United We Spy By Ally Carter....

Hey there guys, so as promised here is the second book review from the January books I read. Today's one is United We Spy by Ally Carter, if you read my 16th birthday post you may remember that I got this book for my birthday and yes it has taken me this long to want to read it because there are so many other books to read. But anyway, this book is the very last book in the series of The Gallagher Girls and I started the series a few years ago and thought I have to finish it and I have and I really enjoyed it! If you've never heard of the series, it's about a girl named Cammie and she goes to school at a spy academy and has lots of adventures. She lost her father when she was younger and wants to know what happened to him, she also meets a boy and lots of other things. There are six books in the series and average about 300 pages I think, I thoroughly enjoyed this series and there are lots of plot twists which shocked me and I fell in love with the characters and it's just a really good series. 

 

Thanks for reading this brief post but honestly I'd recommend you read it if you like this sort of stuff, I'll see you next time goodbye x

Severed Heads, Broken Hearts by Robyn Schneider....

Hey there guys, so as promised here is the first book review for this week, I read two books in January and I shall be doing the other book review this week. But to start of with I'm doing Severed Heads, Broken Hearts by Robyn Schneider, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A lot of people say it's like John Greens books and I can see that point especially one of the characters (Cassidy).
The basic story plot to sum it up briefly is that there's a boy named Ezra and he has a friend called Toby, they've been friends for years, since they were children but as they grow up they become distant friends and eventually just people who pass in the corridor. Unlike Toby, Ezra becomes one of the popular kids and is on the tennis team and has a girlfriend (who isn't very nice!) and life seems good till he's in an accident and is crushed. His life is turned upside down and he finds out who his true friends are (is it obvious it isn't the popular ones?). Cassidy is new to the school and Ezra finds an attraction towards her and is very curious about her.

Toby and Ezra also become friends again and the adventure really starts here. Ezra experiences so many things by being with these new friends and Cassidy. That's all I'm telling you because I don't want to spoil it for you if you haven't read it but I highly enjoyed it and would read it again. I laughed and almost, but not quite, cried and it's just a really cute heart warming book to read and it's also not very long so you could whizz through it easily. If you like John Green I'm sure you'll love this. My favorite character has to Toby even though we didn't see as much of him as I would've liked I still loved him, I have a thing with female characters they can irritate me sometimes and Cassidy did slightly but it wasn't a lot just sometimes but I think that might have been just me haha.
My favorite part it this bit:

"Her flashlight flickered again.
FORGIVE ME.
This time, I didn't hesitate.
ALWAYS, I replied."

I just think it's so cute and adorable I just melted when I read it! I'm a soppy person but hey I love a good love story.

Thanks for reading and I hope you read this book! It's awesome!! Byeeee x

Looking For Alaska by John Green....

My Christmas pj's!! 

So over Christmas break I have manged to finish reading Angel Fire by L.A Weatherly I think and to read Looking For Alaska. I can absolutely say that I loved this book so much and it is incredible!! The story is thrilling and so funny, the thing about John Green is that he's not afraid to say what he wants to say so there's swearing and sexual references in there but that's what makes the book in a way. The character Alaska Young is obsessed with sex and drinking and smoking that your drawn to her and wonder why. The character Miles Halter (Pudge) who the book is written in the perspective of, is endearing and he knows he doesn't have any friends and it doesn't bother him until he chases the Great Perhaps. My favorite characters from this book was Chip (the Colonel), Alaska and Tukuni who had me in fits of laughter at one point in the book. I really love this book and would recommend to people who want a good story line and all the "feels" because there are happy parts, sad parts, romantic parts everything is in this book! But yes thank you for reading and I shall see you next time with another post Goodbye x

The Fault In Our Stars....

Hey there guys, so as you can see I'm going to be talking about the ever so amazing The Fault In Our Stars book by John Green. It really didn't take me long to read as it's around 300 pages but boy in those 300 pages there were so many emotions, I laughed, I cried and I hoped so bad that IT wouldn't happen. Before I go any further this is going to be a "Spoiler" so I'm going to go into detail of the story line and say what happened and what I thought so if you haven't read this yet I'd advise you to read it then come back :) 

So to start with the cover is amazing, the simplicity of it it perfect and really relates to the book. It's almost like the sky with two clouds and then you could say it's almost like heaven where both Gus and Hazel are now. See media brain always making connections and over thinking things.

