This month has been rather chaotic for me. Not only was I in a production, which meant an extremely long tech week, but I also went to Iceland so that meant a lot of time travelling on long coach journeys and long plane rides so I got a lot of reading done. Which is surprising really because of the amount revision that I have been doing lately because my exams start in a couple of weeks *screams internally*. 

But the books that I've read this month have been amazing so here is my wrap up of March 2016! 
Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies: a spectacular, widely-ranging drama of love and war, passion and politics. Antony is divided between the responsibilities of imperial power and the intensities of his sexual relationship with Cleopatra. She, variously generous and ruthless, loving and jealous, petulant and majestic, emerges as Shakespeare's most complex depiction of a woman: 'Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / Her infinite variety.'
I gave this play: ****

Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi
I have a curse
I have a gift
I am a monster
I'm more than human
My touch is lethal
My touch is power
I am their weapon
I will fight back

Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war – and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
I gave this book: ****

The Golden Compass, by Phillip Pullman 
Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, nothing is as it seems. Lyra sets out for the top of the world in search of her kidnapped playmate, Roger, bearing a rare truth-telling instrument, the alethiometer. All around her children are disappearing—victims of so-called "Gobblers"—and being used as subjects in terrible experiments that separate humans from their daemons, creatures that reflect each person's inner being. And somehow, both Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are involved.
A childhood favourite of mine that I easily gave: ****

Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte 
Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. 
I gave this book: ****

Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye.
This book I gave: ****

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
When Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy took their first steps into the world behind the magic wardrobe, little do they realise what adventures are about to unfold. And as the story of Narnia begins to unfold, so to does a classic tale that has enchanted readers of all ages for over half a century.
Another childhood favourite that I knew I had to read once more which I gave: *****

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak 
It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .

Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.
This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.
This truly deserved this rating: *****

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, by C.S. Lewis 
The Pevensie siblings are back to help a prince denied his rightful throne as he gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world.
It may be my least favourite book about the Pevensie's but it still deserves these ****

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by C.S. Lewis 
Lucy and Edmund, with their dreadful cousin Eustace, get magically pulled into a painting of a ship at sea. That ship is the Dawn Treader, and on board is Caspian, King of Narnia. He and his companions, including Reepicheep, the valiant warrior mouse, are searching for seven lost lords of Narnia, and their voyage will take them to the edge of the world. Their adventures include being captured by slave traders, a much-too-close encounter with a dragon, and visits to many enchanted islands, including the place where dreams come true.
It's debatable which is my favourite book in this series, but this is a book that I adore. Hence for the following rating: *****

Library of Souls, by Ransom Riggs
A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom.

The adventure that began with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and continued in Hollow City comes to a thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls. As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he’s diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for sniffing out lost children.

They’ll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine alleys of Devil’s Acre, the most wretched slum in all of Victorian England. It’s a place where the fate of peculiar children everywhere will be decided once and for all.
An amazing conclusion to one of the best trilogies I have read in a long time: *****

The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien 
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent.
My favourite book of all time so I think you can all understand why I would give this: *****

I do think that this has been one of my best reading months in a very long time, 11 books in all. I'm rather proud of myself. aren't you?
I am officially half way through my reading challenge of this year, 25 books. I an 13 books ahead of how I should be which is rather fantastic considering that I know my reading is going to go slightly downhill since I am about to throw myself into full revision so I will have little time to read. 

But how did you all do this month? Please let me know. 

-IAMAGEEKINGGINGER!
Book Total of 2016 - 25
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What You Need To Know:
Title: Wolf by Wolf
Author: Ryan Graudin
Number of Pages: 388
Genres: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopia
Standalone/Series: First Book in the Wolf by Wolf Series
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: 20th October, 2015

The Plot:
The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule the world. To commemorate their Great Victory over Britain and Russia, Hitler and Emperor Hirohito host the Axis Tour: an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents. The victor is awarded an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor's ball.Yael, who escaped from a death camp, has one goal: Win the race and kill Hitler. A survivor of painful human experimentation, Yael has the power to skinshift and must complete her mission by impersonating last year's only female victor, Adele Wolfe. This deception becomes more difficult when Felix, Adele twin's brother, and Luka, her former love interest, enter the race and watch Yael's every move. But as Yael begins to get closer to the other competitors, can she bring herself to be as ruthless as she needs to be to avoid discovery and complete her mission?

My Thoughts:
An action packed adventure through and through with one of the most interesting and fascinating plots that I have ever read! I devoured this book in mere hours, which is rather rare really, and felt myself being pulled further and further into this story and believing that the characters could have been anyone in the street. The sign of a magnificent book; I'm sure you'll all agree.

