Weekly Book Round Up #56 and a Blogging Hiatus...

After really enjoying Eleanor and Park, I couldn't resist downloading another Rainbow Rowell book for my Kindle! Fangirl is the story of Cath, a girl who has recently left home to go to college with her twin sister. Cath is incredibly shy and writes fan fiction, while her sister is outgoing and sociable. This book is very much a coming of age story, with Cath realising that real life can be just as good as her fictional worlds. Rainbow Rowell's novels have a very distinct writing style which I absolutely love, I just wish her endings were a bit more rounded. I was quite surprised that this ended where it did, but it did tie in nicely with what Cath says about fan fiction, the ending is up to the reader!

Nicola's rating: 4/5



Also, you read correctly, I am taking a blogging hiatus! Next week Luke and I are off to Norfolk and the week after I will be starting my degree with the Open University, so now seems like as good a time as any to make my announcement. I will be sporadically posting in the week before I start studying, but after that there probably won't be any new content for a while. I'm really sad to be leaving my blog, I started it up not really knowing what I was doing and I feel like I've learned a lot! 

See you around, internets!

Weekly Book Round Up #51

The next book in Richelle Mead's Age of X series, this book follows Justin and Mae as they venture into enemy territory on a diplomatic mission. I really struggled to get into this one, it seemed to take a really long time to get going and then not an awful lot happened. I'm hoping that this book was just suffering as it appears to be the second book in a trilogy, I really like the concept of a futuristic setting but with gods from all cultures becoming involved in the lives of humans. Hopefully the next book will be a bit more action packed!

Nicola's rating: 3/5

Quite a few people have recommended Rainbow Rowell's books to me previously but this was the first one I managed to get my grubby paws on! This story is about two teenagers who slowly start to communicate through sharing comic books and music, and eventually fall in love. It really is a very bittersweet story and I feel like it's been a great introduction into the world of Rainbow Rowell, I definitely want to try her other books! Hopefully I'll get time before my degree starts!


Nicola's rating: 4/5 

Stephanie Plum is back and this time she's on the hunt for a used-car dealership owner and a Russian assassin who has his sights set on Ranger. Unfortunately I'm beginning to find these very samey. The earlier books in the series used to make me laugh out loud but I don't even tend to crack a smile with the newer books. The series definitely needs something to liven it up a bit, I'm just not sure what. It would help if Stephanie would finally make a decision between Morelli and Ranger, there's only so much dithering a readership can take!

Nicola's rating: 3/5