Personal Favourite Booktubers

I love everything Booktube related. Wether it is bookshelf tours, TBR's, Vlogathons, Readathons, or What they read this month. Anything book related on Youtube and I'm down.

When I watch book videos I feel so much calmer, de-stressed. They also help me to find the sometimes lost connection between me and books even helping me get over books slumpishness (Yep I did probably just make up a word. I do that a lot).

So yeah my Fave Booktubers lets go!

TheBookHoader: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBookHoarder. This lady is the most up-beat positive, lovely, kind person you can instantly connect with on so many levels!. She is so real when she talks about life and everything in between I feel instantly better about life and everything that may be going on in life in that particular moment. And her book taste is awesome!.

Abooktopia: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgvuTfjtQ1r_KLLeb6cbe3A. This lady will instantly bring a smile to your face when she hurts onto your screen. She has such a beautiful personality and is an up and coming author who is so passionate about books. So many great book shopping blogs/ Book events. Must watch!

Little Book Owl: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOhq5F-joK8qQPekd-jU1g. I love her book style as it is different from a lot of book tubers i stumble across which can be so refreshing. She is so light and happy and is a berth of fresh air when needing something to cheer you up.

Tilly And Her Books: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwazI0dBL644wwNpuM6cVYQ. I absolutely love her vides and her lib ray tours are just to die for!. so happy and lovely with an amazing taste for book. So connectable and real!

So these are my main favourite Booktubers. I check these out as soon as they have a new video out and have followed most of these for 2 years roughly. Feel free to check them out if you are intreseted or even share your own favourite book tubers it world be great to hear them!

Anastasia x

Stuck

I feel slightly stuck in a rut this evening.

I have zero idea what I want as a career all i know is that I want to move further in the making of books/process of books.

Thing is I have no idea how I'm going to get there. I don't know the right courses I need to take or even how to rally get my foot in the door. I seek books for a company part time when I am not working on tills for stationary. I love my job and have been blessed with the opportunity that the company presented me with.

But I can't help but feel restless about my future. Where I live it's hard to move away in some respect because we are all so closed off from 'the real world' in some respects.

I long like many others to work in the book industry/ to be a person working in the publishing houses that bless us with books.

I have no idea what the future holds for me and right now I guess it's best to be okay with that and be grateful for where I have gotten

Much love. Anastasia x

The Thousandth Floor By Katharine McGee

I think first I will give my opinion on the book as theres some things I want to get out there, my thoughts of the book have not left me all day so I thought I would share them.

First things first I want to talk about the actual blazingly obvious mishap with the book, they never real got into the nitty gritty explanation about the THOUSAND FLOOR BUILDING. There just wasn't enough information about the amazing building which made my mind unable to visualise most of the book. It was like they had glazed over the facts as if they weren't a part of the title of the book. I mean it's why I wanted to read the book, it's why I picked up the book in the first place. 

Secondly it took until the last 100 odd pages to actually hook me and give me an actual plot for the book. When it did happen I was finally glued to the book that had taken me over a week to get through. The overall ending was a pretty okay plot which actually managed to bring my attention to the second book which I would probably by when released.

The book is about 5 or so characters life, living in the building that has a thousand floors. The main character is the 'perfect' Avery Fuller who lives on the actual thousandth floor. Literally genetically modified to look perfect by her parents. She has looks, personality, wealth, friends everything but the person she truly loves.

Book Slumps and Other Shenanigans

So here I am... A failing Blogger.

Book slumps has hit m heard this month, work has been crazy but I love my job. But I miss how much I was reading when I was jobless.

This month I have read a shitty 5 books in total is horrific for me, I can't even express how much this fact saddens me especially when I want to read 100 or hopefully more books this year. i honestly feel like I am letting my self down when I think of the amount of books I have read this month. Hopefully next month I can read some more.

Luckily I have started a new and exciting route in my life, I have started to try out online courses to build up to a degree type one, what I will do is still unknown to me but today 27th of June I have started Literature of the English House and I am so excited to see how it goes.

I might be able to put up a Review within this evening I will try and will also attempt to start a book to push the slumps away. Maybe I need to watch some Booktubers, do any of you watch book tubers if so who are they?

Anastasia x

Things People Say In Relation To Books That Piss Me Off

I should probably do a disclaimer here, yes these things do piss me off but I do know the intentions are for the good but after years of these sentences that many have uttered to me... Yeah I feel it's right to share them and let them be known.

They annoy me for a number of reasons and I am sure I am not the only one who feels this. Or I hope I am not the only one who feels this agony with some of these experiences.

• 'Oh you read, if you read then obviously you have read this book and that book it's a classic so of course you have read this'.

• When people start up conversations with me full well knowing that I am trying to read and also fully aware that i do not want to be disturbed.

• 'What are you reading?' They ask whilst I am reading and do not want to be disturbed.

• 'If you haven't read this specific book then clearly you don't read as much as you say you do'.

• 'I read this book and because you read I must suggest it to you regardless of you liking this genre or not.

• Judging me because I read or making assumptions based on me reading or even the materials I read.

• When most adults give me book recommendations.

• When people assume that because you work in a bookshop that you know where every single book is and what the book is about.

• When people make assumptions that I have read every book out there and then begin testing my book knowledge or saying oh have you read this or that in a test way.

• When someone starts judging me because I haven't read a book they have.

Reading Goal 100 Books This Year Part 1

So my goal for 2016 is to read 100 books, I don't know why but I just want to challenge myself and see if I can do it. It will be a huge accomplishment for me if I complete this challenge this year and read all the books I need to.

This will be a record of the first 5 months of books I have read and in December Part Two will come out, the books are from a wide range of genres and hopefully I will have Classics, YA,  New Adult, Sc-Fi, Historical Fiction and more genres involved with this years reading list.

So the past 5 months I have managed a grand total of 47 books and my Goodreads challenge says I am 8 books ahead of schedule which I am thrilled about, the best month for me was March for some reason I managed 12 books and the second best month was May. And the worst months where I got 8 books read was Jan, Feb and April.

The month goals for the next 5 months will be 10 or if I can more than 10 books a month, this also depends on what is going on in these months as I have just started a job so will obviously have less reading time.

     January

1. Four by Veronica Roth
2. Playlist For The Dead by Michelle Falkolf
3. Seed by Lisa Hathfield 
4. Denai Touch by Tiffany Shand 
5. Switched by Amanda Hocking
6. Carry on by Rainbow Rowell
7. Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick
8. L.A. Candy by Lauren Conard

     Feburary

1. Darkmere by Helen Maslin
2. Crow Mountain by Lucy Inglis
3. Simon vs the HomoSapien Agenda by Becky Allbertini
4. Denai Bound by Tiffany Shand 
5. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
6. The Rest Of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
7. Half Blood by Sally Green
8. Half Wild by Sally Green

     March

1. The World Of Odysseys by M.I Finley 
2. Finding Audrey by Sophie Mckenzie
3. Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
4. Looking for Alaska by John Green
5. Stolen by Lucy Christopher 
6. How Hard Can Love Be by Holly Bourne 
7. Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater 
8. The Scorpion Races by Maggie Stiefvater 
9. Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad 
10. Beautiful Dead, Phoenix by Eden Maguire
11. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
12. Torn Amanda Hocking

    April

1. Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel 
2. My Sister Lives On the Mantlepiece by Annabel Pitcher
3. Landline by Rainbow Rowell
4. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
5. Hate List by Jennifer Brown 
6. Angelfall by Susan Ee
7. World After by Susan Ee
8. End Of Days by Susan Ee

    May

1. Storm Born by Amy Braun 
2. Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
3. How To Be A Wild Flower by Katie Daisy
4. Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
5. Half Lost by Sally Green
6. Demons Daughter by Amy Braun 
7. The List by Siobhan Vivian 
8. (Graphic Novel) Angel Fire by Chris Blythe
9. Dark Divinity by Amy Braun 
10. Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch 
11. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Dark Divinity by Amy Braun

Dark Divinity is the second in the amazing trilogy Cursed by Amy Braun. To catch the book review of the first in the trilogy Demon Daughter click on this link: https://anastasiarobsonwolfe.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/demons-daughter-by-amy-braun.html

My thoughts on Dark Divinity:
Overall I really enjoyed the book, the writing was really efficient, vivid and just capturing. I really enjoyed the flashbacks throughout the entirety of the book it helped weave the history more than the first book making it like a dot to dot with all the history.

