:32.909+02:00June Wrap Up<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-GB">Let´s call
this month “Lena is only reading Cassandra Clare” month, shall we? Because her books are
seemingly all that I have read in the last thirty days. (Except for one book I didn´t
like, but who cares)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://myrainbowreads.blogspot.co.at/2016/06/clockwork-angel-by-cassandra-clare.html" target="_blank">ClockworkAngel, by Cassandra Clare</a> 3.5/5 Stars </span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB">A “fine” first instalment in TID
series<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://myrainbowreads.blogspot.co.at/2016/06/city-of-fallen-angels-by-cassandra-clare.html" target="_blank">City ofFallen Angels, by Cassandra Clare</a> 4/5
Stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not my favourite in the series so far, but good<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://myrainbowreads.blogspot.co.at/2016/06/finding-raven-by-patty-dickson-piezca.html" target="_blank">Finding theRaven, by Patty Dickson Piezca</a> 1/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://myrainbowreads.blogspot.co.at/2016/06/clockwork-prince-by-cassandra-clare.html" target="_blank">ClockworkPrince, by Cassandra Clare</a> 4/5 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Loved it,
had some problems with it, but I am looking forward to the finale; review
coming soon!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like it, if I only say a bit about the books in Wrap-Ups or do you want me to
do something else? Let me know in the comments down below!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-62616023881373458172016-07-01T22:47:00.001+02:002016-07-01T22:47:07.460+02:00July Releases<div class="MsoNormal">
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6, by Brian K. Vaughn & Fiona Staples<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been reading my blog you will by now know that Saga is one of my all-time
favourite series. Even though I am not completely caught up (cuz let´s face it
graphic novels are EXPENSIVE) I am really happy that there is another volume
out for me to put on my Christmas wish list.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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haven´t read Saga yet, first off: Do it! It´s phenomenal! (Except if you are
younger because there is LOTS of violence and sexy stuff) But it basically follows
this young couple, from different planets as they raise their child, while on
the run from their governments. It´s funny, the story is great, the art is
phenomenal and you should read it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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July 5<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28862528-saga-volume-6">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28862528-saga-volume-6</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As the
earth is about to be destroyed by an asteroid, NASA calls onto 17 year old
mastermind Yuri to save the day. But Yuri has a hard time getting the older
physicists to listen to him. But then he meets Dovie, who shows him what it
means to save the world and save a life worth living.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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synopsis sounds so ridiculous that it will be great. I am curious to see in
which route they take Yuri´s social capacity though, because I most often see
characters who are “teenage geniuses” portrayed in the likes of Sheldon Cooper.
What I hope this story will do is provide a greater perspective on the ability
of teenagers to induct change/save the world, so we will see. "Learning to Swear in America" is also a debut and I love supporting debut authors so go Katie!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23018259-learning-to-swear-in-america">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23018259-learning-to-swear-in-america</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Stories” is hands down one of my favourite Middle Grade series, like ever.
It got me started into reading retellings and branch out more into MG in
general and just bae. Also Chris Colfer, whom you may know from the TV show
“Glee” is the author so there is that. I haven´t read the fourth book yet, but I got it </span>recently, so this is definitely very high up on my TBR. As this is
the fifth book in a series there are of course spoilers, but the description on
GR literally only says fifth book in the Land of Stories series, so that
shouldn´t be a problem. The first book follows two siblings, who fall into
their grandmother´s old story book,
where they meet lots of known characters like Little Red Riding Hood (Go Red!)
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23611997-an-author-s-odyssey">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23611997-an-author-s-odyssey</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After
really enjoying the Steampunk element in “Clockwork Angel” (read my review
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follows. Britain has a new colony on Mars, where our main character Arabella
(Well duh), who is everything but a proper young lady, lives. To discipline
her, her mother sends her to earth, London to be exact. But after some dramatic
change in her family´s circumstance, she needs to go back to Mars. To achieve
this she must disguise herself as a boy on a ship serving the Mars Trading
Company. It sounds fun, action packed and like a great SciFi Steampunk novel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like to give you guys a summary of what this book is about, but its description
confuses me. The only thing I can gather from it is that this book follows Evie
Snow after she dies and because of some secret in the past, which she now has
to unravel, she can´t go into heaven. I
like Carrie Hope Fletcher´s YouTube channel so I am really excited for this
book to come out next month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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likely time for me to pick up a thriller is on holiday (on which I will go soon
eeek!) so if you are the same “The Woman in Cabin 10”, may be a good choice,
especially since the story is set on a cruise, which gives me major holiday
vibes. The travel journalist Lo Blacklock has been given the chance of a
lifetime. She gets to travel on a luxury cruise for seven days in the North
Sea. But then a passenger gets thrown overboard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this boy, named Bo, who thinks he can travel through time. So his parents send
him to a school for troubled youths, where he meets this girl Sophie and they
fall in love. But even despite their love Sophie commits suicide due to her
depression. Now Bo thinks Sophie is not really dead and he is convinced he is
able to go back in time to save her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is known for her popular “Across the Universe” trilogy, which I haven´t read,
but this book sounds really interesting. I imagine it to take a different
approach on mental illness with magical realism sprinkled into it, which I am really intrigued by.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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During Chemistry Lily scribbles down a line from her favourite song. No surprise she is surprised to find a message next to it the next day, Soon enough Lily and her mystery student are exchanging messages, lyrics and even sharing secrets.<br />
I almost missed this book! Thank goodness I didn´t because it sounds so cute and sweet. If you have read all the summery contemporaries you own yet, this sounds like P.S I Like You would be a great one to pick up next.<br />
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GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25486998-p-s-i-like-you">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25486998-p-s-i-like-you</a><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">This is the
“continuation” of the Harry Potter series, which let´s be honest everyone and
their mother have read by now. Don´t get me wrong it IS my favourite series of
all time and I am reals excited for this book, but I don´t know if I am willing
to spend actually quite a lot of money on a manuscript.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-43634325210280374282016-06-30T20:40:00.001+02:002016-06-30T20:40:18.469+02:00Clockwork Prince, by Cassandra Clare<div class="MsoNormal">
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This is the second book in the "Infernal Devices” trilogy so if you haven´t read
the first book yet please be aware of spoilers. I would not advise reading if
you want to start this series without being spoiled, but if you don´t mind feel
free to continue on, just be warned. However if you have read Clockwork Angel,
this revie<span style="font-family: inherit;">w won´t spoil the book .<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street—and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa’s powers for his own dark ends.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister’s war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move—and that one of their own has betrayed them.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, but her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will—the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.</span></span></div>
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gonna get some reading done or not. But this book! If you have read my review
of “Clockwork Angel” (which you can read <a href="http://myrainbowreads.blogspot.co.at/2016/06/clockwork-angel-by-cassandra-clare.html">here</a>) you know that I didn´t like it
as much as I would have liked to and I am really happy to say that I loved
Clockwork Prince. The plot was so much more enjoyable than pretty much any
other Cassandra Clare book I have read so far. (I am gonna make a post on why
that is soon) It was action packed with LOTS of plot twists. You think the
story is going to evolve in a certain direction and then “BAM”, no. Plot
twist. Also their actions were comprehensible (Apart from that weird ghost scene;
that was just weird). They were acting like real human beings, which I liked. A
great example for that are Jem and Tessa. Instead of doing something stupid,
they actually TALKED! About their feelings! Like adults! Finally some YA characters
