nerdybookreads: top 5

december 16, 2018 No reacties

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november 18, 2018 No reacties

Here is the thing; I LOVE SERIES, but I’m terrible at completing them.

Don’t get me wrong I love reading series but waiting for the next book to come out is just a hell! I swear it’s some kind of (dark) magic. Because every time I have to wait for the next book I suddenly have started like 10 other series. And you quested it right I have to wait for the next book for them as well.

The result of this? I have to many series that are not complete… maybe it’s a smart Idea to make this a goal for next year?

So today I’m going to list 5 series I love but am also STUCK in the middle of and so I keep saying “OH YEAH I’LL FINISH THAT SOON” which is probably a lie..

I promise I will get to them soon. Oh look more lies!

1. lunar chronicles

Now for this one I actually read almost all the books just not stars Above. Why? To be very honest I have no clue. I really loved the story but somehow that last book is some kind f struggle.

2.legend

I read the first book in like 2015 or 2016? I can’t really remember. I do remember loving it but for some magical reason I don’t get the rest of the series. I do plan on rereading the first book in 2019. I hope that this way I can be hyped about it again and finally buy the rest of the series.

3. Throne of glass

This might come to a surprise to you. I am a HUGE Sarah J Maas fan. But the reason that I haven’t finished this is series is very simple. THE BOOK ARE BLOODY HELL EXPENSIVE!. And don’t get me wrong I don’t mind paying for a book but even I have limits.

4. The bone season

I have kind of a love and hate relationship with this series. One moment I am totally obsessed with them and then the next minute I hate it. I know i have to get my shit together.

5.The name of the wind

OMG I loved The name of the wind! But let’s be real these books are HUGEEEEE. So I guess that I don’t need to explain why I haven’t bought them yet. But one day I will find the strength to complete this series. I KNOW I WILL.

november 11, 2018 No reacties

It occurs to me that I absolutely do not highlight my favorite books enough.

And since 90% of the books that i read are fantasy, i thought it would be perfect to make a top 5 favorite fantasy book series.

I have been reading fantasy books for as long as I can remember. I remember that when I started reading it felt like I could escape the real world ( I know it might sound kind of lame…). And since then I just couldn’t stop reading them!

The books are in random order.

So here we go!

1. Eon by Alison Goodman

This series actually got me by surprise. I heard about it once and I was like yeah it sounds interesting, so I read it and it was amazing!

For years, 16-year-old Eon has been training to be a Dragoneye apprentice, a coveted position in which the student serves as the conduit between energy dragons and the human world. Eon's whole way of life is cloaked in secrecy and danger, however, because Eon is actually Eona--a girl forced by necessity to live her life as a boy. If her secret were discovered, her life would be danger, as well as the lives of those around her. To make impossible odds even more impossible, Eona is also crippled, so the deck is very much stacked against her. But on the day the apprentices are chosen, it is revealed that Eona has the unusual ability of seeing all the energy dragons, not just one--and she is chosen by the powerful Mirror Dragon, a being that has not been seen in hundreds of years.

2. A court of thorns and roses by Sarah J Maas

Do I even need to explain this one? I mean come on Rhysand?!?!

Feyre is a human girl who, after unwittingly killing a faerie, must pay the ultimate price. A man-beast soon appears on her doorstep, demanding that she accompany him to his faerie homeland—where she'll live with him forever as payment for slaying one of his own. This is an issue because A) the human-faerie conflict is steadily intensifying, and B) Feyre is the caregiver to her destitute father and two bratty sisters. What will happen to her once she’s in enemy territory? What will happen to her family?

3. Chaos walking by Patrick Ness

Todd Hewitt is about to become a man. He was told that there are no woman, because they were all killed off. One day, when he's out with his dog, Manchee, he finds a spot where there is no noise. Surely, he thinks, this is impossible. Soon he is confused further, when his parents tell him he must leave his town, Prentisstown, and venture to a new town. He never thought other towns existed.

4. Harry Potter by J.K Rowling

This also needs no explanation and probably I also do not need to explain what it is about right?

5. Study by Maria V. Snyder

Yelena is waiting to be executed and she's made peace with that, but then the Commander's right hand (who also happens to be an assassin) approaches her with an offer; she can either be executed as planned or she can become the Commander's new food taster. Yelena naturally picks the latest and she's introduced into a world of politics, schemings and poisons, and she eventually has to face her worst nightmares and find the strength to confront them.

I probably have more favorites but I did not include them because I have not finished them yet (oops). I might make another post about series I keep saying I will finish.

oktober 22, 2018 No reacties

The real struggle of a bookworm is what to read next. We all have experience this; standing in front of your bookshelf and you are screaming.. you don’t know what to read next! The horror!! But do not worry I’m here to help you and limit the screaming in front of your bookshelf.

So today I’m just going to hit you with a list to help you get rid of the horrors.

1. MAKE A TBR JAR WHICH IS SO FAIR AND EQUAL TO ALL BOOKS AND LET’S FACE IT, THE JAR IS CUTE.

I love my TBR jar, but do I use it a lot… uhh let’s not talk about that. the downside of a TBR jar is that most of the time you know exactly which book you don’t want to read and of course you always get that one.

2. ASK YOUR BOOKISH FRIENDS, I MEAN WERE ELSE ARE YOUR FRIENDS FOR, RIGHT?

Go on instagram and make a poll! choose 2 books and let the best one win. The best part about this is that you get personalized recommendations, at least most of the time. The downside with this is that you most of the time have a favorite and then the other one wins.

3. PICK THE FIRST BOOK THAT CATCHES YOU ATTENTION. YOU ARE DRAWN TO IT SO WHY NOT READ IT?

When I stand in front of my bookshelf to pick my next read, I often have a book that lightly catches my attention but then I think about and I’m like, mehh. And then I keep looking further and forget about that book. But why? I mean it got my attention so why not read it.

4. JUST GO WITH THE MOOD AND LET GO OF THAT MONTHLY TBR!

Every month you make a TBR, and then halfway through the month you don’t feel like it anymore. So you just keep staring at it, and hope that it magically changes. STOP DOING IT! Just go for what you feel like nobody will blame you!

5. READ THE OLDEST BOOK ON YOUR TBR PILE, AND YOU CAN ALSO SAY THAT YOU FINALLY READ IT!

I think that every bookworm out there can relate to this. You have a huge TBR pile and some books have been sitting there for ages. So why not read it? Beside that you can also be proud of yourself because you finally read it!

Do you have a method for choosing your next read?

Let me know!

oktober 17, 2018 No reacties

FEEL THE FEAR! * scary music playing

4. ANYONE interrupting your reading time. It's obviously a therapeutic time of your day and anyone who doesn't understand that obviously wants the world to burn. WHEN MY BOOK IS OPEN YOUR MOUTH IS CLOSED!

5. Your favorite character dies. you'll never crawl out of the deepest pits of despair over the death of your favorite character. How are you expected to recover from something so real and painful?

1. IT by Stephen King

2. Winter by Marissa Meyer

3. lady midnight

4. Gemina

5. Inheritance