There was a few times in the book where the vividness of the book made me shudder, feel queasy
and outright shiver leaving goosebumps up and down my arms. They scenes were so very well detailed at parts it was so hard to read without getting a full mental image of the incidents it was just amazing.

The effortless way Amy writes pulled me in and trapped me, I love the fact that she has completely created a new untold way for Angles vs Demons to be in the same book without it being cliché which happens so much with many books now.

The amount of information and detail that has been poured into Dark Divinity is just outstanding, I feel there is more detail in Dark Divinity compared to Demons Daughter but the action was more in Demons Daughter compared to Dark Divinity.

I feel the transition between Demons Daughter and Dark Divinity is really smooth making it so much easier to jump from Demons Daughter to Dark Divinity without having to scrabble aground to remember everything that had happened no matter how long the gap was between both the books.


About Dark Divinity:
The gates to Hell and Heaven are open bringing chaos and destruction down to earth. Lucifer the most dangerous, most powerful person from hell used his daughter Andromeda (Dro), to open both the gates. The underground place where they found Lucifer, the creatures from hell and the with a witch called Isobel who was a neighbour to the sisters Constance and Andromeda when they lived with their parents.

They escaped with two angels who where helping them Sephiel and Rorikel, John Warrick a Demondhunter that knew Max and Manny (Max is physic amongst other abilities and Manny a Demonologist). Constance and Dro found Max and Manny out of desperation and has stayed with them since protecting each others families. They where safe until Drake Bounty Hunter for the Blood Thorns a Mexican Drug cartel that Constance once worked at to keep her and her sister safe. 

Dro becomes more and more powerful the more she uses her powers both the Hellfire and Anglefire, the hell powers taking a pull on Dro the more she uses the powers.

Constance and Dro escaped from the Blood Thorns clasps when Isobel turned up asking for Dro. 

It's a race against time to shut the Gates of Heaven and Hell, making sure the Demons don't create chaos and for Angels to stop trying to irradiate the Human race.

 

A Reading Update/ TBR Meltdown

So last month (23/4/2016). I had just over 70 physical books that I owned in Paperback/Hardbacks that needed to be read. Somehow I have mated to get that total up to 84 books this month not including 1 Graphic Novel, 3 Comic Samples, 6 Arcs, 1 Old Comic and 5 Short Stories!

I don't know where I went wrong really, This months (May 25th) I have read 9 books so far and in April I read 8 books. Not including my good reads TBR which is over 100 books. I just love buying books, where I live there is so many places to get second hand, cheap books and that just widens my book reading genres. It makes me so happy because I could have £10 and buy over 10 books with that money, unlike the bookstores where books are priced £7.99 or over per book unless you get the By One Get One Free deals but even then it's still pricey

I just love the experience of walking in to a shop and going to the secondhand book section, taking a second to breathe in the beautiful smell of old must books, I love the fact that someone else has read the same book, someone cherished it and enjoyed the books, for me that just adds to the book experience and high tens my interest in the book.

Currently I am reading 3 books 2 are Arcs for Authors and the other is rather slow process. I do like the books but I have to admit I am liking the 2 Arcs more than Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch. They just seem more out there and different, they break more boundaries, connections to the plot itself and I just personally like them more.

Anastasia x

My Opinion on Goodreads

For anyone that doesn't know what Goodreads is, it is a book media where you can rate and review all the books you have read, set up personal book challenges for the year plus update them, find new books to read, start up a TBR with Goodreads, add book enthusiasts and talk about books with them or join groups related to books.

So I will start wit the positive things:

I love adding over people who love books as much as me, it makes me feel that I'm not alone in this book world, I love having an account of what books I have read and also what books I want to read all in one place. Since being on Goodreads I have so many great books that I want to read that are slightly different from what I normally read which is great since I can broaden my horizons.

Friendly people. I have met some really lovely people since starting on the site, I've talked to a good few people and started on some amazing groups! So far I have had a positive experience on Goodreads and I really am enjoying it. Also I'm really enjoying reading books and also posting what I'm feeling about the book or how far I am coming along with the book it makes the reading experience so much more fun.

Lets go on to Cons.
I would count this as a con, wanting too many books. There are so many books I have wanted to read since starting out on there and then of course I made it worse buy asking for recommendations... probably shouldn't of done that, plus you get to see pictures of books and some where just so pretty or beautiful I just had to click Want To Read I just had to.

Reviews, some of the reviews have been rather horrid. I have seen some before when I was not a member and some where just really harsh, more like having a rant than actually putting a review with formed sentences and explanations of the books. I think as a review you have to try and say positives with the negatives to show that you can put Pros and Cons to make it a level review with your opinion in there. I don't see the point in just hating a book and then sending a shitty review without  real reason for hating the book.

Personally I like to try and keep the good and the bad in a book review I don't want to be harsh simply because that is just not how I am.

So that's my opinion on Goodreads.
Anastasia x

My Sad Book Lending Story

So many moons ago ( about 4+ years) I had a book friend who shan't be named for obvious reasons, so one day we decided to swap some books so we can enjoy some books we each love. The person gave me a few books to read including The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins amongst rough 5 books she lent me.

The conditions were that the books were not meant to be kept and that we would give the books back after we finished them. I gave the person who shan't be named a whole bunch of books including books that actually meant something to me and ones I had fell in love with.

So a few weeks pass and the person who shan't be named asked for The Hunger Games back which I said sure too since at that point I wasn't interested in reading the trilogy at all. Months went on and the person who shan't be named hadn't read any of the books I lent to them nor did they seem that interested to anyway.

A few years had past and we had both gone separate ways, moved house and other things. In 2014 I was so upset with what had happened as I was willing to give back the few books I had left from the person who shan't be named had lent me but they hadn't even contacted me about giving back the books I had left to them. Anyway in 2014 I sent them a message basically saying how appalled I was with them not exchanging the books back or trying to do anything to resolve the situation. Especially since they were a book person too who was meant to cherish books and reading.

To this message I get a reply where I have to do all the running about and collecting of the books because she was at Uni, this was sort of fair enough but the fact that they never once apologised for this nor when they were clearing out to moved to Uni did they think that maybe they should get in contact regarding the books that they knew were mine and should of been given back.

This was such a bad experience and I am so careful now with lending out books which I have to say i haven't done since as I don't want this to happen again not only did they keep books that meant a great deal to me but also these book cost money which I choses to spend on books because why shouldn't I.

So the lesson of this story is be really careful when lending or borrowing because if they lend you a book it does not mean it is automatically yours and you should look after the book and make sure not to ruin it.

Anastasia x

My Reading Cycle

I guess I never really realised that I had a sort of reading rhythm or anything. I just read I guess...

But yeah I am going to break it down into a few parts and explain how I read and other things and stuff.

My Personal Favourite Format. Paperbacks and Hardbacks. Though I do read PDF books and digital books for ARCS I don't really enjoy the formatting, for me I can't really concentrate on looking at a screen for long periods of time plus I get distracted by Youtube, Goodreads and physical books. I prefer Physical books because you can hold them and too me they are comforting and inviting.

My Reading Pace. I think for me it depends on how much I am icing the book or how determined I am to finish a book. If I have a whole day to read I can read a book that is about 300-400 pages in a day and also start another book. If I am as busy as I have been recently 400-500 pages takes sadly 2-3 days which I am trying to stop as I really miss not being able to complete a book in 2 days. Sad Face.

Reading In The Day. I read mostly in the day, the only day where I hardly get to read is a Sunday but sadly that can't be helped. Normally I start reading about 10 or later or sometimes when I wake up which is around 6:30-7:00. I will read on and off through they day and manage around 50 -100+ pages on a average sort of busy day.

