Top 5 Wednesday - Favourite Maps - 5th August 2015

Hello, so this weeks Top 5 Wednesday is Favourite Maps. I love maps in books they give you a sense of the world you are about to delve into. 

So lets get started ....

5. Across The Universe - Beth Revis 

I haven't actually read this book but i was flicking through it when i brought it and saw the map in the back and it is making me want to read this book and i am going to this month. It is a map of the ship they are on and it shows all the different levels. 

4. Changeling - Philippa Gregory

Changeling is set in a fictional Italy during the 1400's and this map is so beautiful i had to find it in colour. It is an amazing Ya Historical Fiction and the map helps you as they are travelling through the country and it is a great reference as you are reading. Beautiful and functional all i want in a map.

3. Game of Thrones - George R R Martin
Every single book in this series has maps and they all are amazing and in so much detail. Each book seems to have more maps that the previous book because the world grows and the maps get added along and they never fail on detail.

 

2. The Queen of The Tearling - Erika Johansen 

Again another map that just makes the entire book more special by adding that special something and making you excited to read and explore this new world. 

 

and at number 1 is ...

1. Crown of Midnight - Sarah J Maas

i wanted to choose Throne of Glass but i am loaning t out to a friend so i picked the next best book the second book in this amazing fantasy series Erilea is an amazing and imaginative world and the map helps you put it into perspective.

 

Top 5 Wednesday was created by GingerReadsLainey

Here is the goodreads page 

Here is the full list of participants - Wednesday-Ers

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Peyton

 

Book Haul July 2015

Hello so this month i brought 12 books and got 1 for review

So lets start with that one...

Lair of Dreams - Libba Bray (E-ARC from Net galley) 

After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. Now that the world knows of her ability to "read" objects, and therefore, read the past, she has become a media darling, earning the title, "America's Sweetheart Seer." But not everyone is so accepting of the Diviners' abilities...

Meanwhile, mysterious deaths have been turning up in the city, victims of an unknown sleeping sickness. Can the Diviners descend into the dreamworld and catch a killer?



And now on to the books i brought lets start with the Kindle books.


Origins - Taran Matharu 


The prequel to the explosive new fantasy trilogy, Summoner. Set in a time before The Novice, this prequel is the perfect introduction to the world of the Summoner.
Arcturus is just an orphaned stableboy when he discovers he has the ability to summon demons from another world. He is sent to Vocans Military Academy where the lost arts of summoning, spellcraft and demonology are taught to the noble children of the Empire. As the first commoner gifted with this ability, his discovery challenges the nobility and the powers that be. At the Academy Arcturus quickly makes enemies. With no one but his demon Sacharissa by his side, Arcturus must prove himself as a worthy Summoner ...



Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover 
 
When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she knows it isn’t love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realise they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her.

Never ask about the past.
Don’t expect a future.

They think they can handle it, but realise almost immediately they can’t handle it at all.

Hearts get infiltrated.
Promises get broken.
Rules get shattered.
Love gets ugly.


Hopeless - Colleen Hoover 

Sometimes discovering the truth can leave you more hopeless than believing the lies…

That’s what seventeen-year-old Sky realises after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she’s never had before. He terrifies her and captivates her all in the span of just one encounter, and something about the way he makes her feel sparks buried memories from a past that she wishes could just stay buried.

Sky struggles to keep him at a distance knowing he’s nothing but trouble, but Holder insists on learning everything about her. After finally caving to his unwavering pursuit, Sky soon finds that Holder isn’t at all who he’s been claiming to be. When the secrets he’s been keeping are finally revealed, every single facet of Sky’s life will change forever.

 
Losing Hope - Colleen Hoover

In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared, and no memory forgotten, but Holder’s past remained a mystery.

