Kylie Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I'm glad you're feeling better. That's a great review of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles. I have it on my TBR pile and am more intrigued to read it now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Nice review! I have the book on my wishlist I believe. I have two (other) books by Murakami on my TBR. I'm glad you enjoyed it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thanks all I can defiantly recommend it, I think every one has to experience at least one of Murakami books. I'm very intrigued about his other books too though i think i need something a bit more solid and grounding for a while. Im now reading Hollow City by Ransom Riggs, its really good so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Glad you enjoyed 'The Wind Up Bird Chronicle' and I hope you enjoy 'Hollow City', I didn't want it to finish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Hollow City by Ransom Riggs 4/5 About the book This second novel of Miss Peregrins Home for Peculiar Children, it begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected surprises. My Thoughts This book was a really exciting installment from Ransom Riggs. It was really good that the book picked up from where the first one left off because of the large 3 year gap between books! I loved the first book and was really looking forward to this book and it didn't disappoint. There's so many twists and turns its impossible to get bored of this book, its so fast paced that you get to the end of the book far to quickly and then are left wanting more. I only hope that the last installment doesn't take another 3 years to surface! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) The Iron King by Julie Kagawa 4/5 About the book (Amazon) My name is Meghan Chase. In less than twenty-four hours I'll be sixteen. Countless stories, songs and poems have been written about this wonderful age, when a girl finds true love and the stars shine for her and the handsome prince carries her off into the sunset. I don't think it will be that way for me. Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school...or at home. When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change. But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical fairy king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face...and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart. My Thoughts When i was given this book I really wasn't sure, I thought it was going to be really lame to be honest. The cover isn't great, the blurb is very similar to so many others, the whole thing reeked of rubbish quality. However it was actually quite good, I enjoyed reading it and there were a lot of original ideas to be had. I liked the characters and was compelled to read on, it wasnt typical of its genre and had a unique tie in with A Midsummers Night Dream which i liked. Sadly i think a real gem of an idea was missed there and it wasnt played on enough, its almost like the author forgot about it after a while. It was a good book for what i wanted to read at the time, easy to pick up and put down, the language is very basic, light etc however i'm not rushing to get the other books. The 4/5 rating is more so because i was pleasantly surprised and my expectations were exceeded. Edited April 22, 2014 by shelley.s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Nice review, I'm glad you enjoyed the book . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 Ok so i know i have been completely slack with reading recently, i'm so distracted and i keep picking up books and putting them down and getting lost and just generally being useless but im hopefully back on track. Here's my next review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 The Uninvited by Liz Jensen 5/5 About the book (Amazon) A seven-year-old girl puts a nail-gun to her grandmother's neck and fires. An isolated incident, say the experts. The experts are wrong. Across the world, children are killing their families. Is violence contagious? As chilling murders by children grip the country, anthropologist Hesketh Lock has his own mystery to solve: a bizarre scandal in the Taiwan timber industry. Hesketh has never been good at relationships: Asperger's Syndrome has seen to that. But he does have a talent for spotting behavioural patterns, and an outsider's fascination with group dynamics. Nothing obvious connects Hesketh's Southeast Asian case with the atrocities back home. Or with the increasingly odd behaviour of his beloved step-son, Freddy. But when Hesketh's Taiwan contact dies shockingly and more acts of sabotage and child violence sweep the globe, he is forced to acknowledge possibilities that defy the rational principles on which he has staked his life, his career and, most devastatingly of all, his role as a father. My Thoughts This book was immense. I really had no idea how it was going to go at all, it was a bargain 99p book from The Works, didn't think id even like it but my friend had read it and said it was good and i needed something new so i just grabbed it as a spur of the moment thing. It was fantastic! Nothing like i thought it would be, i thought it was going to be a horror but it was definatly a psychological thriller. Creepy, scary and a stark realization when you get to the end that maybe we do need intervention before we ruin the planet, this takes that to a whole new level though. I loved the characters, they felt so real, Hesketh is written so brilliantly he could be someone i know easily. His aspergers and his habits fit really well with the story and add so much to it without taking away from the plot. Freddy and his decline is literally heart breaking and i felt for Hesketh so much it was actually really emotional to read by the end. It definatly was a lump in the throat moment. I'm still kind of sad about the ending, i really wanted it to be happy and rosy because i adored Hesketh so much, unfortunately it wasn't to be. I cant recommend this book enough. Im so glad i picked it up. Fabulous author, fantastic book, must read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Nice review! I thought it sounded interesting, and went to add it to my wishlist, but according to Amazon I bought it in July 2013. I might bump it up towards the top of my pile....sounds like a great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Haha, so many books to keep track of! Yeh its definitely worth the read. I hope you enjoy it as much as i did. Its my bargain of the year so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Shelley, you've written some great reviews! I haven't read that particular Murakami yet, and now I know I must get to that one. I also have the Riggs on the shelf, but have procrastinated as I want to reread the first one beforehand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Thanks Pontalba, I really enjoy writing my reviews though sometimes i find it hard not to repeat myself. Murakami was completely new to me, i was defiantly an experience reading one of his books for the first time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Benjamin Dove by Fredrick Erlings 3/5 About the book (Amazon) As an adult, Benjamin Dove looks back upon a summer of his childhood that was to change his life forever. A summer when his new friend Roland, seemingly descended from the knights of the past, encourages him to stand up for himself and for those he loves. That was a summer when he and his friends formed the Order of the Red Dragon, giving them a sense of identity and purpose in their turbulent world, for justice against injustice; and a summer when such innocent childhood games were to be torn apart by an almost inevitable tragedy. My Thoughts This was a really enjoyable easy read. It bought back fond childhood memories, playing make believe with my friends. Its a very thought provoking book and touches on a lot of subjects, mainly focusing on how people treat each other and the emotions it evokes from a child's point of view. There's a really uplifting part where the children club together and get the community to help grandma Dell who's like the mother hen of the community. It was really refreshing to read, the power people have when they group together is very touching. This book would have got a 4 because I really enjoyed reading it and I picked it up every night without fail and sailed through the chapters however the very sudden sad ending left a bit of a bitter taste with me. It was all going so nicely then all of a sudden something very tragic happens and the books over. It felt too rushed and left me with too many questions for it to warrant a 4/5. Its still worth the read if you fancy a nostalgic childhood feeling though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Ooo i won a copy of The Shining by Stephen King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Congratulations ! It's on my TBR but I've heard lots of good things from people . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Ooo i won a copy of The Shining by Stephen King Congratulations! Have you read it before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 No i haven't read it before I saw the film a long time ago and never really understood it so im hoping the book will shed some light! Its my first Stephen King book too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 It's a good one to start with. Hope you enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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