Sunday, 12 February 2017

Colour Study | PINK!

Starting this series of with a BANG! THE COLOUR PINK.
I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS SERIES! I've decided on posting a 'Colour Study' every 2 months, just to keep you on your toes and so that I don't run out of colours by next week.


 



So these are all the books I have that are PINK! Or at least have a substantial amount of pink in them or on their covers. 

These books aren't in any particuliar order so, from left to right: 
Vampire Academy #1 by Richelle Mead 
Not That Kind Of Girl by Lena Dunham 
My True Love Gave to Me by (a collection of authors) 
Yes Please by Amy Poehler  I have a review of this here. 
It by Alexa Chung  I have a review of this here. 
Landline by Rainbow Rowell  I have a review of this here. 
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins I have a review of this here. 
Dork Diaries #1 by Rachel Renee Russell 
Gifted - Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Marilyn Kaye 
Airhead by Meg Cabot
Princess Poppy The Fashion Princess by Janey Louise Jones 

Vampire Academy = Okay, so I actually bought this book on my own from this bookstore 40 minutes away from where I live/the city nearby me. I think I was there in a mall for a reason but I don't remember what that reason was exactly. That mall, just so happened to have a bookstore that I ended up getting this cause this was back when Vampire Academy was still blowing up and the movie was about to come out. The only reason I got the movie edition book was because it came with a free movie poster and I was like 'hit me up pls'! I still have the poster to this day on the side of one of my bookshelves. The book itself....sucked. 

Not That Kind Of Girl = I don't know where to begin with this book. I got it cause it was said to be a 'feminist book' and well, I was disappointed. It was boring, I didn't even get halfway. I did really like the aesthetic of the book though. In the midst of me trying to conquer this book a load of stuff came out about Lena Dunham and just really put me off. I don't want to go into it, if you're curious google it. That is all I have to say about this book. She is very Problematic not to Start Shit or anything but im not interested in what she has to say. 

My True Love Gave To Me = Well, this is a short story collection contributed by a bunch of fab YA authors. I have a review of all of that here. 

Yes Please = This was a heavy book. Literally and figuratively. There is a bunch of anecdotal stories, colour, humour, advice, filled to the brim with laughter. Very enjoyable, kinda bland at some parts but generally a wholesome book. I won't go into too much detail for this as I have my review of that here 

IT = LOVE <3 I really adored this book when I got it and I still do. I got the beautiful hardback version and I regret nothing. It is such a wonderful purchase. Alexa Chung is one of my fashion inspirations and I really love her style and her as a person, she so dope! In addition, I also follow her on Instagram which I do recommend because her posts are funny and she surrounds herself with such positivity it's nice to see on your feed. I won't say anymore as I have a review of this book right here. The photos I took of the book were one of my favourites in a post. 

Landline = I loved this so much! One of my favourite books ever written by one of my favourite authors ever.  Here is my review! 

Anna and the French Kiss = I also have a review of this with all the juicy deets! Such a good feel good book, one of my favourites. 

Dork Diaries = This is so nostalgic, I read these when I was around 10-12. It was honestly such a cute series when I was younger. I still have all these books, I'll probably donate or give them to my sister. 

Gifted = Oh my god! This book along with the series of 4 books I believe was the shit. I only had the first 3 in the series and this was back when I was a wannabe teen at the age of 9-12ish. It was back when the vampy/witch stuff was in and all the paranormal stuff. I remember nothing of these books or the series but I read them all, they weren't thick books at all and looking the them now, the font size was huge (iop) compared to what I read now. All in all, I can't say much on these because I remember nothing of what I've read. 

Airhead = I had this. Meg Cabot was all over my primary school library but for some reason I couldn't get into any of her books. I had accidentally purchased the second book in this series so I decided to get the first one and read from there. Turns out I hated the premiss and the characters. So now I have the entire trilogy which I have read but I remember nothing of it. 

Princess Poppy = This was one of the first ever 'chapter books' I ever read. My uncle got it for me and told me I should put my name in it so no one would ever take it. Gosh! How nostalgic this makes me. It was PINK, like so PINK, the pages were even pink. 

