Caraval by Stephanie Garber: Review

Author: Stephanie Garber

Genre: Young-Adult, High Fantasy

Pages: 402

Published: January 31, 2017

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Price: £9.06 (Paperback)

           £12.11 (Hardback)

           £2.99 (Kindle)

Series: Standalone

Source: Bought

Triggers (In the book,the review is safe): Suicide.

My review: 
I've got a lot of love for this book! Often with books that focus on 'detective work', like finding clues and such, they are painfully hard to read. Either the protagonist is soooo slow and doesn't know their arse from their elbow, making you scream profanities at them just help them see the obvious. Or, the plot whizzes by super quickly and you've no idea what happened, who anyone is or what on earth they're supposed to be doing. But Garber hit the nail on the head with pacing, it was done perfectly. When Scarlett figured something out, so did we, which kept you guessing the whole time. 

The plot was based on Scarlett's quest to find her sister, Tella, before she's lost in the game forever. There are five nights to find her and a clue is available to be found on each night. The clues could be literally anything, hence avoiding the 'It's right there!!!!' pleading. Guessing the perpetrator was really hard, if impossible to do, and this is coming from a girl who could guess most of the endings of Sherlock.  Was that hard to do? I was banned from watching it with my friends because I always spoiled it, so it can't be that easy, but the solution was, most of the time, incredibly simple. Anyway, back to Caraval, if you guessed the ending I am immensely impressed! My guess changed after every chapter, which shows just how suspenseful Garber kept it, which is definitely one of the reasons I love this book so much!

I can't review Caraval without talking about the romance between Scarlett and Julian. It was refreshing. The romance between them forms very little of the book as a whole, as it focused a whole lot more on sisterly love. Nothing major happened between them, yes there was a romantic undertone to their conversations and a few racy thoughts, but that sums them up. Scarlett cared a lot more about finding her sister than forming a relationship with Julian, which is so rare in books these days, or at least in the ones I read. Normally, once feelings for another character have been acknowledged, that's it, goodbye plot, goodbye sense, goodbye personality traits and hello 'oh [insert lovers name here], let's forget all this and run away together into the sunset! I don't need anyone when I've got you, I'm going to love you forever etcetera, etcetera.... ' But not Caraval, Scarlett isn't going anywhere with any man until she's found her girl. Isn't hat the breath of fresh air we all need?

If you still need convincing as to whether you should read Caraval or not, there is a lot more pros to this book than I can possibly fit in any review. I could list them, but I feel like you need to know as little as you can about this book before you read it in order to get the full experience. All I will say is that this book is an easy 5 stars and I cannot wait for the second in the series to be released!

Have you read Caraval yet? Were you surprised by the ending? Which design did you get underneath the dust jacket? Let me know in the comments!

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Top 5 Thursday: My Favourite Bookish Boyfriends / Boys I 100% fancy even if they are fictional

So... Valentine's day is a thing. Not going to lie, this post should have gone up on Valentine's day, but college ramped up the pressure by about 1000%, which is always fun. But, many moons later, my Valentine's post is finally here. So here are my five favourite boyfriends in the book world! (WARNING!! There are some spoilers included in this post so be careful if you haven't yet read the book!)

1) Olly Bright from 'Everything, Everything' - Mild spoilers included

This sweet little buttercup gets me everytime. He doesn't give up in trying to make Maddie happy. He continually melts my heart. The fact that he joins her on the spontaneous trip to Hawaii is super sweet, it wasn't such a good idea with hindsight, but it was still super cute! And how he calls her cute names, and stays up texting her, and fights to see her, and is generally just a sweet-heart, Plus, in the film trailer, he's really hot. I'm all about that black on black look. Why don't cute boys ever move in next door to me! I just have crazy old ladies, and they definitely don't compare to a single hottie that'll bring a bunt when he comes over, even if it does taste bad 😂.

2) Nick Hidaka from the Geek Girl series

Don't even get me started on how many tears have been shed over this boy. Harriet and Nick have been through some scrapes, and I felt like I was right there with them. But they always push through and stay together... until they broke up. But that didn't happen, I refuse to accept it nope nope nope. They're going to be together forever. Admittedly I haven't read the 5th or 6th book in the series yet, so I don't know if they actually get back together or not, but I sure hope so! Dear sweet Nikkie-poo is willing to give up everything for his girl, and even when she does things that aren't so great, he sticks by her. Plus he's part Australian, part Japanese, and all hunk; who wouldn't want a little bit of that? 