Still haunted by the little girl he let walk away, Holder has spent his entire life searching for her in an attempt to finally rid himself of the crushing guilt he has felt for years. But he could not have anticipated that the moment they reconnect, even greater remorse would overwhelm him…

Sometimes in life, if we wish to move forward, we must first dig deep into our past and make amends. In Losing Hope, bestselling author Colleen Hoover reveals what was going on inside Holder’s head during all those hopeless moments—and whether he can gain the peace he desperately needs.
 

Finding Cinderella - Colleen Hoover 

This novella is a companion novel to the Hopeless series, but can be read as a standalone.

A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love comes with conditions: they agree it will only last one hour and it will only be make-believe.

When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between them only seemed perfect because they were pretending it was perfect. Moments like that with girls like her don’t happen outside of fairytales.

One year and one bad relationship later, his disbelief in insta-love is stripped away the day he meets Six: a girl with a strange name and an even stranger personality. Daniel soon realises the way he pretended to feel about Cinderella and the way he really feels about Six may not be so different after all. Especially when the two loves of his life end up being one in the same.

Unfortunately for Daniel, finding Cinderella doesn’t guarantee their happily ever after…it only further threatens it.


Maybe Someday - Colleen Hoover 
  

At twenty-two years old, Sydney is enjoying a great life: She’s in college, working a steady job, in love with her wonderful boyfriend, Hunter, and rooming with her best friend, Tori. But everything changes when she discovers that Hunter is cheating on her—and she’s forced to decide what her next move should be.

Soon, Sydney finds herself captivated by her mysterious and attractive neighbour, Ridge. She can't take her eyes off him or stop listening to the passionate way he plays his guitar every evening out on his balcony. And there’s something about Sydney that Ridge can’t ignore, either. They soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one.

A passionate tale of friendship, betrayal, and romance, Maybe Someday will immerse readers in Sydney’s tumultuous world from the very first page.


White Hot Kiss - Jennifer L Armentrout 

One kiss could be the last.

Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses.

Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on since forever.

Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows she should stay away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when that whole no-kissing thing isn't an issue, considering Roth has no soul.

But when Layla discovers she's the reason for the violent demon uprising, trusting Roth could not only ruin her chances with Zayne… it could brand her a traitor to her family. Worse yet, it could become a one-way ticket to the end of the world.


Penthouse Prince - Virginia Nelson 

Single mom Jeanie Long was trying to save her butt at work by reporting her manager to the company owner. Instead, she finds herself greeted warmly by gorgeous company CEO Camden James...and introduced to his father as his fiancée. Now she's been hired—complete with a hefty pay raise—to be the fake fiancee of the infamous “Penthouse Prince.”
Camden doesn't believe in love. He believes in mutually beneficial business arrangements. With his real fiancée off cheating on him, Camden needs someone to help him prove to his father that he's definitely ready to marry. Yet Jeanie's combination of beauty and bluntness act like an aphrodisiac, and their “for the press” kisses look incredibly real. So real that Jeanie and Camden are either really convincing actors...or they've fallen for their own charade.


Pale Kings & Princes - Cassandra Clare 

Simon has an encounter with Downworlders and is reprimanded for not following the rules for Academy students interacting with Downworlders. A story within a story: Andrew Blackthorn, while a student at the Academy, becomes enthralled by a faerie and has two children with her: Mark and Helen.







And the last 3 are physical copies...

When You're Back - Abbi Glines 

The future is bright for Reese Ellis. She has Mase Colt-Manning, the man of her dreams, and a family she didn’t know existed until her long-lost father arrived on her doorstep in Rosemary Beach. After growing up with a cruel mother and abusive stepfather, Reese is eager to get to know the caring and charming man who wants to be a part of her life. Everything is finally falling into place.

While Reese is visiting her new family in Chicago, Mase spends time with his “cousin,” Aida, who has worshipped him since childhood. Though they’re unrelated by blood, Mase and Aida have been raised to think of each other as family. But when Reese returns, she can tell something isn’t quite right with Aida, who clearly resents Reese and excels at manipulative little games. And though Mase is unsuspecting, Reese knows Aida doesn’t love him like a cousin should...