who talk about their problems/feelings instead of running away from them. (I am looking at you Jace Wayland)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in a whole is just so full of romance! Not only ones involving Tessa, but we
also get to know the dynamic between Charlotte and Henry more, which I loved. But the most prominent relationships are certainly the ones involving Tessa. Clare
kills the reader with that damn love triangle. In my review I also said that I
wasn´t th</span>e biggest fan of Wills yet, but that has CHANGED! We get to know why
Will acts like he does and I am sooooo in love with him, please marry me! The love triangle
is constructed to be an absolute masterpiece. Clare manages to let the reader
see what Tessa feels about Jem and Will and shows two different men, who both
have their own reasons for being loveable. Especially in the beginning I
shipped Jem and Tessa and Will with myself (sorrynotsorry), but somewhere in
the middle I realised that I wanted Tessa to be with Will as well as Jem. I
found the romance to be quite Insta Lovey, but once I got over that, I was in
it to win it. Apart from that the only complaint I have is that some of the
expressions were not appropriate for the 19<sup>th</sup> century and that Tessa
was a bit naïve some times. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lena</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-82643108306494419322016-06-28T18:40:00.000+02:002016-07-07T16:02:49.238+02:00Another quick UpdateHey you guys!<br />
How are you today? How´s the weather? Hopefully it´s nice and warm wherever you live, so you can fully enjoy summer! Have you recently eaten any good ice cream? (Ice cream is important) I am just popping in to give you guys a quick update. I am going on holiday! Yaaay! Vacation! I will be gone from the 8th to the 18th of July, so please don´t expect any posts during those two weeks. While I would still like to blog during my vacation I won´t have any internet connections. It´s going to be great to unplug for a while though so #sorrynotsorry<br />
Thank you guys for being so supportive!<br />
Read on xx<br />
LenaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-34173739595546046972016-06-26T19:59:00.000+02:002016-06-26T19:59:01.199+02:00City of Fallen Angels, by Cassandra Clare<div class="MsoNormal">
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This is the fourth book in the “The Mortal Instruments” series, so if you haven´t read
the first three books yet please be aware of spoilers. I would not advise
reading this post if you want to start this series without being spoiled, but if you
don´t mind continue on, just be warned. However if you have read the other
three books, this review won´t spoil the fourth book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And—most importantly of all—she can finally call Jace her boyfriend.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">But nothing comes without a price.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">Someone is murdering Shadowhunters, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second, bloody war. Clary’s best friend, Simon, can’t help her—his mother just found out that he’s a vampire, and now he’s homeless. When Jace begins to pull away from her without explaining why, Clary is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: she herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">I enjoyed this book very much. It wasn´t as great as
City of Glass, but I was happy to see all my little babies happy again, after
having suffered through the events of the past books. Well kind of happy, since Jace and Clary face
lots of struggles in this book. This leads me to one of my complaints for this book: Why
in the name of the angel (see what I did there?) is Clary always on the edge of
tears? She is pretty much always sad or people worry about her being sad, where
did that come from? Luckily that stopped halfway through, or else I would have
been really annoyed. Another thing was their relationship in general. </span><span lang="EN-GB">The prominent problem I have with Jace is that instead of talking to someone about his feelings, fears or
whatever, he just bottles everything up. And now that he is in a relationship one
would think that he would talk to Clary, but nope. He much rather leaves her
standing and goes off distracting himself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">But let´s
talk about Simon. This instalment is the most Simon we have gotten so far and I
love it! He is one of my favourites from this series with Isabella, who we also
see lots in this book, though by far not as much as Simon. There are new
character intruded as well, like Kyle, whom I really like. Sadly we don´t get
lots from Alec and Magnus until the end</span>, except from hilarious vacation snaps<span style="font-family: inherit;">.
Also they went to Vienna, my hometown, so that was cool. Big fan of
these two, I ship it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">But gosh the ending! Once again it was the
highlight of the whole book! It was really intense and fast moving. For the
first time it wasn´t fully relying on fighting, but rather on suspense, which I
really liked. One thing I have noticed in Cassandra Clare´s books though is that
I am not a big fan of the way she paces her books. They always start out slow,
exploring what happened in the last book and slowly starts building plot until
the last hundred pages or so, where we finally get tons of action. This is the
main reason why I give most of her books only 4 stars, as for the most part of
the book I feel like the story is dragging a bit, but then BUM last 100 pages,
the action is finally here. Don´t get me wrong I like the formula, but by now
it feels a bit generic. I would much rather prefer it if she would give us a
bit more of a faster pace in the first three to four hundred paged as well. By
now though I finally feel attached to the characters (finally, it took quite
some time) and I really want to know what happens next, because that ending
gurl, that ending!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Have you read “City of Fallen Angels” and if
so, what did you think of it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Read on xx<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lena</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-1055793130991529512016-06-19T23:48:00.001+02:002016-06-19T23:48:04.491+02:00The Ultimate Battle: Books VS eBooks<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">As long as
humanity can remember (or at least since eReaders were invented) there have been
discussions which book format is better: The new and practical eBook or the
traditional much beloved physical book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In my
opinion there are pros and cons to both of these formats, so what better way to
discuss this topic than with a list?! Yaaay lists!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Pros of
eBooks:</span></div>
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<br />
<ul>
<li>You can
literally take them everywhere.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">In this day
and age almost everybody has a smart phone, on which they can read an eBook.
Only last week, while I was taking the train, I was reading this new book I
received for review (Self promo, you can read more about my thoughts about it
<a href="http://myrainbowreads.blogspot.co.at/2016/06/finding-raven-by-patty-dickson-piezca.html">here</a>) Also if you read it in class, nobody is going to notice. Whether if you
read a physical book everybody suddenly seems to be interested in what you are
reading, even the people who haven´t voluntarily touched a book in the last
decade.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<ul>
<li>Your book
won´t get wet.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This is SO
IMPORTANT! Have you ever taken a book to the beach or to the pool and left with
it being a bit wet, so from now on your beloved book has a water stain on it?
Of course you have! And you all know how horrible it is!</span></div>
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<br />
<ul>
<li>ARCs</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">I know this
doesn´t apply to everyone, but getting physical ARCs outside of Amerika, UK or OZ
is hard. I don´t live in an English-speaking country so the only real way I am
getting my English ARCs is through websites like Netgalley or Edelweiss (praise
you for existing!)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<ul>
<li>It´s
cheaper</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Don´t argue
with me over this topic please. I know not all of them are cheaper, but most
are, even though most often the difference is only a couple of dollars. But
they truly are cheaper. Also there are lots of free eBooks out there,
especially by self-published or even Indie-published authors. By now even
libraries often have books in electronical Formats, which you can lend out
online.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<ul>
<li>The space</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Don´t lie
to me that you don´t struggle with having too many books and too little space
on your shelves. We all do. And in a matter of fact eBooks just don´t take up
any, except a few Gigabytes on your eReader or phone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-GB">Cons of
eBooks:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<ul>
<li>You can´t
show them off</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Yes, it´s a
vain reason, but a really important one none the less. I can´t help but feel
really happy every time I see my book collection and just find joy in arranging
them in a new order or putting new ones on my shelves.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<ul>
<li>They are not the real deal</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This is the
most prominent reason, why I still, and forever will, buy printed books. I just
find that I can read them much quicker and also just have a better reading
experience. It is probably a bias thing to say, but lots of times I
unconsciously give books, I read on my Kindle, a worse rating than I maybe
would have, had I read them in a physical format. You just can´t replace the smell and feel of
a book in your hands, which is, in my opinion, one of the best things in reading.
