onsdag 31 januari 2018

January reading vlog 2018


June's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNGMRZf68taHzqFdymA_sFw

Make sure to check her out!

Books I mentioned: Legends over generations by Ashraf Haggag: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

 Shy's sorrow by April M. Barbosa: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
My two thugs: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

One of us is lying by Karen M. Mcmanus: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

 Outlander by Diana Gabaldon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

 Blackout by Mira Grant #3 Newflesh trilogy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

A heart shaped box by Joe Hill: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Say her name by Juno Dawson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

 Stray by Elissa Sussman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

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måndag 29 januari 2018

Shy's sorrow by April M. Barbosa

Shy's Sorrow

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13186070-shy-s-sorrow

 Shyas got a great life, a lawyer dad, the perfect stepmom. Then tragedy strikes. Shyas no longer in her perfect life; instead, sheas thrown to her real mom and a world full of violence where around every corner lurks hidden danger to a naAve girl who trusts everyone. The people in her new life are like characters in a book. Esperanza, her mother, is a violent alcoholic whoas always loud and abusive. G is the quiet thug that rules the streets with his devoted homie Chino. Both would lay down their lives to protect Shy from anything or anyone. Flaca is the only girl in the neighborhood to befriend her. They develop a bond stronger than life itself. Mousie is the bully. In this way of life, no one is who they seem to be. Mother, father, friends, enemies, there are no boundaries and only one rule to live by: survive by any means necessary.
5/5 stars on Goodreads. 

My thoughts:
I had the wonderful opportunity to receive this copy for an honest review & I'd like to give my thanks to this wonderful author. I thought it was a really nice read & I loved the writing style. The main character felt very real to me & I had times when I felt both sorry & angry. This book made me feel a lot which doesn't happen many times to me.

tisdag 23 januari 2018

Legends over generations - Ashraf Haggag review

Legends over Generations
Since the beginning of human settlement, a lot of people came up with ideas, philosophies, beliefs, experiments, research, redesigning of thoughts, talents, and surveys to bring myths to reality.
People contributed to various life aspects science, politics, literature, arts, social activities and so many other fields. These genius minds put a keen interest in every phenomenon right from when they were young. The zeal, passion, dedication, hard work and efforts they put into their work helped them discover something new about the world we live in.

In these Legends, we’ve seen inexplicable abilities that helped us define our existence and human life. Their names are engraved in the sands of time for their work in the welfare of mankind with different inventions that have made our lives easy, enjoyable and successful. The following chapters commemorate the greatest personalities we’ve ever seen who changed the world.

They are among the most influential people of today’s world. With practical advantages in various aspects, they have helped us to grow a better understanding of the world and different working phenomenon’s that governs us. Their way of shaping modern day culture is completely unrivaled.

 
Paperback, First, 228 pages
Expected publication: March 1st 2018

My review on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36586774-legends-over-generations

I received an early copy of this book in exchange for an review, I want to give the author a big thank you because this was an amazing ride!
This book is a brief summary of the lives & achievements of very important people in the history.  This author discusses the human rights, politics & many other aspects that are important to the way we are today. I enjoyed the writing style a lot & there were a lot of things that I didn't know before reading this book. If you haven't read this one yet, I really think you should.

söndag 14 januari 2018

Plans for 2018

Hello everyone!
I wanted to go through some plans for this year. I have been focusing all my reading on books that I've received from authors & on books that I'm buddy reading. As you probably already know, I'm reading One of us is lying by Karen M. McManus with my booktuber friend June. I'm 94 pages in to it & it has taken me some time because I'm annotating as I read. The reason that I'm annotating more is so I can write better reviews of the books that I read. Yesterday I picked up a book that I recieved from the lovely author April M. Barbosa.