Reading At Night. This is the least reading time I have as I tend to just sit and watch Booktubers and forget I intended to read or I will be reading and somehow a booktuber will somehow come on so then of course I watch them oblivious to my calling book. Sometimes I can get in a hour os so of reading sometimes more it does depend on what is happening in the book and my mood though.

 What Genres Do I Read. Starting to get into Graphic Novels but my favourites are: Fiction, Fantasy, YA, Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Romance and Sc-Fi. Some of these genres I have loved for quite some time and some are fairly new to me, it has been great exploring more genres and I love knowing that theres books in all different genres that are there for me to love.

Snacks and Beverages. I don't really drink anything when I am reading simply because I get too sucked into my book and forget that I am a human who need food, drink and to use a bathroom. If I do remember that me a human wants a drink I will normally make a Tea or Coffee and the same with snacks I forget I get hungry but if there is biscuits about I will take them...all. 

Books I Read Per Month. Really it depends on what is going on that month the most I have read is 15 last year in one month and this year the highest is 12 so far and the lowest is 8 books per month but I am aiming to get higher than 12 within this year. My goal for May has been 13 books and so far (20th of May) I have read 9 but one is a Graphic Novel but I'm counting it as personally it takes me loner than just reading because I have to take in a picture.

How Much My Reading Has Changed Over the Years. There has been a massive improvement these last 4 years into reading. I have found so many amazing books and also found some really bad ones, I have started this blog (woooo). I have found books that made me cry, laugh maniacally in public, made me feel uncomfortable or even made me want to chuck the book agains a wall. I feel I have found my place in the world and I know it belongs besides books, I know I want a career involving book and just books why not.

Habits Whilst Reading. Hmmm... I like watching Booktubers whilst I read or music. I love to be curled up and comfortable, no one can speak to me when I am reading I won't care nor listen to anyone unless they discuss food then yeah I might pulley myself out the book if it is worth it. I normally end up having page goals so like if I am on page 10 I won't get a drink or check media until I am on page 20 or something like that, I'm not sure why I do this but somehow made it a habit.

How I Deal With My TBR. I manage through until I buy more books I need and also don't need at the same time, what I tend to do is just stand and stare at all the covers until I look at one that pulls me to it... Sometimes I can stand there a while and just completely zone out which I honestly quite like. Currently I have over 70 books to read I am pretty sure, I also am fully swear the pile will grow more and the possibility of ever having a small amount of TBR is never happening.

Hope you liked it.

Anastasia x

BOOKS I NEED *Warning There is ALOT of books on this list*

Okay yeah I admit I have a problem and I'm really okay with that...I lied. I love books so much that i tend to but way too many with money I don't really have and then wait months to read them because there is already 70+ books on my wardrobe that are waiting for me to read them as well.

And then of course I see more all over the internet that look so pretty or have been recommend and then of course I need them in my life because I can't borrow book (will explain in the next blog).

So anyway there is so many books that I want to get in the future and some of them are books from a trilogy/series.

• Abhorsen/The Creatures in the Case & Goldenhand all by Garth Nix
• Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates
• The Reflections of Queen Snow White by David Meredith 
• The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
• Across the Universe & A Million Suns by Beth Revis
• The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
• Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chaada
• All The Feels by Danika Stone 
• Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephanie Meyer 
• Tape by Steve Camden 
• The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
• Spirit's Key by Edith Cohn
• Dumplin by Julie Murphy 
• The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
• The Black Guard by A.J Smith
• Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
• Falling into Place by Amy Zhang
• Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
• Girl In Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
• The Princess Saves Herself In This One by Amanda Lovelace
• Unrivaled by Alyson Noel
• Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins 
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
• Ruby Red by Kerstin Geir 
• A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 
• Passenger by Alexandra Bracken 
• After You by Jojo Moyes
• Everyone We've Been by Sarah Everett
• Firstlife by Gena Showalter
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Soundless by Richelle Mead
• Beautiful Chaos Kami Grace 
• Ready Player one Ernest Cline
• Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge 
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Sáenz Alire
• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
• Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater
• Falling Apart by Jacqueline Wilson 
• Just One Night by Gayle Forman 
• Ransom My Heart by Meg Cabot
• Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conard
• Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
• Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
• Soulless by Gail Carriger 
• To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han 
• The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
• I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Top 10 Titles

Sometimes you pick up a book in a bookshop you swore you wouldn't go into because you don't have any money and you know you can just go window shopping. So anyway you pick up the book and stare at the title, it captures your eyes and drowns them with the powerful words that shield the book from you.

The title is maybe just one word or maybe even made up with your favourite words, and within that second you know you need this book...

So yeah thats how much the title holds power over me, for me the cover has to have the whole package I have to love the cover and the title forget the synopsis I never really go by them. The title for me is important because I want to see within that sentence or even that word what the book has in store for me. It has to be half relevant to what the book is about otherwise it is unlikely it will grab my attention.


Here is my top Ten titles:

• Magonia by Maria Dahvanna Headley 

• Any Red Blooded Girl by Maggie Blood

• UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 

• Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

• The Rest Of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness 

• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 

• Butterfly Summer by Anne-Marie Conway

• Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige 

• Just One Day by Gayle Forman 

Demons Daughter by Amy Braun

WOW just wow. Amy Braun has knocked it out of the park with this killer book!.

I have read a few books based on the theme Amy has in Demons Daughter but I can say with the upmost confidence that none of them compare to this. The book is so well written full of facts and information yet not completely revealing anything too much which made me very eager to find out as much as I can as soon as I could.

Something that I really love about Demons Daughter is the strong sisterly bond between Constance and Dro, how determined Constance is to protect her little sister from things beyond her. The fierceness and sheer determination Amy writes about between the two really struck a chord with me, I felt like I was truly experiencing the bond they shared like it was that was Constance but also Dro too.

I feel the book was so well written, there wasn't too many plot twists at the beginning and it also felt like Amy was holding back, not quite revealing things making me feel two steps short and left in the dark when the mind blowing plot twists struck one after another. I loved that so much because I wasn't prepared for what was in store, I was speechless, sucker punched and wasn't honestly expecting what was happening to happen.


About Demons Daughter:

Constance and Andromeda (Dro) have been on run for so long. What have they been on the run from? They aren't that sure. They know have to run when all hell breaks loose at the families caravan at Owl Creek, hundreds of these creatures/demons killing every person in the caravan park including Constance and Dro's parents. Luckily Constance and Dro escape by the skin of their teeth and they know that there are demons out to get Dro because of how different she is from humans and of course her powerful abilities makes her powerful but they also don't know what Dro really is.

If running from strange demons isn't enough to handle Constance is wanted by a famous Mexican drug cartel called the Blood Thorns, notorious for killing people, torturing people and other horrific crimes. Constance was a Blood Thorn having to join them to keep Dro safe doing dirty deeds to keep the protection the Blood Thorns had offered but that protection broke when Constance ran from the cartel making them want Constance back. No one makes it alive when they run from Blood Thorns.

Constance was just a normal kid having lunch in a park with her parents just four years old when she comes across Dro a little baby abandoned in a forest since then onwards they have been as close as sisters and inseparable ever since. Constance slowly over the years found out just how special Dro is, capable of reading minds/emotions, healing people and when Dro has nightmares fire seeps from her every pore.

It is a race against time to run from the Blood Thorns, Demons but also to find out the truth about who Dre really is and find a way to stop the fire nightmares burning more places and people. That is until they find a Demonologist Manny and Max his son who has powers like Dro. Max can sense a persons power, future and can sense things about people. With their help they can ward of the demons  whilst uncovering what Dro really is.

How to find out more about Amy and her books:
Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8452020.Amy_Braun
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amybraunauthor

My Top 5 Book Genres

We all have that section in the Bookstores where you instantly go too, with the genre you love the most providing hundreds of books for you to explore. We all have the go to genre where you feel most comfortable and happy.The top 5 I have chose are the ones that have made me feel every emotion there is including tears. They have inspired me to read more and even explore newer more estranged genres I wouldn't of thought to have checked out before.

The first genre is of course Young Adult (YA). I love YA I am still in the age range of YA as it seems more and more variety of ages read YA which I love as I don't think there should be an age range for since we all love reading different genres.

