The Novelle

We've all got those books on our TBR that have been there for way too long; we always look at them and think "I'll read that next month" and never do. So what better time than Spring, to have a little Spring clean of your TBR pile. Hosted by Faye (A Daydreamers Thoughts) and Caroline (Big Book Little Book), we will aim throughout the month of April to clean out some of those books that have gathered the metaphorical dust. I don't normally like to create TBR lists as I never really stick to them. However, with this...

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Author: Kody KeplingerSource: NetgalleyPublished: 2010 Rating: ★★★★ Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn’t think she’s the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her "the Duff," she throws her Coke in his face. But things aren’t so great at home right now, and Bianca is desperate for a distraction. She ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she likes it. Eager for escape, Bianca throws herself into a...

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In order to showcase the books that I own, I have created a little segment whereupon I will go through each book one letter of the alphabet at a time. Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray arrives in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, something terrifying is waiting for her in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Friendless and hunted, Tessa seeks refuge with the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons. Drawn ever deeper into their world, she finds herself fascinated...

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It was only a year or two ago that I completed my first ever series, and I'm 24. I don't like marathoning series of books in a row as I feel it gets boring, so I used to read books in between and then didn't go back to the series until I'd completely forgotten what had happened in the previous book. Stupid I know. I would then reread the first book and then the process would begin again. Anyways, here are the series that I am proud to say that I have completed: The Hunger Games - Suzanne...

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"Watching me play Scrabble is enough to make most women swoon. Imagine if I actually put in some effort." - Jace I'm trying to finally finish The Mortal Instruments series and I'm currently on book 5. I'm still not a massive fan of this series; don't get me wrong, I like it, but it's not my favourite. I can't stand the romance aspect of this series and I believe that it plays a major role in this series and really directs Clary which really bugs me. The series could be just as amazing if it didn't have the...

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Fairest by Marissa Meyer Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her "glamour" to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a story that has never been told . . . until now. The Lunar Chronicles is the only book series that I've actually kept up to date with and bought all the books as and when they came out - except for this one. I've always bought these books for the kindle and due to the fact that...

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These are books that are part of series that (coincidentally) I haven't finished, from my childhood. I would absolutely love to, at some point, revist these books that at one point I absolutely adored. Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz The Alex Rider series (despite never finishing them) was the first series in my childhood that I remember absolutely loving. The idea of a child spy was insanely cool to me and I loved all of the gizmos and gadgets that he was given on every quest. The Edge Chronicles - Paul Stewart I don't remember too much about this...

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Author: Ruth OzekiSource: Kindle UnlimitedPublished: 2013 Rating: ★★★★ Across the pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox - possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds, Ruth is pulled into the past, into Nao's drama and her unknown fate, and forward into her own future. This is a wonderful book that draws on two perspectives; Ruth upon reading the diary, and Nao, who wrote the diary. In Nao's perspective you get to read about her...

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In order to showcase the books that I own, I have created a little segment whereupon I will go through each book one letter of the alphabet at a time.Before I Fall - Lauren OliverThey say to live every day as if it’s your last – but you never actually think it’s going to be. You always think you’ll have more time. That’s what I thought. But I was wrong. What if, like me, you could live your last day over again? Could you make it perfect? If your whole life flashed before your eyes, would you have...

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It is almost an unspoken rule that illustrated books are for children and for children only. If you find yourself in your adult life reading book with illustrations, then you run the risk of being looked down upon as a juvenile individual who probably can’t handle reading anything substantial.I sometimes find myself on public transport reading an illustrated book and feeling embarrassed by it; if people see the pictures, will they think I’m childish? I often try reading very discreetly or not at all when I’m reading these books in public, and something about that does not feel...

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I don't generally like to TBR as I tend to pick up books depending on how I'm feeling at that moment in time; I don't like to put too much pressure on myself to read as I've done that before and it just hasn't been pretty. Therefore, I'm just going to post the top books that I want to read as soon: Harry Potter - JK Rowling I've got a confession to make - this may make the world turn upside down and cause riots - but I haven't read the last book in the series Harry Potter...

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Author: Ray Bradbury Source: Bought Published: 1951 Rating: ★★★ I read Fahrenheit 451 last year, and that was my very first Bradbury book – I fell in love with it so much that I had to try some more of his works. The Illustrated Man revolved around a large tattooed man who’s tattoos predict the future and all that will happen in the world, these are then translated into a selection of different stories from in and around the world depicting the stories that have been coming true from the illustrations on this mans back. Before I started,...

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In order to showcase the books that I own, I have created a little segment whereupon I will go through each book one letter of the alphabet at a time.A Monster Calls - Patrick NessConor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don’t quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there’s a visitor at his window. It’s ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.This book...

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Author: A.M. Dellamonica Source: Netgalley Published: 2014 Rating: ★★★★ One minute, twenty-four-year-old Sophie Hansa is in San Francisco alley trying to save the life of the aunt she has never known. The next, she finds herself flung into the warm and salty waters of an unfamiliar world. Glowing moths fall to the waves around her, and the sleek bodies of unseen fish glide against her submerged ankles. He world is Stormwrack, a series of island nations with a variety of cultures and economies - and a language different from any Sophie has heard. Sophie doesn't know it yet, but...

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"Print is predictable and impersonal, conveying information in a mechanical transaction with the reader's eye Handwriting, by contract, resists the eye, reveals its meaning slowly, and is as intimate as skin." I've been going through a bit of a reading slump recently whilst travelling, (which has nothing to do with the travelling part) in the way that I just could not decide what to read and was reading one chapter of one book and another chapter of another book, and never being happy with what I've chosen to read. Choosing to read A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki...

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