I know I went into these books superficially but the point of this 'study' isn't to review but to indulge you through the books I have. Although, I have linked proper reviews for books with a review on this blog. If you are really interested drop me a comment and I'll try and tell you what you need to know. <3 Have a lovely one everyone!!!


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Saturday, 4 February 2017

To All The Boys I've Loved Before | Jenny Han




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Okay so this was not what I expected at all. I hope ya'll like these images I took, look at all those 'to-be-read books in the back of the first pic. ALSO, I borrowed this from my friend Tess - whom I mention so much on this blog: here, here, here, here, here and here. I don't know if she wants this back so I'm hanging on to it for now, I did however Skype her the other day to tell her that I'm making this post right now and that she is gonna get a shout out, you can follow her on tumblr here. 

 This is a Young-Adult, Contemporary, it is the first book in a trilogy I believe. This is a goodreads synopsis (you can follow me or add me on Goodreads here) because I will not bother myself to sit and tell you what this book is about: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all. 

I have reviewed Jenny Han’s other series: The Summer I Turned Pretty on this blog and the review of that is here. I have come to the conclusion after reading four of her books and a short story from: My True Love Gave To Me (I have a review of that here, it was my last blog post actually so you can probably scroll down!) that her writing... irritates me. Her plot and ideas - I don’t like. Yes, its ~cute~ and sometimes makes me feel warm and mushy but other than that it sucks so much. It should wow me, I should be wow'ed or at least enjoy the premiss of the book, which I did not....at all. There is nothing special about Jenny Han's writing, like truly this was a bland contemporary to me. I am giving it two stars and not one because I managed to finish the book because I wanted to, I didn't feel like I was forcing myself to. That should say something, even if it's just a little. 

In my honest opinion, this book was all over the place. There wasn't a single thing that created a consensus for everything to become one. Am I making sense? Because I felt as though everything in this book could have been a story in itself, there was just too much and none of it was adding up. Not to mention there were main characters that I disliked heavily in this book as well, maybe that’s another factor to why I didn’t enjoy the book in the end. I did not like the main at all. Lara Jean is sixteen and she sounds like a twelve year old brat. She is just so ??? I didn’t like it, she wasn’t as bad as Eadlyn whats-her-name or America Singer from The Selection series (I have a review of those here) but she was pretty bad. Her little sister was nice but I also disliked Lara’s older sister Margo. Everything was just ‘yikes’ for me. In my honest opinion the entire book was built at a very superficial level. I know this is a contemporary but like where?.....It was pretty bad.

I know this book is a trilogy (I believe). I will not be reading the next two books because there isn’t anything special about this series. APART FROM THE POC (people of colour)!!!! I really loved that this book has an Asian family (or at least half Asian) because it’s a step in the right direction. Even though everyone else was of course White, it’s good to submerge yourself in a teen novel where many individuals can possible relate more to a character than just her thoughts/personality. I applaud Jenny Han for this but in this day in age we shouldn’t have too, diversity should be one of the top priorities in bestselling novels because…..the world isn’t White and other races do exist believe it or not. I feel extremely strong about this because this world is filled with opportunity and all different beautiful kinds of individuals, if you are not capturing that in you’re books…what are you doing. You are not being honest to yourself or this world because there are so MANY types of people. Just trY. Another thing I want to mention before I digress, is that I will not be labelling this book as ‘diverse’, why? Because there is a single half Asian family does not mean this book is diverse (lmao). SO sorry (not sorry) but it’s not diverse at all.

To conclude, I will not be continuing this series, or reading anymore Jenny Han. Life is too short to read books that irk me and I mean I knew this was about to happen. I had read her other three books and they annoyed me so yeah. Also, the plot in this isn't exciting at all and I can already predict what will happen so I'm not at a loss here. If I were you I would read the synopsis and if you think this it up your ally, go for it. Otherwise, move on...it really isn't great. Contemporaries should be realistic, this was not.

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