Tag: Book review

  • Reading Wrap Up #3

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    It’s almost six months into the year and I’m finally in the double digits on my reading challenge *throws confetti*. It’s been a busy couple of weeks but definitely time to check in with you guys and update you all on what I’ve been reading recently…

    The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks | E. Lockhart

    One year ago Frankie Landau-Banks may have been on one of the lowest rigs of the social ladder at Alabaster Prep School, but this year Frankie’s all grown up, poised for big things, and has gotten herself a enviably handsome senior boyfriend. On paper Frankie has a pretty sweet life, but standing in the sidelines and playing the ‘good wife’ isn’t cutting it anymore. No matter how intelligent she is the boys will always think of her as the sweet little Sophmore girl on Matthew’s arm. Oh how wrong they are! Frankie may be a girl, but she’s smarter than all of them put together…and she’s gonna prove it to them once and for all.

    Gotta love a bit of Lockhart YA to get yourself out of a reading slump! I was seriously struggling getting motivated to find time to read until I decided to have a flick through Frankie’s story. It’s a-typical YA but gosh is it heaps of fun to read. As per usual Lockhart manages to capture teen life in the upper echelons of American prep society whilst also slipping in some more serious themes about gender inequality during teenage-hood.

    Check out my full review on Blogger’s Bookshelf

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  • Books | Reading Wrap Up #2

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    It’s been a while but I’m back with another reading wrap up of what books I’ve been flicking through over the past few weeks as I slowly pace towards my goal of reading 30 books by the end of the year. (more…)

  • Books | Reading Wrap Up #1

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    *all images via GoodReads

    Slightly new format for my book reviews. I kind of fell of the bandwagon towards the end of last year with book reviews, mainly because I was so busy and I was also reading a lot of book specifically to review, but also because I was semi-pressuring myself to have something read every single month.

    This year I’ve lowered my book goal to 30, firstly as I don’t have regular uber long commute or specific time I can use read everyday anymore, but also to actually take in what I read a bit more.

    So here’s the low-down on what I’ve been picking up the first two months of this year.

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