Hello and here I am again with a reading roundup. Yes, I know it’s been ages since I rounded up my reading. My new role has been keeping me very, very busy, which is good, I guess. I’d still rather be reading though! Despite being so busy, there are seven books I’d like to discuss with you which I’ve read since my last roundup. I’m not sure if it was just because I was tired, but sadly very few of them really rang my bell. More of them were good, but no cigar. The first book I read was Furthermore by Shatter Me author Tahereh Mafi. This is Mafi’s first foray into middle grade and tells the story of young Alice who must venture into the world of Furthermore to rescue her father. I really loved the writing style in Furthermore – Mafi’s descriptions were lyrical and gorgeous. Unusually, Mafi regularly breaks the fourth wall in this novel to give the author’s viewpoint on Alice’s reactions, which I adored. It reminded me of Noel Langley’s Land of Green Ginger which was one of my favourite books as a child because of a similar technique. It’s worth reading this book…
Hello and my apologies for the lateness of this reading roundup. I started a new role at work this week so it’s been a very busy week. I’m switching from shiftwork to a more regular Mon-Fri job, so my blog posts may be somewhat irregular until I get myself into a new routine. Please bear with me. I did read some great books over the last little while. I read and finished Furthermore, Shatter Me author Tahereh Mafi’s foray into middle grade. While it wasn’t really my cup of tea, the writing was beautiful. I will be writing a full review of Furthermore shortly, so keep an eye out for it. I hadn’t intended to pick up Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One, but I started reading/listening to the sample and I was hooked. I’m about four fifths of the way through it, so again expect a review at some point in the future. This week I finally started to read another of the ARCs I received from BEA, Replica by Lauren Oliver. It moved up my TBR because of the EpicReads First 5 newsletter to which I am subscribed. This is a email where they send you the first five…