Shy's Sorrow

Shyas got a great life, a lawyer dad, the perfect stepmom. Then tragedy strikes. Shyas no longer in her perfect life; instead, sheas thrown to her real mom and a world full of violence where around every corner lurks hidden danger to a naAve girl who trusts everyone. The people in her new life are like characters in a book. Esperanza, her mother, is a violent alcoholic whoas always loud and abusive. G is the quiet thug that rules the streets with his devoted homie Chino. Both would lay down their lives to protect Shy from anything or anyone. Flaca is the only girl in the neighborhood to befriend her. They develop a bond stronger than life itself. Mousie is the bully. In this way of life, no one is who they seem to be. Mother, father, friends, enemies, there are no boundaries and only one rule to live by: survive by any means necessary.
Paperback, 60 pages
Published December 15th 2008 by America Star Books 
 
I will be focusing on finishing books that I've received from the authors & get their reviews out as soon as possible. I value our collaboration & they are very important to me.   
These are the books I have to read that I've received from the wonderful authors: 

  1. My two thugs - April M. Barbosa 
  2. Legends over generations - Ashraf Haggag
  3. Rising - Mike Huard

    When I'm done with these I will take some time to catch up on the books that I've started & haven't finished yet. 

    • Blackout - Mira Grant 
    • A heart shaped box - Joe Hill 
    • Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
     
    Another thing is that I will be annotating a lot more & my plan is to try & annotate in my read books. I realized that I haven't had a good system for annotating so I'm trying out some different things to see what works best for me. If you want me to go more into annotating, feel free to comment down below & I'll make a video about it. Yes, I know there are plenty of people out there that doesn't like annotations & that's fine. You do what works best for you. 

    What are your plans for 2018? Let me know! 

    Until next time, happy reading!



lördag 13 januari 2018

24 HOUR READATHON VLOG | OUTLANDER 2018



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Goodreads: marwes
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Youtube: BookAholic 12
Twitter: marwez3

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Buddy read announcement!

Hi everyone!
Some time ago I met the wonderful Booktuber June & she really wanted to collaborate with me & of course I said, yes. We will be buddy reading a book together. This will be going on for some time from now on & our goal is set on at least two months. I recently found that I can annotate in iBooks so this has made my life a lot easier.

June's youtube channel is right here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNGMRZf68taHzqFdymA_sFw
Be sure to check her out!

We will be reading One of us is lying by Karen M. McManus

One of Us Is Lying

The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars, One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.
 
Pay close attention and you might solve this.
On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.
Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention, Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose?
Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them."


Kindle Edition, 361 pages
Published May 30th 2017 by Delacorte Press
 
Happy reading! ;)

Land of the free - Mike Huard REVIEW

 
 
Rating: 5/5 stars on goodreads. 
Here's my goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2178084309
If you haven't read it, read it now.
Firstly I want to thank the wonderful & kind Michael for giving me this opportunity to read & review his wonderful piece of art. Yes, for me it was a masterpiece & I've never read anything like it before. I really enjoyed the setting of the story & that the author threw me in an action sequence right away. It made me want to see more of what was going on & who was fighting for what. I felt as if I was there, that I knew martial arts - which I have no experience with. The action scenes were all planned very carefully & I could see a picture in my head of what was going on.
The sisterhood is a wonderful place & I'd love to be part of them. They love each other, they fight for what's right. In this corrupt world, they are the hope & prayers of the people. They sacrifice everything for others, unafraid & strong. My favorite is Mahira, without a doubt. All the characters where easy for me to bond with & it felt like all of them had a piece in common with me. The women of the sisterhood are treated with respect & they're very independent. They work so hard to be where they are so all creds to them, they've deserved to be the best!
I liked the villains a lot & they where all very believable characters, which says a lot of my experience. One of these bad guys actually made me feel sorry for the character. I could feel the loneliness inside, almost as if this character was trapped in some way. There wasn't a single thought in my mind that these people weren't real. They are real to me.
This book is a real page turner! Sometimes I thought everything was nice & calm, then came a big BANG & something new came that turned everything. I always had the feeling that none of the characters were ever safe, they had very high stakes but even if it was the case, they where human. They love others & they have all the biological needs.
I loved to see what the future might be like, it actually made me think a lot about the future. Michael leaves no questions unanswered in the story. I got all my questions answered which is something that I like in a book. Everything was explained in detail.
The robots, oh the robots. As soon as they started being in the story I was caught in this Terminator state of mind. I LOVE TERMINATOR!! Red glowing eyes!
I loved that there was a lot of diversity in this book & that the author discusses sexuality & the thought of, What if there are no labels? What if we could just love & nothing else mattered.
This was an emotional roller coaster, I laughed, I cried, I was angry. I have to read the next one for sure!

