Top Ten Books That Celebrate Diversity/Diverse Characters

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.When I first saw this week's theme, I thought that I'd never be able to find ten books I've enjoyed that celebrate diversity, but I was wrong, and here we are. 1.   The Color Purple by Alice Walker I'm studying...

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The Would You Rather Book Tag

Technically I wasn't tagged by anyone, but for the sake of the game, let's say Pinkindle tagged me. Would you rather only read trilogies or standalones? Standalones. I am so sick of series. Would you rather read only male or female authors? Female, but I don't really pay that much attention to whether the book's author is male or female. Would you rather shop at Barnes and Noble or Amazon? ...

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Top Ten Hyped Books I've Never Read

  Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I've never participated before but I've seen many top 10 posts from the blogs I follow, and this week's prompt was too good to resist! 1.   Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Do I even need to explain? 2....

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The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson

  Date finished: 31 May 2015   I just finished reading this, and wow! This is a great sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and does not disappoint at all. The only reason it took me two weeks to read is because I'm spending less and less time reading books these days. If I'd spent...

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) by Stieg Larsson

  Date finished: 7 April 2015 Swedish crime novels are not something I have much experience with, but I very much enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I didn’t intend to read it when I did, I just happened to see it in my school library and decide to give it a go. I thought it might be...

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Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende

Date finished: 19 March 2015 Although she's a bestselling author, the only reason I've heard about Isabel Allende is because she was mentioned in Spanish class a couple of times last year and the year before. About a month ago I was looking for Hispanic writers to read, and remembered...

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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

  Date finished: 11 March 2015 I'd been meaning to read this book for about a year, ever since I did a Classics internal on The Iliad vs Troy (2004) in Year 12, and I'm very glad I finally read it. Doing this study meant that I knew the story - and loved it - so I hoped...

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The Jewel (The Lone City #1) by Amy Ewing

  Date finished: 22 December 2014 I wouldn't say this book was bad, but I didn't enjoy it. I just got frustrated and couldn't see any good points. I only picked it up because my mum gave it to me and said it's meant to be good, but it was a waste of time for me. Okay, the good:...

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Panic (Panic #1) by Lauren Oliver

Date finished: 14 December 2014 When I first read the blurb of this book I was a little wary of the "new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them" line, but I was pleasantly surprised when the book turned out to be original and unclichéd,...

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Innocent Darkness (The Aether Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Lazear

Date finished: 10 August 2014 Steampunk and faeries - two things that interest me and the two things that made me read this book. These elements wouldn't normally go together, but in this novel they do. And they complement each other. The concept is a fantastic one, literally. ...

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