March 2019 TBR

Hello, so this month is mainly all about re-reads, I haven't re read Abbi Glines' book since 2017 so it's been a while, for most of these books, and I am also making my way through some of the books on my TBR and also my Series that I want to finish list as well, so this is going to be pretty long so lets get into it. 

ReRead
Series TBR
Standalone 
Kindle

1. Twisted Perfection - Abbi Glines

2. Simple Perfection - Abbi Glines 

3. Take A Chance - Abbi Glines 

4. One More Chance - Abbi Glines

5. Kiro's Emily - Abbi Glines (KINDLE)

6. You Were Mine - Abbi Glines

7. When I'm Gone - Abbi Glines 

8. When You're Back - Abbi Glines

9. The Best Goodbye - Abbi Glines

10. Up In Flames - Abbi Glines

11. Breathe - Abbe Glines

12. Because of Low - Abbi Glines

13. While It Lasts - Abbi Glines

14. Just for Now - Abbi Glines

15. Sometimes it Lasts - Abbi Glines

16. Misbehaving - Abbi Glines 

17. Bad For You - Abbi Glines 

18. Hold on Tight - Abbi Glines

19. Until the End - Abbi Glines 

20. Like a Memory - Abbi Glines

21. Because of Lila - Abbi Glines

22. Best I've Ever Had - Abbi Glines

23. Save The Date - Morgan Matson

24. Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling (illustrated edition)

25. Queen of the North - Anne O'brien

26. Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gaboldon 


So that's it, I dont plan on reading much more than that, and because it's Camp Nanowrimo next month, I probably wont be reading a lot so I need to get this all done this month. 

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Jade Louise

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Not If I Save You First - Ally Carter Review

                                                                         

Title - Not If I Save You First
Author - Ally Carter
ISBN - 978-1-40834-909-0
Genre - YA
My Copy - Purchased
Format - Paperback
Where You Can Find It? - Goodreads - Amazon UK - Amazon US - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble - Indigo - Book Depository 

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Dear Logan,

Someday I'm going to write a book: How Not to Die in Alaska - A Girl's Guide to Fashionable Survival.

I bet you don't know that a hair pin can make an excellent fishing hook. You may think you can use just any kind of mud for mud masks, but trust me, you CAN'T! In a pinch, nothing starts a fire like nail polish remover. Alaska is tough. You might know this, if you ever replied to my letters.
After Maddie's Secret Service dad takes a bullet for the president, he takes Maddie somewhere he thinks they'll be safe - far away from the White House and the president's son, Logan.

But when Logan comes to Alaska, so does the danger.

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I have read many of Ally Carters books and this one is just as good as the rest, she has a way of telling a story, and it keeps you entertained and hooked for the entire course of the book.

This is a story very different but all together the same for what Carter normally writes, it has a strong female lead and a wonderful male counterpart, this wasn't an elaborate saga with a hundred different characters it felt very intimate and small, and when it's a stand alone book that is a good thing so that way you can get to know the characters rather than just read them instead you rout for them. 

The way this book is written it makes me want to go to Alaska, and do what Maddie and Logan do, just without the drama. 

I don't want to spoil this book, so the only comments I will give this book, is that it was fast paced, and I couldn't put the book down, my only issue and the reason why its not 5 stars is the fact that I personally felt like it ended too quickly, and it was a bit predictable, but I honestly don't expect much else from YA books, I think I have read so many over the years that it does take a lot for one not to be predictable. 

But overall I really enjoyed this book, it was fast paced, and a real page turner, if you like this genre then I highly recommend it.

Until Next Time 

Happy Reading

Jade

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Series I want to Finish in 2019

Hello, so I'm back again this time with a post about the book series' I want to finish in 2019, this won't be a long list because I haven't started any recently so lets get right on into it...

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Outlander - Diana Gabaldon 

I've read the first book and half of the second but I really want to finish what's out I don't actually know if there are going to be any more books or not but this is on my list anyway.

Poldark - Winston Graham

This has been on my to finish list for a few years, and I will do it this year. 

The Sin Eaters Daughter - Melinda Salisbury 

I read the first two book in this series when they first came out and I brought the third but I was deep in my reading slump then and haven't read it yet so that is on my to do list.

Watersong Quartet - Amanda Hocking

I read the first two books in this series a while ago, and I really enjoyed them so I do want to finish them, hopefully by June, but definitely by the end of the year. 

