I thought the premise of the book was decent, and part 1 of the book, I quite enjoyed, but parts 2 to 2018 52 Book Challenge - 48) A Book About Travel
I thought the premise of the book was decent, and part 1 of the book, I quite enjoyed, but parts 2 to 4, while they moved quite quickly, I just didn't find myself that interested in it....more
2024 52 Book Challenge - 40) Set During A Holiday You Don't Celebrate
This was such a wholesome and lovable book. I loved the characters and how they f2024 52 Book Challenge - 40) Set During A Holiday You Don't Celebrate
This was such a wholesome and lovable book. I loved the characters and how they felt so real and that the chronic illness was always present but not the main topic, pretty much like chronic illness in real life....more
2024 52 Book Challenge - 35) Title Matches Lyrics From A Song
This book felt like it started off really slow, but once you got past the first 25% of t2024 52 Book Challenge - 35) Title Matches Lyrics From A Song
This book felt like it started off really slow, but once you got past the first 25% of the book, it felt like it really kicked into gear, and it was really enjoyable. You do end up rooting for the two main characters because they are both likable, and the relationship between them feels well done and organic.
Also, this book gave me the vibes of that season of the Bachelor with Spencer Matthews....more
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2024 52 Book Challenge - 11) Title Starting With The Letter "K"
I thoughThank you to the publishers for providing an ARC of the book through BookBub.
2024 52 Book Challenge - 11) Title Starting With The Letter "K"
I thought the concept of this book was pretty cool, I just don't think the execution in this novel was fantastic. The characters felt pretty flat, and a lot of the secondary characters, I kept confusing which one was which because they all sounded pretty much the same....more
2024 52 Book Challenge - 34) Set In A Landlocked Country
This was a quick and enjoyable read about Cesare Borgia, though it also covered his father an2024 52 Book Challenge - 34) Set In A Landlocked Country
This was a quick and enjoyable read about Cesare Borgia, though it also covered his father and siblings. Because it was so short, it was hard to remember the various associated people, and in particular, I kept mixing up Charlotte and Carlotta....more
2024 52 Book Challenge - 23) The Other Book With A Similar Plot
This was a good and varied collection of true crime cases from across the UK, though I2024 52 Book Challenge - 23) The Other Book With A Similar Plot
This was a good and varied collection of true crime cases from across the UK, though I find myself a little disappointed that there were no cases from Birmingham. There were cases that were extremely famous, such as the case of James Bulger, and then cases that were described as famous, but a quick Google search shows that there isn't much written about them.
For some odd reason, the book is written in present tense, and it really threw me....more
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2019 52 Book Challenge - 15) A Teen As The Main Character
This book wasThank you to the publishers for providing an ARC of the book through NetGalley.
2019 52 Book Challenge - 15) A Teen As The Main Character
This book was so slow, and the characters were simultaneously pretentious and immature. The plot was obvious, and while there were some good aspects of the novel, they were executed poorly....more
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2024 52 Book Challenge Mini Challenge - Summer 2024, Olympic Themed 19)Thank you to the publishers for providing an ARC of the book through NetGalley.
2024 52 Book Challenge Mini Challenge - Summer 2024, Olympic Themed 19) Team - Double Letter Word In Title
This book lived rent free in my head for the couple of days that it took to read it. I loved it so much. I loved the way it encapsulates "fandom life" through the blog and the comment section throughout the book.
While the end villain was pretty easy to figure out early on, I guessed correctly between pages 35-50, there were some twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat, wanting to skip work to keep reading.
I just thought that it was a really good book....more
2024 52 Book Challenge - 22) A Plot Similar To Another Book
I really enjoyed this anthology (insofar as much as you can enjoy reading about murderers)2024 52 Book Challenge - 22) A Plot Similar To Another Book
I really enjoyed this anthology (insofar as much as you can enjoy reading about murderers) and I liked that it was about British killers. I especially liked that the cases ranged across Britain, and didn't focus on London, which is a common thing to focus around in other British anthologies....more
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2020 52 Book Challenge - 35) An Author's Debut Book
DNF at 51%.
