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Book: Bruiser
Genre: YA
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆☆•5
Narration rating: ☆☆☆☆•5
Review
So I was really excited about reading another Neal Shusterman book, his writing tends to be unforgettable.
I wasn't disappointed at all....phew!
Loved this book, loved the characters, loved the story, loved it!!
Someone (I don't know who sorry) described Neal Shusterman as the Tim Burton of YA books, and that is a really good call.
If you have never read a Shusterman book before, firstly WHAT ?!?!?!
What he does in his books is a little like a college professer in class, he leaves you thinking "what would I do?"
Class......"If you could legally abort your child after the age of 13, just by signing a piece of paper that is legally binding, and that said child,now 15 years old pissed you off BIG TIME one night, would you sign it......what about in anger? would you"............DISCUSS........
^^^That above is what it is like reading Unwind, one of my all time favourite YA books, I haven't met anyone that read it and went mehh, and if you say "that" scene to them, they just nod and shudder, ..........do it, read it.
In Bruiser, we meet Brewster "Bruiser" Rawlins, he is the boy at school you avoid, who never smiles, who never talks, who never looks you in the eye.
We also meet Tennyson and Brontè, twins from a loving stable family.
And lastly we meet Cody, Brewsters little brother.
There is a reason for Brewster (brew for short) being so stand offish, he cannot get close to anyone, otherwise it could literally kill him.
If you had the chance to take someone's pain away would you do it? Where would this end? Bruises, cuts, broken bones?? And who would this stop at, just people you cared for? Just your family? .............DISCUSS. ....
Brontè starts to go out with Brewster, much to her brothers dismay, after all he was voted the person most likely to get the death penalty!
However, a friendship arises between them all and everything is fine, until one day Brontè cuts her hand quite badly...........and then it is gone, and Brewster shows up with a sliced hand!
With a F'd up life living with his abusive uncle, this book shows us all 4 lives as they intermingle with each other, as it is told in 4 POV's one of them being in verse.
Read this book, or something by Neal Shusterman, you will not be disappointed!
4•5☆
Genre: YA
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆☆•5
Narration rating: ☆☆☆☆•5
Review
So I was really excited about reading another Neal Shusterman book, his writing tends to be unforgettable.
I wasn't disappointed at all....phew!
Loved this book, loved the characters, loved the story, loved it!!
Someone (I don't know who sorry) described Neal Shusterman as the Tim Burton of YA books, and that is a really good call.
If you have never read a Shusterman book before, firstly WHAT ?!?!?!
What he does in his books is a little like a college professer in class, he leaves you thinking "what would I do?"
Class......"If you could legally abort your child after the age of 13, just by signing a piece of paper that is legally binding, and that said child,now 15 years old pissed you off BIG TIME one night, would you sign it......what about in anger? would you"............DISCUSS........
^^^That above is what it is like reading Unwind, one of my all time favourite YA books, I haven't met anyone that read it and went mehh, and if you say "that" scene to them, they just nod and shudder, ..........do it, read it.
In Bruiser, we meet Brewster "Bruiser" Rawlins, he is the boy at school you avoid, who never smiles, who never talks, who never looks you in the eye.
We also meet Tennyson and Brontè, twins from a loving stable family.
And lastly we meet Cody, Brewsters little brother.
There is a reason for Brewster (brew for short) being so stand offish, he cannot get close to anyone, otherwise it could literally kill him.
If you had the chance to take someone's pain away would you do it? Where would this end? Bruises, cuts, broken bones?? And who would this stop at, just people you cared for? Just your family? .............DISCUSS. ....
Brontè starts to go out with Brewster, much to her brothers dismay, after all he was voted the person most likely to get the death penalty!
However, a friendship arises between them all and everything is fine, until one day Brontè cuts her hand quite badly...........and then it is gone, and Brewster shows up with a sliced hand!
With a F'd up life living with his abusive uncle, this book shows us all 4 lives as they intermingle with each other, as it is told in 4 POV's one of them being in verse.
Read this book, or something by Neal Shusterman, you will not be disappointed!
4•5☆
Book: Fangirl
Genre: YA
Type: Ebook
Book rating: ☆☆☆
Review
So this was an okay read I liked it....but I didn't love it!
Loved Levi and Cath together soooo cute, and that he went at her pace and didn't push her to do anything she didn't want, until she wanted it.
I must admit i skimmed through the Simon / Baz stories as they didn't explain or mean anything, I wasn't quite sure what they had to do with the story, unless it was "last book = real life" afterwards.
The stories were a little too Harry Potter for my liking, but I can sort of see the facination of continuing a story that has ended, but then again, isn't that what a sequel is for!?!?!