With eBooks you just don´t the satisfaction of actually seeing your progress
and suddenly realizing how little, of this amazing book you´re currently
reading, you have left.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-GB">Which of
these formats do you prefer? And did I forget something? Let me know in the
comments down below!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Read on xx<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Lena<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-71288841510195068982016-06-18T16:47:00.001+02:002016-06-18T16:47:13.566+02:00Just a quick UpdateHey guys!<br />
I am just in the process of adding my blog to Bloglovin, so in case any of you have an account over there it would be awesome if you could add me!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/15906443/?claim=dattze5bwjf">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a><br />
<br />
Thank you I appreaciate it<br />
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LenaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-73995959052385951192016-06-16T22:09:00.000+02:002016-07-02T13:50:13.322+02:00Finding the Raven, by Patty Dickson Piezca<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to
thank the author of this book, Patty Dickson Piezca, for providing me with an
eARC in exchange for an honest review. I was really excited to read this book as this is my first ARC I have ever received, so I am really sad to say that
I really did not like this book, which was why I did not finish it. My general
policy before I stop reading a book is to read at least half of it, which I did
so I put it down because I just didn´t enjoy it very much. Before I start with this review I also want to add, that this
review is intended as constructive criticism and in no way as just bashing
something I didn´t like. I respect how much work the author put into this, but
I still want to say what I thought of this novel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Title:
Finding the Raven<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author:
Patty Dickson Piezca<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pages:
292<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Published
by: Ravenswood Publishing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">Rating: 1/5</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="ine-height: 21px;">When Julia Dulac's father is murdered onstage and her inheritance is swindled away, she must work through her grief and fear of poverty to find both the killer and a means of survival with help from the Raven, a black crystal that reveals images of past and future truths. While having the crystal appraised, Julia finds love and her life takes unexpected turns through mystery and betrayal against the backdrop of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Through the boarding house window, Julia overhears an argument between Rose and her wealthy father over Rose's illegitimate pregnancy. He drops Rose off, saying he will return in one year, that she must be either single and childless or respectably married. Though from completely different backgrounds, Julia and Rose become fast friends, facing lessons of survival and redemption as their fates become irrevocably entwined.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Having
never read a book that wasn´t published by a big publishing house before, I
didn´t really know what to expect from this book, so I was really disappointed
to see how botched it felt. The author took way too little time with
practically everything. In my opinion, to make the story more realistic it would
need at least 150 pages or so more. The whole thing just felt rushed, already
beginning with the setup of the story. The reader just gets thrown into this
world and while that may be refreshing if done right, it just doesn´t work. The
whole plot in general just seems to fall into place. It doesn´t feel like it is
neither character nor plot driven, but more as if the author knew what needed
to happen next in order to get to the final point at the end, so she let the
characters do something. Their actions just didn´t feel comprehensible to me. The
characters in general are all definitely upgradeable. It seemed as if out of
nowhere they suddenly had certain characteristics that just weren´t mentioned
before. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another
thing that didn´t sit well with me was the pacing of the story. Time was a
thrown around variable. While sometimes things just flew by, in an unbelievable
amount of time, some things took way too little time. Some of the longest
passages were the ones describing how terrible the food or the hostel were.
While, yes I get that it was used to emphasize that there weren´t in a good
place, which is fine, I do not need lengthy abstracts to remind me of that
several times, thank you. On the contrary, I found that lots of details, which
often were important to the story, were skipped, so when it came to use I was
surprised. For example: As Rose gets sent away to St. Louis in no way was there
mentioned that her father was coming with her, but suddenly he began talking to
her. And I was just like: What? Where did he come from? So while we got a long
description about the label of a wine bottle, the environment or even the looks
of characters were hardly touched on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In
conclusion I just want to add that my main impression of this book is, that the
author had a vision in her head, which could have worked out wonderfully, but
just weren´t mainly due to the lack of description in certain places. But if you personally really enjoy a light guilty-pleasure read without thinking too much and you are thinking about picking this book up, I would say don´t let me discourage you, hopefully you will enjoy it more than I did.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Have any of
you read “Finding the Raven”? And if so what did you think of it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read on xx<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lena</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-18515314381033326232016-06-12T18:13:00.001+02:002016-06-12T22:29:34.460+02:00Top 10 Authors I Want to Read Completely<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Hey guys! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">So today I
am back with another Top 10 post. This one is about my Top 10 authors I want to
read completely, so all the novels they have put out so far. In this post I am
only talking about authors who have other series in other universes as well,
which is why I didn´t mention authors like for example Leigh Bardugo. She only
has books out that take part in the Grisha Universe and while I love her books
and want to read all of them she doesn´t qualify for this post. I am planning
on posting another entry where I only talk about these authors who have only
written “one universe” so far soon, so keep your eyes out for that as well!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Gillian
Flynn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">You may know
Gilian Flynn as the author of “Gone Girl”, which I own, but haven´t read yet.
What I have read of hers is “Dark Places”, which I liked. It was a very
interesting story, with good atmosphere and an excellent resolvement. Many
people say though it is not their favourite book of hers, so I am really
intrigued what else she has written for me to check out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2383.Gillian_Flynn">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2383.Gillian_Flynn</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-GB">Jesse
Andrews</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">One of the
last books I read was “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”. If you have seen my review
(read it <a href="http://myrainbowreads.blogspot.co.at/2016/06/me-and-ear-and-dying-girl-by-jesse.html">here</a>) you know that I wasn´t the biggest fan nof either the story or
the characters (except for Mr. Gaines, you go Mr. Gaines!), but really liked
the humour and formatting of the book. He recently released a new novel called
“The Haters” and lots of people, who had similar problems, to the ones I had,
say that this one is better than his first book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5227163.Jesse_Andrews">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5227163.Jesse_Andrews</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">George R.
R. Martin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The “Song
of Ice and Fire” series is still a work in progress, but the way Martin crafts
his world, so careful and fleshed out, has me wanting to read his other books.
I love fantasy, which is what he is best at, so I am curious to get more into
other worlds of his e.g. “Dreamsongs”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/346732.George_R_R_Martin">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/346732.George_R_R_Martin</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Jonas
Jonasson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Jonas
Jonasson is the author of “The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the
Window and Dissapeared” (woah that´s a mouthful) I read that one, as well as his
other book “The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden”. Both of these I really liked
and had a great time reading, so I am only waiting until my library gets his
newest release “Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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GR: <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3222554.Jonas_Jonasson"><span lang="DE-AT">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3222554.Jonas_Jonasson</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Morgan Matson<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">It seems
like Morgan Matson has been making at least one entry on each of my lists so
far. I still haven´t read any of her books, but I will this summer I promise! I
already own “Since You´ve Been Gone” and it is on the top of my Summer TBR
(which is</span> another post of mine, you can read <a href="http://myrainbowreads.blogspot.co.at/2016/05/my-summer-tbr.html">here</a>). Still, from all that I have heard so far I just
know that I will probably love everything she writes, hence the reason she is
on this list.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3351454.Morgan_Matson">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3351454.Morgan_Matson</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Brandon Sanderson<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Remember
what I said about really liking fantasy? Brandon Sanderson ´s “The Final
Empire” may be the only book of his that I´ve read so far, but it is so so great.