"Once upon a different time, there was a girl who lived in a kingdom of death. Wolves howled upon her arm. A whole pack of them -- made of tattoo ink and pain, memory and loss. It was the only thing about her that ever stayed the same."

This book is based around a "what if" scenario in which Hitler and his Nazi's won World War Two. Now I know what you are thinking, there are hundreds of books that follow this story and most of them are useless. Well this one is not. I'm sure most of you will know the history of the Second World War and the atrocities committed by the Nazis. You know about the imprisonment of thousands of Jewish people. But do you know of the medical experiments that were conducted in these concentration camps? Prisoners were experimented on in painful attempts to cure homosexuality, genetic alterations and other horrific things such as that. But this story follows this idea turned into yet another "what if" situation.

'"She-wolf. An interesting choice."
"I didn't choose it," she told him. "It chose me."' 

Graudin takes the "what if" of Hitler winning the war and then pairs it with the "what if" of an experiment which resulted in a change in genetics. These genetics created a new type of human, if you could really call her a human. The ability to shift their physical appearance so that they could become someone else completely.
This person was Yael.

"These were the names she whispered in the dark. 
These were the pieces she bought back into place. 
These were the wolves she rode to war."

Yael had once been apart of the concentration camps during the War. She had been experimented on and because of it she had lost her identity; lost her self completely. She was a child back then and lost so many people. Whilst she had been experimented on to turn her into such a strange beast. But that didn't stop her from attempting to win back her freedom and the freedom of the rest of the world.
Yael was apart of the resistance and she was going to be the one to kill Hitler.

"There would be no dressing up as a maid. No cyanide slipped into his crystal glass of mineral water. The Fuhrer's death was to be a loud screaming thing. A broadcast of blood over the Reichssender."

In order to find a way to kill this brute she has to become someone else. The Fuhrer is rarely visible in public these days, only at the end of the Axis Tour at the Victor's Ball in Tokyo. Simply all Yael needed to do was disguise herself as another (Adele Wolfe, the only female winner of Axis Tour), win the Motorcycle race and then put a bullet through Hitler's heart when they would dance together. But things weren't going to be as simple as she first thought.

"Not everything was grey ash fall, yellowing weeds, withered blue hands, crimson rivers of blood .... There was still beauty in this world. And it was worth fighting for." 

Her biggest challenge wouldn't be learning to be an expert biker. Oh no. Instead she gets more than she bargained for when faced with the web of jealousy, love and never ending backstabbing from the other riders. Graudin's writing effortlessly reminds the reader of the complexity that is human emotions and none of the character's were that readable making the book far more realistic.

The cliff hanger ending was effortless and I am still thinking about it even though I read it some time ago. This was an intriguing book and I know that I will get my hands on the second book as soon as it comes out.

"He hadn't stood a chance really, but that was the power of hope, the utter cruelty of it." 

Rating:
This book may be one of the best things I've read this year, even though we are only in March, but I plead with you please pick up this book and read it now!
It really does deserve the rating I have given it.
*****

-IAMAGEEKINGGINGER!
Book Total of 2016 - 16
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What You Need To Know:
Title: The Martian
Author: Andy Weir
Number of Pages: 369
Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
Standalone/Series: Standalone
Publisher: Crown
Publication Date: 11th February, 2011

The Plot:
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate the planet while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded on Mars' surface, completely alone, with no way to signal Earth that he’s alive — and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone years before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark's not ready to quit. Armed with nothing but his ingenuity and his engineering skills — and a gallows sense of humor that proves to be his greatest source of strength – he embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive, using his botany expertise to grow food and even hatching a mad plan to contact NASA back on Earth.

As he overcomes one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next, Mark begins to let himself believe he might make it off the planet alive – but Mars has plenty of surprises in store for him yet.

My Thoughts:
This book was nothing like I expected. I have heard only good things about the film with Matt Damon in it so I was really excited to get my hands on this book. But here is an unpopular opinion: I had this book. It was so poorly written. Watney's journals reminded me of a geeky science blog; something that Sheldon off of The Big Bang Theory would say but in a less lovable way. I know it was because he would have to have written down a detailed journey for any one who found it some time later to let them know what happened. But to me that was so boring. But that wasn't it. I think Weir has the worst writing style I've read in a long long time.

"I'm pretty much fucked. 
That's my considered opinion. 
Fucked."

I can understand why a lot of people have loved this book. It is a thrilling survival story with a hearty dose of humour, with a smartass main character, but I just found nothing that would keep me interested. I read it on the plane journey home from New York and I knew that I wanted to finish it because of how rated it was. But really I didn't like it.