But anyway, the overall story touched me so much and the fact that John Green wrote it from Hazel's perspective is awesome. He captured a "Girl's brain" perfectly, which is kinda creepy but it's John Green I guess he's the exception. I love how the two characters meet at the boring support group where Patrick tells the same "he lost his balls" story and that even though they've just met they go back to Gus' house. Who would do that like seriously no one but in this book it fits perfectly and the roller-coaster starts from then. I love Gus' character the most, he's quirky and only has one leg, but is still beautiful and charming. He tries to be different and he's honest about his feelings towards Hazel which most boys aren't. The Amsterdam section was so cute and the fact that they had an amazing time together, it was just awesome, I don't know what else to say. I fell in love with it haha. And then... 

 Gus DIES!! I really didn't expect him to die, I cried I'll admit that but I know lots of people did too so I'm no the only one. But yeah when Augustus died it was horrible and dark, his quirky jokes gone and Hazel was depressed (as to be expected really) and this was such a sad way to end the book but this is life and it does happen. I'm so glad that John Green just old it how it is, there's swearing in book and raw emotion oh and the drunk Peter Van Houten who was rather cruel to Hazel.

Also this is one of my favorite part of the book because Gus is dying in the car basically and he rings Hazel and she comes and she finds him with sick all over him and then he comes out and says "This is it. I can't even not smoke anymore!" and Hazel replies "Gus, I love you." I laughed at Gus's comment and almost cried at Hazel's. I'm such a hopeless romantic that I love a good love story, although it's about a young couple dying they still fell in love in a very beautiful way. It was beautiful to read and to experience such art! If you haven't read it and you went against what I said earlier you need to read it!! 

Thanks for reading guys, see you next time byee

New Books! ...

Hey there guys, so on Saturday I went shopping and just so happened to go into Waterstones, which if you don't know what shop it is it's a book shop, and they had a buy one get one half price sale on and I just couldn't resist. So I picked up four new books that I've been dying and I repeat DYING to read. If your a reader and are way more organised and buy books more often you've probably already read these. But I'm going to list them anyway... oh and while I remember this is part one of my "Shopping Haul" at some point I will post the clothes I picked up too.

I still haven't got my camera so I had to use my phone, sorry!

So I brought Insurgent because I loved Divergent and needed to read the second one!! The Fault in our Stars by the ever so clever John Green, I know this is going to be a good book because everybody has raved about it and I finally have it in my possessions *Cheer*, Also by John Green I got Looking for Alaska which my friend recommended. And last but not least Eleanor & Park, since watching Booktubers and seeing how much they loved this book I've wanted to read it so I picked it up.

My nail polish matches the cover! 

 I have started reading The Fault In Our Stars and am three chapters in and loving it! I know I'm going to finish it very quickly. I'm a rather emotional person and people have told me they cried so I'm worried about how much I'm going to cry as I cry waaay too much at books and films... it's just inevitable.

But they are the books I brought, comment below if you've read them I'd love to know if you enjoyed them but no Spoilers!! haha, thanks for reading and I'll see you next time. Byee x

Starting Beautiful Creatures...

Hey there guys, so today's blog post is going to be like a little update on what I'm doing and thinking at the moment, I hope that's okay with you if not don't read it :)