It has left me wanting to read everything else the man has ever published. And
that´s a LOT. This is definitely a long-long term project as most of his books
have about 800 pages each and he seems to publish at least two each year. But
still, just the idea of the cosmere has me in awe and his stories are great, so why not?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
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GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/38550.Brandon_Sanderson">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/38550.Brandon_Sanderson</a></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Rainbow
Rowell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">I am
completely in love with every single one of Rainbow Rowell´s books I have read
so far. Granted, I have not started any of her adult books, but since “Fangirl”
and “Carry On” are one of my favourite books of all time and I liked “Eleanor
and Park” I think I will enjoy her others as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4208569.Rainbow_Rowell">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4208569.Rainbow_Rowell</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Brian K.
Vaughan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Most of you
probably know Brian K. Vaughan as the writer of the hugely popular comic book
series “Saga”. I absolutely love Saga, but recently I have started another
series of his called “Y-The Last Man” (which is also on my Summer TBR). As I
really like this series as well I now want to read more of his work. I have
done some research and I am interested in reading “Ex-Machina” or “Runaways”.
He also just released a new tradeback called “Paperback Girls Vol 1”, which
sounds really cool as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24514.Brian_K_Vaughan">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24514.Brian_K_Vaughan</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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heard of John Green? He is the authors of widely popular books like “Looking
for Alaska”, “Papertowns” and, of course, “The Fault in our Stars”. I have read those three and to be honest I wasn´t much of a fan,
especially of “Looking for Alaska” I just found it boring and pretentious. “The
Fault in our Stars” was fine, but I am probably one of the few people that
didn´t cry #sorrynotsorry. “Papertowns” I enjoyed but didn´t love, but still I
am determined to find a John Green book I love, as his short story in “Let it
Snow” was my favourite. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or may not know Harry Potter is my favourite series of all time (and my whole
life as well, but let´s not talk about that), so it should come as no surprise
that I want to read more of her novels. Rowling is just a master in
storytelling and I do like a good thriller/crime story, which is what she
writes under her pen name Robert Galbraith, so I hope to pick up her other
books very soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-65833581783188621762016-06-09T20:52:00.001+02:002016-06-09T20:53:06.641+02:00Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Tessa
Gray crosses the Atlantic to follow her brother Nate to England, she gets
kidnapped by the mysterious Pandemonium Club. Tessa find out that there is much
more to this world than she knew. Vampires, Faries, Demons exist and she is one
of them. She takes refugee with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who
promise her to help her look for her brother, if she will help them with her
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am
currently marathoning all of Cassandra Clare´s book in order of publication
date. I know I am late to the game, but better late than never, right? Having
heard lots about this series I expected two things from this book: That it would be faaaaar better than “The
Mortal Instruments” and that I would absolutely fall in love with Will
Herondale. Now I have read this book but I can´t really approve of either of
these statements. I liked the Mortal Instruments. I didn´t love them like everybody else
did but I liked them. To be quite frankly I didn´t really see the difference
between the two series. Yes, they take place in two completely different time
periods and TMI doesn´t have the clockwork monsters, but in both series the main
character is a girl who finds out she isn´t who she thought she was and she plays a
big role in the Shadowhunter universe, both have a love triangle, where one of
the love interests is really rude *hust* Will Herondale *hust* and a girl, who
acts like she doesn´t care about anything but can fight real good if she has
to (=Isabelle/Jessamine).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are some things The Mortal Instruments had that Clockwork Angel just doesn´t.
Tessa doesn´t really care about anything except herself and Will and books.
Don´t even get me started on Will. On Jace the rudeness was charming, but Will just
takes it too far sometimes. It made me smile yes, especially Tessa´s answers,
but was it something that made me fall in love with him, so that now he is my
ultimate book boyfriend? Heck no! Maybe that will change, the farther into the
series I get, because I will learn more about the characters and I will have a
greater appreciation of them. We will see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I like about this book? The change in scenery and time period brought something
different. Until now I haven´t really read a steampunk so I had a great time
exploring this new genre, which I now really want to read more from, so if you
have any good suggestions let me now in the comments down below! Also I loved
getting these little nuggets Cassandra Clare put in for the readers of both
series. For example the Pandemonium, some of the reoccurring families, church
and mostly MAGNUS! I loved how he played a tiny part in this as well. It gave
me, as somebody who reads both series right now, a real understanding of how
old he really is. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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really have any complex thoughts of this series, but the reason I think this
book definitely deserves three and a half stars, was the plot
twist at the end. Without it I would have only given it three stars, so yes
read it till the end! I am still going to continue with the series, after I
finished “City of Fallen Angels”. Hopefully I will love “Clockwork Prince”
more, I still have hopes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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without feeling judged. But apart from that the arrival of this new month also
brings new releases for us to devour during the holidays. These picks are mostly YA, since I enjoy reading that genre most, but not all of them are, I promise. Plus they are listed in order of publication.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sunny has always been a bit of a push-over. But after she sees a picture of her boyfriend kissing another girl, she knows she has to act. And so, a troublesome night in London begins. In the course of twelve hours she visits countless places in London in order to get her romantic revenge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lets humans pay for his protection from the monsters, all August wants is to be
human and not one of the monsters. When he gets the chance to protect the
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summer. With all the praise Victoria
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not really heard something about this book either so if you want to be the
first to discover the next big thing, this may be a contender.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This story follows the siblings Lana and Radu, two orphans, who ever
since their father abandoned them were raised at the court of the sultan
Ottoman. Their linage not only makes them special but inevitably makes them
targets as well. Lana plans on taking down the empire that holds them captive
until she meets Ottoman´s son Mehmed. Without knowing he now stands between
Lana and Radu whose bond of loyalty and love is stretched to almost breaking
point, transforming them from siblings to rivals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">I love my fantasy reads to have good political intrigues and this book
sounds like it could deliver exactly that. Reading the synopsis gives me vibes
of this dark political romance story, where our main character will have to
manoeuvre this court trying to stay alive, while also being torn apart between
family and love. I can´t wait.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Published June 28<sup>th</sup></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><sup><br /></sup></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27190613-and-i-darken?ac=1&from_search=true">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27190613-and-i-darken?ac=1&from_search=true</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Darken-Kiersten-White/dp/0553522310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465054993&sr=1-1&keywords=and+i+darken">http://www.amazon.com/I-Darken-Kiersten-White/dp/0553522310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465054993&sr=1-1&keywords=and+i+darken</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Are you planning on picking any of these books up? If so, let me know which ones and </span>what you thought of them in the comments down below!</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Read on xx<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lena<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-25786890271122533152016-06-01T13:32:00.003+02:002016-07-22T12:53:01.912+02:00Me and Ear and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This is a
non-spoiler review<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JyZp-QhGL._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JyZp-QhGL._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" height="200" width="132" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Title: Me
and Earl and the Dying Girl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Author:
Jesse Andrews<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Pages: 304<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Published
by: Atlantic Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rating: 3/5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">“Highschool
sucks.” This is an universally acknowledged truth, which Greg Gaines lets the
reader know as soon as you start the first chapter of this book. Greg managed
to get through high school keeping a low profile, so at least his high school experience
doesn´t suck as much. Everybody knows Greg, nobody dislikes Greg and he and Earl
can continue making mediocre to bad movies. Until the first day of senior year,
when his mom forces him to become friends with the Jewish girl, who has just
gotten cancer. This inevitably brings destruction in his life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This book
was fine. I can see why so many people love it, but it just isn´t
something for me. Maybe this is another case of me having too high expectations, since it got hyped up a lot on booktube etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">I found the main character Greg to be quite unsympathetic and
unlikeable. Even though he was quite realistic and dorky, which lead to a lot
of funny moments, he was also really stuck up and I couldn´t relate to him at
all. Also I wasn´t a huge fan of the story itself, due to the issues I had with
Greg. The things he said/did were really rude, for example: He just didn´t care
about Rachel. Like at all. Apart from Earl she is his only friend and he just
sees her as a burden. Also Rachel has
like zero personality. It´s like she is a robot. But probably the most annoying
thing was the story. You want to know why? Because there is none! Just like
there is no character development, which is a pity, if you, like me, dislike
Greg. Yes, Greg says at the beginning that there is no point in this story, but
I expected at least a bit more, seeing how beloved this book is. You would think that being auround Rachel and becoming friends with her would have an impact on Greg, but no. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">But on the
contrary there were a couple of great things in this book as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 53.4pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">The humour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The humour in this book is great. It´s just so funny. Even though it didn´t make me laugh out loud,
which is admittedly really hard, it had lots of big smiles on my face. I
am in love with Greg´s father, Mr. Gaines. He is the best person on earth and I
aspire to be like him one day, as should everybody else in this universe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 53.4pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">The formatting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This book
is written in a very different way to most books. 50%, or maybe even more, is
not normal text, but rather scripts, bullet points etc. It broke the fourth
wall very well and engaged the reader into the story. (As far as possible
because there is basically no story) It made the book so much more enjoyable
and hadn´t it been for the formatting, I probably wouldn´t have finished the
book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 53.4pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">It isn´t a “Typical cancer book”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This book
doesn´t romanticise cancer, or illness in general. It isn´t even a love story.
