If I stay

I apologise i haven't blogged in a while i get in front of my laptop and literally have writers block. I have found it harder to write anything but this all changed when i read if i stay. I felt compelled to write.




The cover that i have is a mix of greens and yellows. I find this ironic that when i think of yellow I think of happiness and joy when this book has hints of tones of it but isn't overly happy. The green automatically makes me think of the freedom Mia has to make her own choice. On the cover the picture seems out of focus hardly anything is straight cut and clear, this leads me to belive that we are meant to be seeing the cover from Mia's view of the world when she is in her coma.

I had a personal connection with this book I haven't been in a life or death situation personally but i have lost a loved one. So I did relate to Mia's prospective however she did lose her mum, dad and little brother so I can't even to begin to imagine the pain. I really connected with her Granddad in a scene when he say's it's okay to let go. This and right at the end where the only parts where i teared up (close to crying).

Gayle Forman is a literary genius. The way she winds her past and present making a spiders web of emotions, memories and the eeriness that all in all she had a somewhat normal life. This story is a thoughtful telling of Mia's life up to the point where she has to make a choice. If she stays in this life or if she should depart with the rest of her close family.

As i mentioned before this book is a web of her life. The first 10 pages is before the accident where we get a quick glimpse of her life then after the accident she has flashbacks. Her life literally flashes before her eyes. These flashbacks gave more depth to the book and characters because you get to see what life for them was like before and what life is like (if they're still alive) afterwards. These flashbacks made this book in my opinion: it made me the cynical teenager believe that there is always hope, love and friendship from Kim's and Adam.

I loved Kim's charecter because she is the same as Mia but the exact opposite to Adam so they clash often but when it comes to it she is a strong enough person to put aside her differences and help him.Adam what can I say? Opposites defiantly attract as proven with Mia and Adam. They are such a sweet couple and you can tell that they love each other intimately.

The flashbacks with her family teared me up. Her mum and dad's quirky sense of style, attitude and parenting skills make them lovable people which makes the fact they're dead quite tragic. I loved how Gayle Forman did this with the plot line; it made you wish that they weren't dead. This is the whole point of the book though. It's a thought provoking novel of is life worth the hurt.

I recommend this book to friends its the first one I have read like this and I sure as hell hope it wasn't the last. It isn't one of my favorite books and I can't put my finger on why however I think it is a worthy read.

Dark inside

Moments after several huge earthquakes shake every continent on Earth, something strange starts happening to some people. Michael can only watch in horror as an incidence of road rage so extreme it ends in two deaths unfolds before his eyes; Clementine finds herself being hunted through the small town she has lived in all her life, by people she has known all her life; and Mason is attacked with a baseball bat by a random stranger. An inner rage has been released and some people cannot fight it. For those who can, life becomes an ongoing battle to survive - at any cost!

Since mankind began, civilizations have always fallen - now it's our turn!

I haven't read anything like this before so i was really looking forward to it i even circled the release date on my calendar (sad I know!) The cover and blurb left me reeling I love zombie movies but i had never actually red a zombie book and imagine my surprise!

Jeyn Roberts starts the book in modern day society and you actually go through the events as they happen which i thought was really good because you see how the worlds changing. It followed the charecter Michael, Clementine, Mason and Aries. Personally i loved the fact it was from four points of view most people would disagree but i found it very new.

 After the disaster it skips a few months to where our charecter are and what has happened to their lives. They aren't together for most of the book i'd like to stress. They are mainly with different charecter through out the book. 

Aries was my favorite female charecter because i could connect with her best i think. She makes mistakes but she powers through them. I don't think any main charecter of a book should be completely innocent because then it isn't life like. 

Overall the best (and unfortunatly only) zombie book i have ever read! I must thank you Jeyn Roberts you have hooked me into this genre. Please do a sequal!

Rapture's new cover

The wait is finally over! I absolutely loved the fallen series by :Lauren Kate. I loved the last book because i was beginning to get worried that Luce was one of those I'll do whatever you say girls when in fact she isn't she earned her wings.

The white dress is stunning. The way it floats in the wind makes you feel like you really are just standing behind her and makes her hair stand out. The contrast of the black against the white makes it very alluring or is that just me?

All the covers in this series are beautiful but come on it's your favorite isn't it? I know it's mine!

Last breath

Best book in the series so far! Best cover in the series so far! Well done Rachel Caine




Claire Danvers is concerned when three vampires vanish from Morganville without a trace. The last person seen with them is someone new to town - a mysterious individual named Magnus. Claire is convinced creepy Magnus isn't human ...but is he a vampire, or something else entirely? Claire's hunt for answers leads her to solving another mystery that's long been puzzling her: why do vampires live so far out in a sunny desert when they're sensitive to sunlight? The answer has nothing to do with sunlight, but with water - and an ancient enemy who has finally found a way to invade the vampires' landlocked community. Vampires aren't the top predator on earth. There's something worse that preys on them ...something much worse. Which means if Claire, and Morganville, want to live, they will have to fight on to the last breath ...

Of course I'm for the good old land of the Eng's so we have the English book covers which in my opinion are better. (But hey that's my opinion yours could be completely different). I think it's the eyes that get me on this cover they are just so sharp it's like they are searing themselves into my soul.

