This Weeks Theme: War - Book Reviews

Hey!
This weeks theme for reading was War.
I read two and a half books, and the half I will be finishing this week!

The first two books I read were Parvana, and Parvana's Journey. Both were exceptionally well written, and I really enjoyed both of them. And by enjoyed I mean I cried. A lot. They were very sad.

Here are the reviews from Goodreads



There are many types of battle in Afghanistan.Imagine living in a country where women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out. This is the life of Parvana, a young girl growing up in Afghanistan under the control of an extreme religious military group.When soldiers burst into her home and drag her father off to prison, Parvana is forced to take responsibility for her whole family, dressing as a boy to make a living in the marketplace of Kabul, risking her life in the dangerous and volatile city.By turns exciting and touching, Parvanais a story of courage in the face of overwhelming fear and repression.

I rate this book 4/5 Deathly Hallows Symbols

In Parvana’s Journey, the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvana’s father has just died, and her mother, sister, and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana knows she must find them. Despite her youth, Parvana sets out alone, masquerading as a boy. She soon meets other children who are victims of war; an infant boy in a bombed-out village, a nine-year-old girl who thinks she has magic powers over landmines, and a boy with one leg. The children travel together, forging a kind of family out of sheer need. The strength of their bond makes it possible to survive the most desperate conditions. Royalties from this book will go toward an education fund for Afghan girls in Pakistani refugee camps

                                                      I rate this book 5/5 Deathly Hallows Symbols

The third book that I have started and not yet finished is Tomorrow When the War Began

So far I an quite enjoying it, but there are parts where I find it quite boring. I will put a review up and everything once I have finished it!

This weeks theme is going to be: People Dying Early.
For that I am planning on reading Wither, the first book in the Chemical Garden Trilogy, and Me, Earl and the Dying Girl.


Happy Reading Everybody!
Rose :)

Theme for this week!

In my last post, I mentioned a theme.
I think I am going to start having a reading theme for the week.

Because that means more motivation to read, and more motivation to post!!

Ok, here goes.
I'm making it official.
I am going to have a reading theme for each week! (Or try...)

So this week's theme is going to be war.

Expect an update in seven days time!!

Bye for now!

Missing People

Hi Bookworms,
Sorry I haven't posted at all recently, I just haven't been in the mood!

So this past week, I have noticed a bit of a theme going on with what I have been watching/reading.

The theme is: Missing People.

I started off the week by going to the cinema to watch Paper Towns. I read the novel last year, and I really enjoyed it! I was a bit nervous to go and watch the movie, but I really think that the movie was just as good as the book, which I don't often find with book to movie adaptations.

I think my favourite bit was when Q, Radar, Radar's girlfriend, Lacey and Ben were at the gas station, and when they were buying the food, the camera  slowly went up the cashiers body, and then, taking up the whole screen, was Ansel Elgorts face. Everyone in the entire cinema either squealed or gave an excited "Oh!"

The second missing people's thing this week was the book I read. I only read one, because for some reason, this book took me forever! The book was called 'Vanishing Acts' by Jodi Picoult. Overall I thought it was quite a good book, not one of my favourites, but not bad either.
Here is the blurb from Goodreads :
Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. And then a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret that changes the world as she knows it." In shock and confusion, Delia must sift through the truth - even when it jeopardizes her life and the lives of those she loves. What happens when you learn you are not who you thought you were? When the people you've loved and trusted suddenly change before your eyes? When getting your deepest wish means giving up what you've always taken for granted? Vanishing Acts explores how life - as we know it - might not turn out the way we imagined; how doing the right thing could mean doing the wrong thing; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat.

Rating:

3/5 Deathly Hallow Symbols


And the last thing for the missing people theme is the song 'Like I'm Gonna Lose You' by Meghen Trainor, featuring John Legend. At the moment, it's all I've been listening to!

And that's all for now!
Happy reading!

And listening



And movie watching......

NEW RATING SYSTEM!

Hi Bookworms,
This is just a very quick update, because a few minutes after this goes up, I will be posting another post!

I just wanted to make up a rating system, so I have something more reliable to rate books/movies/whatever on.

Right, I'm going to be using this symbol:

One Deathly Hallows symbol means terrible. Poor. I hated it. 