It is an honest book about friendship (Again not very well done because Greg
doesn´t even really like Rachel, but you get the point) It takes a different
spin on the whole “sick girl with cancer” trope, which I haven´t read before.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">All in all,
pick it up if you are want a light read, with a bit of a more serious topic/
have a desire for a new take on an illness YA book. Just don´t expect too much
from it, like I did (but still the formatting is REALLY cool) I am still excited to watch the movie, as I think some of my issues will be </span>solved in it.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">What about
you guys? Have you read Me and Earl and the Dying Girl? And if so what did you
think of it? Can you recommend me any other books with an unique formatting?
Tell me down, in the comments below!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Read on xx<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Lena<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-79894187005539260642016-06-01T13:32:00.002+02:002016-07-22T12:52:37.622+02:00Me and Ear and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This is a
non-spoiler review<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JyZp-QhGL._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JyZp-QhGL._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" height="200" width="132" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Title: Me
and Earl and the Dying Girl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Author:
Jesse Andrews<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Pages: 304<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Published
by: Atlantic Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rating: 3/5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">“Highschool
sucks.” This is an universally acknowledged truth, which Greg Gaines lets the
reader know as soon as you start the first chapter of this book. Greg managed
to get through high school keeping a low profile, so at least his high school experience
doesn´t suck as much. Everybody knows Greg, nobody dislikes Greg and he and Earl
can continue making mediocre to bad movies. Until the first day of senior year,
when his mom forces him to become friends with the Jewish girl, who has just
gotten cancer. This inevitably brings destruction in his life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This book
was fine. I can see why so many people love it, but it just isn´t
something for me. Maybe this is another case of me having too high expectations, since it got hyped up a lot on booktube etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">I found the main character Greg to be quite unsympathetic and
unlikeable. Even though he was quite realistic and dorky, which lead to a lot
of funny moments, he was also really stuck up and I couldn´t relate to him at
all. Also I wasn´t a huge fan of the story itself, due to the issues I had with
Greg. The things he said/did were really rude, for example: He just didn´t care
about Rachel. Like at all. Apart from Earl she is his only friend and he just
sees her as a burden. Also Rachel has
like zero personality. It´s like she is a robot. But probably the most annoying
thing was the story. You want to know why? Because there is none! Just like
there is no character development, which is a pity, if you, like me, dislike
Greg. Yes, Greg says at the beginning that there is no point in this story, but
I expected at least a bit more, seeing how beloved this book is. You would think that being auround Rachel and becoming friends with her would have an impact on Greg, but no. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">But on the
contrary there were a couple of great things in this book as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 53.4pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">The humour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The humour in this book is great. It´s just so funny. Even though it didn´t make me laugh out loud,
which is admittedly really hard, it had lots of big smiles on my face. I
am in love with Greg´s father, Mr. Gaines. He is the best person on earth and I
aspire to be like him one day, as should everybody else in this universe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 53.4pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">The formatting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This book
is written in a very different way to most books. 50%, or maybe even more, is
not normal text, but rather scripts, bullet points etc. It broke the fourth
wall very well and engaged the reader into the story. (As far as possible
because there is basically no story) It made the book so much more enjoyable
and hadn´t it been for the formatting, I probably wouldn´t have finished the
book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 53.4pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">It isn´t a “Typical cancer book”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This book
doesn´t romanticise cancer, or illness in general. It isn´t even a love story.
It is an honest book about friendship (Again not very well done because Greg
doesn´t even really like Rachel, but you get the point) It takes a different
spin on the whole “sick girl with cancer” trope, which I haven´t read before.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">All in all,
pick it up if you are want a light read, with a bit of a more serious topic/
have a desire for a new take on an illness YA book. Just don´t expect too much
from it, like I did (but still the formatting is REALLY cool) I am still excited to watch the movie, as I think some of my issues will be </span>solved in it.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">What about
you guys? Have you read Me and Earl and the Dying Girl? And if so what did you
think of it? Can you recommend me any other books with an unique formatting?
