Monday 7 October 2013

NEW BLOG !

TODAY I CREATED MY NEW BLOG - BABYSITTING IN SWEET VALLEY !
PLEASE GO TO THAT BLOG FROM NOW ON FOR POSTS AS I WILL NO LONGER BE BLOGGING ON THIS ONE!
THANKS,

MIMI

Wednesday 17 July 2013

The Elements Book Cover Tag - Tag Converted from Youtube


Hey Book lovers,

Today's tag hasn't got much attention yet but I hope it does soon because I think it's really fun !

Created by TorsBookReviews, it's similar to the Bookshelf Scavenger hunt tag except for this tag you've got to find books related to the elements : Water, Fire, Earth and Air.

I tried to choose books that haven't previously appeared on my blog.

Let's begin :

Water
 
Find a book with water on it


Watersong #1 - Wake by Amanda Hocking


Find a book with blue on it
Sati by Christopher Pike
 
Fire

Find a book with fire on it
The Stepdaughter by Carol Ellis


Find a book with red on it
Point crime - A dramatic death by Margaret Bingley

Earth

Find a book with something related to Earth on it
A Poppy Sinclair thriller #1 - Dead jealous by Sharon Jones

Find a book with green on it

Point crime - Break point by David Belbin

Air

Find a book with air on it
Hush, hush #1 by Becca Fitzpatrick

Find a book with white on it

L.A Candy #1 by Lauren Conrad

Bonus

Find a book with the colours blue, red, green and white on it
Point horror - The Cheerleader by Caroline b. Cooney

Thanks for reading this post !,
 
If you enjoyed please Follow me,Comment, Friend me on Goodreads (the link is in the sidebar to my account) and Read my other posts (if you haven't already).
 
Have you done your own version of the tag?
Please Comment below a link to it or just type your own choices
 
Have you read any of these books ?
Please leave a Comment below because I'd appreciate hearing your opinions ( good or bad) about the book/s.
 
Back again tomorrow,
Mimi
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Monday 15 July 2013

June Wrap-up

Another month of reading gone,
 
 
Greetings readers,
 
So todays post is my super late June wrap-up that was originally supposed to be posted 3 weeks ago but I was doing the read-a-thon posts then and completely forgot to post this after that.
 
But as I'm in a bit of a writers block I've decided to finally do this today.
 
If you haven't encountered a wrap-up before it's basically where you list all the books you've read in a month and the star rating you'd give them.
 
The way I rate :
 
5 Stars - Could read for the rest of my life without getting bored
 
4 Stars - Excellent but slightly imperfect
 
3 Stars - Worth reading but only mediocre
 
2 Stars - Had a couple of good qualities but probably shouldn't have read it 
 
1 Star - Hate and loathe so much I could burn it
 
Here we go :
 
June Wrap-up
 

Pretty little liars #7 - Heartless by Sara Shepard 258 pages - 5 Stars
 
Pretty little liars #8 - Wanted by Sara Shepard 247 pages - 5 Stars
 
Starry Nights, Stage Frights and My Perfect Valentine by Liz Elwes 190 pages - 3 Stars
 
The Carrie Diaries #1 by Candace Bushnell 389 pages - 4 Stars
 
Romeo & Juliet (graphic novel) 77 pages - 3 Stars
 
The Carrie Diaries #2 - Summer and the city by Candace Bushnell (did not finish) 61 pages - 2 Stars
 
Megastar Mysteries #7 - Estelle by Annabelle Starr 135 pages - 3 Stars
 
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children #1 by Ransom Riggs 352 pages - A MILLION STARS (Review on Blog)
 
Steady Beat #1 by Rivkah 140 pages - 2 Stars
 
The Celebutantes #2 - In the club by Antonio Pagliarulo 329 pages - 4 Stars
 
The death of death by K.N Parker 33 pages - 5 Stars (Review on Blog)
 
So much closer by Susane Colosanti 250 pages - 3.5 Stars
 
Megastar Mysteries #8 - Hollie by Annabelle Starr 128 pages - 4 Stars
 
Life was easier when boys were stupid by Sarah Billington 11 pages - 2 Stars
 
The chocolate box girls #4 - Coco Caramel by Cathy Cassidy 263 pages - 5 Stars (Review on Blog)
 
Sabrina the teenage witch #1 - the magic within by Tania Del Rio 251 pages - 5 Stars
 
Sweet Valley Twins #14 - Tug of war by Francine Pascal 103 pages - 5 Stars
 
Sweet Valley Twins #15 - The older boy by Francine Pascal 103 pages - 5 Stars
 
Sweet Valley Twins #16 - Second best by Francine Pascal 104 pages - 5 Stars
 
Sweet Valley Twins #17 - Boys against girls by Francine Pascal 104 pages - 5 Stars
 
Sweet Valley Twins #53 - The slime that ate Sweet Valley by Francine Pascal 136 pages - 5 Stars
 
 
Overall Book Count - 21 !
 
