The Books I Read in 2016
I thought that I would give an overview of what books I read in 2016. I loved reading this year. I kinda found my love of reading again. It is really depressing to realize that school, the place of learning, ruined reading for me. But, instead of reading the books I was supposed to in school, I decided that I would read other books. :) So, thus my book obsession re-earthed. :)
Here are the books that I was able to read in 2016, and my thoughts on them. I don't want my blog to become too repetitive, so on the ones that I have already wrote my review in a blog post, I made the title a link. Which means that I really only need to give you the review on 3 books, which shouldn't be too difficult!
Here goes nothing. :)
I'll start with the books that will have a review written underneath of them.
Here are the books that I was able to read in 2016, and my thoughts on them. I don't want my blog to become too repetitive, so on the ones that I have already wrote my review in a blog post, I made the title a link. Which means that I really only need to give you the review on 3 books, which shouldn't be too difficult!
Here goes nothing. :)
I'll start with the books that will have a review written underneath of them.
A Monster Calls
What a great, simple, profound, heartwarming, heart-wrenching story! I think that it is an easy read and that it also shows how a child may be perceiving the hardships that their parents are going through. It also was made into a movie, so I'm excited that I will get to see how someone imagined the story would unfold if you could see it with your own two eyes. :)
Overall, I gave this book 4 stars. I really enjoyed it. It is so simply honest that it made me wish more adult novels were this truthful.
In a Dark, Dark Wood
I had a lot of high hopes for this book. So unfortunately I was a little disappointed because I felt like the ending was weak. The whole story was presented as being terrifying and keeping you up at night. When, honestly, the story was pretty anticlimactic. I gave it 3.5, because it was a bit of a page turner and I didn't guess the killer. But I was looking for a terrifying story and I didn't find one. :(
The Call
This... This book.... Honestly, I kinda hated it. But, overall I would say that it was okay. Again, everyone on "BookTube" said that this story was terrifying and that everyone needed to read this book. Maybe I find real life more scary than fictional stories. In a dark, dark wood was 10x more scary than this story. But, I also feel that this story could have been terrifying if it was written better. It was one where I wondered if it was adult fantasy if it would have been a lot better. Because, really?? Killer fairies? I was curious to see if the book ever got scary, so I read the entire book in a day. It had some action and suspense while also hitting some of the feels. The fantasy world lacked a bit of build up. I found the concept of the story to be scary, but how it was written wasn't actually scary. I gave this somewhere between 2.5-3 stars at the time that I read it, but now in hindsight. I think I would give it a solid 2.
(P.S. This is my rating system. 1=I didn't like it. 2= It was okay. 3=It was good. 4= It was really good. 5=I really loved it!)
Now here is the list of the other books that have a review somewhere on my page. Remember, the title is a link to my review. :)
So there you go. That is my year of 2016 as it pertains to books. I thought about ranking the books. Honestly, there are too many of them that are solid 3s that it would be too hard to decide. I can tell you that Flowers in the Attic was my favorite of the year, with Siddhartha as a close second. My other 5 star books were Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, The Illustrated Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. So, if you are looking off of this list, I would go for any of those 5 books first.
My goal of last year was to read 13 books and I read a total of 15. :) So this year I have upped my goal to 24. As of right now, I am not on track for this goal. But we will see if I eventually get there.
On a side note. You can check out my Goodreads Page for further inspiration. You know, since I am the source of all knowledge.
Until Next Time....
Peace & Blessings. :)
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