Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Percy Jackson and The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

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Warning: Spoilers (duh.) MOST PEOPLE GET PRESENTS ON THEIR SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY, I GET A PROPHECY THAT COULD SAVE OR DESTROY THE WORLD. It happens when you're the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea. According to an ancient prophecy, I turn sixteen and the fate of the entire world is on me. But no pressure. Now Kronos, Lord...
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Thursday, 24 July 2014

Guest blogger time! Meet Fee!

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 GUEST BLOG ALERT! So Fee of http://caterfeereviews.blogspot.co.uk/ aka caterfeereviews is sleeping at mine so i have unwillingly handed my laptop and blog over to her. She had me at gunpoint I swear! Hi guys! So as Lou is a dear friend of mine, I just want to type how nice it is to meet you (can I write that? Is...
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Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Book Annoyance.

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Allow me to show you this picture. Do you see it? Do you? You must. Okay well, I suppose I'll just tell you then. I have a real issue with the way publishers format series'. Bloomsbury USA posted this update yesterday that got me thinking about it. I had been wanting to buy Hardback editions of this series...
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Percy Jackson and The Battle of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

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Warning: Spoilers (duh.) Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse. In this fourth installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the...
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Sunday, 20 July 2014

Four by Veronica Roth

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Warning: Spoilers (duh.) Praise the lord, my readers block is gone. After the aching void left in my heart after Allegiant. I was ecstatic to find Four being released. This book contains several short novellas from Tobias' point of view that all intertwine to create a new dimension on Divergent, the first book in...
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Thursday, 17 July 2014

Do "Classics" still matter?

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I read a quote from Mark Twain about a year ago as I drifted through Goodreads. “Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read.” At the time this really stood out to me at the time, as even though I confessed to adoring books. I hadn't read any "classics." I pondered  the relevance of them, how could they...
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Monday, 14 July 2014

The Reader's Affliction

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Warning: You are about the enter the territory of a Word Nerd incapable of reading. Things could get dangerous! I feel like I should be writing an ASS (After School Special) to bring up this terrible affliction. I've been struggling with this particular issue for almost a fortnight now and I am at my wits end. Ladies,...
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Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

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This is the box, Ed. Inside is everything. Two bottle caps, a movie ticket from Greta in the Wind, a note from you, a box of matches, your protractor, Joan's book, the stolen sugar, a toy truck, those ugly earrings, a comb from the motel, and the rest of it. This is it Ed. The whole story of how we broke up.  This...
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Monday, 7 July 2014

What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang

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I should not exist. But I do.Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else—two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren’t they settling? Why isn’t one of them fading?...
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Wednesday, 2 July 2014

June Wrap Up & July TBR

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In all Word Nerd honesty, I admit my TBR's are...ambitious. I want to read everything immediately. But then life gets in the way, commitments, book hangovers, book purchases that you just cant wait to start and I find I don't stick to them religiously. This month I read 8 books, 5 of them from my laid out TBR list. Much...
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