Tell me down, in the comments below!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Read on xx<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Lena<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-82774137651092201512016-06-01T13:32:00.001+02:002016-07-22T12:52:04.327+02:00Me and Ear and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This is a
non-spoiler review<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JyZp-QhGL._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JyZp-QhGL._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" height="200" width="132" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Title: Me
and Earl and the Dying Girl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Author:
Jesse Andrews<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Pages: 304<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Published
by: Atlantic Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Rating: 3/5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">“Highschool
sucks.” This is an universally acknowledged truth, which Greg Gaines lets the
reader know as soon as you start the first chapter of this book. Greg managed
to get through high school keeping a low profile, so at least his high school experience
doesn´t suck as much. Everybody knows Greg, nobody dislikes Greg and he and Earl
can continue making mediocre to bad movies. Until the first day of senior year,
when his mom forces him to become friends with the Jewish girl, who has just
gotten cancer. This inevitably brings destruction in his life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This book
was fine. I can see why so many people love it, but it just isn´t
something for me. Maybe this is another case of me having too high expectations, since it got hyped up a lot on booktube etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">I found the main character Greg to be quite unsympathetic and
unlikeable. Even though he was quite realistic and dorky, which lead to a lot
of funny moments, he was also really stuck up and I couldn´t relate to him at
all. Also I wasn´t a huge fan of the story itself, due to the issues I had with
Greg. The things he said/did were really rude, for example: He just didn´t care
about Rachel. Like at all. Apart from Earl she is his only friend and he just
sees her as a burden. Also Rachel has
like zero personality. It´s like she is a robot. But probably the most annoying
thing was the story. You want to know why? Because there is none! Just like
there is no character development, which is a pity, if you, like me, dislike
Greg. Yes, Greg says at the beginning that there is no point in this story, but
I expected at least a bit more, seeing how beloved this book is. You would think that being auround Rachel and becoming friends with her would have an impact on Greg, but no. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">But on the
contrary there were a couple of great things in this book as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 53.4pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">The humour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The humour in this book is great. It´s just so funny. Even though it didn´t make me laugh out loud,
which is admittedly really hard, it had lots of big smiles on my face. I
am in love with Greg´s father, Mr. Gaines. He is the best person on earth and I
aspire to be like him one day, as should everybody else in this universe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 53.4pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">The formatting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This book
is written in a very different way to most books. 50%, or maybe even more, is
not normal text, but rather scripts, bullet points etc. It broke the fourth
wall very well and engaged the reader into the story. (As far as possible
because there is basically no story) It made the book so much more enjoyable
and hadn´t it been for the formatting, I probably wouldn´t have finished the
book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 53.4pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">It isn´t a “Typical cancer book”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This book
doesn´t romanticise cancer, or illness in general. It isn´t even a love story.
It is an honest book about friendship (Again not very well done because Greg
doesn´t even really like Rachel, but you get the point) It takes a different
spin on the whole “sick girl with cancer” trope, which I haven´t read before.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">All in all,
pick it up if you are want a light read, with a bit of a more serious topic/
have a desire for a new take on an illness YA book. Just don´t expect too much
from it, like I did (but still the formatting is REALLY cool) I am still excited to watch the movie, as I think some of my issues will be </span>solved in it.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">What about
you guys? Have you read Me and Earl and the Dying Girl? And if so what did you
think of it? Can you recommend me any other books with an unique formatting?
Tell me down, in the comments below!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Read on xx<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Lena<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-32382612609011293742016-05-29T21:23:00.000+02:002016-06-12T22:33:05.913+02:00My Summer TBR<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Summer
is now almost upon us, which also means one signifcant thing (apart from ice cream; ice cream is important the whole year round): SCHOOOOL´S OUT<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Where I
live, school ends at the first of July. Still a couple of weeks away, but not
as far as one might believe, since time tends to fly, especially at the
end of the schoolyear. But even though the holidays are still more than a month
away, all the final tests and such end at the beginning of June. This means I
will have lots of free time to spend on reading (and ice cream, once again ice
cream is important). So I t<span style="font-family: inherit;">hought it would be fun to share what my reading
plans are for this summer, so that in September I will be able to really see,
which of my reading goals I accomplished. All of these books are in no
particular order, as I really hope to get to all of them in the next few
months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">Before you
get into this list, I just wanted to let you know, that in this List there are
only books included, which I either already own or want to lend from my local
library, as I don´t really have enough money to buy most of my <a href="http://myrainbowreads.blogspot.co.at/2016/05/my-top-10-anticipated-summer-releases.html">Anticipated BookReleases for this Summer</a>. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am going to use
#SeriesSummer to participate in the project started by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBMVmCcZ0rI">JBookLover13</a> (Shoutout
by the way, your videos are awesome). It is her way of keeping on track with
reading all of her unread series and as I have some on my shelves as well I
thought it would be a cool idea to participate. The goal of #SeriesSummer is to
keep you motivated to read series, with no particular goals, except your
personal ones.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit;">City of
Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, City of Heavenly Fire, and the Infernal
Devices Trilogy, all by Cassandra Clare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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decided to give The Mortal Instruments another shot, so I reread “City of
Bones” and “City of Ashes”. Both of which I liked, but not really loved. But
for the first time I continued and read “City of Glass”. And OH.MY.GOD. I get
all the hype around these books now. It´s not as good of a series as for
example the “Lunar Chronicles” in my opinion, but still really good. I found
them to be more of a guilty pleasure series, that you need to be hooked on to
love, but once I got into it, I was addicted. So now have to wait until
Wednesday, because that´s when my package of the last three books will arrive.
I also read that you are supposed to read Cassandra Clare´s books in order of
publishing date, so that is exactly what I´m gonna do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Fallen-Angels-Mortal-Instruments/dp/1481455990/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0VFX6TYQD53PMYH4E3YQ">http://www.amazon.com/City-Fallen-Angels-Mortal-Instruments/dp/1481455990/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0VFX6TYQD53PMYH4E3YQ</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Heavenly-Fire-Mortal-Instruments/dp/1481444425/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463944013&sr=1-1&keywords=city+of+heavenly+fire">http://www.amazon.com/City-Heavenly-Fire-Mortal-Instruments/dp/1481444425/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463944013&sr=1-1&keywords=city+of+heavenly+fire</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">All of the
Infernal Devices in a Boxed Set (I would recommend buying them book by book,
for some reason it´s cheaper)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Infernal-Devices-Complete-Collection-Clockwork/dp/1481456601/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463943661&sr=1-1&keywords=the+infernal+devices">http://www.amazon.com/Infernal-Devices-Complete-Collection-Clockwork/dp/1481456601/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463943661&sr=1-1&keywords=the+infernal+devices</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You, by Jojo Moyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You”, seems to have taken over every reader’s bookshelf, as I have seen it
supposedly everywhere these last few months. And now that the movie is coming
out soon, I decided I should probably finally read it. It is advertised as this
great romance book, where Louise takes a job as a caretaker for Will, whom she
is the first to treat like a normal person. They fall in love because it´s a
Romance Novel and supposedly something sad happens and I am ready. Ready to
cry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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only reread I have on this list, since I don´t particularly like rereading
things, but I figured I should reread at least one book/series. It has been
about seven years since I have read the series for the first time, gosh time
really flies by, so I don´t remember a lot of details, which is why I chose
this series. We follow our main character Percy, who finds out he is a demi god
so he goes to this camp over the summer, Camp Halfblood. Camp Halfblood is a
camp particularly for the children of other greek gods, like Percy. I remember
this series being tons of fun so I am really pumped about reliving all of
Percy´s adventures with him once more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rising and Six of Crows, both by Leigh Bardugo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also mentioned in my post about My Top 10 Anticipated Summer Releases, I was
surprised by how much I liked the first two books in this series. I was a big
fan of the Russian setting and can´t wait to finally know how Bardugo is going
to conclude this series. I can´t really talk about the plot, in fear of
spoiling something, but just know that the Grisha Trilogy is set in a russsian
inspired world, where there are people with magical abilities, called grishas.
