Hello!
Just a short post for today, but I said in my 2016 reading goals post that I was going to talk about how I read book series.
I have never read only one book in a series, and then moved onto something else. It's for probably the same reason why I only ever read one book at a time. I have a terrible memory, and i'm pretty sure many people can relate to this, but I always feel like if I read more than one book at a time, or read different books between a series, I am going to completely forget what the other book is about, or get them mixed up or something that will confuse me. I know this probably won't happen, but for some reason, this doesn't change my mind.
I have only ever marathoned series, which is super annoying, because it means that if a series is incomplete, and still has a few more books that haven't been published yet, I can't read them and have to wait a few years until the whole series is available to read. It is also incredibly annoying if the series I am reading has many books, as I will either lose interest, or find another book that I want to read. This clashes with the fact that I HATE not finishing books and series.
I have decided this year that I am going to try to change that, which is why in my latest post, I said I was going to read books like Throne of Glass, and Red queen. I feel like this will give me a much wider range of books that I can read, and so I reeeaalllly hope that I succeed in doing this.
Please tell me in the comments if you are the same as me, it would be great to know I am not the only one XD
~ Chey xxx
Sunday, 17 January 2016
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
2016 reading goals!
Hello!
So I totally failed at doing the 12 days of bookmas challenge... I think we all knew that was going to happen XD Anyway, I might make a post talking about why I didn't finish that.
I have never really set reading goals, or done a TBR, but I decided to set some 2016 reading goals, to see how well I do. I have also some booktubers that have made a TBR jar, which I think sounds fun, so i'm going to try that out aswell. These are the challenges in the TBR jar:
1- Read a classic - I have never read a classic before, unless you count the books I have studied at school.
2- Read the first book in a currently uncompleted series - I only ever marathon series; I will probably write a post about this.
3- Read a book on my shelf that I have lost interest in - I own WAY too many unread books, some that I have lost interest in.
4- Read a book someone recommends to me
5- Read a random book on my shelf
6- read a book by an author with the same initials as me
7- Read the book I most want to read - OK, so maybe this is just an excuse for me to buy new books...
8- Read the last book I bought
9- Read a series
10- Read a stand alone
11- Read a fantasy book - I don't read enough of these!
12- Read a book with a movie adaptation
I also have a list of books I want to read this year:
1- The Keeper - David Baldacci
2- The Martian - Andy Weir
3- Carry On - Rainbow Rowell
4- Gone series - Michael Grant
5- The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey
6- Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
7- The Elites - Natasha Ngan
8- Four - Veronica Roth
9- The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
10- The Accident Season - Moira Fowley-Doyle
11- Legend series - Marie Lu
12- The Throne of Glass - Sarah J Mass
13- Anna and the French Kiss series - Stephanie Perkins
14- the Selection - Kiera Cass
15- Cinder - Marissa Meyer
16- Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon
The TBR jar challenge I got for this month is to read a book on my shelf that I have lost interest in.
So, I hope I actually stick to this, but I've got my GCSE's this year, so i'm not making any promises...
~ Chey xxx
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
The fourth day of bookmas!
On the fourth day of bookmas my true love gave to me, 4 cozy reads...
The first book I chose was Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer. It is about a girl called Delilah who can't stop reading a certain fairy tale. One day, she finds out that the main character, Oliver, can speak to her, and that he wants her to help him escape the book. If you haven't read this, then you should, because it is so fun, and I could read it over and over!
The next book is Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella. I wrote a review about this a few months ago, so I don't need to say much about it. Although it is about a serious topic, the author found a way to make it really light-hearted, and it is definitely a cozy read for me! :)
My third choice is actually a series - The confessions of Georgia Nicolson. I have lent out the first book in this series so I just chose a random one to use in the photo. This is a really funny series, and one that you definitely shouldn't take too seriously. Georgia is probably one of the most unrealistic characters, but in a way, that makes it so much more fun to read.
