So in my other post "Thank You Harper Collins", I talked about how I requested "The Siren" by Kiera Cass and "Not if i See You First" by Eric Lindstorm and (surprisingly) got them! Well today I will be viewing "The Siren".
"The Siren" was a sweet, quick yet not rushed book that leaves you with the kind of feeling you have after drinking hot chocolate or warm soup. The book follows a girl named Kahlen (trust, Kiera Cass with her fancy names) who is a siren, luring people to their death from the orders of The Ocean "her mother". Kahlen currently lives with other sirens but their voices to each other does not effect them. Each siren lives as a siren for a century before they are free to do whatever they want without having to be under the wing of The Ocean. But being a teenage girl she falls in love with a human boy named Akinli (again what a name) and because she is a siren their voices are deadly to humans. She goes on without speaking and this part of the book was so irritating because you just want to speak for her and you just really want them to speak normally like how a normal relationship would. Btw, their cake date was soooo cute!! I loved Kahlen from the beginning and how can anyone dislike Akinli. He was so caring and nice. I couldn't really see their relationship growing in an obvious way but it wasn't rushed. Oh and about the ending, well I thought Kiera Cass could branch out a bit more relating to how the siren's voices work and for me I thought the ending was a tiniest bit dodgy. But it was still nice to see the story tied off nicely together. Overall this was a fantastic sweet bubbly book that I think everyone who loves Kiera Cass's style should read. Oh and isn't the cover just so pretty!! "There's aways room for love even if its as small as a crack in a door," ~recommended for 11 and up ~ hmmm... I'll give it a 3.5 out of five! coming out of bookend, alice xx Looking for "The Siren" ? Find it here! - http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Siren-Kier-Cass/9780008157937
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A few days ago, my friend and I decided to just give it a go and email Harper Collins for a reviews copy book request. If you are a book blogger and is interested in further detail please leave me a comment so I can make a post on that. So.. we emailed and after waiting a few days we got an reply!! I just want to thank Harper Collins once again for deciding to send me these two books. As shown above, I asked for a copy of "The Siren" by Kiera Cass (post on her other book, "The Selection") and "Not If I See You First" by Eric Linstorm. I was so excited to read these books and a post will be up as soon as possible. As far as I know "The Siren" and "Not if i See You First" is a stand alone (sadly) but I'm sure it will be great!
Sorry if this was a short post but as soon as I finish these books I will have a post up! Thank you so much for reading and I hope you have a lovely day! (Btw holding those books were pretty tiring hehe) coming out of bookland, alice xx For those of you that have not read "The Selection" by Kiera Cass, this story takes place in the future (after World War 4). Because of the war, the country had to re start and now it is called Illea, run by a King, Queen and a prince. When the prince comes of age, the tradition is that women from ages 16-24 applies to enter a competition (the selection) to be selected to become the prince's wife and have the honour of becoming the next Queen of Illea. Women who were willing to apply sent in their pictures and information to the palace and thirty-five girls are chosen ranging from the eight different castes. Royals being number one and the homeless as eights.
The protagonist, America Singer is a number five meaning her job is singing and playing her violin. She has not intended to enter but because of some situations, she decided to only fill out the form telling herself that she wasn't going to be picked. BUT GUESS WHAT!! She was picked. This meant saying goodbye to her family, turning away from her secret love Aspen and accepting a life she never wanted. As she spent her life everyday living the life of a princess while rebels threatened her safety as they attacked form outside and inside the palace. Talking about rebels it was a bit strange seeing how easily they could enter the palace grounds. Surely there were alert guards?? The relationship between the prince, Maxon and America was nicely paced with America only willing to stay for the money and the food but soon realising that Maxon wasn't as stuck up as she thought he was, slowly discovering his generous, kind and caring side. But not mentioning his strange feelings towards crying women. We all know from the start Maxon wanted America to love him back and towards the middle we begin to see a peek at their relationship. I felt embarrassed for America in some points in the book but thank you Kiera Cass for making this book so loveable though a few of my friends will already know how I had a phrase where I was so obsessed with this series! Haha! Do not be worried about this book being too girly, I promise its not. If you enjoyed the first book I suggest you go and read the rest. The order of the series go as.. The Selection, The Elite, The One, The Heir and coming in February The Crown. The last two books in the series are from Eadlyn's point of view (sorry, no spoilers) and I am so excited to see how the whole series is going to tie off. Thank you for reading this review I hope you enjoyed! "It's always the fear of looking stupid to stop you from being awesome" ~ suggested for 12 and up ~ 4.5/ 5 yayyy Hey internet, it's aliceinbookland back with not a book review but something that most readers will probably be able to relate to. So to do something different for a change, I decided to do a "How To Break Out Of A Reading Slump" post. I know I've said this before but I hate...let me repeat HATE READING SLUMPS!!!!!!!!Because of my absolute hatred for reading slumps.. I put together a few ways to help you get rid of them. These are what I do when I have a reading slump. ENJOY!!! 1. Give it some time. For me this is personally really hard because you just really want to continue reading a fantastic book but you just can't! No matter how quiet it is or how perfect the conditions are, it never seems to work. But trust me, forcing yourself won't help and it will just ruin a perfectly good book. It will make the book confusing and when you come back to it after forcing yourself through it.. you'll get that sort of feeling that the book wasn't good (because of the book slump) and it will give you a bad first impression. So go on youtube, hang out with you friends and when your ready the craving of wanting to read books will come back soon enough. 2. Read one of your all time favourite books Pick out one of your most tattered and loved books from your bookshelf, whether its a story book or a classic Roald Dahl, go ahead and read it! Reading easy/fast books alway helps me break out of reading slumps. And it also brings back the old memories and I guarantee you will laugh at yourself for adoring these simple and basic books. Rainbow Magic, Go Girl, Enid Blyton and not forgetting Geronimo Stilton were always a winner for me. Comment if you recognise or liked any of these books. :) 3. Go on to the internet Browse the internet and reach out to your fellow book lovers and reading slump survivors. Connect through social media to talk about your favourite books and just have a great discussion. One thing I like to do is go on Youtube and look through book tuber's book reviews, TBR lists and wrap-ups. Also I suggest (if you are having a book slump or just want to have a bit of a laugh) heading over to "Epic Reads" on Youtube and looking through their "Book Nerd Problems" which I absolutely love and can relate to so easily. That is it! I hope this gave you some ideas as to what to do when the reading slump kicks in and helps you tackle them as easily as how Celaena can kill someone... (raise your hand if you know who I'm talking about.. hehe)Also if you have any tips for breaking out of a book slump, please let me know as I definitely need more tips! Just a pointer as well please keep in mind that I did not intentionally try to copy someone else's ideas. Thank you for reading this post and I hope to see you soon! coming out of bookland, alice xx Places I go to when in a reading slump:
- https://www.youtube.com/user/abookutopia -https://www.youtube.com/user/polandbananasBOOKS -https://www.youtube.com/user/readbyzoe -https://www.youtube.com/user/EpicReads |