New design

As you can probably tell, I have a lovely layout and design! This is all thanks to Ana (TheOrdinaryPrincess) and I'm so happy my blog isn't just a rubbish title with some links underneath it. I will start writing proper reviews now, maybe some to go hand-in-hand with my YouTube book reviews (unknowableuniverse). I've got a couple of books in the runnings for me to read next so when I've finished them, expect reviews! (Both on here and YouTube)

The Summoning

The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) by Kelley Armstrong

The story of how I came to read this book is quite interesting but I'm not going to go into it because I bet you, dear reader, don't care about how I found this book.

My name is Chloe Saunders and my life will never be the same again.

All I wanted was to make friends, meet boys, and keep on being ordinary. I don't even know what that means anymore. It all started on the day that I saw my first ghost - and the ghost saw me.

Now there are ghosts everywhere and they won't leave me alone. To top it all off, I somehow got myself locked up in Lyle House, a "special home" for troubled teens. Yet the home isn't what it seems. Don't tell anyone, but I think there might be more to my housemates than meets the eye. The question is, whose side are they on? it's up to me to figure out the dangerous secrets behind Lyle House... before its skeletons come back to haunt me. 

Published:  July 1st, 2008

Published by:  HarperTeen

Average rating: 4.1

Pages: 390 

When I read this book, for the first time I must add, I was 12/13. It was the second (ish) YA book I was properly into, after the House of Night series, and the mix of these books gave me that little shove I needed to divulge into the amazing world of YA fiction.

I was incredibly pleased with this book as a whole. The overall story was incredible, what with the teens having 'supernatural powers' and everything, and it was the first book of this type I read. (followed by stuff like Hunting Lila and my own spin on this genre)

Now, I don't want to spoil anything for you, so I'm just going to sum up the positives and negatives quickly:

Positive aspects:

• Chloe, the narrator, is likeable as a character.
• The setup of the story is brilliant.
• The "sexual tension" between Chloe and Simon
• The mysterious aspects are engaging

Negative aspects:

• The way things are worded can sometimes get on your nerves. I feel this is written for either the younger age of YA readers or the less *this sounds horrible* "intellectual" members of the readership. 
• Some characters (like Tori) are slightly overdone with the meanness.

I give this book 4.2 stars and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone interested. (Be careful though, you will have to buy the second and third while you're at it.)

Where the hell have you been?

It's been over a month since my last post, and, to be honest, that post was pretty crap.

So, where have I been?

1. School (like most teenagers)
2. Writing (I have a new project and am quite a way into my sequel)
3. Reading (I have read a LOT)
4. Procrastinating (now, who hasn't?)

That is pretty much it. I would add more to this post, but I am officially bored as of right now.

Ta

Long time... no speak

I was going to try and think of a really witty, imaginative title but I just gave up.

But I have news:

I HAVE STARTED SCHOOL AGAIN.
Ugh.

And more news:

I'M ALMOST AT 10K FOR THE EDGE (sequel to Charmed Devils) AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT!

My lack of posts and a rant about tumblr

So I hate seeing 'last post 17 days ago' so I thought I'd write this.
Pointless as hell.
But I just wanted to say this:
I've had my Muse blog on tumblr for over 18 months now and still under 350 followers.
I've had my Shadowhunter (TMI/TID is too lazy for me) blog for just over 4 weeks and already have 50 followers.

That's what bugs me.

And on my Shadowhunter blog I follow about 40 people and on my Muse blog I follow about 380.

Just... SLHJSFKHSJKSKJHGKJHGKSJHGKSHGJSHGKSHGKJSH.

Rant over... for now.

Losing Lila

Losing Lila by Sarah Alderson
(just as a note, Sarah is freaking awesome and amazing and she replied to me on twitter and it was perfect)

So I read Hunting Lila about a year ago when it first came out and loved it. I think it is one of my most-read books, second only to the Warriors series. (cats ftw :P)
And then when I went on a book shopping holiday spree I totally forgot it had been published a day before *cries*. Therefore, when I found wifi last night, of course I bought it. Haha, my dad's going to kill me. (all the costs are charged to his debit card and then he makes me pay for it after he finds out I bought something). But I don't regret anything, not for Losing Lila.

I read it in four hours and ohmygosh it was brilliant. It kind of ended on a crappy ending so I'm hoping there's a third Lila book. PLEASE SARAH. PLEASE.

I'll do a review when I get home :3

(Also, in regards to my previous post, I finished Clockwork Angel (OHEMGEE), my awesome inkie buddie's book (jeez, ditto. It was so much better than most published books) and I'm halfway through Clockwork Prince. Happy days. And I'm slightly tanned! :D)

AND it's my birthday tomorrow. *le grin*

The Books I Bought

So I'm going on holiday in about 10 minutes (no internet for 2 weeks, oh gosh no) and I thought I'd share the books I bought to read on the beach :D.

Clockwork Angel (Book 1 in The Infernal Devices series) by Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Prince (book 2 in The Infernal Devices series) by Cassandra Clare
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Reckoning (book 3 in the Darkest Powers trilogy) by Kelley Armstrong
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon

I'll review them when I get back ^.^

(This cost me £26 (about $35), which is not good)

Also I'm going to read an inkie buddy (my only inkie buddy, haha xD)'s book because she's awesome and the book's also pretty awesome. I'm about 100 pages into it already, which is brill :D.