Overall Page Count - 3,664 pages !
 
 
Thanks for reading this post !
 
If you enjoyed please Follow me, Comment, Friend me on Goodreads (the link is in the sidebar to my account) and Read my other posts (if you haven't already).
 
What did you read in June ?
Leave me a Comment or A Response Post telling me about them
 
Tag on Wednesday,
Mimi
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Sunday 14 July 2013

My Top 10 Favourite books

These are some of my favourite things,
 
Hey readers,
I've been really struggling recently to come up with post ideas so I would really appreciate if you could give me some ideas. Thank you!
 
Anyway today I thought I'd do a post listing my all time favourite books. The pictures are all from Goodreads.
 
Let's begin :
 
Thirteen Tales of Horror (Point Horror 13's)
 
1.Point Horror - 13 tales of horror
 
Beach Party
2.Point Horror - Beach Party by R.L Stine


Sisters Red (Fairytale Retellings, #1)
3. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
 
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

4.Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
 
Undone

5.Undone by Cat Clarke
 
Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars, #1)
6.Pretty Little Liars series by Sara Shepard
 
Double Love (Sweet Valley High, #1)
7.Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal
 
Romeo & Juliet & Vampires
8.Romeo & Juliet & Vampires by Claudia Gabel
Magenta Orange: The Trials of a Teenage Temptress
9.Magenta Orange series by Echo Freer
Vicious Little Darlings
10.Vicious Little Darlings by Katherine Easer
 
Thanks for reading this post !,
If you enjoyed please Follow me, Comment, Friend me on Goodreads (the link is in the sidebar to my account) and Read my other posts (if you haven't already).
 
What are your favourite books?
Please Comment them or do your own Post listing them.
 
Have you read any of these books?
Please leave a Comment below because I'd appreciate hearing your opinions ( good or bad) about the book/s.
 
Busy day for me today,
Mimi
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Saturday 13 July 2013

Library Lovelies and Riveting Reservations #6

Long time, No Post


Please don't kill me readers,
 
So yet again I had a bit of a blogging break but it can be easily explained - On Wednesday I had to got to a performance so I could review it for my school newspaper and On Thursday I didn't know what post to do.
 
I'm back now though and it's time for the first Library Lovelies and Riveting Reservations post of July :
 
Riveting Reservations
 
This section will be complied in to three categories - Arrived (books I reserved but are now ready to collect) , In Transit (when they've sent the book to my library but it hasn't arrived yet) and Reserved (when they've not done anything regarding my reservation).Today there's only two categories though because nothings Arrived yet.
 
In Transit
 
Sweethearts #3 - Ice Dreams by Jo Cotterill - Labelled as this on the 11th July
 
Reserved
 
Everything is fine (and other lies I tell myself) by Cathy Brett - Reserved 13th July
 
Library Lovelies
My District Library
 
Going too far by Jennifer Echols - I've been eyeing this up for months but Today I finally decided to borrow it. Heard excellent things about this author and I do want to read another book (Love Story) by this author so I hope she's good
 
The truth about my success by Dyan Sheldon - One of my favourite author's 2013 release and the plot sounds amazing. I adore books about swapping lives and indentical strangers/twins.
 
Airhead #1 by Meg Cabot - I've already got the second book in this series because my sister absoulutely loved this author when she was my age and younger. I'm really excited for it as I've wanted to read this for a while.
 
Thanks for reading this post!

If you enjoyed please Follow me, Comment, Friend me on Goodreads (the link is in the sidebar to my account) and Read my other posts (if you haven't already).
 
What books have you got/reserved from the library recently?
Please Comment them or do your own Library Lovelies and Riveting Reservations post and remember to state that the idea belongs to me.
 
Have you read any of these books?
Please leave a Comment below because I'd appreciate hearing your opinions ( good or bad) about the book/s.
 
I'll be back tomorrow,
Mimi
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Monday 8 July 2013

Book Haul #7

Summer Lovin' Read-a-thon happened so fast, Summer Lovin' Read-a-thon oh what a blast !

