REVIEW! Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by L.C. Rosen

I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC for Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts) by L.C. Rosen. This review will not contain spoilers.

My Rating: ★★★★

October Reading Wrap-up

Time for my monthly book summary, this month I went away for a week to Disneyland Paris so I didn't manage to get through as many as usual.

Favourite Childhood Books

Were you a big reader when you were a child? I was and I'm so glad I grew up with a passion for reading. I was never one of those kids who had lots of friends who I would see outside of school, so a high percentage of the time I spent outside school I either had my eyes glued to a games console or head stuck in a book.

REVIEW! These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch

I don't usually have a book review as my weekly post, however I'm currently in Disneyland Paris (head over to my Instagram stories at @captainfurby to see my daily updates), but next week I'll be back to normal with weekly posts.

So anyway, this book came in my August Fairyloot and I really liked the sound of it, I also won a giveaway for the ARC. I buddy read this book, but I couldn't manage to stick to the daily pages and finished it a couple of days ahead of everyone else.

My Rating: ★★★★

REVIEW! Lakes of Mars by Merritt Graves

I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC for Lakes of Mars by Merritt Graves. Unfortunately, I could not finish this book and ended up DNF'ing this at only 17%

My Rating: ★

REVIEW! You Let Me In by Lucy Clarke

I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC for You Let Me In by Lucy Clarke. This review will not contain spoilers.

My Rating: ★★★★.5

REVIEW! The Lost Witch by Melvin Burgess

So this was the book in the July box of Book Box Club, and its the first book I've been angry and disappointed with. It also worries me how many people are giving this book more than 1 star on Amazon and Goodreads... I would give it none if possible. 

There are no trigger warnings, despite this book containing grooming, abuse, rape and victim blaming. This review will contain SPOILERS, and lots of probably incoherent rambling because this book made me angry!

My Rating: ★

REVIEW! Unwritten by Tara Gilboy

I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC for Unwritten by Tara Gilboy. This review will not contain spoilers.

My Rating: ★★★★

My Auto-Buy Authors

I think the title is pretty self-explanatory but basically this is just a list of the main authors I automatically buy the books from when they release a new book. There actually isn't as many as I thought there were. (Also below book wall from YALC this year because I'm still in love with it).

REVIEW! My Whole Truth by Mischa Thrace

I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC for My Whole Truth by Mischa Thrace. This review will not contain spoilers.

My Rating: ★★★★★

REVIEW! Jinxed by Amy McCulloch

This book came in my August Book Box Club and I really liked the sound of it, also helped by the cat silhouette on the cover. As with the other Book Box Club books, I buddy read this one, although this time the buddy read involved 8 of us being in the same room reading it.

My Rating: ★★★★

REVIEW! Wicked Nix by Lena Coakley

I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC for Wicked Nix by Lena Coakley. This review will not contain spoilers.

My Rating: ★★★★ 

Favourite Maps In Books

I am a sucker for a good map in a book, so I thought I'd share some of my favourites with you...

Author A-Z Tag

Something a little different for this week's post, I got this from Jen Campbell's Youtube Channel - here. Some of these were really hard to pick just one author and one book, but I think I did pretty well, although I am annoyed I couldn't find any authors beginning with 'X' and had to settle for there just being an 'X' in the name.
Also below is just a glimpse of part of one of my bookshelves...

REVIEW! Are We All Lemmings & Snowflakes by Holly Bourne

This book deserves so much more than just 5 stars, I genuinely think this has taken top place for my favourite book ever! Also... SPOILER FREE!!!

Rating: ★★★★★

July Reading Wrap-up

I've seen a few people do these monthly summaries for the books they've read and I think they're a really good idea. Below are a couple of my favourite bloggers I have seen do these posts,but also check out their other posts too
PhoenixFaie
NifflerReads

REVIEW! The Island by M.A. Bennett

I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC for The Island by M.A. Bennett. This review will contain spoilers

I actually have this author's other book S.T.A.G.S but haven't got round to reading it yet, but after reading this book I'm definitely bumping S.T.A.G.S higher up on my TBR.

My Rating: ★★★★ (and a half)

YALC Preparations

I can safely say I have never read so many books in such a small amount of time but YALC has given me the motivational (and sometimes stressful) kick up the butt. I have read 15 books in preparation to meet the authors at the three day YALC weekend and the only thing I regret is having to drop 4 books from the TBR because I ran out of time.

So lets go through the list of books I've read in time to get signed this weekend

The Classics Book Tag

Wandering through google trying to find inspiration for some new posts and I came across this tag on a blog post from 2015 - which you can find here

REVIEW! War Storm by Victoria Aveyard

My heart is broken that this series has ended, but oh my. What. An. Ending. The Red Queen series was recommended to me about two years ago by a colleague I worked with at the time (I could always rely on Anna to recommend good books to me). I borrowed Red Queen off her and while I was halfway through the book, I ordered myself a copy of Red Queen and Glass Sword. I got through them quite quickly then had a six month wait for book three, Kings Cage, with only the two novellas in Cruel Crown (Queen Song and Steel Scars) to keep me happy. However, the year and a half wait from finishing Kings Cage in February 2017 to War Storm in May 2018 was worse though. But after the book signing I attended (which you can read about here) my wait was over and I have now finished the series...

WARNING! This review will have spoilers; I honestly tried to write this review spoiler free but I couldn't do it.

My Rating: ★★★★★