Library Lovelies and Riveting Reservations #3

 

"When I got my library card, that was when my life began."

 

Happy Monday readers,

 

Although it was only reinforced yesterday I've already managed to ruin the schedule. Rules are made to be broken I suppose.

Anyway todays post is of the loss of control I experienced on Saturday 8th when I went to two libraries.

The quote stated by Rita Mae Brown sums me up completely because I can't imagine my life (and how penniless I'd be) without the taken for granted privilege of visiting a library.

Anway I'll begin by discussing the reservations I've made :

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 one category though because I only made these reservations Today

 

 

Reserved

Magenta #3 - Magenta goes green by Echo Freer - Reserved Today Coming to My District library

Strawberry marshmallow by Barasui - Reserved Today Coming to My District library

Shut out by Kody Keplinger - Reserved Today Coming to My District library

 

 

Library Lovelies

 

My Nearby District Library

 



 

Teen Dreams by Roz Kaveney

 

I picked up this guide to teen films as I'm running out of movies to watch so I thought this would help me discover some new choices.

 

There's a picture from one of favourite films Clueless on the cover which I interpret as a good sign 

 

 

Steady Beat #1 by Rivkah

 

This sounded like a spectacular mystery Manga and should be easy to devour.

 

 

 

Celebutauntes #2 - In the club by Antonio Pagliarulo

 

My last review on this Blog was of the first one in the series and if you've read that (go read it now please if you haven't) you may have predicted that I'd pick this up.

 

Despite the hideous cover (seriously who told that girl to do that facial expression?) I'm really enthused to read this and I pray that it's as good as the first.

 

 

Romeo & Juliet retold by Powell Cabrera

 

I've already read this but you'll have to read my upcoming review to hear my thoughts.

 

Selected due to the fact I adore the original tale that it's a graphic novel of.

 

 

My District Library

 

 

Megastar Mysteries #7 - Estelle by Annabelle Starr

 

Still pursuing this series for fun. You can check out my review for the previous book on this blog. I read this Today but you'll have to wait a while to hear my opinion on it.

 

 

Megastar Mysteries #8 - Hollie by Annabelle Starr

 

A threat to my current favourite in the series #5 Honeydale in order to the fact the plot revolves around an author's (which is what I aspire to be) mystery.

 



 

Diary of a mall girl by Luisa Plaja

 

I believe this a 2013 contempory debut and it seems like the perfect girly read for this Summer. The concepts pretty interesting so I'm relatively excited to read this.

 

 

 

Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children by Ransom Riggs

 

I've wanted to read this since it was released but due to countess others reserving it on the Library website I've only managed to pick it up now.

 

I love how there's creepy photographs involved and I can already visualise Tim Burton (my favourite director) making it into a movie.

 

Extremely high hopes for this.

 

 







 

The Carrie Diaries #2 - Summer and the city by Candace Bushnell

 

I thought the Carrie Diaries was an average book (I can't decide whether I prefer it or not to the show) so I thought I'd pick up the sequel.

 

That was a big mistake as I loathed this book and didn't even finish it. There was inaccuracies to Sex and the city regarding her meeting Miranda.

 

Would not recommend.

 

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Remember to return on Wednesday for a tag!,

Mimi

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Library Lovelies and Riveting Reservations #2

Here Comes The Sun !,

My apologies readers,

Yet again I didn't post on Friday. I think I might organise a different schedule that doesn't involve posting daily but 4 or 5 days a week instead because I've felt too much pressure recently to post. More on that when I've made a decision.

'Here Comes The Sun' refers to the extraordinary weather my town has been experiencing Today. This means I can read outside finally which is my favourite thing to do when it's scorching.Hopefully it will stay like this during my school break.

Today I bring you another edition from my newest segment.This time the borrowed beauties are from My District Library and there's only two books to show. Also you're able to get a sneak peek of some of the future books I'll borrowing because I've reserved them and listed them below.

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 because I picked up all the books that arrived today.

 

In Transit

 

Pretty Little Liars #7 - Heartless by Sara Shepard - Labelled as In Transit as of Today coming to the Nearby District library

 

Diary of a Mall Girl by Luisa Plaja - Labelled as In Transit as of Today coming to My District library

 

 

Reserved

 

Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children by Ransom Riggs - Reserved on January 18th 2013 coming to My District Library

 

Pretty Little Liars #8 - Wanted by Sara Shepard - Reserved May 23rd 2013 coming to the Nearby District Library

Steady Beat #1 (Manga) by Rivkah - Reserved May 23rd 2013 coming to the Nearby District Library

 

Teen Dreams by Ros Kaveney - Reserved Today coming to the Nearby District Library

Crush Confidential - Starry Nights,Stage Frights and My Surprise Valentine by Liz Elwes - Reserved Today coming to the Nearby District Library

 

Library Lovelies

 

Dream on by Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore

 

An adorable romantic contemporary.You may remember this being mentioned in my previous post. It revolves around a Romeo and Juliet production so it's bound to be good - I love R&J plus books centring around plays.

 

 

 

Megastar Mysteries #5 - Honeydale by Annabelle Starr

 

I read and reviewed book 6 in this series last week and craved more of the unrealistic celebrity crime solving . In this book Rosie's on a Journalism course when her detective skills are required so it should be even more interesting - I'm a reporter for my school newspaper.

