Soooo… The Reading Rush has ended and those of you who follow me on Instagram will probably have seen all my stories. Long story short, The Reading Rush was a massive success for me! I switched one book on my TBR, but did manage to read seven books and complete all seven challenges!
4 Days ’till Christmas: review – The Little Shop of Happy Ever After by Jenny Colgan
Title: The Little Shop of Happy Ever After (original title: The Bookshop on the Corner)
Author: Jenny Colgan
Release date: January 11th, 2016
Publisher: Sphere
Rating: 2/5 stars
Things were a bit hectic so sorry we weren’t able to put a post up yesterday. So here is a review to make up for it. We hope to post something else today in order to catch up!
The back of this book states that this is a book for and about readers. It is dedicated to book lovers and readers. This was enough to convince me to buy this book and give it a go. I was, however, extremely let down by this book. The plot sounds absolutely amazing, but it was in my opinion quite poorly executed. Read on to find out why.
Review: Pigeon – Blood Red by Ed Duncan
Title: Pigeon – Blood Red
Author: Ed Duncan
Release date: February 25th, 2016
Publisher: Self published through Smashwords
Rating: 2/5 stars
Disclaimer: I was sent a copy of this book by the author and publicist Kelsey Butts in exchange for an honest review. This will in no way affect my opinion of the book.
Booktube-a-Thon TBR
Hey guys! So as you may or may not know, the Booktube-a-Thon is upon us. Now I am obviously not a booktuber, but I thought it would still be fun to participate. This will be the first time I take part in a read-a-thon so i’m not sure how it’s gonna go, let’s just hope I manage to read a decent amount. In this post I will be sharing the books I am planning to read in order to complete the challenges. The Booktube-a-Thon takes place from July 24th – July 30th. Without further ado, here is my TBR.
Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Title: Ready Player One
Author: Ernest Cline
Release date: April 5th, 2012
Publisher: Cornerstone
Rating: 2.5/5 stars
I have had this book on my shelf since the summer of ‘13 and started it no less than a whopping 4 times! Every single time I could not get myself to read past the first 50 pages. However, last week I had a lecture on Virtual Reality and it all sounded so cool! Guess what I realised when I thought about it some more? That’s right, I remembered that I had a book all about VR on my bookshelf! I didn’t even have to go to the store to get it, if that isn’t fate I honestly don’t know what is. So I picked it up and I’m not gonna lie, it wasn’t as good as I was expecting it to be… Read on if you want to know my detailed thoughts.
Review: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Title: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Author: Joël Dicker (translated from the French by Sam Taylor)
Release date: May 7th, 2015
Publisher: MacLehose Press (imprint of Quercus Publishing)
Rating: 5/5 stars
I had been eyeing this book on bookdepository for a while, but since I never really took the time to figure out the premise of this book I never picked it up. But when I saw this book on the shelf at Boekspot Hoog Catharijne (which is a place where you can pick up a free book or leave a book you finished for someone else to enjoy) when I was there with Inge I decided to give it a go. And I am so glad I did!