During the books we follow a girl called Alina, who finds out that she is the
first grisha in thousands of years who can summon light. There is also this
fold of darkness, and one of the best villains ever, but just know that you
should read it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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companion/follow up (?????) series set in the same universe as the Grisha
Trilogy, after its events. All of the reviews I have read, were completely
raving about how much better, than the Grisha Trilogy it is, so that makes me
even more excited. This book basically follows a couple of different characters
in pursuing a heist. And heist stories are my favourites so that´s that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14061957-ruin-and-rising?ac=1&from_search=true">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14061957-ruin-and-rising?ac=1&from_search=true</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Grisha-Trilogy-Leigh-Bardugo/dp/1250063167/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=51Hn89MFXPL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR212%2C320_&refRID=00JGK9F9FJ2BW4GSK957">http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Grisha-Trilogy-Leigh-Bardugo/dp/1250063167/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=51Hn89MFXPL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR212%2C320_&refRID=00JGK9F9FJ2BW4GSK957</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first book of the month in the Uncovered Book Club, which is hosted by Max from
WellDoneBooks and Raeleen from Padfootandprongs07. Both of them are Booktubers,
whose content I really enjoy watching and I have had this book on my shelves
for quite some time. It also has been recommended to me, so all in all I
thought this read along would be to perfect opportunity to finally read this
book. It is set in Barcelona during 1945, after the Spanish Civil War. A boy
named Daniel finds this books. After reading it he looks for more books by the
same author to discover that someone is destroying all of the author´s books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1232.The_Shadow_of_the_Wind#">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1232.The_Shadow_of_the_Wind#</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be my first Morgan Matson book, but from what I have gathered all her books are
the perfect light, but really fun, summer contemporary read. I can already
picture myself laying in our garden, with some ice cream (hehehe) on a nice
summer evening, reading this. The main character´s name is Emily and she is
more of a wallflower, whose best friend Sloane suddenly disappears. But Sloane
leaves her a list of tasks to complete, so Emily checks all of them of, during
the course of summer in hope of finding Sloane in doing so. Have I mentioned
that they are eating ice cream on the cover?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and only graphic novel series on this list. I read the first volume a couple
weeks ago and loved it, but haven´t been able to get to my local library since
then to get the other volumes. The reason I picked it up, and damn am I happy I
did that, is that the writer is the writer who also wrote Saga, which is my
second favourite graphic novel series of all time. Even though it is not as
great as “Saga”, which is mostly due to the artstyle. And my preference in
fantasy, but mostly the art. But sill it is just as funny as “Saga”, if not
even more. In “Y-The Last Man” all the man die. Just like *snap* all of them
dead, on the floor. Except Yorrick and his pet monkey Ampersand. The story then
follows, them finding out why they are still alive, while also fighting for
survival. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I got the
box set from my mother for my birthday, and now it just sits on my shelf sits
just waiting for summer holidays waiting to be marathoned. It has, as far as I
know, only received praise, especially due to Taylor´s writing and is many
people´s favourite series. I am not quite sure what it is about except that it
is about this art student Karou, who draws monsters and collects teeth, I
recall? It is also set in Prague and I have never read anything set there, but
I think she will capture its essence just right.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20706293-the-daughter-of-smoke-and-bone-trilogy?ac=1&from_search=truev">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20706293-the-daughter-of-smoke-and-bone-trilogy?ac=1&from_search=truev</a></span></div>
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Amazon: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Smoke-Bone-Trilogy-Paperback/dp/0316306428/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463941524&sr=1-3&keywords=daughter+of+smoke+and+bone">http://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Smoke-Bone-Trilogy-Paperback/dp/0316306428/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463941524&sr=1-3&keywords=daughter+of+smoke+and+bone</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first book in the Mistborn Trilogy, is one of my favourite books of this year.
It was everything I didn´t know I wanted and so much more. Again I can´t really
go into the plot of this book, because spoilers, but I don´t even want to
really know what it is about anyway. Just know that “The Final Empire”, the
first book, is something every fantasy lover should read. The bad guy has won
and has already ruled the land for hundreds of years. There is also this
awesome thing were a few people can burn metal to access powers. A small gang of
those people, group together to take down the emperor in a nearly suicidal
heist. Picture it as an Ocean 11 with magic, which sounds like everything you
could need in life, doesn´t it? Believe me it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GR: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68429.The_Well_of_Ascension?ac=1&from_search=true">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68429.The_Well_of_Ascension?ac=1&from_search=true</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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owned this book for about six months now, which is quite a long time for not
reading a book, which I am really excited for. But I am really scared of the
sequels. From everything I gathered, most people loved the first book, but
found the other two to be mediocre at best. So somehow in my head it seems like
a rational decision to not read it, even though I want to!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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basically follows this southern “Belle”, named Harper, who on her Prom Night
becomes a Paladin. Now she has to protect her arch enemy David, whose fate
could very well destroy earth. Sounds so ridiculous, but awesome indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you guys think of my list? Have you read any books on it? And what are you guys reading this summer? Let me
know in the comments down below together with what kind of ice cream is your
favourite! ;P<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-80764458469995120012016-05-26T12:55:00.002+02:002016-05-26T12:55:51.393+02:00A Court of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J. Maas<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">*Disclaimer*
If you haven´t read the first book yet please be aware of eventual spoilers. I
would not advise reading on if you are interested in starting this series and
are hugely repelled by spoilers. The spoilage is not very deep though, so if
you don´t mind continue on, just be warned. However if you have read the first
book and just haven´t continued on yet, this review will be Spoiler free until
after the free space underneath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Title: A
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<span lang="EN-GB">A Court of
Mist and Fury, or let´s just call it ACOMAF for short, starts only a couple
months after the events of A Court of Thorns and Roses, ACOTAR. Feyre is back
in the Spring Court about to get married to Tamlin, when Rhysand appears to
call in his end of the bargain. Now Feyre has to spend one week each month at
the Night Court, where she learns that not everything is not as black and white
as it seems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After I was
not the biggest fan of ACOTAR, due to various problems I had with the story and
the characters, I was quite hesitant to continue on with this series, let alone
pre-order ACOMAF. But thankfully I did. A Court of Mist and Fury was everything
I wanted and needed the first book to be and more. It had a fast moving story, plot
twists, great character development, lots of snarky humour and so much more.
Sarah J. Maas did an especially brilliant job in not only introducing us to the
Night Court, but making me falling in love with it and lots of new characters
as well. She transferred me right into this beautiful world, that I didn´t want
to leave, which lead to me almost falling asleep, while reading at 2am numerous
times, because I just couldn´t stop reading. If you need more proves to convince
you to pick up this book I want to let you know that it is a big book. I was
really shocked, when this monster of 600 and something pages turned up on my
doorstep one day. But I finished it in three days. Not even on a weekend. It
took me three normal school days. And I am not that fast of a reader,
especially not during school. So needless to say I absolutely ADORED this book
and everybody should pick this up, especially if you weren´t too keen about the
first book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ABOUT RHYSAND! In the first book I wasn´t a big fan of neither Tamlin nor
Rhysand, but I did have a preference for Rhys. I found the relationship between
Tamlin and Feyre to be a bit uncomfortable and weird, mainly because some of
the things he did in ACOTAR. And oh boy. He looked Feyre into his house! That´s
like some serious dominance issue right there, and I just can´t fathom why he
would do that? She is like one of the most powerful fae to live right now and
she has all these powers, which she could use to defend herself, but that
douchebag just treats her like a five year old, who doesn´t know what´s best
for him. But not only that, but he also ignores her and her wishes, just to go off
to hunt some moose or whatever he does. So of course, I was really happy when
Rhys turned up at their wedding. He takes her in, teaches her how to read and
build that wall and treats her like an equal, so by what? Page eighty or
something I was already on team Rhys and stayed there for all of the remaining
story. I found his character to be great as well, because not only does he
treat Feyre like a person, no he is witty and snarky. It was amazing how much
he gave up to protect his family and Velaris.