3) Percy Jackson from the Percy Jackson and the Olympian Series

Percy, out of all of my favourite book boyfriends, is definitely my favouritist. He's practically me in boy form. Well, he's much more brave than I am and 1000% cooler (how can anyone beat being the son of Poseidon?), but our senses of humour are pretty much the same. He's sarcastic, he's witty, he's hilarious and I laugh at his witticisms every single time. I've only read two of the books from this series, so I'm not fully qualified to talk about him as a boyfriend, because he hasn't been one yet (and may never be one, I don't know, I haven't read them yet), but if he does become a boyfriends, I'm sure he'll be absolutely perfect. From the first two books we already know he's loyal, nice and completely adorable. What more could anyone want!? 

4) Robb Stark from the A Game of Thrones Series

I really dislike the Game of Thrones series. I don't like how long it is, I don't like how boring it is, I don't like how all the characters have sad stories going on and I only like a very select few characters, which i still a bit rubbish due to the fact that thee's soooo many. But Robb is one of the few I actually like. Robb was the only character that wasn't immensely predictable, which made him a whole lot more interesting. Plus he's so fricken cute!  He can be so sweet when he need to be, like when he's with Bran, and he can be so strong when he needs to be too. He's got the versatility a lot of the characters lacked, and I'm not going to lie, I've thought of being his Lady a fair few times. Which may sound weird, but he's supposed to be around 14, and I was around that age when I read it, so it's not as strange as it sounds! He's just a precious little bear that you'll want to cuddle up to all day long. So, if he dies in the series (I wouldn't know, all the Robbs in the world wouldn't convince me to start book 2), please don't tell me, because then the illusion can last just that little bit longer. 

5) Tric from Nevernight

While Tric and Mia weren't technically dating, they were pretty damn close! And might I add, they were completely cute while doing it. The majority of the parts they had together were sex scenes, but they risked being beaten and killed for that sex, so I'd say that it still counts as a romantic gesture. I'm still not over how this couple ended, definitely not over it at all. I don't think I'll ever be over it. Why did have to be this way??? Why couldn't they have just had their happily ever after? It was so hard to trust in that place what with all the death and general nastiness, yet they still trusted each other enough to share their backstories, and Tric's hits me in the feels every single time. Things could have been so perfect, but at least things were good while they lasted?? 

So that's it! My top 5 Favourite bookish boyfriends / boys I may have had a slight crush on at one time or another.  Don't judge me.

I just want to apologise for the lack of posts in the past few weeks, so there should be a new post up everyday this week! I hope you enjoy them all, and if you have any suggestions as to what I should do, let me know!

What are your favourite bookish boyfriends?  Have a fictional character you have a crush on? Did you do anything nice for Valentine's day? Let me know in the comments!

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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart: Review

Author: E. Lockhart

Genre: Young-Adult, Contemporary

Pages: 242

Published: May 13, 2014

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Price: £5.59 (Paperback)

           £12.11 (Hardback)

           £2.99 (Kindle)

Series: Standalone

Source: Bought

Triggers (In book, review is safe): Death, Emotional Abuse, Blood, Serious Injury 

About the book (Taken from Goodreads):

A beautiful and distinguished family.

A private island.

A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.

A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.

A revolution. An accident. A secret.

Lies upon lies.

True love.

The truth.

My review:

This is such a weird book. Weird with its sentence structure, weird with its characters, weird with its plot and definitely weird with its ending. It's just very, very odd.

But weird is good... right? For the most part, I loved it! But, the first half was immensely boring. Which completely contradicts the whole 'I loved it' thing but just roll with it. The first half consisted of overly pretentious language and pretty shoddy character introductions. If you could tell me who each of the characters were, you'd be a better person than me.

One weird thing was the tendency to break away from the story so that Cadence, the main character, could tell us a fairy tale she'd written. They were about a king and his three daughters who acted differently in some completely different stories. I couldn't see any connection between them, but I might not have looked deep enough. They were actually really interesting! It's probably because they're the most famous fairytales smushed together. But, they were a God-send in the incredibly boring first half.

