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Disney Book Tag (potential spoilers)

Once again, I thank Jacquelyn for helping me choose which tag to do :) The Disney Book Tag The Little Mermaid   A book with a character who is out of their element, a “fish out of water” For this one I want to say 'any main character from a dystopian YA novel', because they all seem to come from poor backgrounds, but I'm going to go with All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. The reason I picked this is because one of the main character, Marie-Laure, who is blind, is clearly out of her depth when her father takes her to her great-uncles home, where she no longer knows the way around. Cinderella  A book with a character who goes through a major transformation I think I want to cheat with this one and say The Infernal Devices trilogy, what with Tessa being able to shapeshift and all :p Pretty big transformations. Snow White A book with an eclectic cast of characters Hhhhhmmmmm a book with a really diverse set of characters... Might go with The Ni...
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Clockwork Angel Review (spoilers, with also a few spoilers from City of Bones)

Clockwork Angel Review Alright here we go :p Not sure how this is going down. Did I like this book? Yes, but I didn't love it or hate it. I simply liked it. It was enjoyable, if not almost exactly the same as TMI take away the fact of a different time setting and a different main character. Comparing Will and Jace: Will is exactly the same as Jace, what with their arrogant demeanours and the way they think everyone should love them and no one can do better. And then when they love someone else they think something's wrong with them. It's bullshit. The only difference in these characters is their hair... Tessa and Clary: I hate Clary. That's all I want to say about this. I hate her. (I'll save this rage for when I read City of Fallen Angels) Tessa I don't mind, but they're still extremely similar, especially the way they both deny their feelings for the boys. I like the way Tessa seems normal, as she accepts that the Shadowhunters can't sol...

My Books (and rages about them)

So I just wanted to introduce you guys to my bookshelves :D Sadly they aren't with me at the moment, as they're up at my parents' place, which I recently moved out of. So I'll just look at these when I miss them. I know this one's blurry (didn't realise at the time). I was going to make this post yesterday, but it was raining at my parents', so it was too dark to properly see all of the books. As you can see, I have a looooot, I think around 500-600. And I also recently just got rid of the box of books yesterday, when I spent a few hours reorganising and tidying these shelves. I hate running out of room for books :( Also these shelves are double-stacked... I chose to hide the ugly ones (the second-hand ones I bought from the library for like 50c XD) This was the shelf that I was having real trouble with (as it faces away from the window) but I think I got there. I can't believe I even now have gaps in my shelves due to saying goodbye to some of my b...

Book Cake Book Tag

After a little bit of debate (and decision-making with my friend Jacquelyn), I've decided to do the Book Cake Tag as my first tag! :D This is technically making a cake out of books, so we're using books as the ingredients of the cake. Ingredient One: Flour Represents a book that starts off slow but really speeds up. My 'flour' book would have to be Ready Player One. I didn't really know what to expect when I read this book, except that I knew I wanted to read it due to a lot of hype around it on Goodreads in one of my challenges. So I gave it a shot, and holy moly it is incredible!! The world-building and explanations and descriptions at the start were a little hard to pay attention to, but then it took off straight away. The themes in it, the action and suspense and the plot twists (and these are real plot twists, not YA plot twists!) were just unreal. There's also a movie coming out soon, not too sure how I feel about it. I know so many people who co...

Welcome to me!

Hi guys :) So this is the equivalent of a BookTube channel. :p I really wanted to make one, but was way too freaked about the cameras, so here I am. I know it's really not the same, but I'm definitely more myself through typing rather than through camera, and I wanted to do something like this. So yeah, my name's Maddie, and welcome to my blog :) I have no idea how often I'll make posts, but I'll try to put up book reviews, and I'll definitely be doing book tags, as the BookTubers do :p Probably once a day :p I might even run out of book tags haha. So a little about me: I'm from New Zealand (or the future, as many people say), home of Lord of the Rings and Narnia.  I'm 19 and love reading, as well as listening to music (pop and classical) and wasting time on Goodreads :p I also feel like I waste time (and money) at university, but hey, can't spend my whole life doing what I love :p I am a hoarder. That is a fact. I have my own personal library...