The Summer Queen - Elizabeth Chadwick 

This isn't a series it's called linked instead, but I'm classing it as a series. I have read one book by this author and I loved it so I want to read these ones next. 

That's all for today, if you have any recommendation's for series I would love to hear them, all genre's welcome, I have been out of the loop for quite a while so I would like to know what I've missed. 

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Romance Recomendations

Hello, so I haven't been on here for a good long while, but it is currently valentines day as I write this and I looked at my bookshelf and for the first time in a while I felt the urge to blog, I will be posting a post about why I've been M.I.A soon, but for now enjoy this post and I will be sticking to a schedule hopefully that pushes me to read at least one book a week. 

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So here are my top 5 favourite Romance Books/Authors ….

Abbi Glines 

If you've followed me for a while this won't be a surprise, Glines is on my must read list, even when I'm in a reading slump I still manage to read those books. 

Her characters never fail to entertain and it's hard not to fall in love with every single one of them. 

Where Rainbows End/Love Rosie - Cecelia Ahern

Where Rainbows End is the copy I have but it's now called Love Rosie, and I read it quite a few years ago, but to this day it still sticks in my mind as one of the best love stories I have ever read.

Kat French

I found Kat's books by accident in my supermarket, but now she is one of my favourite romance Authors, her books are so light and funny, they never fail to put me in a good mood. 

Bella Andre

I love a good saga, any series that follows a family or different characters in the same circle are always some of my favourites to read and we are literally on the third section of this family and I can't wait for more. 

Morgan Matson 

This is a YA Author but like Kat French, she manages to make the story light and funny, with a hint of seriousness as well, I love every book by this author but if I had to choose my favourite would have to be The Unexpected Everything. 

Here are some honourable mentions ….

• To all the boys I've loved before - Jenny Han
• J Lynn 
• Geek Girl - Holly Smale
• Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins 
• How to Love - Katie Cotugno 

So the Schedule for uploading will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and I really am planning to stick to it this time. 

Until Next Time 

Happy Reading

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Renaissance - The Fall and Rise of a King - Marla Skidmore

Title - Renaissance - The Fall and Rise of a King
Author - Marla Skidmore (Twitter)
ISBN - 9781912183296
Genre - Historical Fiction 
My Copy - Purchased
Format - Softcopy 
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads - Amazon UK - Amazon US - Amazon CA -  Barnes & Noble - Book Depository 

The Plain of Redemore, 22nd August 1485

Richard III - betrayed and defeated!
His gaze sweeps over the bloody carnage surrounding him. A cry goes up: "We have found the king!" He sees Henry Tudor standing triumphant over a mauled and battered corpse and hears him whisper, "It is done. England is mine."

How can this be, when he is not dead?

With the help of his celestial mentor Father Gilbert, a Franciscan monk, Richard will learn that malign Tudor propaganda has not reigned supreme and that history did not entirely paint him as the child-killer king.

Will he grasp the chance of renaissance and exit the spiritual purgatory that has held him hostage for more than half a millennium?

"After Tewkesbury I murdered Henry VI and his son Edward Lancaster. I executed my brother Clarence - drowning him in a butt of Malmsey. I usurped England's throne to which i had no right. I killed my nephews. I poisoned my wife in order to incestuously marry my niece. My place in history is amongst the most reviled and evil villain's that ever existed. How can someone whose reputation is so mired in infamy find peace in heaven?"

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So first off let me start by saying that i am not a huge fan of Richard III and my opinion of him isn't the greatest since Henry VII is my personal favourite King in England's history but this book made me like Richard, with the way this book is written Skidmore tells the tale of a new version with Richard looking back on the few years he was King. 

Richard in this book kind of reminds me of the Richard from horrible histories (If you don't know what i am talking about click here) he has compassion, and he is not the monster that is mostly portrayed in books and TV, don't get me wrong i still am a firm believer that the best person won on the day but now i can understand Richard a bit more than i did before. 

The development of Richard's character was really good, he starts of this downtrodden, sad, and then he grows as he learns of his fate, i enjoyed this book immensely i love Marla Skidmore's writing she has a way with words that make you need to read more and more and not put the book down i was gripped from the very first page and it had me all the way to the end. 

