January TBR

Hello! I thought today I'd share my January TBR with you.. So yeah here's what I'm planning to read in the month of January:

Peter Pan by J M Barrie

I've actually already started this and I'm about half way through. If you didn't know, Peter Pan (2003) is all time favourite movie EVER. I'm constantly watching it and could probably reenact the whole thing word for word. Anyway, for Christmas I received this beautiful edition from my sister, Diana and it's just,mwell it's Peter Pan, it's perfect. 

Heir of fire by Sarah J Mass

Another one I've already started and I'm 100ish page in SO good, I don't know why I've been putting it off for so long. Probably the sheer size of it. If you're not familiar with the throne of glass series, this is the third book and is very hyped in the book worlds. I highly recommend you go start this series. It's got magic, an assassin, mystery and Chaol Westfall *melts into a puddle* I fancy him almost as much as I fancy Peter Pan ;) 

Harry Potter and the philosophisers stone by JK Rowling 

I've been meaning to read this for years.. I doubt I need to tell what this series is about or tell you how good I know it's going to be and how much I personally will love it. It's about wizards and witches for crying out loud. I've decided I'm going to read one book of this series a month so starting in January with the first book (duh). 

With the size of heir of fire I'm going to taget myself with just three because I'm a terribly slow reader and I'm back at school now so I'll have things to read for class and a sh*t ton of essays to write *cries*. 

What's on your TBR list this month? 

- Alice :) xx

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January TBR

Huge Summer Book Haul

It may be October now but that's because I procrastinated writing this. In summer it was my 17th birthday (august 2nd) and I received quite a few books (thanks fam!) and because I was in a book reading phase I also bought a lot of books. So I thought I'd show and tell them ;)

 Here's the whole pile, I told you it was huge!

 

Here's the pile of books I purchase myself... oops haha

Hers's the pile I got for my birthday. (Minus the bottom 2, they just snuck in there)

Okay dokey, I split the pictures up into categories of where I got them from. The picture above being the books I got for my birthday (again minus the Saga books 1&2)

I'll go from left to right, Ah hem...

YOUNG ELITES by Marie Lu

This is a fantasy novel where there has been some sort of disease thing which have left some with powers..? I'm not entirely sure but it does sound good, just go online and read the blurb!

RED QUEEN by Victoria Aveyard

This was a gift from my older sister Lucy. I'm not entirely sure what it's about but I think it's quite game of thrones-y and hunger games-y... I could being confusing this with something else. All I know of it is that the world is separated by blood, the red bloods -the common people- and silver bloods -the elites. It's all very fantasy and magic so I know we'll get along.

DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Taylor

Fantasy romance? I have no idea what it's about but I've heard nothing but good reviews.

CINDER by Marissa Meyer

Fairy-tales in space? Or the future? I'm so bad at this aha but again I've heard nothing but raving about this.

THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUS by Rick Riordan

This is a random book from the heroes of Olympus series which I don’t have the first one two, but thanks for trying mum ;) I'm sure I'll get to that series soon and then to that book haha.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN by Jandy Nelson

I've heard this is a good cometary novel and the pages are yellow so it's going to be awesome!

 These ones are books I bought myself from amazon

THE FINAL EMPIRE by Brandon Sanderson

I've wanted to read this for ages because I heard his work is fantasy gold and his plot twists are insane! All I know about this particularly book is that it's the first in the mistborn trilogy and that the magic system is something to do with metal...

THE ISLE OF THE LOST by Melissa De Cruz

I've already read this one so I could watch the movie. It's a prequel to the Disney channel original movie DISNEY DESENDANTS. This book is about a world after the fairy tales where all the villains have been trapped on an island, the isle of the lost, to be forgotten by the world. However four of the Disney villain’s children embark on an adventure to try and lift the seal of the island and return to the world.

THE WRATH AND THE DAWN by Renee Ahdieh

This is based on the story of 1001 and 1 nights which I also know nothing about but its fantasy and romantic and a dystopian and sometimes I'm in the mood for the three mixed in a story.

PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan

This is the first book of the Percy Jackson series I'm sure you've heard about and since my mum got me two random books from the series, I thought I'd pick up the first book.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen

EMMA by Jane Austen 

These two books I got for my English class. I started reading Emma but -and I don't want to offend you if it's the air your breath- it was quite boring. Pride and Prejudice on the other hand was a little more juicy and I'm sure you know the story (or maybe my family is just old aha)

 These books are books I bought at Tesco or a charity shop

PERCY JACKSON AND THE TITAN'S CURSE by Rick Riordan

PERCY JACKSON AND THE LAST OLYMPIAN by Rick Riordan

These are the books my mum got me from a charity shop and are part of the Percy Jackson series, so thanks mum! 

FINDING AUDERY by Sophie Kinsella

I've already finished reading this and I loved it. It's about a girl named Audrey who suffers with really bad anxiety where she can't even make eye contact with her own family and she meets a boy and stuff.. It’s a story of her finding herself basically. The plots not mind blowing or anything but I love the writing and all the characters, epically the relationship between her brother and their mum! He's so sarcastic and she's just mental, it's LOL worthy, trust me!

SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater 

I picked this up from a charity shop because it was like 50p and I've heard it's good. I think it's about werewolves... I could be wrong.

PAPER TOWNS by John Green

I'm half way done with this and it's quite good, good to read on a miserable day like today where you want a little excitement in your life and a little john green cosiness, if you know what I mean ;)

QUEEN OF THE TEARLING by Erika Johansen

This one I know is like Game of Thrones (which is my fave TV show of life, if you didn't know)

It's got a strong female protagonist -which sounds like Daenerys- and she’s on a mission to take back her throne, I think :)

These two I also got at a charity shop I just forgot about them

ERAGON by Christopher Paolini

ELDEST by Christopher Paolini

 These about a dragon. That's all I know. 

Number 1 I got for my birthday, 2, 3 and 4 I ordered from amazon

SAGA VOLUME 1-4 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

I'm loving this series so far! I'm on number three and I believe volume 5 just came out so I'll have to pick that up in the future. This series is very Romeo and Juliet where they're star crossed lovers (literally in this I guess aha) on the run with a baby, trying not to die. Just a little warning, it's quite adult themed with swearing and naked people... which I discovered the hard way! But the storyline is great so just ignore that bit.

 TAD-AAAAH!

I think I'm set for reading all cosy in these colder months :)

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed ^.^

 Are you currently reading anything? (I'm reading a series of unfortunate events, the bad beginning)

Leave a comment!

 I hope you have a super fantastic day,

BYE!

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Huge Summer Book Haul

My 2015 BOOKet List

Here are the top 15 books that I want to read at some point this year, enjoy :)

1. Throne of glass by Sarah J Maas

I've actually already started this book and I'm a few chapters in, so far so good. This book is about an 18 year old assassin who has been recruited by the crown price to be his champion in some assassins games to find the best assassin in the kingdom who will then become the king's personal assassin. It's a fantasy and.... that's pretty much all I know about it.. apart from the main character is badass heroine! This has been at the top of my tbr for the longest time and I'm so excited to be finally reading it!

2. The maze runner by James Dashner

This is a dystopian I believe and is about some boys stuck in some scary place.. with a scary maze.. that people go in and don't come back..? Great description, I know. The film looked amazing so I thought I'd read the books first.

3. The name of the wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Again and like most off these books, I don't know too much about them. This one is very popular in the fantasy genre. I know it's about a wizard.. so I'm obviously interested because you know magic and all! I've also never read from a guy's point of view so that should be interesting.

4. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien

I LOVED the films and books are generally better then the films, right? So of course I want to read it! The only thing I'm iffy about is that my favourite character form the films isn't in it, the she-elf (I'm not going even attempt to spell it aha) not only was she super kick-ass and ninja-ish, she also have a beautiful love story with Kili and I SHIPPED IT SO HARD! UGH! ;-; with that said, I'm still excited to explore Middle Earth where it all started, in this book and I also want to read the lord of the rings trilogy :)

5. The Young Elites by Marie Lu

What I understand from the synopsis is that this is a dystopian novel about a place where some kind of disease spread across the land; killing most of the infected and leaving others with strange marks and even powers, the young elites. The story follows three main characters, a girl with powers (I'm guessing she's the mainest character.. is that even a thing? aha), a bad guy who's trying to stop the young elites and a good guy (or so we believe.. DUN DUN DER!) who is trying to stop the bad guy from stopping the good guys? I'm not sure but it seems to be a book about being magical and trying not to die while doing so.. so yeah, sounds good.

6. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

Again I don't know a great deal about this books.. but when do I? I knows It follows a strong female lead who I assume is the Queen of the tearling.. It has elements of magic in it, it has been compared to Game of Thrones (bae) and the hunger games AND in the up coming movie, Kelsea, the main character is going to be played by Emma Watson, EMMA WATSON! So it pretty much ticks all the boxes of what I look for in a book :D

7. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

I'm kind of embarrassed that I've made it 16 years of life and not read this. I always put it off because I've already seen the movies and I don't like knowing what's going to happen. I even started reading it a few years back but stopped because I'm such a slow reader.. I don't even know why I stopped because it was really good! Anyway, 2015 is hopefully going to be the year I finally start this series!

8. The Lightning thief by Rick Riordan

Just like with Harry Potter, I'm not too sure why I haven't read this yet. I LOVE Greek mythology and ancient Greek history. For my birthday a year or two ago I genuinely asked for an educational book on the topic.. down with the kids, I know. I also loved the movies but I do wish I read the books first but better late then never!

9. The Final empire by Brandon Sanderson

 I Literally know nothing about this book which I kind of like. I've also only heard good things about this series, really good things. Epic fantasy magical action-packed mind blowing adventure? Um yes please!

10. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

I guess at some point I may need a break from fantasy and read about "humans" (doubtful) So this is where Fangirl comes in. I tried to read this a while back but at the time I was in a fantasy mood and the idea of reading about regular people bored me (no offence haha). It wasn't bad, I just didn't really get in to it but with the hype that was once around this book, I'm determined to give it another go!

11. Daughter of smoke and bone by Laini Taylor

Umm.. yep, I officially suck at describing books, LITERALLY no idea what it's about but it's such a popular book and it's fantasy.. it can't hurt in trying it :)

12. The raven boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Haha I don't even know what it is never what it's about XD something to do with this girl called Blue and her dead or "soon to be" dead mother and four boys who she should stay away from but going by the title I assume she didn't. I think it may be slightly fantasy? and maybe romantic? honestly I was just intrigued by the synopsis as  I didn't get it and want to aha

13. Prince of thorns by Mark Lawrence

Okay this time it's not my fault because the description on goodreads didn't tell me much. What I've gathered is it's fantasy and magical BUT this book is written from a villain's point of view? well at least he sounds shifty ;)

14. A discovery of witches by Deborah Harkness

This one is about a student who finds some bewitched manuscript whilst doing some research in Oxford's Bodleian Library. She herself is a descendant from a long line of witches but wants nothing to do with it. But this finding leads to all sorts of magical creatures to appear within the library; like vampires and demons etc. So it's fantasy and more supernatural then the others and I think they may be some vampire romance?

15. Amulet, vol. 4: The last council by Kazu kibuishi


This is part four of the amulet graphic novel series which I'm enjoying so far after just finishing the third book. It's about a family who wind up in their lost uncle's secret alternate universe.. thing? The world is really weird with elves and robots and animal-like people.. nevertheless they're really good books with beautiful illustrations!

If you would like to know more about any these book other then my pants descriptions, Here's my Goodreads :)

Okay I'm done,

 Thanks for reading!
hope you enjoyed it ^.^
what's on your BOOKet list?
Have a super fantastic day!
CYA!

-Alice :) xx

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