Here's my favorite quote: "All of them played together to the beat of freedom."

tisdag 2 januari 2018

A late christmas gift from me to me! BOOK HAUL #1

















I ordered these on the 16 th of December & they arrived today. Note to self, don't order stuff online on December. Let me know if you've read any of these & what you thought.


Mare-Ann Feyrers foto.

Every day - David Levithan

Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.
There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.
 

It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.

Amelia Anne is dead & gone - Kat Rosenfield

An arresting un-coming-of-age story, from a breathtaking talent. 
Becca has always longed to break free from her small, backwater hometown. But the discovery of an unidentified dead girl on the side of a dirt road sends the town--and Becca--into a tailspin. Unable to make sense of the violence of the outside world creeping into her backyard, Becca finds herself retreating inward, paralyzed from moving forward for the first time in her life. Short chapters detailing the last days of Amelia Anne Richardson's life are intercut with Becca's own summer as the parallel stories of two young women struggling with self-identity and relationships on the edge twist the reader closer and closer to the truth about Amelia's death. 

The chaos of stars - Kiersten White 

Isadora's family is seriously screwed up—which comes with the territory when you're the human daughter of the ancient Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris. Isadora is tired of living with crazy relatives who think she's only worthy of a passing glance—so when she gets the chance to move to California with her brother, she jumps on it. But her new life comes with plenty of its own dramatic—and dangerous—complications . . . and Isadora quickly learns there's no such thing as a clean break from family. 

Control - Lydia Kang 

When a crash kills their father and leaves them orphaned, Zel knows she needs to protect her sister, Dyl. But before Zel has a plan, Dyl is taken by strangers using bizarre sensory weapons, and Zel finds herself in a safe house for teens who aren’t like any she’s ever seen before—teens who shouldn’t even exist. Using broken-down technology, her new friends’ peculiar gifts, and her own grit, Zel must find a way to get her sister back from the kidnappers who think a powerful secret is encoded in Dyl’s DNA.
Set in 2150—in a world of automatic cars, nightclubs with auditory ecstasy drugs, and guys with four arms—this is about the human genetic “mistakes” that society wants to forget, and the way that outcasts can turn out to be heroes. 

Stray - Elissa Sussman

I am grateful for my father, who keeps me good and sweet. I am grateful for my mother, who keeps her own heart guarded and safe. I am grateful for my adviser, who keeps me protected. I am grateful for the Path, which keeps me pure. Ever after. 
Princess Aislynn has long dreamed about attending her Introduction Ball, about dancing with the handsome suitors her adviser has chosen for her, about meeting her true love and starting her happily ever after.
When the night of the ball finally arrives and Nerine Academy is awash with roses and royalty, Aislynn wants nothing more than to dance the night away, dutifully following the Path that has been laid out for her. She does not intend to stray.
But try as she might, Aislynn has never quite managed to control the magic that burns within her-magic brought on by wicked, terrible desires that threaten the Path she has vowed to take.
After all, it is wrong to want what you do not need. Isn’t it? 

Between the devil & the deep blue sea - April G Tucholke

You stop fearing the devil when you’re holding his hand… 
Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town… until River West comes along. River rents the guest house behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. 
Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Or could he be something more?
Violet’s grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she never said he could be a dark-haired boy who takes naps in the sun, who likes coffee, who kisses you in a cemetery... who makes you want to kiss back. 
Violet’s already so knee-deep in love, she can’t see straight. And that’s just how River likes it. 
Blending faded decadence and the thrilling dread of gothic horror, April Genevieve Tucholke weaves a dreamy, twisting contemporary romance, as gorgeously told as it is terrifying—a debut to watch. 

Love letters to the dead - Ava Dellaria 

It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more -- though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was -- lovely and amazing and deeply flawed -- can she begin to discover her own path in this stunning debut from Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead.  

Happy reading! 

måndag 1 januari 2018