Velaris was another highlight in this story. Sarah J. Maas to make me
fall just as much in love with it as Rhysand does. I felt like I was there,
strolling around, watching the theatre performances and more. The worldbuilding in general was just done phenomenally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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favourite scenes hands down, was when they went into the Court of Nightmares to
get the orb. It was so steamy and just ugh! Give me more! Feyre was just so
conflicted about her feelings and she didn´t even know why! And OMG they are
mated! I´m so excited. Loads of people already guessed that Rhys and Feyre were
mates at the end of ACOTAR, but I was pretty oblivious until somebody pointed
it out to me on Goodreads. I was afraid that the suspicion would spoil my
reading experience, but I completely forgot during all the other amazing stuff
that went down. So when Feyre found out
that Rhys was her mate I still freaked out. I understood why she dealt with the
situation the way she did, but found it really awkward when they were just
having sex all the time. While I love how Maas writes the flirtatious, necking
scenes, hence the scene in the Court of Nightmares being a standout, I am not the
biggest fan of her sex scenes. I just find them weird and a bit uncomfortable to
read. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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didn´t see coming as well, was the twist at the end, when Lucian finds out
Elain is his mate. Like, who saw THAT coming?! And Feyre being the High Lady of
the Dream Court? You go girl! Show Tamlin what a girl can do. Reason 697 why I
just love Rhysand. He treats her like an equal. But now that the deal is broken
and Feyre is back at the Spring Court, urgh in between, Lucien needs her or
else he won´t see Elain again. At least Rhys and Feyre can still communicate
with each other, or else I would have a fear that we won´t have enough Rhysand
in the next book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I completely unexpectedly fell in love with this book and can´t recommend it highly
enough. It has, for sure, been one of the best books I´ve read this year and I
can´t wait for May 2017 for the next book to come out. By the way, what do you
guys think it will be called? My guess is on A Court of Spies and War. And what will the cover look like? Maybe green
with Feyre holding bow and arrow? Let me know your guesses down below, as well
as what you thought of ACOMAF!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335419241700950926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151555583369382240.post-52044752307099192292016-05-22T16:38:00.000+02:002016-06-12T22:34:54.599+02:00My Top 10 Anticipated Summer Releases of 2016<div class="MsoNormal">
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almost already reached ist halfway-point. (Ahhhhh who can believe that? It
passed by so fast!) And as now summer is finally upon us, school is out. This
means that there will also be more than enough time for friends, ice cream,
summer adventures and the most important: lying in the grass on a nice summer day
READING. So to get us ready, I decided to make my first real blog post about my
Top 10 summer releases, just in case you are still hesitant which books you
need to pick up to have the best Summer you could possibly have.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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personally define summer as the beginning of May until the end September, so
not the “official” definition, but who cares? I also want to claim that, of
course, dates can change. I am writing this post on May 22<sup>nd</sup> so
maybe the date that a certain book is supposed to come out will change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Yes, this
is lower than most people would expect, especially because most of the books I
read are YA and this is one HECK of a popular series. I have only read the
first two books “The Raven Boys” and “The Dream Thieves” and honestly I just
found them to be….Nice. I do want to continue on so I am happy all the books
are out now, so I can read the last two books in a row if I desire to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Six of Crows”? No. Have I finished the Grisha Trilogy? No. Have I at least
started the series? Yes! And I absolutely adored the first two books “Shadow
and Bone” and “Siege and Storm”. I just ordered the last book “Ruin and Rising”
and already own “Six of Crows” and since I am very excited to read those, I
found it appropriate to make “Crooked Kingdom” my number nine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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read something by Victoria Schwab (but I own “Vicious” though!) Still this book
intrigues me. With Urban Fantasy, conflicted main characters and all the hype
that is around Vicoria Schwab´s writing style this book sounds right up my
alley.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Strange the
Dreamer, by Laini Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Two
confessions: First, as it seems to be a trend, I haven´t read the “Daughter of
Smoke and Bones” trilogy yet. Ugh, bad reader I know, but what can you do?
Second, I don´t really know what this is about. Just something about a conflict
between gods and mankind, alchemy and perhaps love? As I said, I don´t know
what this is about, but that doesn´t mellow my excitement on bit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Dreamer-Laini-Taylor/dp/0316341681/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1DPJZE163EHSR7FENGJE">http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Dreamer-Laini-Taylor/dp/0316341681/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1DPJZE163EHSR7FENGJE</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Crown´s
Game, by Evelyn Skye<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Remember
when I just told you about how much I liked the first two books in the Grisha Trilogy?
Believe it or not I was quite hesitant to pick it up. The reviews I had heard
were mixed and I wasn´t sure whether or not I would like the Russian inspired
setting. At the end the Russian aspects turned out to be my favourite part,
hence why I am excited about the crown´s game (and the author studied Russian
History in collage, so she probably knows her stuff). The story takes place in
19<sup>th</sup> century Russia, where Nikolaj and Vika have to battle each
other’s magic to see who will become the emperor’s enchanter. So not only has
this book a Russian setting, it also has a love triangle, which I am a huge fan
of, when done right, and magic. MAGIC!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Summer Day
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I
think of a perfect summer read, it either is a fun, fast paced fantasy story or
a light, cute and fluffy contemporary. And Stephanie Perkins is surely the
queen of the latter. The “Anna and the French Kiss” companions introduced me to
her fabulous writing and since then I have been hooked and will read whatever
the Queen of Contemporary chooses to publish. This is the second anthology she
did, the first one set around Christmas, this one now takes place in the
summer. There are 12 Love stories in this, including ones from authors like
Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo (another reason to buy this!) and
queen Perkins herself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">But behold
Stephanie Perkins! There is another Queen of Contemproray: Morgan Matson. Ok, I
haven´t particularly read anything by her yet, but believe me “Since You´ve
Been Gone” is one of the top contenders on my Summer TBR this year. “The
Unexpected Everything” is about this girl Andie, who has her whole life mapped
out. But then stuff happens and all these plans fly out the window and it just
sounds like a really fun book, with all the themes Matson is supposedly so good
at (family, finding oneself, and a little bit of love in-between)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really heard anything about this book until this week, when everybody came back
from BEA. This is about this island, on
which every generation of the royal family there are triplets being born. So to
determine, who becomes queen the three siblings have to fight each other. And
the best part: They have MAGIC! (as by now it should´ve become clear that I
really really like magic :P) It just sounds like a fun action packed YA Book,
which is exactly the type of book I enjoy reading in the summertime. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the only book on this list, which I have already read (watch out for my review
to come). This is the second book in the “A Court Of Thorns and Roses” Trilogy
and I was not a big fan of the first book. I had a lot of issues with it, found
it very slow moving, except for the last 150 pages or so, and found it just ok.
So I was hesitant whether to to continue on with this series or not. But boy am
I happy I did! I don´t want to take away too many things from my review, but
just know that if you didn´t like ACOTAR, this is a much better book, as this
was everything I wanted from the first book and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this one not be at the top of anyone´s anticipated releases! It´s Harry Potter!
I don´t even really know what this book is about, but do I care? Hell no! Harry
Potter is my All-Time-Favourite of every category ever, so of course I am going
to devour it as soon as I get my hands on it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my list. What about you guys? What summer releases are you excited about? Have
you already read any of the books on my list, and if so what did you think of
them? Let me know in the comments down below!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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