Going to the British Library

Today I went to the British Library. The shop. Is . So. Good. 

I SAW THE LIBRARY OF SOULS IN HARDCOVER IT WAS BEAUTIFUL but I didn't want to wreck it in my bag. It was also big. So I bought To Kill a Mockingbird instead. I am really enjoying it so far.

I am going to see if I can buy The Library of Souls before I go on the airplane. 

The British Library is very big with a cafe and escalator stairs. I would definitely study there if I was going to university. It is very good.

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Relatable book quotes

I have smellingbooks disease

                                                      Even though this post needs a ?

Hunger Games. Just Hunger Games.

One thing I hate is whole class reading. I had to read Bridge to Terabithia for the third time in two years. I love the book, but still. WHOLE. CLASS. READING. UGH.

New Blog Look + What I think of Throne of Glass

Hello. Do you like the new look? I felt like I needed to change it. If you didn't know, I like books and cats, so this background was PERFECT. 

Throne of Glass. I didn't love it. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!!! It was so so so good I can't wait for Crown of Midnight. I loved how action packed it was, and how detailed and how cool and brave Celaena is. Yeah. 

I just love GIFs. I could use them all the time.

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What I Like in a Good Book

Hi! I am still on my holiday at the moment. It has been so so busy, you wouldn't believe it!

This post was inspired by a post I saw on a great YA book blog called Read, Breathe, Relax. It's really good.

So... What do you like in a good book? I'm going to list the different things I like in books and maybe give examples of books I have found these in:

- A smart, strong protagonist/main character. As you may know, I dislike dumb minded characters a lot. I like a witty, brave character with a strong personality, such as characters like Katniss Everdeen, Tris Prior and Hermione Granger.

-A smidge of romance. I don't really like a lot of romance, but I like a little bit. It adds a lot to a story, and I don't think that many people realise this. I donit really fancy whole books based on romance. There have been rare exceptions. A dash of sweet romance is just the ticket. An example of a book that has this element is Ruby Red.

-An non-boring, fantastic plot. Who doesn't want an epic plot in their book? I mean, that is what gets a book published and read! I also like plots that are mysterious and also modern. Examples of this element include The Hunger Games & Divergent trilogies.

-I like a book with some sort of competition. I like to have a) a character that I really like in b) a competition of some sort. Like the Hunger Games or the Kings Champion in Throne of Glass. ( TOG is a really good book by the way. I am quite enjoying it.) I just like the competitiveness and
something about competitions.... I just like them.

-A nice cover. It doesn't nescessarily have to be anything glitzy and glamorous. It can be simple like some of the Paper Towns covers. I like spooky ones like the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children novels. I like pretty ones like Shatter Me (I haven't read that by the way. It was just using it because I know it's pretty. It's the one with the eye on the front, bty).

-Books with a first person POV. For some reason I prefer this more than books with a second or third person POV. I think I just like seeing a character developing and reading their thoughts and emotions, rather than someone telling me. A great example of a first person point of view is in The Fault in Our Stars. It makes perfect sense that the story would be told from Hazel's POV. Another example is of a book called Wonder by R J. Palacio. It comes from lots of people's POVs- the main character's, his sister and his sister's boyfriend.

-Books that fall into the historical fiction genre. I love this book genre so much. I love exploring different time periods, especially in the 80s, 60s, 40s, and 1800s. A great book that I have read is A Spy in the House by Y.S Lee. It is set in the late 1850s. I have reviewed it in this blog.

So there you go! This is what I look for in a book. I also love happy endings, but I don't like it being really cliche so everyone has a happy ending. I mean, some characters have to,like, die or something, don't they?

Thanks for reading if you have,

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Going on a Holiday

I am going on a holiday for a month. I won't be blogging then until I get back.

I bought Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas and The Door That Led To Where by Sally Gardner on my fabulous kindle.

Bon voyage,
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PAPER TOWNS REVIEW IS HERE!!! + brief movie review

Hi!

This review... I have been waiting such a long time to do.

