Saturday 19 March 2016

Top 10 Book Quotes I Love

So I'm sure I am not the only one who loves a good quote.  A quote that makes your brain explode or a quote that makes your knees weak and your heart flutter. Well these are my 10, these are quotes that made me stop and think or just plain stuck in my brain unable to escape. 

*These are quotes are from books not made by me*Not in any particular order*



  • Walt Whitman: "I do not ask the wounded how he feels, I myself become the wounded. 
  • The Fault In Our Stars- John Green "That's the thing about pain. It demands to be felt."
  • Paper Towns- John Green "Maybe all the strings inside him just broke."
  • I'll Give You The Sun- Jandy Nelson "He's the sort of man that walks in and the walls fall down." 
  • Dorothy Must Die- Danielle Paige "We all have our ways of saying I was here." 
  • Ink & Bone- Rachel Caine "When you steal a book you steal from the world." 
  • Sabriel- Gath Nix "Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker." 
  • Beautiful Creatures- Kami Grace "The world does not end with a bang but with a whimper." 
  • Looking For Alaska- John Green "If people were like the rain, I was like the drizzle and she was the hurricane." 
  • The Natruals- Jennifer Lynn Barnes "Every person in this house was fundamentally screwed up to the depths of our dark and shadowy souls." 

Saturday 5 March 2016

Why I Judge A Book Buy It's Cover

So before I start I'm just going to put out there that this is just my own opinion some willagree and some won't and I respect evryones opinion. Also this is just with books I don't judge people or any of that crap.

I'm not really sure when I started byuing books for just thier book cover it must of been a few years ago and as it happens I have only disliked twobooks that I have ve picked up purley for the covers.

What attracts me to a book cover?

  • Bright Colours. I love bright colours, they instantly attract my attention. 
  • Bold or Hand Written Font.  It makes the book more personal and special in my opinion. 
  • A Forest. I am obsessed with forests I really love them and to me it makes the book stand out. 
  • Picture. Any sort really. 
  • People.  I really like seeing people on the cover of the book I think for me it gives it a certain relatable aspect. 
  • Strangeness. I like strange or different covers that aren't exactly 'normal' it makes them feel special and origanal and makes me feel happy. 
  • Angel Wings/Feathers. They are two things that triggers emotions when I see them on a cover and then I can't resist buying the book. 
These points have at some point in my life made me buy a book without reading about the book at all. I think not finding out about the actual book gives a certain mystery and excitement to when you start reading a book and slowly figure out what the book is about.

Also I feel if a cover is great it shows how much the author is proud of thier own book and actually believes in the book.  Like the amazing Jacqueline Wilsin who has the illustrator Nick Sharett designs the cover of her books,he has been creating covers for JQ for years now and I have loved her book and also the designs for so long now. 

So that is why I jude a book by a cover. 
Anastasia x


Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

Just a disclaimer,  this book is based on the subject mental health so could be a sore subject for some. 

I really loved this book it was a easy to follow but also jumped straight into the storyline. 
I enjoyed each charecters personalities in the book and thought it added a diversity within the story. Admittedly there is a perfect amount of comedy toeven out Audrey's mental health issues so it didn't make me feel down or upset. 

The book is about Audrey, Audrey got bullied at school to the point where a group of girls got excluded and Audrey had to be taken out of the scool and also hospitalized. Audrey has Social Anxiety Disorder,  General Anxiety Disorder  and also Deppresive Episodes. 

Audrey has to struggle the uphill battle of conquering her problems and learn to be happy within herself. Audrey finds this incredibly hard to achieve especially when Linus her brothers friend starts coming over to their house more often. 

I personally think there should be more books signaling mental health problems but also overcoming these issues and becoming happy,  Ihave to admit there has been more books being published around these issues but I am so glad this bookhad been written. 

Really loved this book. 
Anastasia x