The second is Contemporary. I love a good contemporary novel though sometimes I find the lines get blurred between YA and Contemporary which is okay I guess. I love the sometimes simplicity of a contemporary novel, they can be light and fluffy, sometimes thats just what the doctor orders.

The third genre is Sc-Fi, this has been a new genre I have been exploring after I had finished A Game Of Thrones series by George RR Martin. The series gave me reasons to try something new. There were some books that I really love from Sc-Fi now.

The fourth is Classics. A lot of reading inspiration came from classics. They appeal to my soul in ever way possible. I love the era classic are in and the period costumes and the fact there are proper courting rules and people didn't just use tinder or something to find someone.

The fifth and last genre is Historical Fiction. As I was saying with Classics I love the era they are placed in even though the eras are a wide range.

Anastasia x

If You Like This Book You Will Like This Book....

Here are some book recommendations for books you may have read that I think pair up nicely. Some of the books I have chose have a loosely paired theme or even some of these book have made me feel the same. Obviously this is just based around my opinion and wanting to give a diverse opinion.

If you liked Wonder by R.A Palacio you will like Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel

If you liked A Court Of Thorns And Roses you will like Beastly by Alex Flinn

If you liked Lets Get Lost by Sarah Manning you will like Candy by Kevin Brooks

If you liked Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce you will like Sweetly by Jackson Pearce

If you liked Angelfall by Susan Ee you will like Angel Fire by L.A Weatherly

If you liked Gallagher Girls Series by Ally Carter you will like The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

If you liked Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella you will like Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

If you liked Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins you will like Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

If you liked Anne Frank you will like The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

If you liked Simon vs The Homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertini you will like I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

If you liked Am I Normal Yet by Holly Bourne you will like All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

If you liked If I Stay by Gayle Forman you will like Landline by Rainbow Rowell

If you liked The Fault In Our Stars by John Green you will like Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

If you looked Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher you will like Hate List by Jennifer Brown

If you liked Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli you will like Girl in the Attic by Valerie Mendes

Hope some of you like the choices I have made.

Anastasia x

5 Things I don't like about Young Adult (YA) Books.

So I have been reading YA for a few years now and when you read YA I tend to find books that I won't go near. Or just by reading the synopsis know that it's a YA book I really don't want to read.

So here is the 5 things I don't like about YA books.

1. The YA books that have a love triangle in that doesn't actually need to be there. I'm just over the whole 'oh but I him but then again my heart belongs to the other guy'. I just can't stand the triangles.
2. Books set in high school. I get that high school is important but doesn't really mean I want to read about the traumatic times in high school and the american high schools are so cliché in books with the cheerleader bitches and softball assholes.... I'll pass thanks.
3. Books that have a love story in them that take over the book until there is nothing but a love story. In my opinion a book can be great without actually having to have a love story jammed in there for no good reason, I have read some great stories that have had love stories in them but it hash't token over the book it's just been nestled in there to make you feel the feels.
4. Books about a summer fling. To me thats not a reality nor something I want to read about. The whole whirlwind summer romance thing is just too much for me.
5. Books where the main character has the perfect unrealistic ending. I don't mind when the book has a good ending or even a cliffhanger, but I can't stand when there is a big unrealistic ending that didn't really need to be there. 

FINALLY IT HAS ARRIVED IT IS HERE

Why Do I Read?

I started reading at 8, I took myself out of school officially and legally and started teaching myself. I was the most happiest when teaching myself random things that caught my interest. When I came out of school I still could not read nor write because of bad teachers and Learning Difficulties.

It took my a painful amount of time to begging reading, it started of small sentence broken up to small pieces and then more sentences wether it was on the internet or in educational books. The first book I actually read after teaching myself to read was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. It took a while to get into with the old fashioned and complicated words but then all of a sudden I was captivated.

The biggest influence I had to read was the film adaptation Matilda, I loved how she could escape into a whole new world and how she became so smart at such a young age through the help of reading. I loved the library scene where she is still a toddler and walks herself to the library just to get a new book out.

After a time I began to fully get into reading, I would go to Car Boot sales and pick up a armful of books for a few pounds. I would go into Charity Shops and find books to read in there. One of the biggest book influences that kept me reading is Jacqueline Wilson and Cathy Cassidy. These two authors paved the way into the wonder book world.

Also a big part of me picking up and reading books was because of pretty covers, I am still happily the exact same when it comes to books.

I also needed an escape from real life, the books helped me live another life I wouldn't get to, I get to travel and live between the pages of books.

Anastasia x

The Opposite Book Tag

First book bought and the last?
I don't remember the first book I bought but I know my first book to read was Jayne Eyre Charlotte Brontë and the last was Throne of Glass by Sarah J Mass and Half Lost by Sally Green.

The cheapest book bought and the most exspensive?
I think most likely 99p or under and £7.99 or over.

A book based on a male protagonist/Female protagonist.

Wonder by R.J Palacio has a male Protagonist and Little Women by Lousia May Alcott has a female protagonist.

A book you read fast/Slow?

The first few Game Of Thrones by George R.R Martin went rather slowly for me and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell went fast for me.

Pretty cover/Ugly cover?

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton is incredibly pretty and Sweet 16 by Kate Brian was pretty ugly.

A national book/International?

Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel for National and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen for International.

Thin paged book, thick paged book?

Uncle Montague Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley for Thin and A Game of Thrones by George R.R Martin for Thick.

Fiction/Non fiction?

For Fiction I am choosing Beastly by Alex Flinn and for Non fiction American Sniper by Chris Kyle.

Romantic/Action?

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer for Romance and Sabriel by Garth Nix for Action.

Which one made you Happy/Sad?

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella for Happy and For sad The Fault in our Stars by John Green.

End Of Days by Susan Ee

To find the first book:http://anastasiarobsonwolfe.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/angelfall-by-susan-ee.html
To find the second book:http://anastasiarobsonwolfe.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/world-after-by-susan-ee.html

This is the third and last book in Penryn and the End of Days.

So there was a lot to be patched up in the third book we have locusts, angels vs humans, raffe and his wings I mean there is a lot plus a lot of expectations on how the trilogy will end from my point.The last book was great it was a good ending that I was pleased with but it was the grand finale I was truly hoping for.

I loved the humour throughout the book especially considering whats happening it's quite refreshing. The comebacks and humour between Raffe and Penryn was so hilarious and greta too I really loved it, it gave the book a more personal twist.

The fight between Angels and Humans continues on by now they have created a new aerie at Alcatraz a prison before the apocalypse, where they grow and strengthen the locust using humans to feed their hunger. The humans are fighting back The Resistance gets stronger and stronger devising attacks and gaining more people along the way.

Penryn has found her family trying to keep them together no matter what, The Resistance are not keen on the escapees from the aerie knowing they are not exactly human coming alive when they were sure they were dead. Penryn has a bounty out for her after she kills an Angel in an attack being named 'The Angel Slayer' claiming anyone who brings her to the angels gets immunity and safety from the Angels.

Raffe still hasn't gotten his wings after going into surgery and being tricked into leaving his old feathered wings in exchange for bat wings, a sign of hell meaning he could never return with the other Angels because of them.

The trials for the Messenger from god is getting closer with Angels getting wary and Uriel scheming and creating human beasts trying to make a plague to set onto the humans to try and finish them off once and for all.

Anastasia x

Books I Couldn't Read Again

These are for the books that I didn't like, dragged on or were just too much, didn't have a good story in the first place, the abuse of swear words, didn't end how I wanted it to, the first one wasn't good in the series or maybe the second one didn't live up to the first books standard. There are a few I wouldn't read again on this list but there are a few of the books on here that I might possibly read again just to see if I still don't like them.

• Duff by Kody Keplinger
• Me Earl And The Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews 
• Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
• Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• The World Of Odysseus by Moses Finley
• My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece by Annabel Pitcher
• Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater 
• The Host by Stephanie Meyer
• Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
• The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig
• Red Glove by Holly Black
• My So Called Life by Joanna Nadin
• It's About Love by Steven Camden 
• Saving Private Ryan by Allan Max Collins 
• Mercy by Rebecca Lim 

10 Best Book Covers

I love book covers. Wether they are actually relevant to the book or not I'm a sucker for a good cover, it makes me want to buy a book forget the synopsis I would rather just see a good book cover.

