B3THANY READS

I think I'm in a pretty rare situation. Before a couple of months ago, I had never (and no desire to) read any of the Harry Potter books. I had also only seen the first film, and wasn't that into it. Not really sure why. But when Asda was selling the 20th anniversary editions of the books for only £3, I couldn't resist. My thought process was basically  it's cheap so why not . And here we are! I didn't have that much to say about The Philosopher's Stone so I thought I'd combine my review of the first two books in one 'first impressions' post. Hope you like it! Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone As I mentioned, I had seen the first film of the series a few years ago and was familiar with the story. Because of this, I was a bit underwhelmed with the book because I knew exactly what was coming - there was no element of surprise. However I fell in love with Hogwarts and the magic that surrounds it. My favourite aspect of The Philo

So I've had a few days to think about my New Year's resolutions for 2018 and thought the best way to hold myself accountable is to write them down and post them on the internet. 1. Read 15 books At the beginning of 2017, I set myself the goal of reading 12 books; one for each month of the year. Having not completed a Goodreads Reading Challenge before I wasn't entirely sure how many books I was capable of reading in a year, so I just guessed that I'd be able to read 12. Turns out I was almost absolutely right! I managed to read 13 overall which I was super happy with. I haven't gotten around to writing reviews for many of these books, so just in case you were interested here are the books I read in 2017: The Time Traveler's Wife , Audrey Niffenegger Room , Emma Donoghue The Light Between Oceans , M. L. Stedman The Reader on the 6.27, Jean-Paul Didierlaurent Gone Girl , Gillian Flynn We Were Liars , E. Lockhart ( ugh ) Hex , Thomas Ol