Day and Night Tag!

I decided, just because I'm not on YouTube, doesn't mean I can't not do Tags right? Right. So here we go with my first Tag ever! This was created by Readigans over on YouTube, and its called the Day and Night tag.

D: Do you read more in the morning or at night?

The night, definitely  I always try to read at least a chapter of a book before going to sleep. However, most of my reading is done during the day at school, on the way and way back  at break times. I don't know if the bus journey would class as morning, but I'm counting morning from leaving the house, so yeah- I read more at night.

A:Are there any books that changed the way you thought about things?

I know a lot of people say this, but The Fault in Our Stars by John Green...just wow. I only read this recently so everything is still rather fresh with me- but this book...so good!

Y: YA or Not?

I read pretty much everything. I'm trying to get more into classic books, but yes I do read YA mainly. I love fantasy, paranormal, some Adult books, contemporary, anything really.

A:Are there any characters that you honestly believe are real?

There are characters I would like to be real, like the kids from Maximum Ride, and I'd love the Percy Jackson characters to be real- wouldn't that be fun! There are also some, like Augustus and Hazel from TFioS, and Mia from If I Stay that although those characters aren't real, it's obvious to me that that happens to people- so yes in a way I do believe these characters are real. However, some of the books I read I can honestly imagine happening in the future, plot wise, and some I think might be happening now- but in an alternate universe. I'd love for that to be true.

N:Nobody touches my books or I don't mind loaning my books out?

This is a tricky one. I won't ever let someone I don't know very well borrow a book, but usually I don't mind with close friends- as long as they know the terms and conditions that come with that specific book. I once lent some books to a friend of a friend and I never got a couple back- so there's now a gap in my collection, so I tend to only let people borrow one or two at a time.

D: Do you ever smell your books?

When they are new, yes. I love new book smell..mmmmm

N:Not everyone loves books...is this a positive or a negative?

I think it's up to the person, not everyone can escape into the world as easily as others and it's up to them what they do with their time. Personally, this is a bad thing in my opinion because people disregard books they would probably love, and most of the time they are just too lazy to read the book after they see the film, even though the book probably has so much more detail, and plot to it. It does confuse me how people just don't have an open mind about books. Oh well.

I: I keep my books in the best condition or maybe not? Which are you?

I never used to I'll admit. I was awful. So many books on my shelf have broken spines, or dog eared or torn, covers bent- I cringe now. I try so hard to keep them in perfect condition that people think I'm strange constantly checking the spine when I read it- but if it looks pretty on my shelf afterwords, who cares, right?

G: Gosh I have too many books! True or False?

How many is too many? I need a new bookshelf- true- but I wouldn't say I had that many books as I get lots from the library.

H:Have you ever spilled or stained you books before with something, and if so how?

Me, no. My mother? brother? friend? Yes to all of the above, and its so annoying! I got The Knife of Never Letting Go for Christmas a couple of years ago, a week later I lent it to my mum, who proceeded to spill coffee on the cover. I was not happy.

T: Toned or untoned while reading?...or in other words...Do you read and workout at the same time?

No, thats just too hard for me. Moving and reading-no.

So yeah, I hope you all enjoyed this tag, I certainly had fun making it. Feel free to do this yourself-I Tag Everyone!

So you next time!

January Wrap-Up!

So, I read 8 books this month, I think that's a pretty good start to the year, don't you? One of these books I was really unhappy about, which was Matched, but other than that they were a good bunch.

Matched by Ally Condie-2/5 Stars

I'm not going to spend too long on this one because I did a review on it, but I was very disappointed. 

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini-5/5 Stars

I wasn't expecting to like this book as much as I did, and picked it up from the library on a bit of a whim really, but I was pleasantly surprised. I liked pretty much all the characters, but at the beginning thought it was a bit twilighty-I think mainly because of the fact there were lots of people living in the same house and they'd just moved there and what not. It did annoy me for the first 100 or so pages, but I saw past this, thankfully and am looking forward to Dreamless, which is the second in the trilogy.

A Million Suns by Beth Revis-5/5 Stars

I loved this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it but I'm not sure if it was better than the first one or not. It was more figuring things out in my opinion, but I think Across the Universe has the edge for me, mainly because of how different it was to any other book I'd read. I can't wait to pick up the final installment, Shades of Earth, as everyone says its so much better than the first two COMBINED, so am defiantly wanting to read that as soon as I can. 

If I Stay by Gayle Forman-4/5 Stars

I went into this book really not sure what to expect. I had the faint idea of her being trapped in the mid-after life, but I'm not sure what I thought it would be like. I did like this book a lot, I loved the protagonist, Mia, and loved how she took into account everything about her life to come to a decision at the end of the book. I really liked all the characters and thought they were well rounded and enjoyed the format of the book. I was expecting to come into this book and cry- a lot, but I actually didn't. So, overall, it was a great book but I didn't feel like adding that last star. I will be picking up Where She Went, and hopefully will re-read this sometime.

Percy Jackson: Battle of the Labyrinth,  Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan- both 5/5 Stars

I love Percy Jackson, what more is there? I love this world Rick created, the characters...everything. I'm a sucker for mythology so when I saw these books at my school library, and after putting them off and putting them off I had to pick them up and I did. So finally I finished the series, I wont say much on risk of ruining the series, but thumbs up Rick, you did it again!

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green- 5/5 Stars

What can I say? What is there to say about this book? Mind-blowing, happy, funny, tragic, thought-provoking...it was just one of a kind and I loved every single bit of it.

City Of Ashes by Cassandra Clare- 5/5 Stars

If you remember from my haul, I read City of Bones a while ago, and had actually read the first 50 pages or so of this but then put it down and returned it to the library. So, i bought it, and loved it.I love Cassandra Clare's writing, her characters, this world shes created. My favourite characters in this would either be Simon, Alec or Magnus...but I had a soft spot for Luke too. However, Jace and Clary annoy me- Clary especially, but I don't want to say too much in case of spoilers :/ But yes- good book, and will defiantly read City of Glass soon. 

Either I'm a high rater, or I just read some really good books this month! If you want me to do a review on any of these books, tell me below or just tell me what you read this month, I'd love to know!