The way Lockhart structured some sentences was pretty weird too. There were a lot of short sentences, like, a lot. But they all worked? I don't know why but the massive amount of short sentences was everything. And sometimes the sentences

were written like this

for no reason.

Not going to lie, I loved that too.

The main Cadence is a bit of a drama queen. She has immense migraines that take her out for days at a time. But does she really need to use unnecessarily long and pretty nonsensical metaphors to describe them? Probably not. She's decided she wants to give something away every day. She gives away her pillow to a homeless girl, she gives away a picture of her grandmother with a piglet to a charity shop... I did tell you this book was weird (not the pillow, that was nice, just the picture, that was a tad odd). But, she did it not out of the goodness of her heart, but to make people feel sorry for her and to annoy her mum, or mummy as she calls her.No thanks.

I'll admit, a lot of Cadences problems are first-world, but after reading a lot of reviews for this book, I'd deem some of them a little unfair. The chronic pains she has isn't a first world problem. An abusive household isn't exactly a first world problem either. This was the reason for the majority of the controversy surrounding this book, and you're opinion may differ to mine. But even though Cadence can swim in pure gold if she so desired and go on a trip around Europe with her dad and have everything she's ever wanted, but, does it make her household any less abusive? No. The emotional abuse she has experienced in the past is not ok, even if she is rich. Yes, the family seems better when her POV is not a flashback, but that still doesn't excuse the past. She's bound to be a little mentally unstable and selfish with a family like that.

And for the other liars, they aren't as developed as much as I'd like. They each have a few key character traits and that's it. Johnny is the funny one, Miren is the bratty one and Gat is the pretentious one. That's pretty much it for Johnny and Mirren. That is their only defining points. Gat has a couple more because he's the love interest. They don't really lie, though. They don't really do much at all.

So, as you can imagine, the first half is ridiculously boring. 

Then the second half hits you like a train.

There is so.

Many

Feels.

Before I knew it I was crying. I didn't even like the characters all that much, but as soon as she started piecing her memories back together the 4 bratty teens became my best friends and I cared about each of them. I don't know what literary magic E. Lockhart used, but it worked. I just couldn't stop crying. I'd tell you why, but it's a huge spoiler and people will attack me with pitchforks and fire. I'm  still very confused as to why I got so upset. Am I more compassionate than I thought? Yet another reason why this book was incredibly strange.

So, if you want to read this, the weirdest book I've ever read, you're in for a wild time. Even with all its problems, and I'll admit, it's pretty problematic, I still love it. The main character is a spoilt drama queen, her friends are pretentious, just about everything is underdeveloped and the first half is just plain boring. If I can still love it with all those faults, it must really be a special book. 

Have you read 'We Were Liars'? Love it or hate it? Read any more of E. Lockhart's work? Let me know in the comments!

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In a Tizzy Tuesday - The Week Where EVERYTHING Happened

So, as you can read from the title, a hell of a lot happened this week. And not just little bits, ridiculously ginormous things. It's safe to say I was in a tizzy a lot this week. But, unlike most times, it was for very legitimate reasons. I'M JUST SO EXCITED!!!

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Adam Silvera - They Both Die At The End Cover Reveal
So Adam Silvera's bringing out a new book. Permission to cry in preparation for this heart-stabber is granted. That is if you have any tears left after 'History Is All You Left Me'. Is it just me, or is YA getting sadder and sadder? Which is not a bad thing! Those feels can keep on coming as far as I'm concerned, it's just that I've noticed that in the past few years so many YA books with melancholy themes have been coming out, but that might just be me going for them more? I don't know, let me know what you think! 

Anyway, back to the cover. Isn't it just amazing? I can honestly say I am so excited to have this beauty on my shelf. But, knowing my luck this will be the American only version and the UK will have a completely different and completely ugly version. Why does that happen so often? I preorder a book I've been looking forward to for months and when it arrives, I open it up to find a cover designed by someone who should not be designing covers

Goodreads - The rereads option
So Goodreads challenges are a thing. Are they a good or a bad thing? Different people think different things. Some, like me, love them. They help you keep track of all the book you've read in a year, you can set yourself a goal to help you stay motivated and you can bask in awe and glory when you complete it. Some, like me, hate them. It has a condescending attitude with its 'books behind' malarky, for some reason you always set it too high and you see these machines that have their challenge set to about 200 billion books, and somehow still complete them so you can't help but feel a bit down. Another big reason as to why some people didn't like them, which was thankfully amended this week, was the fact that rereads didn't count towards the end goal. I mean, you're still reading a book, so why shouldn't it? But now that dilemma is no more, you can go back to your own favourites with no regret. Yay!