I've seen some great book covers and also so pretty bad covers but here is the greets book covers I own.

• Beautiful Dead by Eden Maguire

• Switched by Amanda Hocking

• Emerald by Karen Wallace 

• Fangir by Rainbow Rowell 

• Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

• The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig 

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

• Angelfall Series by Susan Ee

• Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 

World After by Susan Ee

This is the second book in the Penryn & The End of Days Trilogy. To check out my review of Anglefall the first book in the trilogy click the link http://anastasiarobsonwolfe.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/angelfall-by-susan-ee.html.

After the world is ruined by the freak storm controlling the land and the Angels taking kids to be experimented and turned into fighting flying scorpions or 'Locusts' as they are calling them, nothing will be the same again.Penryn was stung viciously by one of the Locusts and her family, the resistance and Raffe all think she is dead from the attack from the locusts. Little do they know that the locusts sting only paralyses people not actually killing them.

This all started when Penryn and Raffe find the aerie, both for their own reasons. Penryn is desperate to find her little sister and save her from the angels and Raffe needs to get his wings transferred back onto him before the wings die. They get to the aerie, it's packed with human waiters and angels drinking, dancing generally acting like they aren't in a war with humans nor taking the children.

They find Josiah the only Angel that might be willing to help Raffe get his wings on his back again. He goes off with Josiah leaving Penryn to go find her little sister Paige, she enlists the help of one of the resistance people who knows where Paige might be.

Everything spirals out of control when Penry goes to where Paige might be, the place is full of tubes, in the tubes there is people some of which had just been at the aerie, they have the scorpion locusts in the tubes draining the human lives, Penryn delves deeper into the place and finds children stacked upon children all stitched up around their bodies looking half dead.

The book wasn't as good as the first one but not the worst continuation of a trilogy I have read, I liked the way the book continued straight from where the last one finished. The book is a great peace and had a lot of problems come up in the book to keep you focused on what was going on.

I liked how Penryn progressed in the World After book because she became more herself and her character blossomed in the second book more than the first.

Anastasia x

Books I Wouldn't Mind Living In

One of these books I have not read but is so popular and the films make me want to live in there is Harry Potter. The rest I have actually read but the reasons I would like to live in them differ. Some are for the jobs, animals, the places, forests, the character themselves and many other reasons.

• Hogwarts in Harry Potter by J.K Rowling 
• Switched by Amanda Hocking 
• Jayne Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Little Women by Lousia May Alcott
• Crow Mountain by Lucy Inglis 
• Gallagher Girls Series by Ally Carter 
• Pretty much any Cathy Cassidy book
• Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
• Shiver/Linger/Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
• Paper Towns by John Green 
• Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot 
• Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• The Host by Stephanie Meyer
• Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
• Victoria and the Rouge/ Nicola and the Viscount by Meg Cabot
• My Sister The Vampire Series by Sienna Mercer
• Midnight by Jacqueline Wilson 
• Angelfall Series by Susan Ee
• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 
• Matched Series by Ally Condie 
• The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn - Barnes
• Hidi  by Johanna Spyri 

20 Books That Made Me Question Life

We all have the books that made you question life, wether they made you question the way you think, act, love or even just make you think above and beyond anything you ever thought of.

For me personally the books are like gold, they make me who I am, they help make me a better person, the books make a change that I don't thin I could make without books. They help teach and educate me. These books are from an eclectic mix of genres, some are a few years old in publication and some are fairly new.

Some of the reasons I picked these books are because they made me appreciate the time we have with others, the need to tell people you love them, getting over bullying, struggling with mental health and a bunch of over wide ranging reasons.

So here is my top 20:

• Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
• Am I Normal Yet by Holly Bourne 
• Beautiful Dead by Eden Maguire 
• American Sniper by Chris Kyle 
• Matched by Ally Condie 
• Paper Towns by John Green
• Stolen by Lucy Christopher 
• Gallagher Girls Girls by Ally Carter 
• Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
• Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
• A Game Of Thrones by George R.R Martin
• A Work In Progress by Conor Franta
• Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon 
• Beastly by Alex Flinn
• If I Stay by Gayle Forman 
• Just One Day by Gayle Forman 
• My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson

Storm Born by Amy Braun

It's amazing to be reviewing Amy's books for her, Amy is an extremely talented writer bringing the unthinkable to life.

I really enjoyed reading Storm Born it was witty even when the situation deemed unhumorous, incredibly visual throughout the entirety of the book and was just all round perfection.

I think it was great that Amy had the storm in the book personally because that sort of devastation is real in real life and from my point of view I only see these sort of storms on the news. This book has helped me understand the devastation that happens when these sort of storms happen.


The book is based on a lady called Ava who lives in Florida, Ava and her family are normal but the world is anything but. The Centennial has arrived, storms across the world appear Dust storms, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards rack the entire world reaching havoc and destruction by aliens called the Stormkind. Nowhere is safe.

Ava and her family are hit by a massive ocean flood through Florida making it life threatening for those who didn't win the special safe guard lottery or those who are not rich to find a proper place to hide and be safe. Ava and her dad need to get the family into the basement but because of her dads back they cannot shut the iron heavy door.

They have to make a decision, who goes down to the basement with Ava's mum and little brother, or who tries to shut the door and stop the flood coming into their home. Ave makes the decision to try and shut the door making her dad go safely to the basement but she can't shut the iron door and the flood keeps pooling in the house. Ava decides to leave the house and go to one of the Storm Protection Union stations to try and get help.

Things go drastically wrong when Ava tries to swim in the flood where she finds a Stormkind wreaking havoc from across the street, he controls the storm making the flood and lightning more intense when he wants the storm to. The stormkind finds Ava's neighbour, using his powers the stormkind brings her neighbour to him and sucks his life away.

Ava can't believe what she has just witnessed it was said that these creatures were not real even when there was photos no one believe they were real. Until now. The stormkind notices Ava and wants her, he manipulates the flood so that Ava gets closer and closer to hime, there is no doubt that he wants to kill her.

Out of sheer luck someone saves her from the Stormkind or that is what she thinks until the mystery saviour puts a dagger through her chest. Ava wakes up in agony and a foggy memory not knowing that she had been unconscious and missing for a week.

Things get stranger and stranger for Ava, people want to kidnap and kill her, a mysterious guy hands her a dagger to protect herself.

 Want to find out more about Amy and her books?
https://twitter.com/amybraunauthor
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8452020.Amy_Braun
http://literarybraun.blogspot.co.uk

What I'm Reading This May

So I plan to stick to these 13  books this may, I've had some of these books a few months so I'm trying to get them out the way since I now have so many books to read. I will hopefully be sticking to this list but it depends on what books I fancy reading at that moment in time.

So here they are:
Magonia by Mariah Dahvana Headley
Noughts and crosses by Malorie Blackmore
Knife Edge by Malorie Blackmore
Aerial by Garth Nix
The Art Of Being Normal by Lias Williamson
The Panopticon by Jenni Fagon
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
See How They Run by Ally Carter
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Book Of Lies by Siobhan Vivian
The Secrets Of Dearcliff Grange School by Kim Newman
The List by Siobhan Vivian

Top 11 Books

This was meant to be a 10 books blog but...... Theres to many books I just decided to put my preferred 11 Books I am not saying these are the books you have to love and agree with but consider if they intrest you

No particular order.

• Am I Normal Yet by Holly Bourne. I loved reading this book because of the trueness and realness the charecter conveys when Evie the man character speaks or just inner dialog in Evie's brain. Evie has a severe case of OCD and the book shows how bad OCD can over take someones life. 

• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. The reason this book is on my top 11 is becuse of the greatness of the story, the magic between Stargirl and Leo. Stargirl is the type for personwho doesn't want to be labelled or a version of everyone else. She has a crappy time through school as she is so different and other kids just don't except that making her life hell. 