So the first thing I wanted to talk about was I finally decided to start another book, as you know if you've read my blog or are following me, I finished Divergent last weekend and I absolutely loved it, so I have lent it to my dear friend so she can read it too. She also lent me a book which is called Severed Heads, Broken Hearts by Robyn Schneider. I'd never heard of it before and my friend said she really liked it, so I thought I'd give it a go. But the reason I haven't picked a book up during this week is because there are two books I'm literally dying to read and they are Beautiful Creatures and The Knife Of Never Letting Go. I couldn't decide which one to read first and I sat and stared at each one struggling to decide, reading the back several times, flicking through the pages and I just couldn't decide. And so when my friend gave me her book to borrow I thought about reading hers because I just couldn't decide which one to read, plus they are both quite big books and I have to be in the right mood to read big books because as we all know I'ma slow reader and if I have a big book it takes me a long time to finish. But today I just decided to go with Beautiful Creatures because I haven't seen the film yet and I wanted to so I figured that the sooner I read the book the sooner I can watch the film. Make sense? Good. But that was the first thing I wanted to talk to you about, the second thing was that I'm going to try and do more Plushie tutorials for you because I've noticed a lot of people read them when I've uploaded them before, so I figured I'd see how it goes. Also I don't have my camera at the minute as my mother is borrowing it, that is why there are no pictures of anything I've been talking about recently, so when I get my camera and my book back I will be doing a book review on Divergent because i loved it that much! 

Okay that was quite a big paragraph, but please let me know if you have any requests that you'd like to see me blog about I'm always open to your suggestions. There may or may not be a blog post tomorrow as I'm going shopping so I may do a mini haul or a big haul depending on what I buy and if I have my camera. But that's all for this post, follow me on Bloglovin if your not already the button is on the page somewhere, thanks for reading byyee! 

Favorite's ....

Hey there guys, so today I thought I'd share a few of my favorite things that are my favorites now, I'll try not to list too many, so you get to know me a little better :) 

Favourite Songs: 

 

Bastille: Things we lost in the Fire 

I love this song so much and can not stop listening to it!! I never really listened to Bastille before they released Pompeii but now I'm starting to really like they're music. 

Katy Perry: Roar 

I think this song is so full of energy and makes me wanna dance and sing, so I like it, it makes me feel happy. 

OneRepublic: Counting Stars

This is such a good song! Enough said.

So there my top three favourite songs at the minute, next are films. I'm gonna put a video to the trailer so you can watch the trailer... 

Favourite Films... 

The First Time 

I really love this films and would describe it as a coming of age type film, as you can tell by the title it is about the "First time" and how two people who are complete strangers end up together.... just watch the trailer haha.

It's Kind of a Funny Story. 

This is the most recent film I've watched and I really enjoyed it, it's about a mental clinic and how young people deal with depression.... I promise it's not gloomy and depressing it's really good!

Now it's time for books, I'll leave a link to the Amazon website, because it's worldwide and everyone will be able to find it.

Favorite Books... 

So the very first book is Divergent. I absolutely loved this book so so much because the characters were amazing, the story was believable and so engrossing, if you've seen my blog before you know how much I love this book! 

The next book is Fated. This sin't on my all time favorites list because it took me a long time to get into it and read it, but once the story picked up I really enjoyed it. Sadly I don't think I'll be picking the others up though. There's too many good book out there! 

The last book is actually a series and the first one is A Royal Match which has the first two books in. I loved reading this series so much that I will eventually reread it! It's fun and girly with a very hot boy interest who you will fall in love with! Please Please pick it up and read it!!  

Favorite Colour: Red 

Favourite Food: Cheesecake

Favourite Drink: Strawberry Milkshake

Favourite Sport: Rowing 

I think that's about it to be honest, if you like'd this kind of post give it a cheeky like or send me a comment I'd love to know, thanks for reading and I'll see you soon... byyee! 

One Word ...... DIVERGENT! ....

Hey guys, so I just wanted to tell you that i finally finished Passion by Lauren Kate and if I'm being honest it really wasn't that exciting. For me the ending was the best part of the book, and there's Rapture to finish the series but I'm not looking to forward to it. The only reason I'm going to read it is so I can finish the season after reading all the other ones I think I should. But yeah the series hasn't wowed me at all, the first book Fallen is good I loved that one and the third book was good but the others haven't done the same, I was actually bored at one point.