 
Tudor History - Carter & Mears 

Telling the story of British history in a straightforward chronological narrative, 'A History of Britain' covers the matrix of British history including overseas events, the arts, religion and major social changes.










The Invasion of The Tearling - Erika Johansen 

With each passing day, Kelsea Glynn is growing into her new responsibilities as Queen of the Tearling. By stopping the shipments of slaves to the neighbouring kingdom of Mortmesne, she crossed the Red Queen, a brutal ruler whose power derives from dark magic, who is sending her fearsome army into the Tearling to take what is hers. And nothing can stop the invasion.

But as the Mort army draws ever closer, Kelsea develops a mysterious connection to a time before the Crossing, and she finds herself relying on a strange and possibly dangerous ally: a woman named Lily, fighting for her life in a world where being female can feel like a crime. The fate of the Tearling —and that of Kelsea’s own soul—may rest with Lily and her story, but Kelsea may not have enough time to find out.

so that is all for this months book haul

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Peyton   

Historical Book Recomendations

Hi, so i am a history geek, i love all thing historical so i have chosen 10 Fiction books and 5 non- fiction. 
They are going to be spilt into Four catagories 

Young Adult 
Adult 
Other/Diary 
Tudor 

So Lets Get Started ... 

Young Adult   

I only have three for this section because i dont read much YA Historical Fiction

Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare ( Book #1 in The Infernal Devices Trilogy) - Fantasy/Steampunk

This is a very popular book so i thought i would start with this, Clockwork Angel is set in Victorian London in the late 1800's it follows a girl named Tessa who moves to London from New York and finds out about a whole new world exsiting with our own full of nephalim, deamons and down worlders  

The Diviners - Libba Bray (Book#1 in The Diviners Trilogy) -  Fantasy > Paranormal

The Diviners is set in New York in the roaring 1920's and is about a group of teenagers who have powers and help to find a killer. This book is full of speak-easys and flapper girls and it just encompasses the 20's era perfectly. 




 

 Changeling - Philippa Gregory (Book #1 in The Order of Darkness Series) 

The Changeling is set in a fictional europe in the 1400's and follows Luca as he has to go to monastries to help and in one of those monaastries he finds a girl called Isolde who needs to escape to claim her rightful place as Lady of her lands that her brother has taken over. This book is fast paced and vey enjoyable to read. 

 Adult 

I have Three Adult Fiction Books and 1 Non-Fiction 

Ross Poldark -Winston Graham (Book #1 in The Poldark Saga)

Ross Poldark is the first book in a 12 book saga and a recent TV series it is set in the 1700's in Cornwall, England and follows Ross as he returns from War in America to find the woman he is in love with engaged to his cousin, his father dead and his property derilict. Ross then helps an urchin girl called Demelza who then becomes his kitchin maid and this book tells the tale of love, politics, family, poverty and so much more.  

Soulless - Gail Carriger (Book #1 in The Parasol Protectorate Series) Steampunk

First of all this is a good introduction into Steampunk as well as Historical Fiction . This book is set in Victorian London and has werewolves, vampires, preternatural's and auto-matons its full of kick ass action and wit and it is laugh out loud funny. with romance and drama to boot. 

Stormbird - Conn Iggulden (Book #1 in The Wars of The Roses Series) Medevil > Wars 

Set during the turbulant times in england (1455 - 1587) where it was cousin against cousin freind against friend and know one knew who was going to sit on the throne at the end of it, think Game of Thrones but true and more realiststic. This book set the characters and the placing we have the yorkists and the lancastrians. This book is more realistic then others in its catagory and depicts the events perfectly.

The Plantagenets - Dan Jones - Non-Fiction

I havent read this entire book but i like to flip through it whenever i am looking for something it really helps especialy with who people are related to when i cannot be bothered to start up my laptop. This book tells the true life events that occured during the Plantagenet era the longest family to ever rule over England. It tells you of the Magna Carter of their belifes and there lives and how the lived.



