2018 – Best reads so far….

Six months in and I’m way off target for my reading goals, but I’ve still managed to read some great books.

January wrap up.

 

I started this month with the best of intentions, I was going to knock out a heap of books from my shelves, get some challenge books ticked off and you know, just be awesome at posting, taking bookish photos for Insta and as it’s School holidays here, so enjoy some time with the kiddies.

Within the first week I pretty much killed my chance of hitting my tbr goals for the year. I finally worked up the courage to sign up for NetGalley and whats even more crazy is that I have been accepted for over 10 books. Um, not going to lie, this was such a bloody thrill. I’ve been wanting to do it since I first heard of it several years ago and I finally did it. I really didn’t think I had a hope, lets face it, my audience isn’t huge, but by some miracle I’m in and its all looking good…. Just not for all the unread books on my shelves.

They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.                – Steve Jobs.

Ok, that title tells you exactly what is going to happen. Major spoiler alert!! One might think because you know how it ends that the story would lose some of its emotion, its spontaneity, Well let me tell you as someone who sobbed her way through 80% of this book and straight up bawled my eyes out for a decent chunk, the emotion is still there.