Nicola Yoon - Everything, Everything trailer 
As you've probably realised, this 'In a Tizzy Tuesday' is not being released on a Tuesday, as the name would suggest, but a Wednesday his week instead. That's because, on Monday night, a trailer was released!  Everything, Everything was by far my favourite book of last year and now it's being made into a film! Much excitement. You can find the trailer here is you wanted to see it. The casting is actual perfection? Even though I did see Olly wearing a hat in my head. Was that just me? I'm sure he wore hats. But that's just me being picky as per usual. 

What do you guys make of the trailer? What's your favourite film based on a book? Do you see Olly in a hat? Love or hate Goodreads challenges? Feel my pain with UK vs US cover editions? Le me know in the comments!

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The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson: Review

Author: Jandy Nelson

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Pages: 288

Published: March 9, 2010

Publisher: Dial Books

Price: £5.59 (Paperback)

           £14.33 (Hardback from The Book Depository)

           £3.66 (Kindle Edition)

Series: Standalone

Source: Bought

Triggers (In book, review is safe): Death

About the book (Taken from Goodreads):

Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to centre stage of her own life - and, despite her nonexistent history with boys, suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two. Toby was Bailey's boyfriend; his grief mirrors Lennie's own. Joe is the new boy in town, a transplant from Paris whose nearly magical grin is matched only by his musical talent. For Lennie, they're the sun and the moon; one boy takes her out of her sorrow, the other comforts her in it. But just like their celestial counterparts, they can't collide without the whole wide world exploding.

My review:

This book has instantly become one of my fav's. I can tell I'm going to reread it time and time again. If I'm honest, I've never lost anyone close, never been to a funeral and I've never had to experience grief. But when I do, I'll definitely try to reimmerse myself in this world. 

Every character is developed, each with their flaws and their flairs. I felt for each one of them, and have definitely thought about them since putting the book down. They're all broken, and you get to see them rebuilding their lives one page at a time, it's  beautifully written, and so you're bound to tear up.

I doubted picking 'The Sky is Everything' up after the foreword by Nelson which says 'In her band-girl world, triangles belong in the percussion section, not her love life.' And you can probably understand my doubts. Nobody hates love triangles more than me, they're hideous things that I'm sure are only written into books to sell more merch. But, luckily, it wasn't really a love triangle. The romances were delicately put together to keep everything as sensitive as possible, due to the unconventional relationship that sparks. It was obvious which one Lennie would choose, and I was incredibly relieved.

Also, the poems. They. Are. EVERYTHING. They added an extra layer of sadness to an already tragic tale. I also loved the way they were just there. There was one at the start of, more or less, every chapter, yet they went unmentioned until the end. It made you feel like you had your own little piece of Lennie; that you can see thoughts no-one else can see, which causes this incredible emotional connection to her. Her despair resonates within you until you feel like you've lost Bailey as well. You feel her fear and her loneliness and all you want to do is reach into this perfect little book and give her a hug.

If you haven't read this book yet, you need to. You categorically must, I'm being completely serious. This charming story will stay with you for a lifetime. You really don't want to miss this one.

Have you read any of Jandy Nelson's other works? Do you read poems often? What's the best book you've read so far this year? Let me know in the comments!

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In a Tizzy Tuesday - The "New (Secret) Project"

WHAT IS THIS? ANOTHER NEW SEGMENT. Why yes. I told you in my last post, better posts are coming! Starting with an entirely new bit. Top 5 Tuesday is now being moved to a Thursday (Yes, it really is coming back from the abyss) and 'In a Tizzy Tuesday' is taking its place. 'In a Tizzy Tuesday' is going to be a book news type of thing. Basically, if something happens in the book community like a cover reveal or a sequel is announced you should see me joining the hype and sharing my views! Which will, some weeks, bring my total posts from 1 (if that) to 3. Which is an awful lot, but I'll whack on the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack on and launch right in!  