Other 

The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank 

I put this in a catagory of its own because it can be read by people of all ages it is the ture diary of a young girl living through a war and being in hiding scared for their lives.  Anne was an amazing narrator to her own story she was funny and sweet and there was many heartbreaking moments in this book but at the same time there are many uplifting as well. I think everybody should read this book at least once in their life because it is very real and tells a tale of a story that was happening only 70 years ago is astonashing how different life is now and how diverse we are.


Tudor

I have many Tudor book because that was and is the era that intriges me the most. There is 4 Fiction books and 3 Non-Fiction books 

The White Princess - Philippa Gregory (Book #5 in The Cosuins War series) 

You dont have to read the books in this series in order, i didnt the other books are set in the same time period as Stormbird but is told from the POV of the Women. The White Princess tells the tale of Henry VIII's Mother Elizabeth of York and her marraige to King Henry VII. Her battle with her Mother-in-law Lady Maragret Beaufort who despises Elizabeth. I love Elizabeth and Henry together so it was a little difficult to read the beginging where it was very rocky in their relationship but i guess when there are Rumors of you having an affair with you Uncle thing get a little weird. 

The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory (Book #3 in The Tudor Court Series) - Fiction 

Again you dont have to read these books order they are companion novels. This book follows Henry VIII's Fouth and Fifth wives and how they came to the throne and how they were taken off. It tells of two very different women who both become Queen but are both only doing what the males in their families tell them and how they try to take back their lives. To see my review for this series click HERE 

The Confession of Katherine Howard - Suzannah Dunn - (Stand Alone) Fiction

This is one of the first Adult Historical fictions i read and to this day well over 5 years later i can still remeber how good it was. This book follows Catherine Howards friend Kat as they grow up together. It is a very different way to tell a HF kind of like on the outside looking in, you see everything from the silly little girl to the naieve young adult who trust her uncle and does what he says that end with her life bing cut very short. it is the sad tale of Henry's queen who we know barley anything about. full of love and freindship it is a amazing read. 
 

The Lady Elizabeth - Alison Weir - (Stand Alone) - Fiction 

The Lady Elizabeth tells the story of Elizabeth as a young girl and her life from the moment her mother was tried and exucuted for treason. Her rocky but loving realationship with her father and half sister and ewverything she goes through to become Queen Gloriana and it is everything that she goes through in her childhood that makes her the queen that has the reign still to this day called The Golden Age. (sorry its vauge there are lots of twist and turns in this book and i didnt want to spoil anyone)

The Tudors - Carter & Mears - Non-Fiction 

I got this book when i went to Hampton Court Palace and i loved reading through it, has maps and family trees and so much information about their reigns and how they lived. If you are looking for a refresher or just something small and easy to read pick this book up.

A Visitor Guide to Tudor England - Suzannah Lipscomb - Non-Fiction 

this is a non-fiction book that tells you of places in Tudor times like Hever Castle, The Tower of London, Shakespers Globe theatre. and then tells you a true story of something that happened there it helps you see Tudor England as the Tudors would have seen it.

The Lady in The Tower - Alison Weir - Non-Fiction 

The Lady in The Tower tells the horrible story of Anne Boleyns fall from grace and as most belived framed for the most horrible crimes against a King. Witchcraft, adultry, incest .. and many more crimes that most belive she did not commit. this book tell you of them all and of how she lved in the Tower all the way to her exucution from a master swordsman from France.

 

 If you have any sugestions leave them in the comments 

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Peyton 

Top 5 Wednesday - July 22nd - Side Characters That Deserve Their Own Series

Hi Everybody, This week was pretty tough i am normally really happy with how side characters stories are ended. I managed to put together 5 

So Lets Get Started ...

5

Jane Bennet - Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen 

I would love for Jane to tell her side of the story and have a different perspective on the story and she seems like a really nice and fun character to read from the perspective of. 

 

4 

Zu - Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken 

I think a series from when Zu was away from the Black Betty Crew would be amazing and really entertaining.

