Tink's Book Reviews

Hey guys! So I thought I would do a quick blog to tell you that I have some new books. I should really stop buying them, since I have so many to read now, it's unbelievable! But I just can't stop myself. Do you like the change of background? I made it all Christmassy and stuff with Santa :) Who's looking forward to Christmas? I sure am! I recently finished a book review on Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick, which was an amazing read and I really enjoyed it. Can't wait for the 4th one. But onto the important things, I have four new books to show you! How exciting. And here they are, ta-da! So we have 3 Christmas books and just one normal book. I had been wanting Midnight by Josephine Cox for a while now, but it was too much for me to pay, since I could probably spend the money on some DVDs or Cd's, so I decided to wait for a while to see if the price would go down. And to my surprise, when I was working on my xmas temp job at Birthdays I popped to The Works ...

Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick Nora should know better than to think her life can return to normal after failing in love with a fallen angel. And Nora's life isn't normal - her dad was murdered, and  the facts about his death just don't add up. Now Nora's own life is in imminent danger. Are she and Patch strong enough for the battle ahead? The Review Nora Grey's life is still chaotic as ever with new problems going on, that even she can't fix. But it all starts crumbling to pieces when her relationship with Patch starts to fall apart. Within a flash arguments are shared and Patch is gone, but a new guy is in town. Scott, one of Nora's old friends who she hasn't see since they we're young. Though Nora doesn't have fond memories of her times with Scott, not like the 'wonderful' times her mother and Miss. Parnell think. But there's something strange about Scott, something that he's hiding from everyone, possibly somethin...

There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff In the beginning there was Bob. And Bob created the heavens and the earth, and the beasts of the field, and the creatures of the sea, and twenty-five million other species, including lots and lots of gorgeous girls. And all of this in six days. Six Days! Congratulations, Bob. No wonder Earth is such a mess. Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy, careless, self-obsessed, sex-mad - and about to meet Lucy, the most beautiful girl on earth. Unfortunately, whenever Bob falls in love, disaster follows. Let us pray that Bob does not fall in love with Lucy. Bob is you're typical teenage boy, being lazy and constantly thinking of sex. But when his mother Mona wins a poker game, that soon makes her goddess on the world, she decided she didn't want it and passed the job down towards her son, Bob. At first Bob is thrilled, and begins to create all the wonders of the world. Such as the animals, humans, the land and seas. The bui...

Falling For You by Jill Mansell Summary: NHS specs, unfortunate hair and wonky teeth were the curse of Maddy Harvey's teenage years. Thankfully she's blossomed since then. But when she meets Kerr McKinnon one starry summer's night...well, that's when the problems really start. Because everyone in Ashcombe knows what happened eleven years ago and her mother, Marcella, would rather tear that family to pieces with her bare hands than see Maddy with a McKinnon. And, OK, maybe Marcella isn't the real mother, but Maddy owes her so much. How can she possibly go against Marcella's wishes? It's Romeo and Juliet all over again. Quick, hide those sharp knives and that bottle of poison... What would you do if you fell in love with someone, but you're mother despised them and the person you love is from the same family that caused you're little sisters death? Well, that's what it's like for Maddy Harvey. When Maddy goes to a party one night sh...

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff Mackie Doyle is the Replacement. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, Mackie comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement - left in the crib of a human bay sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood, and consecrated ground, Mackie is slowly dying in the human world. Mackie would give up anything to live among us, to practise his bass guitar or spend time with an oddly intriguing girl called Tate. But when Tate's baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the Slag Heaps and find his rightful place - in our world, or theirs. Mackie Doyle is an average teenage boy that just wants to be a normal person and to be able to fit in. But life for Mackie isn't that easy since he's allergic to iron, blood and the cold damn ground...

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been on here as much, been so busy with College and just life in general. But i'm back on track since i've got plenty of days off from College (Until I get a job/ or hear something from them) Which means I have loads of time to do some reading. Last time I leaft you, I was reading The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff and still am, but hopefully I will have finished it by the end of the week, so I get get on with reading some new books. I popped on here today to tell you that I have got some new books, and just some books that you have already seen, but have now been added to the "To Read" pile. So here we go!... So there we are! The books in my "To Read" pile. If you can't read what they are and wish to know, I shall type it up for you now from Top to Bottom. Beneath A Rising Moon - Keri Arthur Beneath A Darkening Moon - Keri Arthur Falling For You - Jill Mansell Good At Games - Jill Mansell Crescendo - Becca ...