But anyway moving away from those books and onto ...... DIVERGENT!! Oh my gosh guys! I freaking love this book and I haven't even finished it! I know it's been out a while and I've had it on my shelf for quite a while too but I picked it up on Friday and spent basically the whole of yesterday reading it. I just couldn't put it down. I've got 187 pages to go so fingers crossed I'll be finished by tomorrow. And just to give you a hint on how good it actually is is that usually I'm a very slow reader and it can take up to 2 weeks or more to finish a book sometimes but this time it's taking like 3-4 DAYS!! Yes I said days! I'm rather proud of myself, it's such an achievement :)
But seriously guys if you haven't read this book you seriously need to go buy it. I don't know why I haven't read it sooner, but now it's getting towards winter I will be reading lots of books and I can't wait!
I might do a review on Divergent because I just love it so much but it depends what mood I'm in and if you want to read it, it would be helpful to me if you comment below if you want a review or not because I don't want to do a post that you don't want to read.
Okay, thanks for reading byeee :) x

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!! ..

Hey there guys, so today's the day!! I'm officially 16 and I had to go to school :( But my friends made it special and I've had a good day so far! September is a good month this year because obviously it's my birthday but it's also my 1 year anniversary for rowing and I'm so proud that I stuck with it for a whole year and I enjoy every second of it! Also this month I'm going to have another brother or sister and I'm so excited for that!! And to top it off it's my brothers birthday on Saturday and I'm also racing that day. So a lot of things are happening in September. But anyway getting back to my birthday... I thought I'd show you some of my presents that my friends gave me so your included in my day :)

So for my birthday from my friend Lucy I got A notebook from Disneyland Paris where she went on holiday and a really cute mug because when it gets to winter I drink lots of tea and Hot chocolate so it's perfect! And plus I got a mug when I was 13 I got a mug and now I'm 16 I got a mug, so hopefully when I'm 18 I'll get a mug haha :)

And from my friend Priya I got the new One Direction book which I'm so excited to read (I now have 3) and the new Gallagher Girls book (Which is below) and she also got me some earrings and a necklace. Another thing me and my friends do is that for each others birthdays and for Christmas is that we write loads in each others cards so I had a lot to read :)

 

So here it is!! As I said earlier and in my previous post, I got the newly released "United we spy" book!! I'm so excited to read this, it's the very last book in the series and I'm so hoping it reveals everything and goes out with a bang!  

But that's about it, just a little post to tell you guys it's my birthday and that I've noticed that on Bloglovin I have 13 followers so I'd like to say a big thank you it means lot, but anyway have a nice day and I'll see you soon!! byeeee x

Book series I recommend ...

Hey there guys, so as promised I'm doing the book series I would recommend you read. Now I'm gonna put this out there so your not wondering why the Harry Potter books aren't on my list and that's because I haven't actually read them all ... in fact I've only read the first one and 3/4 of the second..... I know it's a sin but I never read as a child and my mum brought me loads of books to try to get em too but I was more interested in playing with my friends so no Harry Potter will not be on the list, but unlike me you've probably read them anyway so it's all good! If it's any use I absolutely love the films and have them all, maybe that makes up for it? No it doesn't does it nowpe... moving on ...

So the first series I would recommend is The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter, at the moment there are five books but she has just brought out the last book but I'm not sure when it's being released. But just a quick summary if you've never come across these books before, there about a spy school for young girls and Cammie the main character goes on this adventure to find out what happened to her father. I thoroughly enjoyed these books and are fun and lighthearted books if you want something quick and girly to read.

The next series I recommend to you are these, I'm not sure what the series is called but the books consist of "A Royal Match" which has the first two books "Pulling Princes" & "Stealing Princes" and the third and fourth books are "Duelling Princes" & "Dumping Princes". I absolutely loved these books are are my favorite chick flicky type of books I've ever read, there so enjoyable and lighthearted and a typical  girls life kinda books. There about an American girl who falls in love with a Prince (not so typical I know but the rest is) and she goes through school meeting other boys and mean girls and the troubles she faces. Also these books are hilarious, I laughed so much!

And of course The Hunger Games, I hope you've all read these books because they are just amazing! I was a bit disappointed in the film though as I had high expectations from reading the books. And the covers are awesome!!

And the last series I'm recommending to you are "Shiver", "Linger" & "Forever" books, when I read these books I was constantly wanting to read more and the ending was so sweet and perfect for the characters I just love these books. I've heard a few mixed reviews on them but in my opinion they are so good and the characters are great to get to know. The books are about wolves and a girl and how the wolves change into humans during the summer and how they change into there wolf selves during the winter. If you wanted to know more detail on this series I did a book review in a post a while back.