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As you may know, my favourite series of all time is coming to a close. All the sad faces. The finale (Book #6) to the Geek Girl series, Forever Geek, by the utterly amazing Holly Smale is being released in March and I am not prepared. Literally not prepared, as I have overlooked the slight detail that I haven't yet read the 5th in the series yet. I'm not ready! If you haven't read my review for #4 ( You can find it here if you want to read it!), to summarise, I cried ALOT. These are not just some books you can pick up and read anytime, you'll need to mentally prepare yourself for all the feels this book will tear your life up with. Seriously, these are the best books ever. 

Plus Holly Smale is one of the nicest, most bad ass women out there. She slashes through trolls and sexism like a sword-wielding, feminist superhero. She blesses my twitter feed every time. Plus, she told me out of the blue one day that she liked my profile picture and if that isn't just the sweetest I don't know what is (I'm trying to act cool right now because I fangirled for literally weeks trying to think of a worthy enough reply but then the moment passed for me to reply because you can't reply to a mention three weeks later which I've regretted ever since. If you're reading this Holly, I'm sorry for not replying!).

FINALLY to the point of this post, Holly tweeted only yesterday about a 'new (secret) project' she's working on and if that doesn't excite you then I don't know what will. The tweet is obviously, incredibly vague at this stage. If you zoom in on the text on her computer you, to no surprise, get nowhere. I just can't wait! I've been with Geek Girl since the beginning and I cannot contain my excitement for any new project that could arise! Whatever it is, it's going to be awesome. It's from Holly Smale! It's bound to be!

What do you guys think? Have a prediction as to what it might be? Love the Geek Girl series just as much as I do? Leave a comment down below, let's chat!

Holly Smale's twitter - Here!
Holly Smale's Instagram - Here!
Geek Girl on Goodreads - Here!

My reviews: Geek Girl #3, Geek Girl #4

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January Wrap Up. 01/2017

Hellloooo! I'm back!! How have you all been! I kind of had an unintentional three-week break without telling anyone I was going, but hey! Surprises keep it interesting! And don't worry, the ridiculous amount of exclamation points will stop now.

I've missed blogging so much... you don't understand how hurt I was when I had to swap reading and blogging for studying and failing. But February is going to be different, I can feel it in my bones.

Plus, because of all the studying and the dying and the general unpleasantness, I'm already a book behind schedule on my Goodreads reading challenge. How I managed to mess it up already I have no idea. But I managed to read 5! That's not bad, right?

This month's conquered books include...

• A short story collection by Indrajit Garai.

I was sent this collection in exchange for an honest review and they weren't half bad! Yes, they needed some work, but I tried to pack my review with as much constructive criticism as I could. It was Garai's first work of fiction, and Englis may not have been his first language, so they were better than expected! You can find my full review here!

• Human Universe by Professor Bian Cox.

I don't normally read non-fiction books, but I've had this for a while and decided, why the hell not! I'm incredibly intrigued by the sciences, particularly chemistry and physics and this book broadened my knowledge in both. I'd recommend it to any fellow nerds out there! You can find my full review here!

• If I stay by Gayle Forman
I started 'If I Stay' on November the 11th of last year and I'll hold my hands up and say I lost it. Yep, it was in my bag when I got home from school, and when I set off the next day I wasn' there. I blame the goblins. But when I did finally find it, I'd read it in a matter of days. It's such a beautiful book, everyone's got to love it! You can find my full review here!

• The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Talking of beautiful books, 'The Sky Is Everywhere' is definitely one of them! I'd started reading another of Jandy Nelson's work, 'I'll Give You the Sun' but I decided I wanted something shorter, so I naturally shifted to her other novel. This is an amazing book and it also features poetry, which makes it even better! I'd definitely recommend it. Stay tuned! This review will go out this Saturday!

• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Yet another great book! 'We Were Liars' by E. Lockhart is definitely one of the strangest books I've read in a long time. It's painfully dull, then hits you right in the feels when you least expect. I cried. For. Hours. I haven't typed this review up yet, but I can tell it's going to be incredibly long. Mark it in your calendars folks, the full review will be going up 18/02/17. Or you could follow my blog... then you can be reminded about all my posts! 

Book of the month

So, I may have only read 5 books this month, but I still have a favourite! Drum roll, please... My book of the month is  'The Sky Is Everywhere' by Jandy Nelson! I'll go into more detail as to why when I post my review on Saturday. But what I will say is that it's a truly heart-breaking book that got all the hype it deserved. I couldn't have asked for any more from it, it was simply unbeatable!