This bookThank you to the publishers for providing an ARC of the book through NetGalley.
2020 52 Book Challenge - 35) An Author's Debut Book
DNF at 51%.
This book was so boring. I just kept waiting for something to happen, and nothing actually did. The stakes for the main character felt completely false, as she is living in poverty trying to take care of her sister and constantly gambles away the money for their rent - and attacks her brother for doing the same thing. Her brother is a bad character, and you're supposed to dislike him, but this just puts the main character down as a hypocrite. The only difference is that she's winning by cheating.
Also, I know that the book is set in France, so I'm already imagining that the characters are speaking French, but then the author sprinkles in random French words all the time? Are they not already speaking French? Am I supposed to think that all this time they're speaking English? Honestly, it really pulled me out of the book every time I saw the French words....more
2024 52 Book Challenge - 16) An Omniscient Narrator
This is the type of book that there isn't actually much wrong with it, but you still struggle to ge2024 52 Book Challenge - 16) An Omniscient Narrator
This is the type of book that there isn't actually much wrong with it, but you still struggle to get through and finish it. There wasn't much of a plot, other than kids bullying each other, talks of sex, bulimia, drugs and alcohol, and did anybody know that Jenny is a fourteen year old girl with size 34D breasts? It is mentioned in basically every chapter, so well done to the author on hyper sexualising a fourteen year old....more
2024 52 Book Challenge - 29) Published In The Year Of The Dragon
I love these books, I think they're brilliant, and I love that the cases are nearly al2024 52 Book Challenge - 29) Published In The Year Of The Dragon
I love these books, I think they're brilliant, and I love that the cases are nearly always cases that the average person wouldn't know.
However, this latest book falls a little flat to me because it feels like it has a lot more cases that don't feel like they have any answers. Either the reason why the murders occurred, or bodies aren't found, or the murderer not found....more
2018 52 Book Challenge - 43) A Book About A Topic You're Passionate About
I was given this free review copy e-book at my request and have voluntarily 2018 52 Book Challenge - 43) A Book About A Topic You're Passionate About
I was given this free review copy e-book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
When I was given the option to read this book, free for an honest review, I bit the hand that offered it to me, and I was not disappointed. Working in this area, the book just made sense to me, and it was a very good read. Anybody who is curious about medication, it's worth a read, and considering that it's only 84 pages long, it won't take very long....more
2018 52 Book Challenge - 19) A Book With A Six Word Title
Each of these volumes gets better and better. I didn't know any of the cases, and it was nice2018 52 Book Challenge - 19) A Book With A Six Word Title
Each of these volumes gets better and better. I didn't know any of the cases, and it was nice how, while most of it was American-centric, there were cases abroad, especially ones that were not in Europe....more
This was a very good collection of true crime cases. I like the length of each case and I find it quite engaging2018 52 Book Challenge - 31) An E-Book
This was a very good collection of true crime cases. I like the length of each case and I find it quite engaging. I hadn't heard of any of the cases before, except one which was because they were from my city....more
2018 52 Book Challenge - 32) A Book With Bad Reviews
This was really interesting, but most of it flew straight over my head. I may need a beginners gui2018 52 Book Challenge - 32) A Book With Bad Reviews
This was really interesting, but most of it flew straight over my head. I may need a beginners guide to the beginners guide. It was also very repetitive, without actually explaining anything....more
2018 52 Book Challenge - 1) A Book By A Canadian Author
This was very short, a very quick read, but it does make you think about plane crashes, evil ac2018 52 Book Challenge - 1) A Book By A Canadian Author
This was very short, a very quick read, but it does make you think about plane crashes, evil acts, remorse and knock on effects. I thought it was quite a good read....more
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