Category: In Review

Author: Joanna Bolouri Publisher: Quercus Publishing Year: 2018 Pages: 336 Sometimes you read a book that gets you more and more excited by each sentence as the end approaches, and then you turn the page and find a blank one. You keep going back and forward with that single sheet of paper until your brain realises the book is over. Then you get up, slowly stepping away from the book and you start shouting

* This post might contain affiliated links. To know more visit my Disclaimer page.   Author: Joanna Bolouri  Publisher: Quercus Publishing  Year: 2014  Pages: 400 Today, I’m doing a very special review. I read this book last month, and it won my heart. From a moment to another, it became my all-time favourite book. You know a book is good when even before you finish it you already and to reread it. And since we are starting a new year, there isn’t a more appropriate time to read this gem than now – at least I know I will. Grab a copy, a bucket of popcorn and sit comfortably, while you laugh out loud at all Phoebe’s adventures. Phoebe has been single for over a year since she found her ex-boyfriend in bed with another woman. After a multiple glasses of wine and long talks with her best friend Lucy, …

Last year, I started writing a post reviewing The Shannara Chronicles, although I came to the realization that I didn’t have anything positive or exciting that was worth doing a review of. At some point, I was bored and even mad while writing so I ended up scrap it. Although this time the show took a 180º degree change for better and I think is time to bring back my thoughts on season 1 comparing with season 2. Update (8th March 2018): Unfortunately, until further notice, The Shannara Chronicles won’t have a third season. Spike Tv has cancelled any possibility of broadcasting another season, although the producer of the series is currently trying to get along with other networks that would want to. It’s nice to know they haven’t given up on the series and are trying everything to deliver a season 3 to the fans. The story starts with …

* This post might contain affiliated links. To know more visit my Disclaimer page.   Author: David Levithan and Rachel Cohn Publisher: Mira Ink Year: 2014 Pages: 309 I feel the time between Christmas and New Year’s to be the weirdest. You are just hungover from all the food you eat on the past two days and when you finally think you already took everything out of your system is New Year’s Eve. Although I found Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares to be the perfect book for this time.

Author: Dan Brown Publisher: Doubleday Books Year: 2017 Pages: 461 Since I read the Da Vinci Code, 2 years ago, I kept my eye on Dan Brown. Although at the time, I ended up not posting a review of the book, even though, I enjoy it more than I thought I would. When I heard that Dan was releasing another Robert Langon adventure I wasn’t particularly excited. I knew I would like the book, but it wasn’t on the top of my list to buy. When I read the first chapter on the WHSmith blog, it got me hooked. The book takes place in Barcelona, but the first building Langon visits it’s the Guggenheim Museum, in Bilbao. It might not be a big deal for you, but the architect in me got really excited to read this book.

One thing that you won’t find here on the blog is topics/things that I don’t like to talk about, either if it’s bad or good. If I have something to say I probably will make a post about it. So when a book or a movie excites me I want to make a review because I need to talk. You already know by the title that I saw Murder on the Orient Express and I wasn’t this excited/thrilled/pumped to see a movie in a long time. I had super very high (of the roof) expectations for this movie. I never read any of Agatha Christie’s novels – which I no longer can say – but I watched the ITV Miss Marple series and it changed my life. The unique kind of way telling mystery stories made me fall in love with the author and his creations. I was a little …

* This post might contain affiliated links. To know more visit my Disclaimer page.   Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: Walker Books Year: 2011 Pages: 216 I want to start by giving a pat on the back for all the people that can write big/normal reviews about this book. The only thing I can think of is purity and raw beauty. This is for sure one of the hardest reviews I ever had to do. It has been 2 weeks since I read A Monster Call and the only thing I can say is how beautiful it was. I don’t believe there are words that can describe how great this book was so I’m going to keep this review short. While reading this book you won’t laugh or even smile. You might cry and hate it. But you won’t be depressed or bored. You might wish never to read it again but …

Author: Alex Bell Publisher: Stripes Publishing Pages: 368 Genre: Contemporary Horror, YA Publication: 5th January 2015 After the suspicious death of Sophie’s best friend, Jay. She made her personal quest to try and find out what really happened on that night. To do so, she must spend the summer vacations with their cousins in Scotland. The so-called house used to be an all-girls school that was shut down many years ago.Dangerously surrounded by cliffs, ready to make the next victim, Sophie, Lilias, Cameron, and Piper take the opportunity to know each other better since the last time they were all together Lilias wasn’t born yet. Although Sophie has second intentions and Lilias knows what they are. She knows Sophie brought along with her another cousin. One that shouldn’t be there. The one that died. When I finished this book and updated on my Goodreads, it asked me ‘how do you …

* This post might contain affiliated links. To know more visit my Disclaimer page.   Author: Jenna Evans Welch   Publisher: Simon Pulse   Year: 2016   Pages: 389 Lina’s mother is dying. Her last wish was for Lina move to Florence and live with her father. The strange part is Lina never knew who her father was for 16 years. But moving to a foreign country can be awful. Lina just wants to go back to the United States until she’s giving her mother’s journal from when she stayed in Italy. Now in front of her are all the answers she wants and all the secrets kept for too long. If you are looking for a quick, fluffy and cute YA story, this is your book. Perfect for a summer reading or a detox book, when you just want to chill and don’t be overwhelmed with emotions. It has …

This review comes really late. I saw the movie on the 12th of June and I thought I would fail. I never saw a Pirate of the Caribbean in theatres and this was my chance before they decide to put an end to the saga. I never thought they would produce another movie and the fourth one was already a surprise, so when Disney dropped the news about another movie I was thrilled with excitement. Therefore, today is finally the day I share with you, my thoughts and opinions about the newest movie of Pirates of The Caribbeans: Dead Men Tell No Tales. To start off, I’ve realised at the end of the movie that they use another name for the fifth instalment Salazar’s Revenge. With a bit of search, I found out Disney changed the title for the UK version because of some trademark issues. Either way, the movie …