Oh and Levi wasn't a stalker boy lol phew!
Genre: YA
Type: Ebook
Book rating: ☆☆☆
Review
So this was an okay read I liked it....but I didn't love it!
Loved Levi and Cath together soooo cute, and that he went at her pace and didn't push her to do anything she didn't want, until she wanted it.
I must admit i skimmed through the Simon / Baz stories as they didn't explain or mean anything, I wasn't quite sure what they had to do with the story, unless it was "last book = real life" afterwards.
The stories were a little too Harry Potter for my liking, but I can sort of see the facination of continuing a story that has ended, but then again, isn't that what a sequel is for!?!?!
Oh and Levi wasn't a stalker boy lol phew!
Book: London Eye
Genre: YA
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆
Narration rating: ☆☆☆
Review
This book is dressed up as The Hunger Games meets X-Men and I was like ooohhhh I'm having me some off that.........
Yeah well it was.......sort of.......near the end......A bit.
A couple of years after a terrorist attack in London, nobody goes in or out.........except those who already live there, some of them have developed powers.
Jack and his little sister haven't seen their parents since the attack, they think they are dead, however a photo that they see proves that their mother is still alive and living in central London.
With the help of some of their friends they embark on a dangerous journey into the centre of a broken city with many perils, including wild dogs, snakes and aligators, maybe lions and other animals escaped from the zoo ........oh and the choppers! !!!
An ok read but not sure whether I'm excited to finish the series or not 3☆
Genre: YA
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆
Narration rating: ☆☆☆
Review
This book is dressed up as The Hunger Games meets X-Men and I was like ooohhhh I'm having me some off that.........
Yeah well it was.......sort of.......near the end......A bit.
A couple of years after a terrorist attack in London, nobody goes in or out.........except those who already live there, some of them have developed powers.
Jack and his little sister haven't seen their parents since the attack, they think they are dead, however a photo that they see proves that their mother is still alive and living in central London.
With the help of some of their friends they embark on a dangerous journey into the centre of a broken city with many perils, including wild dogs, snakes and aligators, maybe lions and other animals escaped from the zoo ........oh and the choppers! !!!
An ok read but not sure whether I'm excited to finish the series or not 3☆
Book: Winger
Genre: YA
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆☆
Narration rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review
This book goes in with a bit of a kick, we follow a few days in the life of Ryan Dean (that's his first name, no hyphen!) He is bullied, picked on, and has his head shoved down the toilet, and that's just the 1st chapter!
He is also in the O wing at school for naughty boys and shares a room with a bully.
He has good friends as well though, oh and he's in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a kid!
This book is funny and had some real laugh out loud moments, especially screaming Nedd, which I actually had to rewind and listen to again as it was so funny!
Think about what goes on in a teenage mind....yep it's all there.
And then BAM! I didn't know it was coming and it didn't warn me...........and I cried.
A really good fun, sad read.
Genre: YA
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆☆
Narration rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review
This book goes in with a bit of a kick, we follow a few days in the life of Ryan Dean (that's his first name, no hyphen!) He is bullied, picked on, and has his head shoved down the toilet, and that's just the 1st chapter!
He is also in the O wing at school for naughty boys and shares a room with a bully.
He has good friends as well though, oh and he's in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a kid!
This book is funny and had some real laugh out loud moments, especially screaming Nedd, which I actually had to rewind and listen to again as it was so funny!
Think about what goes on in a teenage mind....yep it's all there.
And then BAM! I didn't know it was coming and it didn't warn me...........and I cried.
A really good fun, sad read.
Book: Carrots
Genre: Chicklit
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆
Narrating: ☆☆☆
Review
I was looking forward to reading this book as it has really high reviews, and I love to stalk 5☆ books.......however it was just a bit mehhh for me I'm afraid.
The story had promise, woman goes to the store to pick up some carrots for dinner, there is a robbery, and she gets shot in the head (well the bullet scrapes her head) and after that she can read minds.
There was a little humour in there, although it was never laugh out loud funny, and it never really got going, I was waiting for this big finale, but the ending was just all wrapped up with a pretty bow and a wink!
I'm sure that this will appeal to a lot of people, and my mum for one will love it, but I'm afraid I didn't so much, although I may just read the next book sometime when I'm bored just to see where they go with the story, as I'm struggling to see how they can make it into a series.
Genre: Chicklit
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆
Narrating: ☆☆☆
Review
I was looking forward to reading this book as it has really high reviews, and I love to stalk 5☆ books.......however it was just a bit mehhh for me I'm afraid.
