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13 Aug

If you like this Movie or Series, you’ll like this Book

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I love to read. Most of you guys reading this love to read. But there is some people who just cannot do it.

I think the reason for most people don’t like to read is because they haven’t found the right one to start with. It could also be because of school. I hated nearly all the books that I read it high school for many reason, from that I couldn’t related to the fact that I had to ‘study’ the book.

So today, I’m going to give all you non-readers and readers some YA book recommendations with a little twist. A lot more people watch movies and tv shows than they do read books, so I’m going to give you ‘if you liked this movie/TV Shows – you will like this book.’ I have not included the book adaptations of some of these movies.

I hope that you enjoy and maybe read a few of these.

If you liked The Fault in Our Stars you will like Zac and Mia by A.J Betts

If you liked Maleficent, you will like A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J.Mass

If you liked Gossip Girl, you will like Those Girls

If you liked Sherlock Holmes(TV or Series), you will like Every Series by Ellie Marney

If you like Supernautral, you will like Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

If you liked Robocop, you will like Reboot by Amy Tintera

If you like Pretty Little Liars, you will like We Were Liars by E.Lockhart

If you liked Lucy, you will like Freak of Nature by Julia Crane

If you liked Jupiter Ascending, you will like the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

So there you go. Will you give these a go? Will you share these books with friends that have liked or liked these movies? Have you read any?

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02 Aug

Book Review: Adrift by Paul Griffin

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Adrift by Paul Griffin

Pages: 228
Publish date: July 31st 2015
Publisher: Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781925240160
Purchase: Book Depository – Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU

Five of us went out on the water that night.
None of us came back whole, and not all of us came back.Best friends Matt and John are spending the summer working: Matt to save money for college, John to kill time before trade school. On the beach, the beautiful Driana stops Matt in his tracks.
Dri, Stef and JoJo invite the boys to a party at Dri’s Hamptons mansion, and Matt drags John along.When Stef decides it’s a beautiful night to go windsurfing, the others race out on the water to make sure she’s safe. But with no land in sight and a broken boat engine, it’s not just Stef they have to worry about. And as the hours turn into days, the prospect of rescue seems further and further away…

Adrift:

I received a copy of Adrift by Paul Griffin from Text Publishing in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way influenced by thoughts about the book.

I liked Adrift by Paul Griffin, but I didn’t love it. I really enjoyed the plot and most of the characters, but I felt that everything went too fast.

Adrift follows Matt and his best friend John on a summer journey that isn’t that they were expecting. I still don’t know if I like Matt, though the book was told from his perspective, I felt that he was really disconnected and at times I couldn’t trust him. He is sort of the omniscient narrator. Matt is the nice guy, but he is also quite boring and I think that is one of the reasons why I didn’t love the book.

John on the other hand as very intriguing and I wanted to know more about him; but he hid himself a great deal and although Matt is his best friend he doesn’t really know him well in a sense and just sees what John puts up. I wanted to hug John, he has been through quite a lot and from the start of the book; I got the idea that he is the suffer in silence kind of guy and Matt just doesn’t see this. As the book goes on Matt starts distancing himself from John and it broke my heart for John because he needs someone.

The other characters are Driana, JoJo and Stef and you know what? I didn’t really care about them. I know that this sounds bad, but I felt that Matt had no emotional connection with them which is ironic for people who have read the book. Their personalities just didn’t shine.

I also felt that they were, dare I say it; stupid. Just why, oh why would you take a boat out without checking how much fuel it has or checking if it works. At this point, no one was in trouble, but four of you go and jump in without thinking about it.

Other than that little stuff that I had everything else was quite realistic and had me turning page after page. Once they were out in the open sea, everything just seemed so much more real. I was intrigued at how the characters interacted with each other, I really thought that this was done really well. I also like how they all felt differently about what was happening and how being stranded out at sea affecting them.

I was left on my seat for most of the book, not knowing what was going to happen, asking all these questions. It was thrilling at times.

The medical and psychological aspects of Adrift was done brilliantly. It was gross, interesting and so intense. The way that the injuries were described were so disgusting, but done in a way that seemed so real. Also that fact that Matt is studying things to do with medical made it interesting; seeing him trying to figure out what to do.

I didn’t really like the writing style of Paul Griffin in Adrift. There are a lot of short sentences that ‘cut in’ of what was being said and I felt that the sentences were uncompleted. It was sentence after sentence, it didn’t flow nicely.

I was also disappointed in the ending. Yes it was realistic, but it was also a letdown. Everything was different from before; obviously, but I thought from those who survived that they would be brought closer together.

Overall, I liked Adrift, it was a fast paced, emotional thrilling read that kept me on edge.

31 Jul

July Wrap Up

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Hi all! Sorry that I haven’t been around this month, but I am back at university this month and I am trying to get back into the kick of things. Also my first assessments are due in the next couple of week so trying to get all them done. But after next weekend I should be back to my old self.

So July has been sort of, a down month for me. So because of that I haven’t read many books or posted any reviews or posts this month.

But I did buy and borrow quite a couple of books this month. I also received some books this month.

– What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick: I really didn’t like it as much when I started to read it; but after about 80 or so pages I was really enjoying it | 3.5 Stars
– Lorali by Laura Dockrill: I really, really enjoyed this book. It was different, unique and beautiful | 4 Stars | Review
– Scarlet by Marissa Meyer: I loved Cinder, I though it was amazing and I loved Scarlet just as much. I cannot explain how much I love Wolf and Scarlet. Just my heart | 4.5 Stars.
– Cress by Marissa Meyer: I think that Cress, might be my favourite of the three so far. The thing that I love about Marissa Meyer is that all her female protagonist and their men are all amazing | 4.5 Stars.
– Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan: The writing is beautiful, gorgeous; I can’t explain it. But I had a hard time wrapping my head around what was going on and the world | 3 Stars

I love posting photos of my books on Instagram. I may not be a fantastic photographer but it’s fun to take these photos. Here are some that I posted in June. You can follow me at angelreads.

Also I want to share my love for some lovely book lovers on Instagram. So this month feature is; crystallovesbooks

Like I said at the start, I am back at university after my mid-year break. And while I am trying to get back into it all, I am loving it. I am a full time student so I take 4 courses (classes) so I am quite busy.

I am also back into writing; I had a bit of a slump last month but I am writing more and loving it. I also started or have an idea of a new manuscript and I really like the idea so I am really excited.