I got into a bit of a reading slump in April and May, though I do believe that I am now over this slump and I'm excited about what is to come. I'm also 206 pages out of 309 through 'Magonia', which I'm very excited about.
Books Read:
1. 'The Raven Boys' - Maggie Stiefvater
Holy hell did I love this book. This book is a few years old, but its suddenly had loads of hype, everyone is reading it, and everyone is loving it, and I really wanted to love this book. I most definitely did. Just an added note here, I mentioned in my May Round-Up that I'd started this book but hadn't finished it, I actually finished it late at night on May 31st, but the Round-Up had already been uploaded, so I'm talking about it here. To my memory, I can't think that I've ever actually read a supernatural book. This book is definitely supernatural, and I never though I'd like it as much as I did. It's going to be a four book series, the fourth and final book is coming out in 2016, and I'm desperate to read the second and third books now, but I'm trying so hard to save them for my summer holiday. I absolutely loved this book and I'm beyond excited to see what happens in the rest of the series.
2. 'Crown of Midnight'- Sarah J. Maas
This is the second book in the immensely popular 'Throne of Glass' series, which I am trying to complete before the fourth book comes out in September/October (I think). I always start Sarah J. Maas's books thinking that I'm not in the mood for them, but I always really am and I always really enjoy them. This book was no exception, I thought it was a really good continuation of the story and some parts were so tense I couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to reading book three to see where the story goes as it ended on such a cliff-hanger (that I am super proud of myself for guessing correctly in advance).
3. 'The Assassin's Blade'- Sarah J. Maas
This is a collection of five novellas, so I'll give a quick overview of the whole thing, and then talk about each story individually. I'd never read a novella before this, and I really liked the way that each story in the book followed on from each other, so that it was like a book but in the form of different stories.
'The Assassin and the Pirate Lord'- I really enjoyed this story, it's put me right in the mood for a pirate book. I like that we got to see Sam in this book in general and find out more about him, as he's mentioned quite a lot in the main books.
'The Assassin and the Healer'- This is the shortest of all the stories, and while I enjoyed it, I don't know that it's entirely necessary to the rest of the story.
'The Assassin and the Desert'- Basically I'm going to say that I enjoyed all these stories, because I did. I liked this one, it wasn't my favourite (I think the pirate one was my favourite), but I liked seeing a different part of their world, as so far all the books I have read of this series have been set in the capital.
'The Assassin and the Underworld'- What I liked most about this one is seeing Celeana's life in Rifthold and in the Assassin's Keep for the first time and seeing her lifestyle. I liked seeing the development of Celeana and Sam's relationship in this story and seeing why it has such a big impact on her in the other books.
'The Assassin and the Empire'- Good Lord this story was sad. It explains so much of what Celeana thinks and feels in the main story, I think it's important to read this book early on in the series, as I feel that it helps the rest of the books to make clearer sense, especially in regard to Sam and Celeana.
4. 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'- Jesse Andrews
I saw the trailer for the film of this book, and I was immediately desperate to read it. So desperate, in fact, that I bumped it right up to the top of my TBR pile. I read this book in one day in the space of about five hours, partially because it's a super quick and easy read, and partially because I fell absolutely in love with it. I fully understand and support the hype. Unpopular opinion here, but this is the cancer book that 'The Fault in Our Stars' never was, and TFIOS is no where near as good. I liked the casual and chatty manner of the book, and I liked how it was open about the fact that it's not deep and romancy and everyone just needs to read it right now.
5. 'A Feast for Crows'- George R.R. Martin
This is the fifth physical book and fourth volume (volume three is split into two separate books) of the Game of Thrones series. I started this last month (or the month before- I can't remember), but being 800 pages long it's taken me a while to read. I enjoyed this book, not as much as the others, but mostly because the majority of my favourite characters weren't in this one. I'm excited to see where the series is going.
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