March wrap up

Hi guys

I think I did pretty well with reading the month. I read a total of 7 books this month which I am happy with.

We all looked up by Tommy Wallach

I got this book from Netgalley so my review is here.

If you find me by Emily Murdoch

I had to read this book for book group and I did a review here. This book was the most surprising book of the month as I expected to hate it but quite enjoyed it.

Half Wild by Sally Green

This was my second most anticipated book this year and it didn't let me down. It was great, extraordinary, super, fantastic. I genuinely can't say enough good things about it. I didn't write a review for this book as it would just be me gushing about how Sally Green has to be a God to write such a extraordinary book. I gave it 5/5. You have to read it, well read half bad first but then read half wild. I can't believe I have to wait a year until the next book. Help me.

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

I have been told I have to read it for a while now but just haven't had the time and now I am glad my friend forced me into it. It will probably take a while for me to get round to the second one but I will eventually. My review is here.

The DUFF by Kody Keplinger

I got this book from Netgalley and wasn't expecting much but I really enjoyed it my review is here.

Salad anniversary by Machi Tawara

I have already finished this book but I'm not going to say anything about it because the book comes out on June 9th. My review for this book has been scheduled though so look out for it.

The island by Jen Minkman

I got this book for free on Amazon and it was a quick, easy read that was intriguing. It took 30-45 minutes to read and it was okay. I don't think I will be continuing the series unless I find the next book free but all in all a nice, fun book with a unique idea.

Xoe by Sara C Roellile

I got this book for free in a collection of stories about girl's who don't need men to save them and I was expecting short stories but no this is a full lengthy book. I wasn't expecting much as it was free (not sure if it still is) but I loved it. It was so much fun. Definitely finishing the series. I loved all of the characters especially Jason. Really liked this book 4/5 stars. I would also like to mention the book was not at all scary, it was more really funny at points I was laughing out loud.

The mystery of wickworth manor by Ellen Caldecott

I love Ellen Caldecott, she writes such good middle grade and always manages to avoid my biggest pet peeve, undertaking (I will one day do a blog post on that). This is a mystery book but at some points it got quite creepy. I'm giving it a 3/5.

Stacking the Shelves (#1)

Hi guys

Today I am doing my first stacking the shelves. This is going to be a book haul of the past two weeks just so I am totally caught up in telling you what books I have got. Just so you know these will be replacing monthly book hauls. Let's get started.

We all looked up by Tommy Wallach

I got this book from Netgalley after seeing Miainnarnia review it. My review is here.

An event to remember ...or forget by Melissa Baldwin

I am going to take part in a book tour for this book.

We all looked up by Tommy Wallach : review

*This book was given to me for free by netgalley in return for an honest review, however this doesn't effect my opinion*

We all looked up by Tommy Wallach

Published by: Simon & Schuster

Publication date: March 24th 2015

Genres: Young Adult

 

Four high school seniors put their hopes, hearts, and humanity on the line as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth in this contemporary novel.

They always say that high school is the best time of your life.

Peter, the star basketball player at his school, is worried “they” might actually be right. Meanwhile Eliza can’t wait to escape Seattle—and her reputation—and perfect-on-paper Anita wonders if admission to Princeton is worth the price of abandoning her real dreams. Andy, for his part, doesn’t understand all the fuss about college and career—the future can wait.

Or can it? Because it turns out the future is hurtling through space with the potential to wipe out life on Earth. As these four seniors—along with the rest of the planet—wait to see what damage an asteroid will cause, they must abandon all thoughts of the future and decide how they’re going to spend what remains of the present.

 

My Thoughts

Last year I decided that only under very specific circumstances will a read post apocalyptic books because the point of the apocalypse is the world ends. BOOM! Everyone's dead no survivor, otherwise it is not the apocalypse. So when I saw this book I thought it sounded really interesting. I hadn't seen any books about what happens before the apocalypse.

The story is told from four main perspectives; Andy, Eliza, Peter and Anita. What is funny about this book is that at the start the characters have nothing to do with each other. I love all the main characters because they were so different and quirky. Though I thought Eliza was the most interesting perspective because of her reputation. I also thought that the romance was done really well, I didn't feel like the author was creating an unrealistic love, it felt very genuine. The only character I didn't like was misery, I felt like she should have had a lot more common sense.

The plot was fantastic. Tommy was great at pulling all four perspectives together because I'm not usually a fan of multiple narrators but it worked really well in this book. I thought Tommy managed to create a very realistic idea of how people would react to finding out the world was going to end.

All in all I'm giving this book a four out of five stars because it was beautifully written with some very philosophical theories in there. Great book for any mood except maybe epic fantasy. I would recommend this to anyone as long as they aren't super scared of the end of the world because this book does bring on a couple of worrying thoughts.