The Novelle

Author: Mhairi McFarlane Source: Amazon Kindle Published: 2013 Rating: ★★★☆☆ Our heroine Aureliana returns to school after fifteen years for a reunion. School doesn't hold happy memories for her, as being a roly poly Italian (known as the Italian Galleon), she was bullied incessantly throughout her years there. Now in her 30s, Aureliana wants to put the past behind her once and for all and face up to the bullies who made her life hell. But she is much-changed from the girl she once was - all curves and because I'm worth it hair - and no one...

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Books Read: 1 Here's Looking At You - Mhari McFarlane Total Books: 4 Book Goals: 4/6 Pages Read: 404 Total Pages: 1741 Currently Reading: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - JK Rowling I don't think I'm going to reach my goal of 6 books, in the remaining days of April, but I'm pretty content with that at the moment. I've had a very busy working month this month which has been great for money for my travels but has hindered me slightly with my book goals for this month. You wouldn't think it has hindered my...

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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.   The Game by Terry Schott The Game... A virtual reality simulation played by over a billion children around the world. The best players are celebrities, adored and worshiped by countless fans. Zack is a superstar among players. His final play may change the world, forever... This book may have been a YA novel on the surface, but it had a hell of a lot more layers than...

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The same process goes around in circles; you read a book, you finish a book. So at what point do you decide that you want to reread that very same book? The vast multitude of reads currently out in the market make it hard to believe that somebody would want to read something twice, when there are so many other books to start with. Unfortunately, it is more than likely that you’re never going to read all of the books that you want to read in your life time, what with new books being published all the time,...

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"...or that gift lists could feature something as pointless as Tiffany solid silver Stilton spoons. The sentence 'Have you by any chance got a dedicated spoon for this blue-veined king of cheeses?' was a phrase that had been uttered by no one, ever."   Here's Looking At You is the sort of companion novel to 'You Had Me At Hello' and is just as funny and addictive as it's predecessor. The humour is just my cup of tea as it's quick witted, dry and sarcastic. The funny quips made by the characters observations are absolutely hilarious and I...

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I absolutely LOVE cover design and I wanted to highlight some of my favourite and not so favourite covers out there. In order to put some kind of order to this I have decided to section off the covers into different themes.  The Book Of Lost Things by John ConnollyI love the intricacy of this design. The vines that are winding their way through the typography are something that you need to look closely at; there are little details in there that you don't see every time you look at it (unless you're studying it intently of course)...

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Books Read: 0 Total Books: 3 Book Goals: 3/6 Pages Read: 292 Total Pages: 1337 Currently Reading: Here's Looking At You - Mhairi McFarlane Again, I worked pretty much solidly for the whole week and did the majority of my reading on the weekend. Doing the farming work that I'm doing really does take it out of you because it's physical. I couldn't finish The End Of Mr Y for a second time (even though I got further than I did the first time) because it was just getting tediously boring. The story wasn't really going anywhere, and...

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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. The Fault In Our Stars - John Green Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that had bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist names Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. This was a book of firsts for me – the first...

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Author: Maria V. Snyder Source: Amazon Kindle Published: 2010 Rating: ★★ I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I've got one friend, do my job and try to avoid the Pop Cops. So what if I occasionally use the pipes to sneak around the Upper levels? The only neck at risk is my own…until I accidentally start a rebellion and become the go-to girl to lead a revolution. From the off with this book I was instantly reminded of Wool by Hugh Howie; an...

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"And now he’s a ghost, too. Or perhaps he always was – I never met him, so how can I be sure he was real?"The End Of Mr Y is filled with a lot of philiosophical questions about our agenda on planet Earth and the theories behind certain queries on our existance. The book makes you think, really think, about the world around you, and it poses questions for you to think about that now seem obvious but you would never have thought of them before. The aforementioned quote about ghosts is definitely one of them. Hosted by...

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I use the highlight facility on my kindle all of the time for great quotes that I find and I tend to write down quotes from physical copies that I absolutely love. I refuse to highlight or deface any book whatsoever. Here are ten of many quotes that I absolutely adore. "Life is really about moments; they come too rarely and they leave too soon." The Game by Terry Schott "A man is as he is made. A man can't help how he's made" Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb "But in the time it takes to say now,...

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Books Read: 1Inside Out - Maria V. SnyderTotal Books: 3Book Goals: 3/6Pages Read: 399Total Pages: 1045Currently Reading: The End Of Mr Y - Scarlett ThomasThis week I've been ridiculously busy with work (for once) and have worked a few 12 hour shifts leaving me so absolutely tired in the evenings that I just want to shower, have dinner and then be off to sleep by about 8:30PM to be up again at 6AM the next day. I've read as and when I can but it definitely wasn't as much as the first mega (short) week last week. Although...

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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. Eragon - Christopher Paolini When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he think it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realised he has stumbles upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered and he...

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Author: Michael Schmicker Source: Netgalley Published: January 2015 Rating: ★★★★★ Italy 1899: Fiery-tempered, seductive medium Alessandra Poverelli levitates a table at a Spiritualist séance in Naples. A reporter photographs the miracle, and wealthy, skeptical, Jewish psychiatrist Camillo Lombardi arrives in Naples to investigate. When she materializes the ghost of his dead mother, he risks his reputation and fortune to finance a tour of the Continent, challenging the scientific and academic elite of Europe to test Alessandra's mysterious powers. I'm not one for believing in ghosts or the paranormal, but I definitely am one for conspiracy theories and the...

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Books Read: 2 The Witch of Napoli Crown of Midnight Total Books: 2 Book Goals: 2/6 Pages Read: 646 Total Pages: 646 Currently Reading: Inside Out - Maria V. Snyder I'm going to be writing these updates on the Sunday of each week in April, and seeing as April only started on Wednesday, the first week has been a shortened week. Even with the shortened week I've already managed to read 2 books which I'm extremely proud of. We've had the Easter weekend as well as the fact that I've hardly had any work all week generally and...

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When I say I've had a lot of time to read this month, I mean a lot. This has been my first month "working" on a farm, and the reason that I put the word working in inverted commas is because I've been here for almost a month now and I've only worked 3 times. So, as you can tell I've had a lot of free time on my hands to get through some of the books I've been wanting to read for a long time as well as keeping up to date with writing on my blog....

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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. The Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something frightening enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that got her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government "rehabilitation camp." She might have survived the mysterious disease that had killed most of America’s children, but she and the others emerged with...

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As mentioned in my Finished Series post last week, I don't seem to be all that good at finishing series. These are a few of the series that I would love to finish sometime soon:  Bartimaeus Trilogy - Jonathan StroudI have read the first two books but never seem to make it to the third for some reason. I started these in my teenage years and even attempted rereading the whole series last year. When reading the first book again it was like reading the book for the first time again, which was an absolutely amazing experience -...

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"I couldn’t help but wonder if she’d been running away from something, too. If I’d been judging her, thinking of her as a slut all this time when, in reality, we were living scarily similar lives. Calling Vikki a slut or a whore was just like calling someone the Duff. It was insulting and hurtful, and it was one of those titles that just fed off of an inner fear every girl must have from time to time. Slut, bitch, prude, tease, ditz. They were all the same. Every girl felt like one of these sexist labels described...

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The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson This is the final book in the Mistborn Trilogy, and I won't go into the synopsis to save from spoiling the other books for anyone who hasn't read it. The Mistborn Trilogy is a high fantasy series with a twist; it's a multi-faceted book of amazingness with a kick-ass magic system that is completely to die for. Brandon Sanderson is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors and with good reason; his writing is stunning, witty, and very vivid in its descriptions. I actually do own a copy of this book...

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