 

3

Sally Jackson - Percy Jackson & The Olympians - Rick Riordan 

Holy God i need a Prequel, i need Sally & Poseidon meeting and then how much Sally worries about Percy as he is growing up and marrying Gabe and i need this NOW.

 

2.

Tonks - Harry Potter - J K Rowling 

Tonks is one of those characters that you don't know much about but they capture your imagination. I would love a story of how Tonks and Lupin fell in love and got married and had Teddy. But there isn't so i have to satisfy myself with reading Fanfiction. 

1

Nate Rush Finlay - Rosemary Beach - Abbi Glines 

OK if you haven't read The Sea Breeze series you will not know what I'm going on about, but i need a book that carries on from Until The End (the last book in the sea breeze series) where our two favourite series have finally intermingled in the next generation. I need this and i need it NOW. 

Top 5 Wednesday was created by GingerReadsLainey

Here is the goodreads page 

Here is the full list of participants - Wednesday-Ers

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Peyton

1989 Book Tag

Hi all so i first saw this tag on Girl Plus Books blog and it was created by Reviews From A Bookworms Blog 


So lets Get Started ... 


WELCOME TO NEW YORK 
"You can want who you want, boys and boys and girls and girls."
A Book With LGBT Themes

This Is Not A Love Story - Keren David 

This Is Not A Love Story centres around a guy who is confused about his sexuality and has an affair with his girlfriend bisexual Step-Brother. 

  BLANK SPACE
"You can tell me when it's over if the high was worth the pain." A Book That Hit You Right In The Feels... But Was Totally Worth It

Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover 

Ugly Love wasn't my first choice initially, mainly because when i first decided to do this tag and planned it out i had not read this book, but after i did it had to go to be put in Miles' story and pain felt so real it broke my heart and made cry and ust hit me in the feels.


 OUT OF THE WOODS
"The rest of the world is black and white, but we're in screaming colour."
A Book Which Had Vivid World-Building

The Novice - Taran Matharu 

The Novice is the first book in a Fantasy series and it is all about the world building from the creatures to the rules and the way of the world. This was a phenomenal book and i cannot wait for the rest of the series.

BLANK SPACE "I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream." A Book You Hated... But Loved the Cover

Half Bad - Sally Green 

I didn't hate Half Bad i just could not finish it i think i got about 25 pages in and i just couldn't read it, i really want to but i have tried many times and i just cannot get into it but the cover is so simple but it is beautiful in its own special way




SHAKE IT OFF "The haters gonna hate." A Book Or Series Everyone Seems To Love But You Can't Help But Hate

The Confession of Georgia Nicholson series - Louise Rennison 

I brought the entire series in a box set and i just cringe when i read them i don't know why i cant even finish the series i got to book 4 and i just cant complete it. 

BLANK SPACE "I've got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name." Your Latest Book Boyfriend/Girlfriend

Mase Colt-Manning - Abbi Glines 

If you don't know this about me i love all things country music and mainly the southern drawl and the fact that hes a farmer just adds to it. On the other hand he is sweet and caring and just a generally nice guy and hes hot.  

I WISH YOU WOULD
"I wish you knew I'll never forget you as long as I live."
A Book Or Series You Know You Will Always Love

Vampire Academy Series - Richelle Mead 

I read this series 5 years ago in 2010, it is the series that seriously got me back into reading. I love the story, the characters and when ever i re read these books it feels like coming home and i have a feeling i will forever love this series. 



WILDEST DREAMS
"I can see the end as it begins."
A Book Or Series You Wish Could Have Gone On Forever

Rosemary Beach / Sea Breeze - Abbi Glines

I will not choose between these two series, you cant make me. I love both of these series equally, and i dread a time when there will be no more books concerning these characters, because they feel kind of like Vampire Academy does to me like home whenever i pick up one of the books they just make me smile and when there are no more it will be a very sad day for humanity.

Until Next Time 

Happy Reading 

Peyton