The story had promise, woman goes to the store to pick up some carrots for dinner, there is a robbery, and she gets shot in the head (well the bullet scrapes her head) and after that she can read minds.
There was a little humour in there, although it was never laugh out loud funny, and it never really got going, I was waiting for this big finale, but the ending was just all wrapped up with a pretty bow and a wink!
I'm sure that this will appeal to a lot of people, and my mum for one will love it, but I'm afraid I didn't so much, although I may just read the next book sometime when I'm bored just to see where they go with the story, as I'm struggling to see how they can make it into a series.
Book: Seducing Cinderella
Genre: NA
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆☆
Narration rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review
ok guys hands up who likes a man with a tattoo and a fighter at that??
Reid is a MMA fighter and has damaged his arm quite badly, he is sent to a specialist physio therapist, this happens to be Lucie, Reids best friends little sister.
They haven't seen each other in year, and as you can imagine sparks fly, BUT Lucie has her heart set on another guy, so Ried offers to help her get him!
While doing his best to help Lucie with her image and confidence, he starts to have feelings for her, and vice-versa for Lucie.
A little book with a lot of kick, i will definitely be looking out for the rest in this series.
Genre: NA
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆☆
Narration rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review
ok guys hands up who likes a man with a tattoo and a fighter at that??
Reid is a MMA fighter and has damaged his arm quite badly, he is sent to a specialist physio therapist, this happens to be Lucie, Reids best friends little sister.
They haven't seen each other in year, and as you can imagine sparks fly, BUT Lucie has her heart set on another guy, so Ried offers to help her get him!
While doing his best to help Lucie with her image and confidence, he starts to have feelings for her, and vice-versa for Lucie.
A little book with a lot of kick, i will definitely be looking out for the rest in this series.
Book: Starters
Genre: YA
Type: Audiobook
Book rating: ☆☆☆☆
Narration rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review
Sleep on a floor in a derelict house?
Struggle to feed yourself every day?
Are you underweight due to the lack of food you are eating?
Do you hate being unclean and smelly?
Do you want to be beautiful?
Then all YOU need to do is pop down to PRIME DESTINATIONS and we can solve all of your problems.
Small print …….Prime Destinations will insert a microchip into your brain and hook you up to another person so they can be you, the other person is an “Ender” (an old rich person who age is on average 100 yrs old). Here the Ender will leave their body wired up and enter your body, becoming you for a week/month/year……however long you signed up to rent your body out for. You will of course be paid well for this “donating” and we will also make you beautiful again. Your new body user will sign a contract to make sure that they use your body in the best possible way without damaging it at all
Come on down to PRIME DESTINATIONS to make your dreams of being rich a reality.
Callie is aware of Prime Destinations (the body bank for short!) Her and her brother Tyler are starving, and he is really ill, she finds that she has no choice but to donate her body for a time to get money to pay for her little brothers treatment, and to get enough money for them to maybe buy a home for them both…………This was a bad mistake, she knew it as soon as she leaves Prime Destinations, she knows it as soon as she starts to black out, she definitely knows it when she wakes up with a gun in her hand.!
Good book with a story that kept me engaged all the way through, a couple of good twists too that I didn’t see coming, I will definitely look out for the 2nd book in the series to find out what happens.
Genre: YA
Type: Audiobook
Book rating: ☆☆☆☆
Narration rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review
Sleep on a floor in a derelict house?
Struggle to feed yourself every day?
Are you underweight due to the lack of food you are eating?
Do you hate being unclean and smelly?
Do you want to be beautiful?
Then all YOU need to do is pop down to PRIME DESTINATIONS and we can solve all of your problems.
Small print …….Prime Destinations will insert a microchip into your brain and hook you up to another person so they can be you, the other person is an “Ender” (an old rich person who age is on average 100 yrs old). Here the Ender will leave their body wired up and enter your body, becoming you for a week/month/year……however long you signed up to rent your body out for. You will of course be paid well for this “donating” and we will also make you beautiful again. Your new body user will sign a contract to make sure that they use your body in the best possible way without damaging it at all
Come on down to PRIME DESTINATIONS to make your dreams of being rich a reality.
Callie is aware of Prime Destinations (the body bank for short!) Her and her brother Tyler are starving, and he is really ill, she finds that she has no choice but to donate her body for a time to get money to pay for her little brothers treatment, and to get enough money for them to maybe buy a home for them both…………This was a bad mistake, she knew it as soon as she leaves Prime Destinations, she knows it as soon as she starts to black out, she definitely knows it when she wakes up with a gun in her hand.!
Good book with a story that kept me engaged all the way through, a couple of good twists too that I didn’t see coming, I will definitely look out for the 2nd book in the series to find out what happens.