Two Deathly Hallows symbols means it wasn't the worst book I've read, but still pretty bad.

Three  Deathly Hallows symbols means it was average. Not super amazing, but not bad, either. 

Four  Deathly Hallows symbols means pretty epic. I would definitely recommend this book to lots of people.

Five  Deathly Hallows symbols means it has been added to my favourite books of all time list, and you will be hearing a lot about this book in the future! 

I will rating my books this way from now on! 

Bye for now! 

The Cahill Witch Chronicles

Hi Fellow Bookworms!
I have recently discovered my new favourite book! It's called Born Wicked by a woman called Jessica Spotswood. And Oh. My. Goodness... Jessica has to be a witch. She just has to be, to be able to write such an incredible novel, and an almost just as good sequel called Star Cursed... and hopefully a very awesome third novel that I am yet to read!

Here is an awesome book trailer I found for it:

So... as you can probably tell.. there is a little bit of romance and two epic OTPs for you to ship... BUT that does not mean that the main character, Cate Cahill is a soppy love-swooning fail of a book character... no. She is a witch, and it has been predicted that she will be the most powerful one in a century. But with her mother dead, and with only a warning from her unknown godmother, who is apparently locked up in prison to guide her, she must get all the help she can get to look after her two sisters, Maura and Tess. The only problem is... Who can she trust?
This novel is amazing, with loads of gasp-worthy plot twists and humour that will have you rolling on the floor in stitches!

The second book, Star Cursed, I found a little harder to get into, but once I got going, I was ripping through it in utter suspense. However. The ending. Oh. My Gosh I hate the ending with an absolute passion. It was mean and horrible, and none of the libraries where I live have the third one!!! Neither to the book shops!!! AAAAHHHHHHHHH


But I would give Born Wicked 10/10 and Star Cursed 9/10.

They were both so so so amazing!!!! You have to read them!

Hi Guys!
Sorry, it's been absolutely ages, but I am going to try to start posting again!
I've decided to kick my first post off with some reading goals for the year!

What are your reading goals for 2015?

1. I would like to read four books with 550+ pages!

2. I would like to read 2 graphic novels (I have some good ones in mind!)

3. I would like to kick 20 books off of my tbr pile! I have already read a few, including Beautiful Creatures, Fear, Fangirl, Cinder, Eleanor and Park, Bloodlines and The Knife of Never Letting Go, so I guess only 13 more to go!

4. I would like to finish 3 trilogies and 5 series! I plan on finishing The Knife of Never Letting Go Trilogy, Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy (I need one more!) and I plan on starting and finishing the Mortal Instruments series, the Gone series, The Heroes of Olympus series, The Skulduggery Pleasant Series and the Cinder series. I might also get around to reading the Throne of Glass series!

5. I would like to read more John Green books and more Michael Grant books

Those are a few..  I might do a new post halfway through the year on more reading goals!

Dorothy Must Die - Book Review

Dorothy Must Die 
By Danielle Paige 
My Rating: 5/5 stars!


Blurb:
I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero.
But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado—taking you with it—you have no choice but to go along, you know?
Sure, I've read the books. I've seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. There's still the yellow brick road, though—but even that's crumbling.

What happened? Dorothy.

They say she found a way to come back to Oz. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. And now no one is safe.

My name is Amy Gumm—and I'm the other girl from Kansas.

I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked, and I've been given a mission:

REMOVE
The Tin Woodman's heart,

STEAL
The Scarecrow's brain,

TAKE
The Lion's courage,

And then—

DOROTHY MUST DIE.



My thoughts:
It was the blurb that caught me. That tense moment where she mentions that Dorothy Must Die. The moment I read the blurb, I knew that I had to read it, and that I would do anything to get my hands on it! And my suspicions were correct! This book was amazing! The plot was excellently woven, and the way it was written made me really believe that it was happening!
In this book, Oz is messed up. Big time. Dorothy has taken over, and she has gone crazy. Her three minions, the scarecrow, the tin woodman and the lion, are just as scary as she is. Say goodbye to your beloved classic characters, and say hello to the evil characters that now rule Oz. But the revolutionary order of the wicked are there to save Oz, and it's scared citizens. Are you confused? I was confused. But if you read this book, and understand what I'm babbling about....... then you will no longer be confused! :D

Happy Reading!