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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The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf

  Date finished: 15 June 2014 This book took me a long time to read, but it was definitely worth it. I can't remember when my interest in the Titanic began, but it was more than a few years ago, and since then I've only read a few novels about it. I've seen Titanic twice, naturally,...

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Sense & Sensibility (The Austen Project) by Joanna Trollope

   Date finished: 21 May 2014 Sense & Sensibility is my favourite of the Jane Austen novels. (I've read all of her works and I'm only sixteen. Just putting it out there.) I just love the contrast between Elinor and Marianne, and the bitch that is Lucy Steele, and the awkwardness...

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The Elites by Natasha Ngan

  Date finished: 27 April 2014 Original review, ie. not posted on Goodreads While I was reading this I thought that I'd only give it three stars, but then I finished it and decided that hey, it's original and unique, so why not give it four? Because, hello, it's a dystopian novel set outside...

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Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy #1) by Anna Banks

  Date finished: 24 April 2014 This is one of those books that I read in 24 hours. I'm glad that it wasn't any longer than 320 pages, because I think that that would have made the book worse. The book wasn't terrible, but it wasn't brilliant either. From the blurb, I wasn't expecting...

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Prince of Shadows by Rachel Caine

  Date finished: 19 April 2014 Original review, ie. not posted on Goodreads This is one of those books that isn't actually that good, but I enjoyed nonetheless. It had its flaws, but for some reason I liked it anyway. I absolutely loathe Romeo and Juliet (I studied it in Year 10 - we...

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