Finally, I chose Every Day by David Levithan. Although this book deals with some pretty heavy topics, such as suicide and racism, I loved this book, and read it in one sitting. It's about A, who wakes up in a different person's body every day. A has a strict rule that he/she must never grow attached to anyone, or anything, as he/she will never stay in the same place for more than 24 hours. I think the reason that it's such a quick read is because of the fact that they are in a different body every day, with a different life, and different problems.
This one was actually quite easy for me - I just chose books that I would rereadover and over again XD
9 days 'till christmas! :D :D
~ Chey xxx
The first book I chose was Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer. It is about a girl called Delilah who can't stop reading a certain fairy tale. One day, she finds out that the main character, Oliver, can speak to her, and that he wants her to help him escape the book. If you haven't read this, then you should, because it is so fun, and I could read it over and over!
The next book is Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella. I wrote a review about this a few months ago, so I don't need to say much about it. Although it is about a serious topic, the author found a way to make it really light-hearted, and it is definitely a cozy read for me! :)
My third choice is actually a series - The confessions of Georgia Nicolson. I have lent out the first book in this series so I just chose a random one to use in the photo. This is a really funny series, and one that you definitely shouldn't take too seriously. Georgia is probably one of the most unrealistic characters, but in a way, that makes it so much more fun to read.
Finally, I chose Every Day by David Levithan. Although this book deals with some pretty heavy topics, such as suicide and racism, I loved this book, and read it in one sitting. It's about A, who wakes up in a different person's body every day. A has a strict rule that he/she must never grow attached to anyone, or anything, as he/she will never stay in the same place for more than 24 hours. I think the reason that it's such a quick read is because of the fact that they are in a different body every day, with a different life, and different problems.
This one was actually quite easy for me - I just chose books that I would rereadover and over again XD
9 days 'till christmas! :D :D
~ Chey xxx
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
The third day of bookmas!
On the third day of bookmas my true love gave to me, three best friends...
The first friendship I chose was between Jace and Alec from The Mortal Instruments series. If you have read this series then you will certainly understand why this is my first choice. They have such a funny relationship, and although they go through so much, they always pull through and remain best friends. Most of my favourite scenes from this series are between these two!
The second friendship I chose was between Katniss and Rue... do I really need to say much more? :'(
The final friendship is a slightly controversial one. Not so much the friendship, but the book; I will not go into this now, however I may make a post about it in future. Im talking about Penny and Elliot from Girl Online, by Zoe Sugg. They have such a lovely relationship, and to be honest, I think it may have been my favourite part of this book.
This one was also quite hard, as I have a terrible memory, and couldn't think of many of the friendships in the books I have read... I know thats bad, but I can't help it, OK? XD
I hope you are enjoying this series so far!
~ Chey xxx
The first friendship I chose was between Jace and Alec from The Mortal Instruments series. If you have read this series then you will certainly understand why this is my first choice. They have such a funny relationship, and although they go through so much, they always pull through and remain best friends. Most of my favourite scenes from this series are between these two!
The second friendship I chose was between Katniss and Rue... do I really need to say much more? :'(
The final friendship is a slightly controversial one. Not so much the friendship, but the book; I will not go into this now, however I may make a post about it in future. Im talking about Penny and Elliot from Girl Online, by Zoe Sugg. They have such a lovely relationship, and to be honest, I think it may have been my favourite part of this book.
This one was also quite hard, as I have a terrible memory, and couldn't think of many of the friendships in the books I have read... I know thats bad, but I can't help it, OK? XD
I hope you are enjoying this series so far!
~ Chey xxx
Monday, 14 December 2015
The second day of bookmas!
On the second day of bookmas my true love gave to me, 2 awful endings:
The first book I chose was Paper Towns by John Green. I was so excited to start reading this, because I had heard so many good things about it, and I really enjoyed The Fault in our Stars. I was very disappointed. I felt like the book was dragged out for WAY too long, and I think the only bit I enjoyed about this book was the road trip. It was incredibly slow paced, and so once I finished reading it, and found out what happened at the end, I almost wished that I hadn't bothered in the first place. I'm definitely not saying you shouldn't read it, because so many people loved this book, it just wasn't for me.