• My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson. Sisters Jodie and Pearl have to leave thier comfortable lives and uproot too a boarding school in the middle of nowhere with thiere parents. Pearl is the timid shy girl and Jodie is the bull in the china shop, boisterous,  loud proud girl. Jodie soon loses the plot when she never seems to get on with the people around her. This is my go to book when I need to read something over and over again. 

• The Fault In Our Stars by John Green.  So I'm sure most of you will understand whythis is on the list. I cried for so long watching the film and also reading the book. A teenage love story made so sad and magical all wrapped in one. It makes you feel honored to watch and read these precious, enchanting moments between two people. 

• Gingersnaps by Cathy Cassidy.  I loved the magicness that is entwined in each CC book.The book is about a young girl called Ginger who reforms from her old bullied self to a new and improved bully proof, stylish girl. Her tough demeanor falls apart when Ginger meets Sam a trilby wearing sax playing mystery. 

• Beastly by Alex Finn. Adaptation of beauty and the beast. Kyle thinks he is invincible,  he walks around his school like he owns it and thinks the pupil owe him something because of his local celebrity. His attitude towards people and life is terrible but the worst is yet to come when he publicly shames Kendra an outcast at school. She turns him ugly and his only chance for freedom is if a girl falls in love with him exactly the way he is. 

• Wonder by R. J. Palacio. August has had a sort of deformed face since he was born unfortunately making him estranged with kids his age. His parents have kept him away from school but decide to let him go to a private school. This will change his view on life and people forever,  having to accept the fact that he isn't like other kids and learning that kids can be cruel. 

• American Sniper by Chris Kyle.  This was an incredible and insightful read about life being in the SEAL's and having to cope with starting a family and being involved with tours to Iraq and other places fighting to survive. Kyle became one of the best Sniper Shots in American history. His pride and protection of America is simply incredible. 

• Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon. Maddie is allergic to everything its as simple and as complicated as that,  she can't go out for fear that she will be severely ill or even die. Maddie has excepted this fact and feels that with her mum and her nanny Carla she couldn't want anything more than a cure. Untill the next door neighbors move in with a complicated life and Olly who makes her question her life,  bringing more meaning and care than she tjought she could get. 

• Jayne Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. This book was the first book I learnt to read when I was eight so of course this book means a lot to me. Jane is such a strong spirited charecter, stubborn Jane's will shall not be bent. Jane being an orphan has to libe with her aunt who has horrible children that think Jane is wicked because of her temper and startlingly red hair. 

• A Game of Thrones by George R. R Martin. I love how dark and twisted GOT is. The throne is the goal and everyone thinks they should sit on the Iorn Throne. The houses fall apart at the  chance of claiming the iorn throne and heads will roll, wars will begin and two faced people will be out to stab you in the back.... Literally. 

Me Before You by JoJo Moyes *Spoilers*

Well I hate to say it but for me there was some flaws to this book, not that I didn't enjoy reading the book it's a few nagging points that didn't leave after finishing the book.

The first thing is that I felt the book was a little clichéd with the whole, disabled person being incredibly rude then falls deeply in love with the person they were rude too and of course they both hide their feeling until it is pretty much too late.

Another personal opinion is that I found it very harsh that even though the other characters declare their love for the other person then they go and kill themselves anyway. I know it is probably a good plot twist andy everything but still...

So anyway The book is about a lady called Lou Clark, Lou struggles after the cafe she worked at for years closes, rendering her jobless and needing to provide for her parents.

Will Traynor had everything he could ever want, girls, an amazing hot shot career and lots of money. But all that will knows changes when he was in a motorcycle accident making him Quadriplegic, Will cannot move anything from his chest down and has to have a motorised chair.

They meet when Lou's last option at the job centre is to be a carer to Will Traynor. When Lou starts her first day with Will he is horrid to her, he makes her feel dumb and stupid when she is unsure of what to say to him and unsure of how to approach him.

After a while of Lou working with Will he becomes a little less arrogant and manages to string sentences together without intimidating Lou so much, as they begin to like each other more Lou finds out that the real reason she is looking after Will is because he tried to end his life a few month prior to Lou's employment.

She also finds out that Will wants to go to Switzerland to end his life as he despise what he has become and can't stand not having the life he wants. Lou wants him to see that there is life after what has happened to Will trys to take him on fun adventures to try and change his mind.

I did enjoy the book the writing was great and most of the expected emotions were met. I did like the story overall it was a pleasure to read all in all.

Angelfall by Susan EE

The world changed within a few days, freak storms and tsunamis hit the world. And with the storms....The Angels. Now you would think that Angels were good right?
Well you are wrong especially since to the Angels humans are nothing but servants or experiments when they take the children to be scorpion 'Locust's'.

Penryn is the rock in her family of three, her mum who is mentally ill and is a danger to the three of them, Paige her 7 year old sister who is disabled and needs Penryn to survive and Penryn takes care after the three of them after had dad left and the apocalypse started, when they needed food to survive and someone to stop the gangs hurting them. To guard them from the Angels.

A group of Angels fall to Earth in a big fight against one specific Angel, Raffel, Penryn helps Raffe to survive but whilst helping him another Angel takes Paige and flys away.

An amazing book full of suspense, mystery and trouble.

This was my first Apocalypse themed book and it was amazing to have such a detailed visual image throughout the whole book. Nothing was hard to image and that made the book that much more amazing. Completely enjoyed every minute of this book couldn't of asked for more.

As soon as I finished Angelfall I continued straight on to World After as I couldn't resist delving into more of Penryn's life.

Anastasia x

15 Books That I Just Couldn't Live Without

Without these books I really wouldn't be who I am today, they have helped shape and define me in so many ways, they have been a late night companion, these books have made me happy and sad.

• Gingersnaps by Cathy Cassidy.
• The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. 
• Beautiful Dead Series by Eeden Maguire.
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli.
• A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. 
• Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.
• A Work In Progress by Connor Franta. 
• Hush Hush Series by Becca Fitzpatrick. 
• Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon. 
• Driftwood by Cathy Cassidy.
• My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson. 
• Devil Wears Prada by Laura Weisberger
• Beastly by Alex Flinn
• Am I Normal Yet by Holly Bourne 
• I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

My Stupid Amount of TBR

I have so many books on my To Be Read list (TBR). I just keep buying more and more books currently I have about 70 books that need reading which is a lot and unfortunately I know I will probably buy more books before I finish reading the already huge pile of books.

Here is some of my TBR.

• A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms by George R.R Martin
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
• Angel Fever by L.A WeatherlY
• Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
• The Sleeping Prince by Terence Rattigan
• Goddess and Dreamless by Josephine Angelini
• Unforgiven by Lauren Kate 
• Dead Simple by Peter James 
• Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
• World After and End Days by Susan EE
• Good Wive by Louisa May Alcott
• Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 
• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Versions Of Us by Laura Barnett
• Martian by Andy Weir 
• Reached by Ally Condie 
• Aerial by Garth Nix 
• Reven Of Seven, The Fall Of Five and The Rise Of Nine by Pittacus Lore
• Kissed By An Angel by Mary Clarie Helldorfer 
• What She Left by T.R Richmond
• Breathe by Sarah Crossan 
• The Art Of Being Normal by Lisa Willamson
• Those Above by Daniel Polansky
• The Book Of Speculation by Erika Swyler 
• Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín  
• The C-Word by Lisa Lynch
• Pride and Prejudice And Zombies by Jane Austen And Seth Grahame- Smith

20 Books That Made Me Question Life

There are some books that make you question everything after you have finished reading it. They can make you question life, love, problems, family relationships,people in general these amazing books can make an impact on us and make better changes for ourselves or just make us stop and contemplate something.

And I love finding books that make me feel like that, I love when I question my own surroundings or my lot in life, my relationship, my life in general, my problems with bullies. Just everything that surrounds me. Without questing these things I can't adjust my life and I feel personally that is so important.

So here is my top 20.

1. Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel.
2. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
3. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
4. Am I Normal Yet by Holly Bourne
5. Beautiful Dead Series by Eden Maguire 
6. American Snipe by Chris Kyle
7. Matched by Ally Condie 
8. Paper Towns by John Green
9. Stolen by Lucy Christopher 
10. Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter 
11. Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
12. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
13. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard 
14. Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
15. A Work In Progress by Connor Franta 
16. Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
17. Bestly by Alex Flinn
18. If I stay by Gayle Forman
19. Just One Day by Gayle Forman
20. My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson

Books That Were Just 'Meh'

I'm sure we've all encounted the 'Meh' books. The book you read that you enjoyed but just not enough to use words like Loved or Liked, the books that just didn't fill it's full book potential. Books that just didn't float your boat.

Please do remeber that this is just personal opinion and just my experience with these books.

So these are my 'Meh'  Books.

• Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes. I really enjoyed the book but it didn't make me cry or really hung over the plot. I also feel it was a tiny clichéd. 

• Landline by Rainbow Rowell. I felt quite detached from most of the plot from start to near on finish. I didn't understand nor find the book plausible, though there was some great progressing moments within the book. 

• Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig. I didn't enjoy the book the entire way through I found it complicated and just couldn't get into it for most of the book. But saying that I really loved the outline of the plot and even a year after reading it I still love to think about it. 

• Divergent by Veronica Roth. I liked the book but I really fell in love with the second and third book. There was great moments in the first book but it just wasn't sold on me like the other two books were. 

• The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The book was so hard for me to fall into and try to delve into. The plot is amazing, creative and hauntingly beautiful but honestly I feel the writing at times let it down. I mean there were just pages of inconsistent rambling that weren't even important nor a developing issue. 

• Looking For Alaska by John Green. I feel I should od been hit harder by the book, like a full body blow sucker punch to the stomach. But I felt sort of emotionally detached from the book as much as I enjoyed the story.

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I should of felt more grief and sadness in this book. I saw people talk about the book and love it which made me think that I like it but not enough to love it nor cherish it.

•  Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The book was okay but not much else. So confusing and for me hard to actually get a vivid image of because of the outlandish things going on.

• How Hard Can Love Be by Holly Bourne. The book was hard to fall into and took a while for me to warm up to. Also for me the main bad person in this book was just too horrible that it emotionally annoyed plus upset me. 

• Dark Angel Trilogy by Eden Maguire. I think I expected far too much from the trilogy and my expectations just wasn't quite met. I enjoyed reading the trilogy but after a while the plot and the problems that arrive are just repetitive.

• Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The love triangle that is started is just too annoying and frustrating for me and especially Katniss with her personality it just clashed too much with me to be enjoyable for me. 

• Paper Towns by John n Green. I have to admit that I prefered the film. The book charecters judt didn't mix well for me in the book but when it came out on screen it made much more sense.The eding was a bit disappointing especially after such a big build up in problems. 

• Scorpio Race by Maggie Stiefvater. The book had a lot of potential and most of mmy hope were met by the book but I feel most of it was so easily predicted like there was really no secrets to the book. 

• My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher. I wanted to read the book for at least 3 years and I guess after so long you have such high expectations and hopes of how the book will be. The word 'cos' was used way too much within the book that it made me way to angry whenever I saw the word. 

• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I feel I should of enjoyed the book way more than I actualy did. The Fanfiction Carry On is amazing and continues on with the fanfiction written in Fangirl. Fangirl was great but it just seemed a little lifeless to me. 

Anastasis x

10 Reason Why I Am Probably A Bookaholic

A Bookaholic is like a Shopaholic but over books. The need to buy excessive amount of books at one time. There only needs to be one tiny reason to buy massive quantities of books.

• Some people say I have 'Too Many' books already I don't need to buy more.To that I scoff and say they are wrong.

• Because Books. 

• This book looks really pretty and unique therfore I need this. 

• Oh thats a lovely title so catch. I need it. 

• That books only a few bounds and it would of been £7.99. Need it. 

• By One Get One Half Price. Need it. 

• Oh I've read a book by this author before. Yup I automatically need it.

• This book has money of. Of course I need it. 

• The colour looks so good I love it. Need that right now. 

Top 10 Series/Trilogy

Personal top 10 not all will agree but that's cool. Some of the reasons these books are on here is because I wanted to be one of the characters, or even because simply there's not a big bunch of trilogys/series. Some of these I read over 4 years ago, some one or two are more recent.

• Beautiful Dead by Eden Maguire. I loved reading these books, I loved the way the books made me so sad,  happy,  in love and most importantly lucky.

• The Immortal Series by Alyson Noël. Reading this series was like entering the world of YA like a right of passage for me. 

• Fallen Series by Lauren Series. This was another YA right of passage for me and probably one of my most in depth love triangles and yes before Twilight. 

• Morganville Vapires by Rachel Caine. I started reading these books because the firstbook was free included in a magazine, once Ihad readthe first one I fell in love with them and couldnot stop reading them. 

• Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. With this seriesI canhonestly say I fell in love with Fallen Angels like I fell hard. These books made me realize how amazing stories can be and also I loved the fact I could fully lose myself within a book.  

• Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore (Ghost Writters). This is my first series of Science Fiction books, at first I was rather skeptical since I wasn't a fan of Science Fiction, I'm really enjoying reading these books. They are a so incredibly amazing. 

• Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter. I wanted to be a Spy so freaking bad after reading these bad ass, exciting,  reading on the edge of your chair type of book series. And they convinced me that I wanted to be a spy. 

• Divergent Series by Veronica Roth. The books was better honestly, hated the first film Divergent and ranted about its inaccuracyand just all round wrongness for over half an hour.

• A Game Of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. One point to point out is that there is so much more sex scense on the tv show and the books are so much more balanced, apart from the deaths. Such incredibly inventive books,  hauntingly beautiful in a death, war, brutality kind of way. 

• Shiver Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater. I really loved reading this series and wanted to be a wolf in a pack more than once when reading these. I loved the entire story beging to finish including the dreaded Book Hangorver.  

Book Nerd Problems

I have collected certain book problems that piss me off, that happen often to me and I'm sure are relatable for others.

1. When the words stop. 
2. When people talk to you whilst you are reading. 
3. Not enought money for books. 
4. Book Hangover. 
5. Accidentally starting a series on the second book. 
6. When you finish a series/trilogy. 
7. Waiting for a new book to come out or a book in a series/trilogy. 
8. Bad eyes because of reading. 
9. Not enough room for books. 
10. Reading Slumps
11. Buying the second book instead of the first. 
12. Books that take an unplanned bath. 
13. Not enough books. 
14. Too many books. 
15. Books you read and don't like. 
16. Too many book suggestion. 
17. Not enough people to talk to about books. 
18. Not enough books in a series. 
19. Ruining a book by: spillages, food, tares, dog earing, baths, small humans, animals or worn/overused. 
20. When they cahnge the covers mid series/trilogy

New Review: Faceless by Alyssa .B. Sheinmel

Maisie's life was pretty good, Maisie had a boyfriend, prom to go to and was the running track star. But Maisie's life dramatically changes when Maisie is caught running in a thunder storm and is trapped in an electrical fire that takes away most of her face but also scarring half her body.

Maises spends months upon months in a special burns unitit having to come to terms with the fact that she won't ever look like Maisie. Maise has to have a face transplant to have some resemblance of a face since losing so much in the fire.

Her parents decide to throw Maise back into school dispite her not fully acepting the massive changes she has undergone, when she gets back to school everything changes,  her friends, her boyfriend, the stares, oversympathetic teachers it's all really to much for Maisie to come to terms with.

Eventualy Maise starts dealing with her life altering situatuion and goes to a support group to help her find a bright side,  where they understand her but not pity her.

This book made you see the cruel yet reality if things like having a new face, a deformity and I know it's upsetting but it also is great to understand half of what it is like,the heartbreak, losing friends, the oversympathetic people without books like this we simply wouldn't understand without actually going through it.

Anastasia x

New Review: Rebel of The Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

This wasn't a book I would normally go out of my way to pick and read,  I haven't really had much experience with desert type of books actually this is probably my first desert book. Luckily it was a fast paced book but was hard at fist to find my bearings.

