Jan/Feb/Mar Book Overview

Here are all the books that I read in January, February and March (and the ones I didn't quite finish).

Persuasion - Jane Austen
My Rating - 2/5 Stars
I didn't actually finish this because I just cannot get on with Austen's writing. I know how popular and celebrated she is as a writer, but I found most of what she said completely unnecessary and so I gave up.

Dracula - Bram Stoker
My Rating - 3/5 Stars
Again, I didn't finish this, I had to read it for university and got about half way through before I had a lecture on it. I skimmed through the rest just so I know what I was talking about, but I don't think its as amazing as its reputation makes you believe.

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
My Rating - 4/5 Stars
I loved this book. It was so wacky and unexpected, making something as devastating as the firebombing of Dresden into a much more light hearted novel that involves aliens and time travel. It probably wont be for everyone, but I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone.

Hogwarts House Dilemma

Like so many people my ages, I have a deep rooted love for all things Harry Potter. I will never forget the waiting for the new book, begging my parents to take me to see the latest film and the many (its sort of embarrassing how many) hours I spent reading and writing Harry Potter fanfiction. So of course, when Pottermore was founded in 2009, I couldn't wait to get stuck in.

The main thing I wanted to do was find out my Hogwarts house, and back then you had to go through all this other stuff first so I just sped through it all, completed the quiz and quickly as possible, and got sorted into Gryffindor. I'll be honest, I was a little bit disappointed. I'd always thought of myself as a Ravenclaw and because of this, I ended up staying away from Pottermore for a while. A few years later I went back, created a new account, and got sorted into Ravenclaw! I was so happy, and felt like this was the house I belonged in. I've always seen myself as being a Ravenclaw, and that is what I've always said is my house (not that many people ask or even care, but whatever).

2016 TBR

This is my TBR for the rest of the year. I've set myself a Goodreads Reading Challenge of 40 books, and I have already read 10 of these, so here is everything else that I want to read this year.

1. Me And Earl And The Dying Girl - Jesse Andrews
2. The Hours - Michael Cunningham
3. The City and the City - China Mieville
4. We Were Liars - E Lockhart
5. Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion
6. The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
7. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North
8. If On A Winter's Night A Traveler - Italo Calvino
9. All The Bright Places - Jennifer Niven
10. The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson
11. A Gathering of Shadows - V. E. Schwab
12. The Assassin's Blade - Sarah J. Maas
13. Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas (reread)
14. Crown of Midnight - Sarah J Maas (reread)
15. Heir of Fire - Sarah J. Maas
16. Queen of Shadows - Sarah J. Maas
17. Fairest - Marissa Meyer (reread)
18. Cinder - Marissa Meyer (reread)
19. Scarlet - Marissa Meyer (reread)
20. Cress - Marissa Meyer (reread)
21. Winter - Marissa Meyer
22. Trumpet - Jackie Kay
23. There But For The - Ali Smith
24. Blonde Roots - Bernadine Evaristo
25. Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
26. A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas
27. Heartless - Marissa Meyer
28. The Girl With All The Gifts - M. R. Carey

A Little Something

It's Easter Sunday, and I'm sat at home listening to the rain his the conservatory roof, so I thought I would start to write.

As a first post, I would just like to say that this blog is going to be me. I won't stick to just one thing, but will talk about anything that I find interesting. There wont be a set schedule, as least not for now, other than at least one post per week. As I said, these posts could be about anything, but please do let me know if there are certain things that you want to see and I will be happy to oblige.

For now, that's it. I just wanted to get this going. I may end up deleting this when I have some content, but I may also make it my aim to keep everything that I write on here so that this is a true reflection of me, and not something filtered for viewing.

Bye for now