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Title: The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil Author: Stephen Collins Rating: 3/5 'The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil' is the first graphic novel I have read that isn't The Walking Dead or superhero themed. The only graphic novel I knew was the fast-paced, action-packed adventure where someone dies every other page, so this was quite refreshing. However I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Firstly, from reading a few reviews, I was expecting to be blown away by the artwork because people rant and rave about it. However unfortunately this wasn't the case. Yes, it's simplistic and beautiful but I couldn't bring myself to appreciate it as much as others had. Maybe I just don't have an eye for art, who knows. I do have a few favourite pages where I particularly like the artwork and the clever positioning of the drawings on the page, but I definitely think it didn't live up to the hype. Secondly, the story line did not go the way I t...

(I know I am INCREDIBLY late to review this book but ... oh well.) I read TATWD in two days. Two days. 48 hours. Given that last year my Reading Challenge goal was to read one book a month, reading a whole book in two days is quite an accomplishment for me. Safe to say I absolutely loved it. Prior to this I had only read The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns when I was much younger. When TATWD was announced, I was simultaneously excited and apprehensive. The last time I had read John Green I was probably around 14 and my reading tastes have changed drastically since then. I look back fondly on that era of my life, even though I also majorly cringe about it.  Because of this, I was apprehensive to ruin this fond memory I have by reading a book that is too 'young' for me and find it annoying and cringey. However I was too excited to not ask for it for Christmas. So I did. I asked for it purely on the basis of hype; I hadn't even read the blurb yet.  If you...

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...

Ah, September. We meet again. This time last year I was getting ready to start my first year at university studying Comparative Literature and French, full of excitement and nerves. Here I am in almost the exact same position except for the daunting prospect of second year ahead where everything actually counts towards my degree. First year was just a practice run. So, as my second year fast approaches, I thought why not reflect on the Comparative Literature part of my degree and talk about my favourite books I studied this year. Think of it as a whistle-stop ride through BA Comparative Literature - the ones worth reading from the modules I studied. First up: Childhood and Adolescence in Modern Fiction I chose this module on the basis that I recognised a couple of books on the reading list. I thought I'd treat myself by choosing a relatively easy module to begin with so to not stress me out too much on top of the whole university experience. 'Childhood and Adol...

Title: The Maze Runner Author: James Dashner My overall rating: 2.5/5 Get it here from Amazon First thoughts I asked for The Maze Runner  for Christmas years ago and it has been sitting on my bookshelf ever since. I'm not sure why but I never picked it up until now. I had just finished The Night Circus  and didn't have enough money to buy a brand new book so I decided to finally read it. I probably should have read it when I received it, I would have liked it a lot more back then. Good bits The Maze Runner 's main selling point was that fans of The Hunger Games  would like it. Personally I disagree with that method but hey ho, I guess it worked. I never finished The Hunger Games , I only read the first few chapters or so which is probably why I thought the story line for The Maze Runner was really cool. If I had read The Hunger Games before, I would have probably thought it was a massive rip off. Nevertheless, The Maze Runner  was something I had n...

Sam @ Tsundoku  has kindly nominated me for the Mystery Blogger Award. Thank you, Sam! This award was originally created by Okoto Enigmas Blog  to create a new community for bloggers which I'm totally for. Okay, now lets actually do the tag. Rules Put the award logo/image on your blog Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well List the rules Tell your readers 3 things about yourself Share a link to your best post(s) Answer the 5 questions set to you by the person who nominated you Nominate 10 - 20 people Ask your nominees any 5 questions of your choice; with at least one weird or funny question Notify your nominees by commenting on their blog Three things about me I think it's safe to say that 'I love books' is pretty obvious, so I'll try to include other things. I bake a lot Within the last 5 or 10 years or so I have started to really enjoy baking all sort...