The content of the book was marvelous. I was starting to go of the series if i'm being trueful the last one was good but so damn depressing i just wanted to cry half the time. That's when i changed ship from Shane X  Claire/ Claire X Myrnin to complete Claire X Myrnin. This book was so touching and sad. The way she writes the beginning where Myrnin has to do something is truly heart breaking cause he has no choice. If I was in Claire's position i would of seen that but no! The enemy is the worse we've seen yet. Dare i say it worse than Bishop! I know shock horror. Honestly but Bishop against Magnus and we have Bishop crying from his mum. Magnus is the mega bad ass in town.

A new couple emerge in this book and I'll be truful when i red it I cringed. Though at the end i was screaming at Rachel Caine. Why did you have to do that? Why for the love of everything thats holy do you have to do that to them? Where they doomed from the start?

I want another book now because they may have semi won the battle but they are far off wining the war.

Demon trappers: Forbiden

The best book I have read all year! I loved it so much!!!

Riley’s beginning to think being a demon trapper isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Her dad’s been stolen by a necromancer, her boyfriend’s gone all weird and she’s getting warm and fuzzy feelings for someone who’s seriously bad news. It’s tempting to give it all up and try to be normal, but that’s not an option.

Because the demons have plans for Riley.

And they’re not the only ones

Riley Blackthorne, kicking hell's ass one demon at a time...

Indeed! This book was amazing you really feel for the main charecter Riley. At the beginning of the book you have her boyfriend saying shes in league with hell, her fathers a zombie and everyone she loves seems to either be distancing themselves or trying not to get to attached.  Jana Oliver has beautifully written this inspiring novel. Defiantly an all time favorite novel. If i was in Riley s world i would personally go and hit a couple of people in the face. Yet that's a good thing about it. This book shows what its like to be a teenage girl who lost. I loved the fact that she didn't sugar coat it nd make it seem like it was the best thing ever to live alone without parents  because it isn't. This book is pure ingenious! The plot is unexpected byt you still hit yourselve for not seeing it sooner. I mean come on how obvious is it? If it was possible i think i fell in love more with Denver beck in this book than i did the last.  All in all amazing!

Evanescence Concert - Manchester the apollo 7/11/11

OMG amazing doesn't even begin to cover it at all. I wouldn't of been surprised if i actually died and went to my version of heaven!

This was my early birthday present of my mum and let me tell you i was so excited when i found out. I had hinted about evanescence for a while but never expected anything to become of it. I asked her to tell me what she was doing. Then i got the best shock of my life because it wasn't just Evanescence who where playing my other favorite band the pretty reckless where also playing. I couldn't stop screaming!


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This is a picture of Taylor Momsen who is simply put amazing. For an 18 year old actress/rock star she is awe inspiring. Her performance was unbelievable she is her own person through and through. I in paticular loved her boots i mean they are the best things ever to grace the world. Any type of footwear she wears makes me green with envy and jealousy. Why can't i have her boots???

In fact the whole of the pretty reckless was on top form. I was wowed by your performance. My mum had never listened to your songs until we came to the concert now she wont stop playing them.

For the main event... Evanescence's comeback. After an antagonizing wait for their new album it finally came and it simply blew my mind away. Perfection in motion. Amy lee was so energetic and lively it really made you feel special.





The way she interacted with the crowd made us feel special because we come from the amazingly splendid MANCHSETER! Each time either Evanescence or the Pretty Reckless said Manchester i was surprised the roof didn't fly of from all the screaming. You could tell no one from either group was laking or couldn't be bothered everyone put in full effort.

my new favorite songs are lost in paradise (Evanescence), my immortal (Evanescence), sick (Evanescence), Made of stone (Evanescence),  seven nation army (The Pretty Reckless), goin' down (The Pretty Reckless) and Make me wanna die (The Pretty Reckless)!

Out of the list though my all time favourite from that concert would have to be Lost in Paradise. The lyrics make me emotional not many songs can do that but that song has a special power over me.

I've been believing in something so distant

As if I was human

And I've been denying this feeling of hopelessness

In me, in me 

All the promises I made

Just to let you down

You believed in me, but I'm broken

I have nothing left

And all I feel is this cruel wanting

We've been falling for all this time

And now I'm lost in paradise

As much as I'd like the past not to exist

It still does

And as much as I'd like to feel like I belong here

I'm just as scared as you

I have nothing left

And all I feel is this cruel wanting

We've been falling for all this time

And now I'm lost in paradise

Run away, run away

One day we won't feel this pain anymore

Take it all away

Shadows of you

Cause they won't let me go

Until I have nothing left

And all I feel is this cruel wanting

We've been falling for all this time

And now I'm lost in paradise

Alone, and lost in paradise

What i love most about both these bands is the way i don't just relate to the music i know what they mean. When you hear these songs you don't just listen to these songs your soul absorbs the meanings of them. Every single song has a story to tell.

Lets just put it this way i loved it too much! It was so awesome i wanted to hit the person who got the drumstick it should of been mine! If either of them do a concert again i would get tickets. I would also go earlier so i could be right at the front.

Juliet contest!

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I can't wait for this book to come out and to my delight she has changed the release date to the 9th of August.  This is on my must buy list!!!