July Wrap Up 2016

Here is my July wrap up:

I read a whpping total of 13 books this month:

• Odd Habit by Maya Goode 
• A Clan Of Novaks by Bella Forrest
• Love From Boy by Roald Dahl 
• The Last Act Of Love Cathy Rentzenbtink
• Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipvic
• Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French 
• The Diary Of Anne Frank 
• Broken by Maya Goode 
• The Hostile Hospital by Lemoney Snicket
• Saga Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughn 
• A World Of New by Bella Forrest 
• On The Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher 
• The Muse by Jessie Burton

The Muse | Review

Disclaimer: I received this book for free for an honest review.

I unfortunately didn't like this one. I found this book to be very confusing, I don't know if it's that It's an uncorrected proof or not, but it just didn't work. What I managed to read of this book, I only enjoyed half of it, if all of the book was like that, I'd have given it all 5 glorious stars. 

I wish I liked this book more than I did. If only I liked the the 1930's part of the book as well as the '60's part. I loved Odelle and Lawrie and thought they were adorable and easily likeable, but I found the 1930's narrative to come out of nowhere and didn't really make much sense to me. Not that the characters weren't any good, I just think with the confusion I was disorientated enough to not really care.

I much preferred The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton which received a 5 star review. Unfortunately I didn't care for this one and can only give it 1 star (Goodreads). That's not to say it's a bad book, I just didn't care for it very much.

On The Other Side | Review

All I have to say, is wow, just wow!!  

It took me a little while to get into, but once I was in, that was it and I was amazed, enthralled and utterly enchanted.

I absolutely loved Evie so much. She was kind and so well developed she was practically gorgeous. Her relationship within this book was (for once) realistic and I loved that. It wasn't rushed of forced and made flowed naturally. 

Love, love, love this book 4.5 stars on Goodreads If I could, I can't recommend highly enough.

Book-Tube-A-Thon Wrap Up

THE BOOKTUBEATHON IS JULY 18TH - JULY 24TH AND HERE ARE THE READING CHALLENGES! 

I probably won't complete any of the challanges for it this time and will reading whatever during the week long readathon. 

The 2016 Reading Challenges:
1/ Read a book with yellow on the cover.
2/ Read a book only after sunset.
3/ Read a book you discovered through booktube.
4/ Read a book by one of your favourite authors.
5/ Read a book that is older than you.
6/ Read and watch a book-to-movie adaptation.
7/ Read seven books.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookTubeAThon
Instagram: http://instagram.com/booktubeathon/
Website: http://booktubeathon.com

I managed to read:

3 books, a short story and a graphic novel:

• The Diary Of Anne Frank
• Saga volume 6
• The Hostile Hospital
• A Shade Of Vampire 24
• Broken A Short Story

My total page count was 1,122 

Book Tube A Thon TBR

THE BOOKTUBEATHON IS JULY 18TH - JULY 24TH AND HERE ARE THE READING CHALLENGES! 

I probably won't complete any of the challanges for it this time and will reading whatever during the week long readathon. 

So far I plan to try and read:

• The Diary Of Anne Frank 
• A World Of New by Bella Forrest 
• The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket

The 2016 Reading Challenges:
1/ Read a book with yellow on the cover.
2/ Read a book only after sunset.
3/ Read a book you discovered through booktube.
4/ Read a book by one of your favourite authors.
5/ Read a book that is older than you.
6/ Read and watch a book-to-movie adaptation.
7/ Read seven books.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookTubeAThon
Instagram: http://instagram.com/booktubeathon/
Website: http://booktubeathon.com

Zlata's Diary | Review

This book is about an 11 year old girl who lived through the Bosnian war, writing down her thoughts for nearly 3 years.

This is the 2nd time I've read this book, the first time when I was 7, so understandingly, most of the content I'd either forgotten, or not understood. I enjoyed the book the first time I read it, but this time not so much.

This time I found it to be very repetitive and very boring. I wasn't particularly attached or bothered by the events in the book this time. I think had Zlata been slightly older her writing would have been better, but with her being so young, the writing although clear, wasn't brilliant.

Overall I found the book to be just OK and gave it 3 stars on Goodreads.

Book Buying Ban !!

Hey guys, so recently I have decided that I'm going to do a book buying ban. I plan to do this for 3 months from July to October before buying any more books (preferably 1 per 10 books). So, I will hopefully not be buying any books for the next couple of months.






So far I have read:

Love From Boy by Roald Dahl

Clan Of Novaks by Bella Forrest

Odd Habit by Maya Goode

We Were Liars | Review

We Were Liars is one of those books I'm struggling to review. I'm tempted just to say I've read it and leave it at that. Though what I can say is that I didn't find the book gripping as such, though the characters were developed and has a dramatic twist. The author uses an impressive technique, but found it difficult to follow and ended up confused. Though I wasn't completely convinced by this book I'd still like to thank E.Lockhart for trying, this one gets 3 stars on Goodreads.

July To Be Read 2016

Hey everyone, this is my To Be Read books of July 2016.

During July I plan to read 3 books:

I have already read a short story: Odd Habit by Maya Goode

1. Love From Boy by Roald Dahl, edited by Donald Sturrock 
2. The Last Act Of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink
3. A Feast For Crows by George R. R. Martin

All reviews/star ratings will be on Goodreads.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/34047414-mikayla

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCetzt4IJ1h35IYmFE0KFavw

Reviews of these books aren't guaranteed to be on Youtube. 

June Wrap Up 2016

Hey everyone, here's a quick June wrap up for you today.

I read a total for 2 books, 1 short story and 2 single issue comics. The total pages count comes to 712 pages. All of these books are rated/reviewed on Goodreads.

I read:

• A Flight Of Souls by Bella Forrest (5 stars)
• The Raft by Maya Goode (5 stars)
• Stardust by Neil Gaiman (3 stars)
• The Walking Dead issue's 25/29by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard & Cliff Rathburn (5 stars)

Here Is my Goodreads page. You can find all reviews and rated books here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/34047414-mikayla

This is my Youtube page if you want to check out my other book related content including, tags, reviews, hauls and readathons: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCetzt4IJ1h35IYmFE0KFavw