But yeah I know there are so many more series that are awesome, and at the moment I'm reading the fallen series, which is what I mentioned previously, but I'm not entirely excited about it if I'm being honest. And it's taking me a while to finish the series because there's lots of detail and things going on that it's just a bit boring in the end. But I want to finish the series so I'm gonna try to do that and I might do a review on it depending on how I feel.

But anyway, thanks for reading guys, I'd love to know your favorite book series or if you've read any of the ones I've mentioned, I'm always looking for books to read. I'll see you next time, byee :) x

Books I really need to read!! ...

Hey there guys, so today I thought I'd tell you guys the books I've been dying to read but just haven't got round to doing. One because I'm a slow reader and it just takes me so long to read a book and because I've borrowed the Fallen series by Lauren Kate from my friend and I've had them for over a year and I thought I'd better read those. So my reading list has been put on hold for quite a while which is really sad and annoying because I love books and I want to buy more but i can't until I read the ones I have *Sigh*. But anyway getting onto the books...

 So these are on the very top of my list, they are Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl, The knife of never letting go by Patrick Ness and Divergent by Veronica Roth. Don't judge me for not reading them yet, I brought them a while ago and just haven't had the time to sit down and read them and I'm desperate too!! I haven't watched the film of Beautiful Creatures yet becasue I wanted to read the book first and I know everyone has read Divergent but I kid you not I'd had on my shelf since the beginning of the year!! So sad... but anyway I'm really excited to finally get to read them and I shall start them within the next few weeks because I'm still finishing the Fallen series off (Like I said REALLY slow reader over here) but these are the ones I'm most looking forward to read. The books in the pictures are the ones that I own but I'm going to mention The Fault in our stars By John Green and Me and Earl and they Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews I don't own these but I'm desperate! Like dying on the floor from wanting these, of course everyone has read The fault in our stars and I haven't so it's very sad and depressing but it's on my list to buy and I haven't heard too much about Me and Earl and the Dying Girl but it sounds so incredible I just have to have it!

 Next on my list are these three, Rapture by Lauren Kate which is the last book in the Fallen series so I'll be reading this one first just so I finish the series and can give them back to my friend, Withering Tights by Louise Rennison and Angel Fire by L.A. Weatherly. I've read the first Angel book and it was good but it took me a while to get into but I'm going to give the second one a shot just to see if it's any better than the first one. I'm not sure about the Withering Tights one because I haven't read any of Louise Rennison's books because I was never into reading when I was younger so I just didn't read them and now I'm older I want to read other books but I might just read it to see if I like it or not but I don't know if it follows on from another book I'm not sure.

 

The last book I own that is on my "to be read" list is the second book in the Wolf Springs Chronicles By Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie which is called Hot blooded, the first book is called Unleashed and I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading this one and the covers are so pretty! It's usually the covers which make me pick up a book to read, if the cover isn't the best it puts me off which is why I love a good book cover haha. 

But yeah that's about it I mean I have a list of 22 books that I need to buy but I don't own them so I can't read them yet, and so that is my to read list for the rest of this year. I hope you enjoyed this post and me sharing a few books that I'm going to read, I think I'll post a "Series I've read" post because although I'm a slow reader I've gotten through a few books over the past few years :) But anyway thanks for reading guys I'll speak to you next time byeee xx

Favorite childhood books ...

Hey there guys, so recently my brother has signed up for this reading competition with our local library and I've been helping him make a start on his reading. It got me thinking of the childhood books I loved when I was around 7 till now. My brother has started to read Roald Dahl - James and the giant peach, and I remember starting this book but I never actually finished it so it's quite good for me to share this experience with my brother as we will both find out how it ends together. Roald Dahl was a big influence on my childhood and I was mesmerized by his writing and ways to describe the image and characters in his head, my favorites were Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which is still one of my all time favorite books and films, and George's Marvellous Medicine. 