Favourite book merch stores
I don't order a lot of merch simply because a) It's expensive and b) I don't have a lot of money. But there was a huge sale on the home of all merch, Society 6, so I managed to grab a couple things. I bought the most beautiful tote bag from Bookwormboutique which reads 'Books are uniquely portable magic'.You can find it here if you're interested! I also bought a wonderful mug from Evie Seo which has a quote on it from ACOMAF. I haven't read this book yet, but it's an awesome quote anyway! You can find it here if you wanted!

Currently reading
The book that's carrying on into February with me is Caraval by Stephanie Garber! I'm a quarter of the way through and I am LOVING it so far. But then again, who isn't? This book was hyped like crazy, which is always some cause for concern, but so far, this book is yet to disappoint! Plus can we take a sec to talk about the cover? It's. Freaking.  AMAZING. I live in the UK so I got the whole split book thing (half black and half white) and it's maybe one of the best covers I've ever seen... PLUS when you sneak a peek under the dust jacket HEY PRESTO there's a pretty design in gold there! Yeah, you heard me, gold. I got the circus tent edition which is all I've ever wanted and maybe just a sprinkle more. Which one did you get? From having a gander on social media, the circus and the rose are probably the most popular, but did you get something different?

Pre-orders
I've decided to buckle down and get a little more serious with my blog. Some weeks went without reviews, Top 5 Tuesday disappeared into the abyss, and I was generally a bit of a failure. BUT NO MORE. I'm going to start putting a lot more time, effort and a little more money into this baby of mine. In order to make my amazing readers happy, I'm going to start preordering a couple of books each month to make sure my reviews a with the times. Because it's all well and good me getting a review out, but if it's a super mainstream book that was released a billion years ago, chances are you've already read it and reading a review won't be super helpful. So earlier last month I preordered Caraval, which is already here and I'm munching it up as fast as I can to get it to you, plus, 'History Is All You Left Me' by Adam Silvera which is arriving shortly. I could only buy two because that's all the budget allows, I hopefully made good choices. If there's ever any books you guys really want me to review, drop me an e-mail or use the blogger contact from and I'll see what I can do! I'm super duper open to ideas and I can't wait to hear what you suggest!

Book news
Book news! Book news is a new little segment weekly post thing that I'm going to start doing on my blog. The name is definitely open to suggestions as I realise how crap it is. If something major happens in the book community, like a ridiculously fantabulous cover drops, or new editions of books which are lit af arise, I'll be there!

Speaking of fantabulous cover drops a new lit af editions... ACOWAR AND HARRY POTTER!!! Yes, I haven't read ACOMAF yet, but you don't have to admire the beauty of the artwork. Being in the UK, I naturally prefer the US edition which is a tad unfortunate, but hey hum what can you do?

What do you guys think? Which is your favourite? Would you rather eat a finger than read an S. J. Maas book? LET'S DISCUSS.

Plus let's talk about Harry Potter I love Harry Potter I haven't read all the Harry Potters yet which makes the fact that I love Harry Potter even better because I'm an early admirer and did you know Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone turns 20 this year I did you know why because new editions are being released and its super cool and they're the houses which are super cool and I have to say all this in one super long sentence because I don't have time for proper punctuation Harry Potter is too important do you think those magic quills that can write have perfect punctuation or do you think the older they get they start to slip or do you think there are some really illiterate quills about that make the user look really bad because they chose a quill that couldn't write I think I'd have a quill as a pet I'm rambling am I rambling I think I'm rambling.....THERE'S GOING TO BE A RAVENCLAW THEMED COVER!!!!! 

I'll have 10 please, plus a Slytherin one. I didn't realise but, apparently, I have quite a lot of Slytherin properties about me, which I never even thought about. Thanks BuzzFeed for helping me figure that one out!

Summary
This cold and rainy January has been pretty good in the world of books, as it turns out. Let's hope February continues in January's footsteps. Plus, a little bit about me, I didn't realise February had two 'r''s in it until year 9 (aged 13). Embarrassing or what?

How many books did you manage this month? Has your Goodreads challenge beaten you already? It's ok, who hasn't it beaten? What's your best book of the month? Which upcoming book are you most excited for? Which Harry Potter house do you belong to?Are you a frequent Society6 shopper? What's your favourite shop? I WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU GUYS!!!

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