People of the internet!
It is 11pm and I just finished this book. I am a freaking mess! Holy moly, this book I can barely keep myself from just banging my head onto my keyboard and calling it a fitting review (because it would be).
Basically it follows Simon Snow "The Chosen One" and his friends during their last year at Watford School of Magicks and also his "sworn enemy" Baz who is completely evil (yeah who you kidding Snow?) and also happens to be a vampire.
(please ignore the coffee stains on the book, it was early and I was tired and it just happened ok)
I know what you are thinking, I know.
"I've heard this before!"
"It's Harry Potter!"
And I will admit people, for the first 100 pages I was like "Jesus this is Harry Potter fanfiction" as well but you need to KEEP READING! I swear, once you have read the first half of the book you won't even think of comparing this to Harry Potter anymore because it really is different.
This book is written beautifully (also the characters curse, YES) and the word "snogging" is used multiple times which is one of my favorite words so YASSSSSSS!
This book has got romance and friendship and action and fantasy in it it's just literally a masterpiece!
If you haven't read this I highly, highly recommend you pick this up this instant (I'm serious people, give it a try).
-Now moving onto the spoilery section so mind the spoilers below the cut-
Hello lovelies!
A Happy New Year to all of you beautiful people out there. I wanted to start the year of with the Unpopular Opinions Tag! Please know that I don't mean to offend your opinion towards a book or a series in any way. This is just my opinion!
1. A Popular Book or series that you didn't like.
Um, I'm not sure tbh. I think I will have to say Paper Towns probably. I know people adore this but I just could not get into this book AT ALL!
2. A Popular Book or series that every one else seems to hate but you love.
Hmm .. The Mortal Instruments maybe? And people probably don't HATE this series but have their problems with it as I do (at least with the last three books)
3. A Love Triangle where the main character ended up with the person you did NOT want them to end up with (warn ppl for spoilers) OR an OTP that you don't like.
-Harry Potter Spoilers Watch Out- Um, definitely Ron and Hermione! Shocking right? I really wanted Hermione to end up with Harry. The next OTP of mine which will probably not end up together is Chaol and Celaena from Throne of Glass ... *cries eternally*
4. A popular book Genre that you hardly reach for.
Classics or Non-Fiction
5. A popular or beloved character that you do not like.
Rowan from the Throne of Glass series. I know many people adore him but having read Heir of Fire I just could not connect to him AT ALL. I hope this gets better when I finally read Queen of Shadows.
6. A popular author that you can't seem to get into.
John Green
7. A popular book trope that you're tired of seeing. (examples "lost princess", corrupt ruler, love triangles, etc.)
Anythign Dystopian!
8. A popular series that you have no interest in reading.
Probably the Ruby Red trilogy. I tried to read the first book but it's DNF at the moment.
9. The saying goes "The book is always better than the movie", but what movie or T.V. show adaptation do you prefer more than the book?
Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars probably.
Hello lovelies!
Wow, another month as well as another year is OVER!
Even though I had a ton of finals this month I managed to read 8 books this month, yay!
1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Do I need to say something about this? I hope not. It's the second book in the 'The Hunger Games' Trilogy and again, follows Katniss and Peeta as they get thrown into another arena for the Quarter Quell. Amazing read, Catching Fire is also my favorite movie out of the four so yay! 5/5 Stars
2.+3. Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief and Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters
I enjoyed these books, though I do have to say, I think I would have enjoyed these books so much more if I had read them at the age of 12 or 13. Nevertheless, it's a fun series, which I hope to continue. 3,5/5 Stars each
4. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
This book was SO amazing. I talked about this in my 2015 Favorites Post so I'm not going to go into detail now but just know that this whole series is amazing and you should go pick it up right now. 5/5 Stars
5.+6. Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas
These books holy mother of shit. I absolutely adored ToG, but I did have some problems with CoM. I loved the first half of CoM but I thought the whole Chaol and Celaena split wasn't dealt with in the right way. I felt like they had something special and I don't know I thought it could have been handled more sensitively. 5/5 for ToG and 4/5 for CoM
7. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Again, I talked about this in my Favorites Post and I wrote a Review on it so you can go check these posts out if you want to. 5/5 Stars
8. Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult
Talked about this in my Least Favorites Post. I didn't like this book at all. The premise was unique and interesting but it was just so badly done I couldn't even finish this book. 1/5 Stars
Hello lovelies!
I hope all of you guys had an amazing Christmas!
I'm sorry it's been a few days since my last post but unfortunately I'm really sick with the flu at the moment and I couldn't do anything basically for the past few days let alone sit down to write a blog post, anyway I saw a doctor today and got antibiotics so I hope I'll feel better soon.
CAN ANYONE ELSE ABSOLUTELY NOT BELIEVE THAT 2015 IS OVER?
So to celebrate the end of the year I want to share with you guys my TOP 3 Favorite and Least Favorite books of the year.
Please note that these are books I have read in 2015, they weren't necessarily published this year.
Least Favorite Books
3rd place goes to Paper Towns by John Green (please don't hate me)
I just didn't enjoy reading this book at all. I didn't like any of the characters, I thought most of what Quentin and also Margo did have made absolutely no sense. I also didn't like the end ... Basically I didn't like anything about this book which is really sad. I really want to give his other books a chance though.
2nd place goes to City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Now don't get me wrong people, I absolutely love TMI as well as TID but this book I don't even know what to say about ... From the beginning I didn't like Simon as much as everyone else so I didn't really enjoy the chapters about him. I also found the book to read super super slow I had to put it down and read other books SEVERAL times.