The last book I chose was Night World by L.J.Smith - Secret Vampire in particular. I bought this book because I really liked her other series, The Morganville Vampires. I had also read a free sample of the book, and it seemed pretty good. I was wrong. I thought the writing was terrible, and the characters were completely unrealistic. It was made even worse by the fact that I refused to give up on it, and decided to read the whole thing. Even though it is only 195 pages long, it dragged on so much, and I ended up in a HUGE reading slump afterwards.
This one was actually quite hard for me, as I tend to really like the books I read- I guess I must just be really lucky; I know so many people who have a whole list of books they don't like! I realise that I also kind of cheated, because these are books that I didn't like, rather than books with bad endings, but as i said, it was so hard to find even two books I didn't like!
11 days 'till christmas!
~ Chey xxx
The last book I chose was Night World by L.J.Smith - Secret Vampire in particular. I bought this book because I really liked her other series, The Morganville Vampires. I had also read a free sample of the book, and it seemed pretty good. I was wrong. I thought the writing was terrible, and the characters were completely unrealistic. It was made even worse by the fact that I refused to give up on it, and decided to read the whole thing. Even though it is only 195 pages long, it dragged on so much, and I ended up in a HUGE reading slump afterwards.
This one was actually quite hard for me, as I tend to really like the books I read- I guess I must just be really lucky; I know so many people who have a whole list of books they don't like! I realise that I also kind of cheated, because these are books that I didn't like, rather than books with bad endings, but as i said, it was so hard to find even two books I didn't like!
11 days 'till christmas!
~ Chey xxx
Sunday, 13 December 2015
The first day of bookmas!
Hello!
OK, so maybe I didn't stick to what I said in my previous post, so I have decided to make up for it by doing 12 days of bookmas, which was originally created by Hailey at HailsHeartsNyc on youtube. Although this was originally intended for booktubers, I am going to try to do it on my blog,as I think it is a great idea! Today is the 13th of December, so obviously I have attempted (and failed!) at doing the first challenge:
On the first day of bookmas, my true love gave to me, a beautiful bookmas tree!
Sorry for the terrible picture - I lost the lead to my camera, and so had to take the picture on my phone :S
I really hope to stick to this challenge, because it sounds so fun!
~ Chey xxx
OK, so maybe I didn't stick to what I said in my previous post, so I have decided to make up for it by doing 12 days of bookmas, which was originally created by Hailey at HailsHeartsNyc on youtube. Although this was originally intended for booktubers, I am going to try to do it on my blog,as I think it is a great idea! Today is the 13th of December, so obviously I have attempted (and failed!) at doing the first challenge:
On the first day of bookmas, my true love gave to me, a beautiful bookmas tree!
Sorry for the terrible picture - I lost the lead to my camera, and so had to take the picture on my phone :S
I really hope to stick to this challenge, because it sounds so fun!
~ Chey xxx
Monday, 9 November 2015
Ugh exams... :(
Hi!
I am so sorry that I haven't written a post for the past week, I said that I would try to write a post every week, but that just isn't possible at the moment. I have my mock exams at the beginning of next month, and so I don't have much time at all for reading... :'( It's horrible! I promise that I will try to write posts more often after I finish my exams, but I honestly did choose the wrong time to make a blog didn't I XD Maybe I will write a few short posts every now and then, until I have a bit more time :) I know for sure that I want to carry on with this blog, it just won't be very consistent at the moment.
~ Chey xxxxx
I am so sorry that I haven't written a post for the past week, I said that I would try to write a post every week, but that just isn't possible at the moment. I have my mock exams at the beginning of next month, and so I don't have much time at all for reading... :'( It's horrible! I promise that I will try to write posts more often after I finish my exams, but I honestly did choose the wrong time to make a blog didn't I XD Maybe I will write a few short posts every now and then, until I have a bit more time :) I know for sure that I want to carry on with this blog, it just won't be very consistent at the moment.
~ Chey xxxxx
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