 

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Have fun in the sun,

Mimi

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Review - Megastar Mysteries #6 - SongBird by Annabelle Starr

"Can't repeat the past ? ... Why of course you can !"

Good afternoon readers,

That Gatsby (my latest adoration) quote refers too the loss of Wi-Fi my house is experiencing again. This may lead to poor quality posts but I'm trying to prevent that.

Anyway here's the delayed review :

Book name - SongBird

Series - #6 in Megastar Mysteries

Author - Annabelle Starr

Page count - 130 pages

Time spent reading - 18th - 19th

Review :

I chose this gleefully at the library last weekend when I recognised the series title from reading them 2 years ago.

This series is about 3 normal best friends (Rosie,Soph and Abs)who are constantly solving mysteries for celebrities - so unrealistic.

 In this particular book a new popular anonymous singer ,only known as SongBird,is invited to their environmental themed school fete. However SongBird may start singing the blues because someone is attempting to sabotage this event.

Can Rosie, her friends and her crazy detective programme loving Grandmother stop the saboteur in time ?

It was weird but also successful to re-visit characters I hadn't encountered for so long.Stories like this make me want my own detective agency.

Unfortunately I did solve the mystery of this book before it was revealed but it's the first time that's happened with this series.

I still thought this book was extremely enjoyable though due to the fact they uncover evidence so quickly.

I'd recommend this for people who love Nancy Drew (like me) and are looking for a girly quick read.

I'll definitely be reading the others in the series so I'm rating this :

3 out of 5 stars


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Tomorrow will be the first of my new segment on books I've borrowed from my libraries so please stick around,

Mimi

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Review - Sweet Valley High #88 - Love Letters for sale and Read-a-thon Update #6

The promise I made,Is starting to fade,

I didn't intend to make not posting on a Friday a habit but somehow it's become one. I sincerely apologise for the lack of a post but as I mentioned in Thursday's post (check it out if you haven't already) I was really busy.

So busy in fact that I only read 10 pages yesterday... Oh the shame ! I've never done that before and when I finally did commit the crime it's during read-a-thon week. Talk about bad timing.

On a more positive note though I did win a Goodreads Giveaway today for a book called The Academy : Game on by Monica Seles. I'm pretty excited because a) it takes place at a boarding school b) the plot sounds amazing and c) it's been compared to another series that extremely excited for - The Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter.

Read-a-thon Update #6 :
I've decided that I want to reference songs in all my introductory lines hence the Girls Aloud lyric that refers to the broken promise of posting a Read-a-thon Update daily.

Moving on to the actual update , I finished P.S Longer letter later by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin today so a review will be up tomorrow instead of double Gatsby review. This is because I couldn't get into the book because the writing was too complicated.

Currently I'm reading Megastar Mysteries #6 - Songbird by Annabelle Star. I read some of the series when I was 11 and couldn't resist revisiting the series Today when I spotted one in the library. I haven't read this one before and I'm 24 pages in at the moment. The font is larger than my usual reads and this makes the story fast-paced. It's so awesome that it's encouraged me to read the others that I haven't read from the series.

Plan on finishing it tomorrow then reading Sweet Valley High #23 - Say Goodbye by Francine Pascal afterwards to signify the end of this challenge.

Review time now :

 

Book name - Love Letters for sale

Series - #88 in Sweet Valley High

Author - Francine Pascal

Page count - 156 pages

Time spent reading - 14th May - 15th May

Review :

I only purchased this last week for 10p in my favourite charity shop in the world but due to unstoppable manic anticipation I read it this week as a special treat for reaching the middle of the read-a-thon.

This is one of my favourite series and the plot for this one sounded particularly interesting.

It definitely didn't disappoint because it's now my second favourite SVH novel (after #7 Dear Sister) !

The concept is amazing :

Elizabeth and Jessica decide to become entrepreneurs by starting their own letter-writing business (this has now become one of my ambitions but unfortunately nobody writes letters as much as they did in the 80's).

Todd , Elizabeth's boyfriend, is suspicious and feels neglected by his girlfriend during the scheme as Elizabeth won't reveal anything about the business.

Therefore when one of the twins 'friends' begins developing a crush on him and uses the letter writing service to win his heart Todd and Elizabeth's relationship is in jeopardy! Will Todd betray his true love ?

*Sweet Spoilers *

Jessica in a relationship that's lasted longer than a fortnight? Sounds hard to believe but that's her status in this book.This was weird because one of my favourite characteristics of her is the flirt trait but I'm happy she's settling down.

The parts that seemed to foreshadow an E.W + T.W break-up almost had me having a break down therefore I was rather relieved by the unbelievably adorable penultimate chapter's scenes at the end.

*Spoilers Over *

 

Especially can't wait for my other Sweet Valley High read tomorrow after my successful devouring of this.

 

Because I had absolutely no problems with this book, I'm rating it :

 

5 out of 5 stars



Thank you for reading this post ! ,
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How's your read-a-thon challenge going?
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I apologise again for not posting yesterday

 

Off to watch Eurovision now,

Mimi

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