I agree with the people who think Cassandra Clare shouldn't have written the last three books in TMI series.
And 1st place of my least favorite books goes to Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult
To be completely honest with you, I didn't even finish this book, I just really couldn't. The premise sounded SO interesting and amazing but it was just done horribly and I felt like this could have been done so much better the whole entire time.
Favorite Books
3rd place goes to Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
This book people ... This book! I already flew through Clockwork Angel but this one, jesus christ this one I read in two sittings tops. It was beautifully written, great character development, great plot, great everything! I absolutely cannot wait to read Clockwork Princess.
2nd place goes to Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
This book follows Lina and her family as they get taken from their homes in Lithuania by the NKVD and get deported to the North Pole. I'm gonna tell you, this book is not too easy to stomach as it doesn't sugarcoat anything but it is so worth it. This book is just beautiful and you will find yourself hooked from the first page on.
Aaaaand finally 1st place goes to Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Hell freaking yes. I read this book in one sitting it is amazing, beautiful, shocking just everything. Basically it follows Gemma as she gets captivated by a guy called Ty, who then brings her to the outback in Australia to start a life with her. Now the unique thing about this book is, it's written in second person so it goes like "You did this, you did that." Which I thought to be so intimidating and SO amazing.
Okay these were the Top 3 of my Favorite and Least Favorite books of 2015. Let me know which books were yours in the comments.
Hello lovelies!
Today I want to talk to you about Ruta Sepetys' book 'Between Shades Of Gray'. This books takes place in 1941 follows Lina and her family, who are taken from their home in Lithuania by the Soviets and deported first to Sibiria and then to the North Pole.
Jesus, this book got me hooked. I had no idea the Soviets actually did this to people from Lithuania, Lativa and Estonia. I think because of all the horrible things Hitler did in Germany around that time, no one really noticed? I don't know either way it's horrible.
Now, normally I am not the right person to read books like that. I can't really deal with them emotionally. I once watched the Boy in the Striped Pyjama and couldn't eat for three days. Nevertheless, I really wanted to read this book and so I did and let me tell you, I don't regret it.
Even though it's YA, nothing is sugar-coated at all and I think that's why this books is so powerful.
You follow the characters on their journey and you completely fall in love with all of them. I got so attached to every single character in this book it's ridiculous.
SO, if you haven't read this book GO PICK THIS UP NOW NOW NOW.
Okay I am going to talk about spoiler-y things below the cut so don't go there if you haven't read the book.
Hello lovelies!
Today I'm coming to you with the Christmas Book Tag, which was created by Sasha from abookutopia. Let's do this!
1) What fictional character do you want Santa to leave under your christmas tree?
Chaol Westfall from the Throne of Glass series, DUHHH!
2) What character do you want to kiss under the mistletoe?
Ahhh don't make me choose ... Probably Will Herondale or Jem Carstairs? Don't make me choose, I'm Tessa, I love them both.
3) You write your christmas list for Santa, what are the top 5 books on it?
Cinder by Marissa Meyer, Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas, Clockwork Princess and Ruby Red by Kirsten Gier
4) It's secret santa at Hogwarts, what do you most want to recieve?
Ahhhhh, ummm, a time traveller I think.
5) You get to the spend the day with the characters and movie adaptation actors from one fandom, what do you pick?
The Mortal Instruments or Harry Potter
6) What fictional animal would you like to replace Rudolph and be able to meet on your roof?
Probably a werewolf? I don't know maybe Luke from TMI.
7) You invite 10 fictional characters to your new years eve party, who do you pick?
Chaol Westfall, Celaena Sardothien, Clary Fray, Jace Herondale, Will Herondale, Jem Carstairs, Tessa Gray, Peeta Mellark, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger! Oh my god this is gonna be a hell of a party
8) What character would make a good santa? (Doesn't have to be appearance, personality counts too).
Ummm ... I don't know why but for some reason I think Henry Branwell? Just imagine him giving children his inventions for presents haha
Aaaaaand this is it. If you want to do this tag then, go ahead I tag all of you!
Hello lovelies!
Today I want to do the Goodreads Tag, which is the first tag ever on my blog, uhhh exciting. Let's get started!
1. What was the last book you marked as 'Read'?
That would be City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, the fourth book in the Mortal Instruments series. I gave this a 3/5 stars since I did not enjoy it as much as the previous books in the series.
2. What are you currently reading?
I'm currently reading Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas, the second book in the Throne of Glass series. I'm on page 280 and something and let me tell you IT IS SO PAINFULLLLL
3. What was the last book you marked as 'To Read'?
Carry on by Rainbow Rowell. I really want to read this since I loved Fangirl. I also want to read Attachments, Landline and Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell.
4. What book do you plan to read next?
Probably Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys.
5. Do you use the star writing system?
Indeed I do.
6. Are you doing a 2015 reading challenge?
No, but I plan on doing a 2016 one, in which my goal will be to read 56 books.
7. Do you have a wishlist?
Hell yeah, I do. My amazon wish list is huge, I am never going to get through this.
8. What book do you plan to buy next?
Hm, that's tough. I really want to buy Cinder by Marissa Meyer next but most of the time I buy books really spontaneously
9. Do you have any favorite quotes?
I do, but I plan on doing a whole post on that, so I am not going to share them now.
10. Who are your favorite authors?
I really enjoy reading Cassandra Clare books, Rainbow Rowell, JK Rowling (DUH) and Sarah J Maas.
Aaaand that's it. I tag everyone who reads my blog and wants to do this tag as well.
Love,
Tammy.