Bite Club by Rachel Caine Morganville is a quite college town where humans and vampires live in relative peace. But lately a great deal of blood is being spilt... Having survived a number if adventures with her new night-dwelling friends, college student Claire Danvers has come to realise that for the most part, the undead just was to get on with their lives. But someone else wants them to get ready to rumble. There's a new  extreme sport being broadcast over the Internet: bare-knuckle fights pitting captured vampires against one another - or, worse, against humans. Claire soon discovers that what started as an online brawl will soon threaten everyone in Morganville. And if they want to survive, they'll have to do a lot more than fight... We all know that Morganville can have it's ups and downs from time to time. Especially after the sun has set, but this have just been turned up a heat higher in the Texas state, and things can only get worse, can't they? ...

To The Moon And Back by Jill Mansell When Ellie Kendall loses her husband Jamie in an accident she feel s her world come to an end. But life has to go one and eventually she's ready for a new start - at work, that is. She definitely doesn't need a new man, not while she has a certain secret visitor to keep her company... Entrepreneur Zack McLaren seems to have it all, but the girl he can't stop thinking about won't give him a second glance. Why can't she pay him the kind of attention she lavishes on Elmo, his time-share dog? Having moved to an exclusive flat in North London, Ellie becomes friendly with neighbour Roo who's harbouring a secret of her own. Between them, can both girls sort out their lives? Guilt is a powerful emotion, but a lot can happen in a year at Primrose Hill. Ellie and Jamie we're what you would call, uptown star-crossed lovers. They fought over the most silliest of things, enjoyed each others company very much, and loved to...

Hello ! So thought I would do a quick update, to let you guys know what's happening! Even though this never gets read by anyone but me. But anywho, I like doing them haha. So anyways, I would like to draw your attention to the top photo where I am holding a new book, which I bought recently today :) If you can't see it well, he book is called, There Is No Dog, And it's by Meg Rosoff. I have never read any of her books before, but saw the particular one a week back and added it to my list of books to buy. Now a week later and I have swiped it off the shelf (I have bought it, don't be fooled) It's about God. Well, God is a young teenage boy, and be became God when his mother won the world in a game of poker and decided she didn't want it. So she passed it down to her son. I bought it cause I thought it would be a good and funny read, which soon I will let you know with a book review and when I get round to reading it. Which brings me onto my next photo. ...

Torment by Lauren Kate Summary: Love Never Dies... It took Lucinda an eternity to find her beloved angel, Daniel. But he waited for her. Now they are forced apart again, to protect Luce from the Outcasts - Immortals who want her dead. During their separation, Luce learns about her mysterious past lives. But the more she discovers the more she suspects that Daniel is hiding something. What if Daniel's version of the past isn't true? Is it really their destiny to be together? Or is Luce actually meant to be with somebody else? Fallen by Lauren Kate, is the second book in this thrilling series. The book picks up right where the last book (Fallen) left off, and is soon picked into the motion and chaos of Luce Price's life. When we last left Luce, terribly things had just happened. The death of a friend lays deep within her heart and she has the feeling that if she never came to Swords & Cross Reform school, this would have never happened. The battle ...

Fallen by Lauren Kate Summary: SOME ANGELS ARE DESTINED TO FALL. Instant. Intense. Weirdly familiar... The moment Luce looks at Daniel she knows she has never felt like this before. Except that she can't shake the feeling that she has ...and with him - a boy she doesn't remember ever setting eyes on. Will her attempt to find out why enlighten her - or destroy her?   Luce Price is unhappy that she has to leave her school and gets dumped at Sword & Cross reform school, for disturb kids. She feels out of place, scared and lonely. She left her best friend Cally at her old school and can only have one phone call a week, which doesn't last long. Which then she is soon drawn between calling her Parents or Cally. Plus the dark, liquid black shadows that follower her around where ever she goes, that got her into the reform school in the first place, also that she 'supposeldy' set fire to a summer camp room where her summer romance, Trevor accidentally died.  ...