Welcome to catch-up time web-users,

Today I show you all the books I've - guilty - accumulated thus far in July. This post does not include the e-books as I plan to showcase them in a separate post.

This is actually a trial new format of my book haul posts as it's quicker and easier just to take one picture. sorry if you like looking at covers though.

There's nothing more to say so let's begin :


First 6 books I got in my hometown's Age Concern last Wednesday on what was supposed to be a 5 for £1 deal but the lady at the till was super nice and let me have 6th for free instead of having to pay an extra 30p.
 
Sabrina the teenage witch #19 - Shamrock shenanigans - The title and cover of this made me laugh but I've really become a fan of Sabrina recently so didn't hesitate to snap this up.
 
Sabrina the teenage with #28 - Up, up and away - Don't really know much about the 1700's so it will be  interesting and informative to read a book set in that time period.
 
Sabrina the teenage witch #32 - Reality check - The plot of this one was partially covered in one of the graphic novels but this actually sounds like a better version of the story.
 
Sabrina the teenage witch #33 - Knock on wood - Does anyone else think of Easy A ?
 
Sabrina the teenage witch #49 - The truth hurts - Probably the most intriguing.
 
Nancy Drew #38 - The double jinx mystery by Carolyn Keene - Have been and plan on continuing to read Nancy books a lot this summer. Love these (90's) editions of the covers.
 
This next book I won in a Goodreads Giveaway so I couldn't believe it was hardcover when it arrived on Thursday. Thank you Simon and Schuster !
 
Changeling #2 - Stormbringers by Philippa Gregory - I don't read historical fiction despite my love of history and this author's supposed to be the superlative of the genre. Haven't read the first one but will try to get started on the series soon.
 
The final two books are from my Nearby District Library's book sale and they were 40p each.
 
Ouran High School Host Club #5 - Manga for sale at a cheap price is rare so even though I haven't started this series (my friend recommend it once) I bought this.
 
A year without Autumn by Liz Kessler - Interesting synopsis so I purchased it.
 
Thank you for reading this post !
If you enjoyed please Follow me, Comment, Friend me on Goodreads (the link is in the sidebar to my account) and Read my other posts (if you haven't already).
 
Have you read or do you know more about these books ?
Please leave a Comment below because I'd appreciate hearing your opinions ( good or bad) on these books.
  
Did you go Book shopping recently?
Please Comment what you bought below and I'll certainly check them out.
 
Back to the usual schedule,
Mimi
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Sunday 7 July 2013

Summer Lovin' Read-a-thon Update #7 and Wrap-up

We go together,
 
 Happy finale my fellow participants,
 
This experience has been truly wonderful and has me bursting with happiness for the rest of the summer.
 
A superlative start to my summer reading I've really enjoyed making new friends and that's better than all the other achievements I'm about to list.
 
It's been far superior to all my previous read-a-thons so I hope the hosts organise another soon.
 
Let the euphoria commence :
 
Update #7
 
So today was another sunny day but I was slightly busier.
 
I finished Bakuman #1 and really want to read the 54 others. Thank you Jessethereader for introducing me to the series !
 
I then managed to get 98 pages into Nancy Drew Files #59 - High Risk by Carolyn Keene. I don't know if I'll finish this tonight so there might be adjustments to this post tomorrow.
 
Wrap-up
 
Number of Books read - 8 books ! 1 book over my target :)


Sabrina the teenage witch #2 - The magic within (graphic novel) - Last 29 pages
 
Nancy Drew Files #7 - Deadly doubles by Carolyn Keene - Full 149 pages
 
Magenta #1 - Magenta Orange by Echo Freer - Full 203 pages
 
Magenta #3 - Magenta goes green by Echo Freer - Full 198 pages
 
Lovephobia #1 - Full 140 pages
 
Sabrina the teenage witch #10 - Lotsa Luck - Full 163 pages
 
Bakuman #1 - Full 203
 
Nancy Drew Files #59 - High Risk by Carolyn Keene - First 98 pages
 
Number of Pages Read - 1085 pages
 
Didn't quite reach my goal of 1,250 pages but this is like 1/4 of what I'd read in a month and I've read this amount in a week so I'm still happy.
 
 Thank you for reading this post ! ,

If you enjoyed please Follow me,Comment and read my other posts (if you haven't already).
 
Was your read-a-thon challenge successful?
Please leave a Comment below or do a Wrap-up yourself and Link it as a response
 
Plenty of Posts to catch up on this week including Book Hauls and a Library Lovelies and Riveting Reservations,
Mimi
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