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So if you see by the title of the blog post, it has been over two years, on the 15th June 2015, since my first blog post. I said in my last blog post that a lot has changed in a year but I feel like the thing that has changed most is the layout because let's face it I haven't really been consistent this year. (I blame university.) Although my posts are inconsistent I still love blogging and come up with so many ideas that I want to write about and would love to become more consistent over the next year but we will see how that goes. Blogging comes with a great community of people and Twitter chats have made me find so many books that I love and interact with great people so I am happy to be part of this community.  So last year I completed a mini-survey which spoke about books that I like and want to read to see if I might have changed in a year so I thought that this was something I will do again... Q1) Favourite Book The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak - OK so this ...

* I have received this book for review from the publisher but this in no way affects my review * Title:  Street Song Author: Sheena Wilkinson Source:  From Publisher Publisher:  InkRoad Rating:  5/5 stars Book Summary from  Goodreads :  When life goes off-key, change your tune. RyLee’s career is over. After winning a national TV talent show and becoming a teen pop sensation, his fame and success has quickly been followed by addiction, media scrutiny, and career suicide. After a brief spell in rehab, 18-year-old Ryan has some rethinking to do. His stepdad – music promoter and self-appointed creator of ‘RyLee’ – wants him at home and in school, and under his thumb. But after an argument descends into violence, Ryan decides to run away from his old life, his failed career, and his dysfunctional family. When he meets the stunningly witty but distinctly average guitar-player Toni almost directly outside his front door, the opportunity to start a...

* I have received this book for review from the publisher but this in no way affects my review * Title: The Iron Warrior Author: Julie Kagawa Source:  NetGalley Publisher: MiraInk Rating:  5/5 stars Book Summary from  Goodreads :  The Iron Prince—my nephew—betrayed us all.  He killed me.  Then, I woke up.  Waking after a month on the brink of death, Ethan Chase is stunned to learn that the Veil that conceals the fey from human sight was temporarily torn away. Although humankind's glimpse of the world of Faery lasted just a brief moment, the human world has been cast into chaos, and the emotion and glamour produced by fear and wonder have renewed the tremendous power of the Forgotten Queen. Now, she is at the forefront of an uprising against the courts of Summer and Winter—a reckoning that will have cataclysmic effects on the Nevernever.  Leading the Lady's Forgotten Army is Keirran himself: Ethan's nephew, and the traitor son of the ...

* I have received this book for review from the publisher as part of the blog tour but this in no way affects my review * Title:  The Jungle Author: Pooja Puri Source:  From Publisher Publisher:  Ink Road Rating:  3.5/5 stars Book Summary from  Goodreads :  There was a story Jahir used to tell me. About how the first humans were born with wings. Can you imagine what that would be like? To fly anywhere in the world without worrying about having the right papers? Mico has left his family, his home, his future. Setting out in search of a better life, he instead finds himself navigating one of the world's most inhospitable environments the Jungle. For Mico, just one of many 'unaccompanied children', the Calais refugee camp has a wildness, a brutality all of its own. A melting pot of characters, cultures, and stories, the Jungle often seems like its own strange world. But despite his ambitions to escape, Mico is unable to buy his way out from the...

* I have received this book for review from the publisher but this in no way affects my review * Title:  Silver Stars Author:  Michael Grant Source:  NetGalley Publisher: Egmont Rating:  4.5/5 stars Book Summary from Goodreads :  The summer of 1943, World War II. With heavy memories of combat, Frangie, Rainy, Rio, and the rest of the American army are moving on to their next target: the Italian island of Sicily. The women won’t conquer Italy alone. They are not heroes for fighting alongside their brothers—they are soldiers. But Frangie, Rainy, Rio, and the millions of brave females fighting for their country have become a symbol in the fight for equality. They will brave terrible conditions in an endless siege; they will fight to find themselves on the front lines of WWII, and they will come face-to-face with the brutality of war until they win or die. Book Review Summary: Front Lines was one of my favourite books of last year, and Silve...

So for the last two years, I have completed the Popsugar Reading Challenge to diversify my reading, too often push me out of my comfort zone. Although this works to some extent, I like the challenges and thought that it would be quite fun so let's get started...  A book recommended by a librarian: A book that has been on your TBR list for way too long: 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher A book of letters: An audiobook: Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz  A book by a person of colour: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas A book with one of the four seasons in the title: Summer Days and Summer Nights edited by Stephanie Perkins A book that is a story within a story: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill  A book with multiple authors: We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan   An espionage thriller: A book with a cat on the cover:  Panther  by David Owen  A book by an author who uses a pseudony...

* I have received this book for review from the publisher but this in no way affects my review * Title:  The Actual One Author: Isy Suttie Source:  NetGalley Publisher: Orion  Rating:  3/5 stars Book Summary from Goodreads :  Isy Suttie—stand-up comedian, actress and songsmith—has reached her thirties and realised her life is never going to be what she expected. She'll never become that tennis champion, be an expert in birdsong or make a living from playing pinball. Yet Isy maintains her trusty "glass half full" attitude to life. Why? From goldfish-murdering mothers and housemates obsessed with VAT to boyfriends who don't appreciate gifts of homemade human-sized penguins, Isy delves deep into the vaults of her memory, writing with warmth, agonising honesty and sharp humour to bring to life all of the scrapes that optimism has led her into. Book Review Summary: The Actual One is a wildly funny autobiography which is a must for those people in the ...