This book is a true and wonderful Historical Fiction, it isn't filled with fairy tales, it isn't filled with boring facts and written like a biography, it is written in a way that is very hard to do, and my only complaint was that it is only 171 pages long, i wished it had been longer maybe to 250 pages but other than that i loved this book, and i cannot wait to read more of Skidmore's writing. I am so glad i went to the Bosworth Anniversary Weekend and found this Author and her book because it has become one of my favourites from this particular era and i can't wait for the next book which i believe is about Sir Francis Lovell, but for now if Historical fiction is something that you enjoy then you will enjoy this book completely and i highly recommend it. 

Until Next Time 

Happy Reading 

Jade 

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(there was no white roses)

Every Time We Fall In Love - Bella Andre

Title - Every Time We Fall In Love
Author - Bella Andre 
Series - The Sullivans #12
Genre - Contemporary / Romance 
ISBN - 9781945253746
My Copy - Purchased 
Format - Kindle
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads  - Amazon UK - Amazon US - Amazon CA - Barnes & Noble - Indigo - IBooks

Harry Sullivan has always put his family first, even when it meant losing Molly—his one true love. He’s never been able to forget her, even after fifteen years. Now that his siblings are all blissfully happy, Harry hopes it’s not too late for his own happily-ever-after. But then his doorbell rings…and one look at the teenage girl standing on his doorstep changes absolutely everything.

Molly never thought she’d see Harry Sullivan again, so she's beyond stunned when her fifteen-year-old daughter brings him back into her life. At eighteen, Harry was already strong, sexy, and honourable. And now that he's even more handsome, more brilliant, more loyal and caring? Molly can't stop herself from falling in love with him all over again. Especially when his kisses and the sizzling attraction between them are hotter than ever.

But with more at stake now than they ever thought possible, will they be able to move beyond the mistakes they both made in the past, and fall in love forever this time?

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So I have loved the Sullivan series for many years now and that hasn't changed at all, even with my reading slump I still managed to keep up with this series and it is a series that I can just read it isn't full of drama and angst that makes me want to put the book down it is light-hearted and the characters are written in a way that you end up letting them into your heart and you will never let them go.

This is the twelfth book all-round but it is in the New York Sullivans subcategory, we have had the San Francisco Sullivans, the Seattle Sullivans and this is the last book in the New York Sullivans next we have the Maine Sullivans and then I believe it will finish with the London Sullivans but I am not sure, I don't think I will ever get bored of these books they are such light quick reads and they never fail to put a smile on my face. 

Harry is someone I would connect to in real life he loves History and Books and jousts in his spare time he is literally my dream man and so I have been waiting for his book and it didn't disappoint. Harry and Molly's story starts 16 years before the book starts and they were collage sweethearts but things happened and they didn't see each other until Molly's daughter gets involved. We see some of the family and we hear about a few more but this was a very small character base compared to a lot of the other books in this series and for me it fit well with this book because everything was quaint from the little cottage to the beautiful dog, and the beautifully wrapped up storyline at the end of this book. That is another thing I love about this series is each family has its own problems and in the end they always come out stronger no matter how many years it takes. 

I cant say much about the character development in this book without spoiling too much because the biggest character development happened in the climax and it is such a moving part that I don't want to spoil it but I will say if you have read any of the other New York Sullivans books you will also love this development it wrapped this part of the saga perfectly. 

So overall, it is a very good addition to this amazing series and I would recommend these books to anyone who loves a light quick read and has time to become hooked to the Sullivans because it is very hard to resist them.

Until Next Time 

Happy Reading 

Jade

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July 2018 TBR

Hi, so I have been in a reading slump for over two years and it has got to the point where I have actually gotten rid of the majority of my books because I couldn't bear to look at them so now I have decided to do something about it and give myself a book a week to read so here are the four books I have chosen for July....

Magnus Chase and the Ship of The Dead - Rick Riordan

I have been reading this book since it came out last October but I never got around to finishing it.

Anne Boleyn: A Kings obsession - Alison Weir

I want to finish reading this book, and then the next before October as I am going to the Authors talk about the next book in this series. 

Save the Date - Morgan Matson

I pre-ordered this book but I just haven't had the urge to pick it up yet hopefully soon as I enjoyed all of Matson's other books.

Learn About Loss - Cassandra Clare

I have really gotten into this series of novella's and I seem to always be able to read Clare's books even with my reading slump.

So that is all the books I plan to read this month so ....

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Jade

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