Happy New Year!

Well it's a new year so it's a new list!

I got several books for Christmas so they will be read first. There are loads of books in the library that have my name on them and then there are the books that are coming out this year!!!!

Looks like it will be a year for reading (no different to any other year then)!!!!!

It's Mother's Day

So that means .....


..... Yes you got it!!! More books!!!

I can be fairly easy to buy for - have a list of all the books I want and when they are out to buy helps too!!!

I got 5 in total - Love my little girl and hubby (OK I ordered them but the thought was there)!!

My Books!!



I have already started reading Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove - I haven't exactly given up on The Labyrinth but it's on hold for now, Betrayal is soooooo much better!!

Labyrinth, Kate Mosse . . .

... I'm not sure on this book. Have started it - I got it from the library a few days ago - as have finished Dark Flame and don't have any more books (not until Mother's Day - but I don't know about those)!!!

The begining is hard to get into, from the looks of things it flips from "present" to the 1200s. The present sections are very hard going, the 1200s sections aren't too bad.

I will persevere but boy will it be a slog to get through.

The reason I chose it was becuase it was supposed to have got good reviews and was sat all alone on a shelf calling to me, but after looking on Amazon it has poor reviews from "real people".

Will let you know what I think later, but so far it's not going to rate very high!!

Starting Off Early!

When I'm in between books and have no budget for new ones, I go to the library. Along with me is my baby girl. Bless her, she loves coming and now chooses the ones she wants to take out - "I take it to Lady mummy"

Here she is enjoying a good read:

Outraged!

Not quite book related - well you'll see!

Phil bought me "My Sister's Keeper" DVD for Christmas. He knows I have read the book and loved it and have been waiting for a very long time for our DVD rental company to send me a copy but have yet to receive it. So he bought me my own copy.

Here comes the outrage . . .

. . . They changed the ending!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They changed the perfectly good, fantastic, crying buckets ending!!!!!!! How, why and what for I have no idea. This is just ridiculous. The book was great just the way it was. The way it was written, all the things that the story was trying to get across was neatly wrapped up in the book ending.

The film ruined this and changed the message, meaning and story altogether.

Shame on this film.

I have always heard the book is better than the film and mostly I agree with this (Twilight Saga nearly making this untrue!) and after this film it has not changed my opinion. In fact I am more in the book camp than I was before.

Re-Shuffle

Have decided to have a little sort out of my books. Have had so may new ones recently that they have just been going where they can fit. So have moved my bookcases around and have separated my books into genres!! It looks good - even if I do say so myself!

Here is the somewhat mess I had the dining room in!! - With my baby girl trying to help mummy!!!


This is my YA/paranormal/sci fi shelves - Anything vampire, werewolf or angel will be found here! Including DVD and CD's


This is my Chick Lit/Rom Com shelves


And then the miscellaneous shelves


There are a load of books in the attic but they are more for the younger me so have updated my reading lists!!!! haha!!!

Wanted List

Despite the new and bought books I have, I have a very long wish/want list!! 2 of which came out today!!! - see the side bar for my wish list!!

Think I will have to wait a few weeks before I can get any more. I suppose I better read the ones I have first!!!

Started Torment, very good so far!

Books Books and More Books!!

So I thought New Year, New Blog!

I absolutely love books. They can take you away from a stressful day, they can help you to relax, they can even make you happy, sad, cry, angry at just a few turns of a page. Words are a powerful thing and when written down in a great novel can come alive!

I would dread to think how many hours I have actually spent reading - actual novels I don't just mean any old text book etc - but I shouldn't think there have been very many days that I have gone without reading at least one chapter since I was about 7/8 years old. My usual reading is about an hour of a night (I try for more but life gets in the way)!

I remember my mum taking me to book fairs at school when I was younger, wondering what book to buy. I always tried to go for the most value for money - so 3 in 1 books were great!

Now I'm married and still love going to buy new books! At the moment its a case of buying new bookcases to put the books on! Luckily Phil understands and just shakes his head when I'm drawn to the book stand when we go shopping. I love it even better when it there is a sticker saying buy one get one free - still loving the value for money!

So now I have decided to create somewhere where I can go to worship my books! Where I can slate or rate them, pick at them and basically love them!!