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Month: December 2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Film Review

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Film Review

I’m a huge Harry Potter fan; I adore the books, I love the movies!

So when I heard that there would be not one, but five Fantastic Beasts films, I felt elated. Some people would say that the Harry Potter world should have stopped at ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, and I agree, to a certain extent. But I just feel like having the world extended through plays, other films and script books in a brilliant way to welcome the younger generations to the fandom.

I decided to go and see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them a week after it was released with my family and it’s safe to say that I absolutely loved it. …

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Reboot by Amy Tintera

Reboot by Amy Tintera

My bookshelf was looking very scarce of Sci-Fi books. I have a lot of dystopian billions of contemporary young adult books but not a lot of science fiction. To be completely honest, I have no idea why because I absolutely love the genre. Plop me down in front of a science fiction tv show or film and I will happily watch it without any fuss, give me a science fiction and I will devour it whole. So why don’t I have a lot of Sci-Fi books? I have no idea, but I changed that very quickly.

One of the first Sci-Fi books that I bought to add to my small collection was Reboot by Amy Tintera.

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Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

If you’re looking for a diverse book to read, then look no further. Lies We Tell Ourselves is the story about a black girl falling in love with a white girl during the Civil Rights movement.

I had to read this book for my local Waterstones book club and I am so glad that this was the book that was picked. It was so eye-opening and it taught me a lot about the Civil Right movement; I already imagined the integration of black people into white schools to be an unpleasant read, but the way that Talley tells it is horrifying: I wanted to cry for the black students.

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Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

Being the author of All the Bright Places, Jennifer Niven knows how to reach the young adult audience and how to capture their hearts and attention. She knows how to make characters relateable, three-dimensional and loveable.

Holding up the Universe is better than All the Bright Places. It’s 10x better. The writing is more fluid, the characters have more depth to them and there’s a strong, clear, positive message all the way through the book: you are wanted, you are necessary, you are loved.

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The Next Together by Lauren James

The Next Together by Lauren James

Time travel and reincarnation? Yes, please. This is the first book that I have ever read by Lauren James and I have to say… I’m quite impressed. Even though parts of the book felt very familiar, the overall style of writing and character development captured my attention and I ended up finishing this book in a couple of days.

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November 2016 Book Haul

November 2016 Book Haul

November was a big month for me. It’s the month where I turned 21, it’s the month where I had a truckload of university assignments that had to be handed in and it’s the month where I bought hardly any books. For once.

Mom, if you’re reading this, I hope you’re proud of me. I’m not going to include my birthday book haul in this post because I’ve done this as a seperate post.

Evn though I bought very few books this month, I think that November was a very good month for book buying… So guys, here we go.

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