I think the only critiques I personally have about the books is the amount of names within the book and also the difficulty of pronouncing a lot of the names which made me lose track through the plot.

The other critique I have about the book is the quantity of Town/Country names, again I found them hard to pronounce and also hard to remember making it difficult to keep on track with the book.

I loved the complexity and depth of the characters it really helped enrich the story, The vision that developed was stunning and just got better and better the more the book progressed I could picture everything that was happening and that to me makes the book just that much better.

Rebel of The Sands is about seventeen year old Amani who is sadly an orphan after her mother was hanged when Amani was a little girl. Amani desperately seekes to escape the small town she is trapped in to find her long lost aunt in Izman.

Amani is fearless, determind and nonchalant all the way through her exciting, challenging adventure as she manages to escape and runaway with the foreigner Jin who was nearly caught as a traitor where she lived.

Amani and Jin escape on a whirlwind adventure running from the Gallan soldiers out to capture the traitor and falling into the hands of the legend and myth that is the runaway Prince's rebellion.

Amazing book to read.
Anastasia

My Top 10 Authors

We all have these authors that you just love. Thier books to you are just incredible and you just can't stop buying there books.

So these are my top ten authors, obviously this is just my favorites, you may not like some of my chosen ones and of course that's okay to disagree.

Gayle Forman. Writer Of: If I Stay,  Where She Went amd Just One Year.
I love how Gayle Forman writes it's magical and spectacular, especialy the amazing If I Stay and also the film adaptation.

John Green. Writer Of: Looking For Alaska, The Fault In Our Stars and Paper Towns. I watched both Paper Towns and The Fault In Our Stars adaptations and they are just so insperational, exciting and makes you fall in love again and again. John Green makes some incredible quotes that really inspire me.

Holly Bourne. Writer Of: Am I Normal Yet and How Hard Can Love Get. I especially loved Am I Normal Yet because of the awareness of OCD, Holly Bourne has created gripping reads thstmake you want to fight alongside the charecters and pull through the bad moments.

Eden Maguire. Writer Of: Beautiful Dead (Jonas, Arizona, Summer,and Pheonix). I have been following the Beautiful Dead series for so long I couldn't imagine not reading this series, there was something about the way Eden Maguire writes that makes me fall in love with her books.

Allyson Noël. Writer Of: The Imortals Series (Evermore, Blue Moon, Shadowland, Dark Flame, Night Star and Everlasting). I think this was most likely one of my first YA series to read and my love for this series is... Everlasting.

George R. R.Martin. Writer Of: Game Of Thrones Series. That evilness though. Don't thinkI really need to explain his place on this list.

Lauren Kate. Writer Of: Fallen Series (Fallen, Torment, Passion, Fallen In Love, Rapture, Unforgiven and  The Betrayle of Natalie Hargrove. Also One of the first YA series to read and I just love the plot lines Lauren Kate dishes out I seriously can never get enough.

Patrick Ness. Writer Of: The Rest of Us Just Live Here and More Than This. Patrick Ness is one of the strongest writers for me, his writing captures me and intrances me.

Chris Kyle. Writer Of: American Sniper.The amazing thingabout him was he wasn`t a writer and yet he wrote one of the most touching book I have ever had the pleasure of reading.

Jacqueline Wilson. Writer Of: Hetty Feather, My Sister Jodie, Candyfloss and The illustrated Mum. Without Jacquline Wilson I am sure I wouldn't be half as in love with books as I am since reading Jacqueline Wilson books.

How to Get Over/ Keep Away the Book Slumps

The Book Slumps can be nightmarish,  they can arise from reading to much or simply not reading enough, trying to read a book you can't get into or just a book you don't want to read but have to. 

Book Slumps can last any period of time including months of not wanting to read and being uninterested in books. And lets be honest we don't like or want the Book Slumps. 


So this is my advice for overcoming or avoiding this agonizing time:

Stop Reading!. If you feel the slumps approaching or are in the slumps stop reading immediately,  the more you push yourself to read the worse the damage can be. 

Just Look at Books. Just looking at books can help,  looking at the covers of books can be relaxing and calming for me and will make me want to pick up a book or feel inspired. 

Snacks!. Snacks can make all the difference!. 

Go to Your `Go to book'.  Re- reading one of your beloved all time favorite books can help jump start you back into reading... Yay!.

Online Window Bookshop. This can ignite the book flame and make you fall in love with reading again. 

Bookshop. Wether it is window shopping or actually bookshopping you will feel so much better by going to a bookshop. 

Watch Booktubers. My two favorite booktubers are abookutopia and Epic Reads, they make me fall in love more and more just by uploading book related videos.

Read Book Articles/Reviews.  This can help you find a new book to read or help keep your interest in reading.

Set Up Book Goals. This can help in both scenarios wether it is just 50 pages a day or a book every three days this can help slowly return you to full reading potential.

I hope my advice helps to ward off f the evil Book Slumps.
Anastasia x

Guide to Dealing With a Book Hangover

Now if you are a frequent and avid book experiencer then it is likely you have experienced the heart clenching pain that is a Book Hangover.

If you haven't experienced a Book Hangover then let me explain it as best as I can. A Book Hangover is like being told christmas has been canceled and in fact no there will zero presents, like being told a spoiler or the ending of a book you have just started reading and it's like when you  really want some chocolate and finding out there is none in the house.

You finish a book and you are just mind blown, you can't get over the events in the book or the ending of the book.You become a robot immune to everything but that book, you can't start a new book because you just aren't ready to get over that Hangover book nor can your mind overcome this obstacle that is called a Book Hangover.

So how do we get past such an emotional saddening time?

Step 1. I sugest a good cry. It doesn't matter how long you cry just let it out.

Step 2. Drink lots of Tea/Coffee. Gallons of the stuff preferably.

Step 3. Snacks. Either healthy or unhealthy, as much snacking as you can really the better.

Step 4. Forums. A good rant on some type of media or forum could be an efficient cure for the Hangover or you can find people who understand this difficult time.

Step 5. Scream into any available pillow. I'm sure the pillow won't mind too much.

Step 6. Cuddle any available animal or human. Make sure the said animal or human doesn't bite you.

Step 7. Cry some more whilst clutching the book that caused the dreaded Hangover. Let the book feel your pain

Step 8. Face plant the floor a few times. Or sofa, bed or even door.

Step 9. Do steps 1 to 7 wrapped up like a burrito. Got to keeo warm and cuddled up from all the hurt.

Step 10. Start a fresh new book and prepare for yet another Book Hangover.  Because that my friends is the Book Hangover.

Anastasia x

Denai Bound by Tiffany Shand

To check out the first book Denai Touch go to:http://anastasiarobsonwolfe.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/denai-touched-by-tiffany-shand.html.

I am personally so happy for the fact that the main character Cate is so strong mentally but also physically, to me this is such an important aspect. Cate has an unwavering strongness which makes me love Cate just that much more. 

The history of Denai is remarkably well put together enriching the story but also empowering the sense of reality in Denai Bound. The second book has a smooth transition from the first book not straying or confusing me even with the time gap of reading both books which made the reading process even more enjoyable. 

In Denai Bound I am indulged by all the questions Denai Touch left me clutching waiting for answers that I had been left wanting to know.

For Cate this is one of the most hardest times, having to come to terms with the situation at hand Cate has to become the Grand Mistress. Luckily Cate's mum steps in as a temporary Grand Mistress to relieve the stress.

As well as taking on such a massive amount of responsibility Cate has to deal with the emotional roller-coaster that is marriage which is a difficult aspect for Cate as in the past she has hated the idea of a relationship let alone marriage.

Strange events unfold as more and more of the coverns council dissapear one after another making the covern not trust Cate and feel she is to young and unreliable for such a thing as Grand Mistress. Can Cate and the team solve this mystery before it's to late?.

I loved reading Denai Bound Just as much as I loved Denai Touch, I really appreciated the fact that Denai Bound was just as exciting and thrilling as Denai Touch and is a brilliant second book to lead on with.

To find out more about Tiffany Shand or check out Tiffany's books go to:

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