Paper Towns by John Green is a book about Quentin- or Q. He is madly in love with a girl he grew up next door to- Margo Roth Spiegelman. One night, Margo appears inside Quentin's room and takes him out to do a series of revenge plots. They ride off in Quentin's van all night. Quentin returns home as does Margo.

The next day, Margo has gone missing. It is not the first time she has run away. Quentin wants to get to the bottom of this mystery. With the help of his friends Radar and Ben, along with the popular girl in school, Lacey, they go on a hunt and road trip to find Margo.             

I loved this book so so much. I read it more quickly than I. Expected I would. It is suspenseful, scary, funny, heartwarming and just.... AWESOMENESS. 

So.... I know that no one reads this blog. But just comment if you see it- TFIOS or PT???? If a band of pirates attacked your house, and you could only take The Fault In Our Stars or Paper Towns, which would you choose?? I don't know.

Onto the characters:
Quentin is adorable and smart and funny. 

Margo is mysterious and highly quotable. I just love how her character is so quirky and she loves vintage records and stuff. She's cool. I guess I fall into her trap of being classed as 'cool'.

Ben is funny but weird. 

Radar is smart and I love the fact that he doesn't want to invite his girlfriend over because his parents are trying to collect the worlds biggest collection of black Santas.

I don't like Margo's parents. They just give up on her completely.

Overall, a fantastic book. Definitely 5/5 stars. I love the unique story, characters, as especially the humour.

Onto the movie review:
I have to say, I was disappointed with how the movie turned out. I mean, for someone who hadn't read the book it would've been good, but more the thousands of people in the world who have, they might be disappointed.

I'm not gonna spoil anything about the movie, but just point out a few flaws a few changes they made:
-Angela (Radar's girlfriend) goes on the road trip with them. In the book she doesn't, but in the movie she does. This didn't bug me AS much because it meant that Lacey would have another girl to hang out with.
-Omnictionary is only mentioned once in the movie. Dude, Omnictionary was mentioned 300 million times in the book. Omnictionary is basically what they use to decode stuff and figure out that Margo is in a 'paper town'. And maybe the directors and script writers thought that they didn't need to add it. But it also adds to Radar's personality. He is obsessed with it.
-Quentin and Ben and Radar go to prom. They don't make it to prom in the book. Quentin doesn't even care about prom. And suddenly it's just like ,'I've travelled 24 hours straight in a van and now I'm gonna go to prom and still have the energy to dance and jump up and down etc.' I mean, Quentin may be a 'tough YOLO' kind of character but he really isn't.
- THEY SKIP BREAKING INTO SEAWORLD. Enough said.
-Finally, the ending was the crappiest ending to a movie (based on a book) I have ever seen. It just didn't satisfy me at all. It was so so different to the book.

Onto the good things:
-I liked Nat Wolff as Quentin. That's probably because I liked him as Isaac in TFIOS.
- I can't really think of anything else that I particularly really liked. It is just an all round fine movie.

It may sound like I really hated the movie, but these are only little picky things that because I have read and love the book, I picked out. Do not let this review deter you! Do go ahead and watch it. It isn't terrible, but it isn't the best movie ever, in my opinion.

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Lorde-Your Heroine

Lorde-Your Heroine is an authorised biography by Marc Shapiro. It gives an insight into the life of Lorde- before and during her success. Lorde, being a very successful young artist, was very interesting to read about.

However, Marc Shapiro, I feel, has not actually spoken or met Lorde. He adds nothing about ,'When I spoke to her during da dada da da....' or something like that. He quotes radio and television interviews she has had, and uses her speech through that.

Although, this biography helped me to understand what it may be like to grow up in the spotlight and the effect it had on Lorde, her family, her school and the world. I liked reading about her. She is one of my favourite artists.

This is only a short discussion. I liked this book. This is probably the first ever biography I have actually read all of.

If you wish to know more about this book, click the following link.
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AllenandUnwin Lorde Your Heroine link

The Word Vicious

How do you spell 'vicious'?

V-I-C-I-O-U-S.

Not

V-I-S-C-I-O-U-S
........

Okay. Don't ask me why I posted that.

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