The End of 2016 Reading Goal finale part 2

So it is the end of 2016 I hope all had a good, positive start to the new year. I am incredibly proud to say that I completed my goal of read 100 books, in fact I have read 102 books in 2016

Part 1 With all the books i've read are in the link below if you want to check them out!
https://anastasiarobsonwolfe.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/reading-goal-100-books-this-year-part-1.html

June: Sadly I only read 5 books.

1. A Court Of Mist And Fury by Sarah J Mass 
2. Ascend by Amanda Hocking 
3. Inked Armour by Helena Hunting 
4. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell 
5. Glass Ceiling by Julia Lavoi

July: This month was even worse than the previous 4 books was read.

1. The Art Of Being Normal by Lisa Williams 
2. After You by Jojo Moyes
3. Sweet Honey by Cathy Cassidy 
4. We Were Liars by E. Lockheart 

August: 10 books very good reading month for me yay!

1. I Hate Myself by Shane Dawson
2. It Gets Worse by Shane Dawson
3. In Real Life by Cory Doctrow
4. Through The Woods by Emily Caroll
5. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
6. The Princess Saves Herself In This One by Amanda Lovelace 
7. An Abundance of Katherine's by John Green
8. This Book Loves You by Pewdiepie
9. Bee and Puppycat by Natasha Allegrio
10. Ginat Days by John Allison and Lissa Treiman

September: 10

1. The Crowns Game by Evelyn Skye
2. I Hate Fairyland by Skottie Young 
3. A Bone To Pick by Charlaine Harris
4. A Leap Of Faith by Andrew Butcher
5. What's A Girl Go To Do by holly Bourne 
6. Diary Of A Sub by Sophie Morgan 
7. Outcast by Kirkman and Azaceta
8. Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad
9. Nerve by Jeanne Ryan
10. The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

October: 7

1. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
2. Follow Me Back by Nicci Cloke 
3. When We Collided by Emery Lord 
4. The Thousandth Floor by Katherine McGee
5. The Darkest Part Of The Forest by Holly Black
6. Apocalyptic Girl by Andrew Maclean 
7. Dead Man Talking Roody Doyle

November: 11

1. Girl Online by Zoe Sugg
2. The Book Of Speculation by Erika Swyler 
3. The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon 
4. Saga Volume 1 by Brian.K. Vaughan 
5. The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins
6. Girl On Tour by Zoe Sugg
7. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
8. Giant Days Volume 2 by John Allison and Lissa Treiman
9. The Secret Library 
10. Amy and Matthew by Cammie Mcgovern 
11. The World Of Anne Frank by Anne Frank House 

And Finally December: 8

1. Girl Online Going Solo by Zoe Sugg 
2. Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley
3. The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow by Jim Henson 
4. The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
5. Saga Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan 
6. Bee And Puppycat by Natasha Allegri
7. Follow Me by Ricky Dillon 
8. Gingersnaps by Cathy Cassidy 

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