Hello to you!
Recently I have not been reading as much because I read everything online now, and I have missed sitting down and reading a good book. I actually went shopping again today (haul post coming up soon) and I went into a bookshop and bought 2 books. Normally my mum buys all my books for me online and I don't think I have ever gone into a bookshop and bought a book with my own money before! Anyway, I forgot how much I loved reading so it inspired me to make this list. Some of these books I have read before and some I am waiting to read, but overall I think this is a list that could be enjoyed by anyone.
1. The Fault in Our Stars (By John Green) - I don't even know where to start with this book. The first time I read it I saw down and completely finished it in one go, I couldn't put it down! It is heartbreaking but funny at the same time, and it is my favourite book at the moment. I L-O-V-E this book and I think everyone needs to read it! I bought my own copy of it today, and I think I am emotionally prepared to re-live the story.
2. The Perks of being a Wallflower (By Stephen Chbosky) - I have only just finished reading this book, and it was a really great read and it was not how I expected it would be at all! I've heard a lot about this story before and although I think it is a great book and an interesting story, I do think it is a bit overrated. I don't know if I was a bit young for it and I didn't fully understand the meaning behind it (this could be a possibility), but it was a really nice laid-back type of book to read so I will definitely be re-reading this one in the future!
3. The Bower Bird (By Ann Kelly) - I got this book from my gran at Christmas age 12, and I think it was a book for slightly older teens but I loved this book a lot and it remained my favourite books for a good few years. (I would just like to mention that I was always that one child who read books meant for older readers, and in year 4 I had a 'reading age' of 16! Crazy stuff hey.) - I definitely need to re-read this as I haven't read it in a while but it's absolutely brilliant and I am so glad I read it!
4. 13 Reasons Why (By Jay Asher) - My best friend gave me a copy of this book to read ages ago, and I have a copy for myself now as I really enjoyed reading it! I feel like it is definitely one of those books you need to re-read to fully understand the plot line but it is written really interestingly and I enjoyed it a lot! I also need to re-read this book again because I haven't read it in a while, but it is always one of my favourite books to recommend to people. Thanks for lending me a copy of it Mabel! I wouldn't have discovered it otherwise! :D
5. King Dork (By Frank Portman) - One of my favourite youtubers Carrie Fletcher (itswaypastmybedtime) recommended this in one of her latest videos and it sounds like a really good book! I looked for it today but they had ran out of copies unfortunately. It sounds like a great read, so I will definitely try to find a copy of it somewhere and save it for a read on the train. I'll keep you updated on what I think of it!
I was going to include a few more books but I feel 5 would be a good start. Let me know in the comments if any of you guys have read these books, and what do you think about them? I'll probably do another post like this in a few months time, and it is different from my regular type of posts so I hope you guys liked it. Let me know if you will be giving any of these a read, i'd love to hear what you think!
xo
p.s I have a haul post coming up very soon, so look forward to that! :D