Another Author who influenced my childhood and the books I read today is Jacqueline Wilson. My favorite books of hers are The bed and breakfast star which was the very first book i read from front to back on my own and took me around a year, I remember this because I was in year 4 (grade if your in America) and there was always this competition of how many pages you could read and you would get prizes for each stage and there were always to bookworms who won every stage and I wanted to give it a try, so I made the first step of reading The bed and breakfast star which changed the way I perceived books in a completely different way. The characters and story-line just intrigued me to where I wanted to read more and more and I eventually finished it, sadly I was and still am a very slow reader which means it takes me a long time to finish a book, I'm working on that. Another favorite book of mine by Jacqueline Wilson is The Diamond Girls. I had started reading it a long time ago and then had either a) got bored or b) forgot about it, and so I picked it up again when I sorted out my books and completely fell in love with it, if I remember correctly I may have shed a tear or two but I can't be certain. It was a long time ago.

Sadly though I could never get into reading the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, and have only read the first one and 3/4 of the second one. It's a working progress, but I absolutely adore and I mean ADORE the films, as I am obsessed with film and the way films are created and brought to life.

I'm going to go now because I'm sure your sick of me rambling on about books so thanks for reading byyeeeee x

Book Review on Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver,Linger and Forever Series.

Hey there guys, now when I read these books it took me a while but not as long as books usually take me because sadly and annoyingly I'm a very slow reader, but these books captured my attention enough for me to read them rather fast, and because I enjoyed them so much I was dieing to review them so other people can go check them out and give them a little read because seriously they are absolutely amazing. So lets get to it....                                                                                                                                                      

 In the picture above are the three books in order, starting with Shiver. I'm going to give you a brief outline of what they're about because I think it's best to start there. So the books are about a pack of wolves living in Minnesota. The leader Beck owns a house on the edge of the woods, this is because the wolves turn into their human forms during the summer and then turn into their wolf forms during the winter. There's a girl named Grace who also lives on the edge of the woods and is often left to her own devices as her parents are busy and don't pay her much attention. In the first book,Shiver, the reader is met with Grace being attacked by the wolves.

 Throughout the book it flicks between Grace and Sam's point of view. Sam is one of the wolves and as the books develop we find that he was taken in by Beck when he was younger. I don't want to give too much away in case you decide to read them so I'm missing bits out and giving an overall thought on the series.
The books have many shocking moment that leave you craving more which is one of the ways Maggie creates the characters lives and story lines they lead. As it was a while ago since I read them I can't quite remember what happened in each book but I remember what happens throughout the series. The reader eventually find out that the wolves that attacked Grace were from the same pack that Sam was from and that he saved her from them. Sam has this power that none of the others can do, he can make himself turn human. Another fact that Maggie reveals is that when they reach a certain age they stay in their wolf from till they die, Beck who Sam looks up to as a father figure has reached that age and is now I wolf, we learn how much he impacts on Sam and the rest of the pack. The way Maggie Stiefvater has written the books you literally don't want to put them down, they entice you and you become apart of the word and characters within. She bring emotion with her writing which is important to this type of story line as there is a love story within.I strongly recommend these books and they cost £7.99 for each one, I got mine from Waterstones but you can buy them online. I know I haven't gone into much detail but I didn't want to spoil it for those who decide to read them. Thanks for reading x

How life is really different from Movies ...

Movies give us unnecessary high expectations of life, for example American movies about high school are very far from what high school is really like. Now don't get me wrong I knew it wasn't going to be like High School Musical but it was pretty close. I mean I suppose there are links like the groups or cliques you belong to and there's always that one table where all the popular people sit and if your not them well you have to find other people, but in the movie you can't change groups where as I found you can most of the time in normal high school life although I have made so many different friends and some have gone and some I have stayed friends with, so all I'm saying on this point is High school is so not like the movies.
Another point is the classical love story, now when in the movies you bump into a boy and you both bend down they all of a sudden have a connection, this really doesn't happen in real life. If anything your left to pick them up yourself. And I love movies I really do but it just got me thinking how sometimes we expect things that happen in movies to happen to us when really they won't.
Which on the other hand, if you think of books why is it we don't get expectations from books, we don't expect to find our prince charming straight away, well most people don't, and yet in films we do. I just thought it was a valid point.