Kissed By An Angel by Elizabeth Chandler Summary: 'If the love of your life died, what would you miss the most? His voice? His touch? His heart beating against yours? When Ivy's boyfriend Tristan dies, she's desolate without him, until she discovers Tristan hasn't abandoned her - he's her guardian angel, watching over her, close enough to hear, to see, to touch... But Ivy's life is in danger. If Tristan rescues her, his mission on earth will be over and he'll have to leaver her behind. Will Ivy lose Tristan forever? Kissed By An Angel is a heartwarming love story about a young couple who fall deeply in love with each other. But there's a twist. When Ivy and Tristan set off on a date together and soon turn out to be late to their reservations, Tristan starts up the car and drives towards the restaurant, though when he starts to go over the speed limit a little, he can't slow down and there's something wrong with the brakes. Causing an ...

 Hey Guys! So I know I haven't been on in a while again since the last post with me talking about the new book I got and why I haven't been updating as frequently. And the reason is pretty much the same to be honest, I have ton of art coursework that has to be finished by this Monday for marking and my actual GCSE exams start next week (The upcoming week) So I'm totally packed up. So I need to get some revision in, artwork and to top it all off I need to do another exam piece for Resistant Materials (Woodwork) that has to be in for Monday also, clean my room and a load of other stuff! Haha But I thought I would let you know that I have finished Kissed By An Angel by Elizabeth Chandler and will be doing a book review on it shortly...Pretty much after this post :D So that's good news. On the other good news spec, you may have noticed the photo up top, that's a building of books I will be reading through, if you would like to know. So those books will be  the up...

Hey Guys! So I thought I would update since I haven't in a very long time and thought I would tell you about some new things and why I haven't been updating as frequently as I used to. The main reason is because I have been swamped! With so much coursework and there full of deadlines that I have too meet. And since I am leaving in about 2 weeks and 3 days (Yes from my last year in school) I will be concentrating more on that. Which means less reading time :'( Sad face I know. Which also means less book reviews, I'm sorry guys but that's what happening for now until I leave. But! I have some good news, I have been reading a lot recently possibly due to the fact that I am on holiday and have nothing else better to do... (Yes I have a sad life) But I don't care cause I love to read haha I am still however, currently reading Kissed By An Angel by Elizabeth Chandler. 5 chapters in a day! Wow that's a lot for me haha and I'm doing some more reading ...

Ghost Town  by Rachel Caine 'When Claire is ordered to repair the systems that protect Morganville, it's not just cutting into her study time, it's a life-threatening problem. If there's one thing this vampire-infested town is serious about, it's security. But achieving the impossible only brings a whole new set of problems, and the upgrades have unexpected consequences: people inside the town are slowly beginning to forget who they are, even the vampires. Soon, the town's little memory problem has turned into a full-on epidemic. Now Claire needs to figure out a way to pull the plug on her experiment - before she forgets how to save Morganville' Warning: This review will contain spoilers Review So I thought that this book was brilliant. It kept me on the edge of my seat time and time again and my heart skipped beats when I turned every page I turned. It was such a good read! If you haven't got up to this book yet in The Morganville Vampire Ser...

Kiss Of Death by Rachel Caine 'Claire Danvers has a few things on her mind. First there is the laundry, which is now an unfortunate shade of pink. Then there is her new boyfriend , Shane, who is never too far from her thoughts. Finally, there is her best friend Eve's relationship problems. As if life as a student wasn't complicated enough, Clair just happens to be studying in Morganville. A town run by vampires. Trouble seems to follow Claire and her friends like a Shadow and tonight is no exception to the rule. They must find the most difficult documents for a vampire to acquire; people passes that will allow 'bad ass' Morley and his friends to leave Morganville. But it's proving incredibly problematic, and with the odds seemingly stacked against them, the biggest question of all is... Will they survive?' Warning: This Book review does share some spoilers. Review Well, I must say that this book did not disappoint me in the slightest bit, I know that ...