twenty-something girl living life
I’ve been feeling so slumpy lately and this was a classic case of the right book at exactly the right time! The last couple of books that I read were not very happy-go-lucky (not that this one is necessarily…) so this was quite a fun change of pace.
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!
It’s that time of year again! The Reading Rush is a readathon happening from July 20 – July 26 and it’s the perfect excuse to do nothing else but read for a full week. The last time I participated in this readathon it was still called the booktube-a-thon, yes I’m old. And lately I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump with everything that’s going on in the world right now… So I’m hoping this week of reading will get me back into the swing of things.
I first read this book exactly 5 years ago and I very much disliked I. But since I first read it around Christmas time, I felt nostalgic when the snow started to fall last week and I decided to give it a second chance. And boy am I happy that I did! I loved it this time around! Keep reading to find out my thoughts.
Title: Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Release date: March 4th, 2015
Publisher: Scolastic Press
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Warning: Since this is the third book in The Raven Cycle, there will be (minor) spoilers for the previous books in this review. Don’t read this review if you have not read The Raven Boys and The Dream Thieves (If you have only read the first book then you could check out my review of The Dream Thieves here).
I started reading this book the minute I put The Dream Thieves down (thank God I already had the entire series on my shelf cause the previous book ended with a pretty good cliffhanger).
Title: The Dream Thieves
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Release date: September 17th, 2013
Publisher: Scolastic Press
Rating: 4/5 stars
Warning: Since this is the second book in The Raven Cycle, there will be (minor) spoilers for the first book in this review. Don’t read this review if you have not read The Raven Boys.
I picked this book up almost right after I finished reading The Raven Boys (this was at the beginning of July, last year), but I didn’t manage to get very far. After that, I kept picking it up and putting it down because I just wasn’t in the mood for it. But a couple of days ago I decided to give it another try and boy, am I happy that I did.
