Who doesn’t love getting proper mail, as opposed to bills, leaflets and junk, in the post? And if that mail is books, even better. So I signed up to the lovely Ninja Book Swap, a scheme which pairs you up with another book obsessed person, and you send them a parcel, and get one in…
Category: John Green
Fim review: The Fault in Our Stars
How to review The Fault in Our Stars without breaking down into a puddle of tears at the memory of the film – that’s the tough question. What’s not a tough question is whether or not the film is good, because it is. Phew. Adhering closely to John Green’s novel of the same name, The…
Top 10 Tuesday (#16) – best books I read in 2013
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish, where the writers, like me, are particularly fond of lists. This week’s topic is…top 10 books I read in 2013. This is a tough one, since I read a lot of great books, and this list will probably change right…
Book review: Paper Towns by John Green
The first time I heard of John Green was when I watched an appearance he made, alongside Chris Colfer, at a breakfast at BookExpo America. From there, thinking he had a great sense of humour, I picked up The Fault in Our Stars, and fell in love while having my heart broken.It’s taken me a…
Top Ten Tuesday (#11) – books I wish could have had sequels
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish, where the writers, like me, are particularly fond of lists. This week’s topic is…top 10 books I wish could have had sequels (they were complete stories but you just could have read more and more about these characters or…
Book review: Anthem for Jackson Dawes by Celia Bryce
“Two teenagers fight the biggest battle of all” says the tagline for Anthem for Jackson Dawes.And it’s not untrue. Fourteen-year-old Megan Bright is admitted to hospital for chemotherapy, where she meets the enigmatic, rebellious, funny Jackson Dawes, a fellow cancer patient. The two quickly fall for each other.Does this story sound slightly familiar? If John…
Book review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Have you ever read a book that with its last word just stunned you into tears? I have, and it’s called The Fault in Our Stars. John Green’s book follows 17-year-old Hazel, a teenager with terminal cancer, as she meets and falls in love with Gus, who has lost a leg to cancer. Their story…
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