Sunday, August 16, 2015

Top 10 auto-buy authors!

 Hey everybody! So today I'm going to tell you my top 10 auto-buy authors, so lets just get right to it!

          1. Rick Riordan- My number one auto-buy author DEFINITELY has to be Rick Riordan! I've been reading and collecting his books since I was probably about 5 and I adore everything he writes! If you haven't read any of his books I highly recommend that you do so, you won't regret it! :)

          2. Cassandra Clare- Cassandra Clare is such a talented author! I've recently read The Mortal Instruments series and quickly became OBSESSED. Her world building and characters/character development are just amazing! Once again if you have not read any of her work I highly suggest you do so!

          3. Rainbow Rowell- RAINBOW ROWELL IS AN OUTSTANDING AUTHOR!! I sadly haven't read all of her books but I've read enough of them to know she is incredibly talented! Both Fangirl and Eleanor and Park made me feel so many emotions and were so relatable! I absolutely love her work and can't wait for Carry On to come out! *squeals*

           4. Veronica Roth- After reading the ending to the Divergent trilogy and knowing what she's capable of, I'm a little skeptical about reading more of her work.... ;(... Just kidding! Although it wasn't my ideal ending, the books were all beautifully written and extremely entertaining! I highly recommend her Divergent Trilogy! :)

           5. Alexandra Bracken- I very recently read The Darkest Minds trilogy by Alexandra Bracken AND LOVED IT SO SO SO MUCH!! All of her characters were unique and great just like the world she created! I'm very highly anticipating the release of her new book, Passengers.

           6. John Green- Although I didn't enjoy Paper Towns as much as everyone else, I adore all of John Green's other novels! Everything he writes is entertaining, humorous, and devastatingly heartbreaking. So although reading his books comes with tears, I still LOVE reading them!

          7. Suzanne Collins- This is an obvious one because of The Hunger Games. I enjoyed this trilogy so much, even other authors show their love when they steal ideas from it for unoriginal dystopian novels!!!

          8. J.K. Rowling- Do I even need to explain this one?

          9. Sarah J. Maas- Although I have only recently read two of Sarah's novels, I absolutely loved them! I'm already planning on buying Queen of Shadows when it comes out September 1st and I haven't even read the whole Throne of Glass series.

          10. Susan Ee- I was sent the last book to Susan Ee's Penryn and the End of Days trilogy by Amazon so I thought why not test this series out? I can honestly tell you I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this series! I read each book in an hour or two and thoroughly enjoyed each one! I am patiently waiting for another book from this lovely author! :)

          So, there you go! These are my top 10 auto-buy authors! Some of them are in order, however I was just typing them as I remembered which is probably why J.K. Rowling is number 8. I hope you guys enjoyed this and until next time, Happy Reading! :) - Serena <3

Friday, August 7, 2015

I HAVE RETURNED WITH MANY BOOK REVIEWS!!! :)

 Okay, so hello everybody! Once again I apologize for my absence, my computer broke again which was awesome!! Okay, no, obviously that's sarcasm, it was absolutely horrible. Especially since I read so many amazing books these past months. So, I thought I would do a ton of tiny book reviews to make up for it! Here I go....

1. Penryn and the End of Days: I absolutely loved this trilogy! It consists of Angelfall, World After, and End of Days (all pictured to the left) by Susan Ee. It is a post-apocalyptic fantasy trilogy filled with action with just the right amount of romance. The book follows main character Penryn whose sister got captured by angels
who have taken over the world. She then joins a super swoon-         worthy angel named Rafe, who is also after those same angels         because they took his wings. This trilogy is action packed, funny,   and overall so enjoyable and I highly recommend it!

 2. The Darkest Minds (trilogy): Okay, I don't know why I held off    reading this trilogy for so long. IT WAS AWESOME! There were    honestly so many plot twists, amazing characters, heartbreaking and also heartwarming romances to the point that I can't tell whether these books destroyed me in a good way or a bad way! I was constantly on the edge of my seat and sometimes literally screaming out-loud at the books.(Do other people do this? haha       probably not) The books are titled The Darkest Minds, Never Fade (pictured to the left), and In the Afterlight all by the lovely Alexandra Bracken. These books follow a girl named Ruby who lives in a world where more then half the children have died due to a disease called IAAN, The children who survived have these powers. The government has made camps that are absolutely horrible. Ruby is one the children who survived and must now learn how to control her powers after breaking out of camp. Once again, I highly recommend these fantastic dystopian novels.

3. A Court of Thorns and Roses: I'm sure everyone has heard of this book because 1. Its's written by extremely talented author of the Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas and 2. IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. I went into this book knowing nothing but that it had a lot of hype. Well, I can now tell you that the hype is real, this book is truly amazing. This fairytale retelling of Beauty and the Beast follows 19 year old Feyre, a poor girl who lives in a small town in a world that used to be filled with fae and is forced to hunt to care for her family. However, one day she kills a wolf in the woods, who is actually a faerie, and is forced by Faerie/Human rules to live with Tamlin, a friend of the faerie she killed, in the Faerie realm.The story follows her life there and how it escalates to take her on an action packed quest. It doesn't sound that good the way I explained it, sorry. I'm just trying to leave out spoilers. Finally, like the rest of the books I've reviewed in this post, I VERY highly recommend this book!

          So those are some of my mini reviews! I hope you guys enjoyed them and maybe they helped some of you decide whether or not you want to read them!                                                                                                                Until next time, happy reading!  <3 :) ~ Serena