"It's true, you know. In space, no one can hear you scream like a little girl."

Some people say that Mark Watney is a smartass, loveable and brave character. Personally, I can't stand him. He was trying to be funny and honestly it was not funny at all. Maybe because I personally don't think he's written very well so he didn't come across very favourably in my mind. Yes there was the odd line that was slightly amusing. But he was so poorly written that I just didn't enjoy him, or his words.

"LOG ENTRY: SOL 61 How come Aquaman can control whales? They're mammals! Makes no sense."

The main fault I felt with this book, because the idea was rather good I'm going to admit that, was the execution of the writing. No doubt this is an excellent film but reading it was dull. There was a lack of description of the area because of the writing of the logs which meant that I was unable to image what was going on. I had no visual image of the characters so I was unable to feel pity for them because they were not realistic in my eyes.
I really don't understand why this book has had so much praise. If it hadn't been for the intriguing idea I most likely would have given it less stars. But I did enjoy the idea of the plot. That was the only reason I stuck with it.
Really I can't be the only one who thinks this, right?


Rating:
I'm guessing that you already know what rating I'm going to give this book. Realistically I think it should be 1.5 stars but I don't do halves so 2 stars it is. And that's me being generous!

-IAMAGEEKINGGINGER!
Book Total of 2016 - 16
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This is a tag that I have seen flitting about Booktube for ages and I've wanted to do this for ages. So here I am doing it! I love Goodreads! It's really helped me discover new books and see what other people think about these books. Also it helps me track my massive TBR pile!
There are twelve questions in this tag; so let me open my Goodreads in my browser and we can have a go!

What was the last book you marked as 'read'?
Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi

What are you currently reading?
Naughtily I am actually reading a good four books. Oops .....
They are as follows
Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare
The Golden Compass, by Phillip Pullman
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
Graceling, by Kristin Cashore

What was the last book you marked as 'to read'?
On the Other Side, by Carrie Hope Fletcher. It isn't yet released but I want to get my hands on it as soon as it comes out! I'm rather excited!

What book do you plan to read next?
No idea. I just sort of randomly pick the next book from my shelves so who knows,

Do you use the star rating system?
Indeed I do! I use a 5 star system in which one star means that it was awful and I hated it! Whilst a five star means that it is the best book I've ever read!

Are you doing a 2016 reading challenge?
I am! I'm trying to read 50 books this year and I've currently read 15 books so I'm a bit ahead of schedule.

Do you have a wishlist?
No I don't. Maybe I should set one? Hmmmm ....

What book do you plan to buy next?
Either Stars Above, by Marissa Meyer or The Library of Souls, by Ransom Riggs. Both of which I cannot wait to read!

Do you have any favourite quotes? Would you like to share a few?
My favourite quote is taken from The Lord of the Rings, by J.RR. Tolkien:
"All those who wander are lost!"

Who are your favourite authors?
Tough question. But I can actually say that my favourite author is Tolkien, himself. I've always loved that man and I always will.

Have you joined any groups?
Sadly I haven't. I've only been using Goodreads for a few months so I haven't had the option really to join any bookclubs or just groups in general.

How many shelves do you have on Goodreads?
Only three actually. My read, currently reading and to-read.

Well, that's my Goodreads Tag! If you want to do this, then tag you're it! If you do it then please leave a link in the description so I can check out your answer.

-IAMAGEEKINGGINGER!
Book Total of 2016 - 15
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So this month I have read an astonishing amount of books this month, considering that I have been revising for exams and in the middle of rehearsals and drowning in the amount of work that I have at the moment. This month I have read an astonishing 9 books! Though two of these were audiobooks and I am reading like four books at one time. But hey, at least I've read 9 books!

So here is my Reading Wrap up for February 2016:

Queen of Shadows, by Sarah J. Maas 
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past…

She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen’s triumphant return.

My rating for this is: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Prodigy, by Marie Lu
Injured and on the run, it has been seven days since June and Day barely escaped Los Angeles and the Republic with their lives. Day is believed dead having lost his own brother to an execution squad who thought they were assassinating him. June is now the Republic's most wanted traitor. Desperate for help, they turn to the Patriots - a vigilante rebel group sworn to bring down the Republic. But can they trust them or have they unwittingly become pawns in the most terrifying of political games?

My rating for this is: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Drowning of Arthur Braxton, by Caroline Smailes
Arthur Braxton runs away from school.
He hides out in an abandoned building, an old Edwardian bathhouse.
He discovers a naked woman swimming in the pool.
From this point on, nothing will ever be the same.

My rating for this is: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wolf by Wolf, by Ryan Graudin 
The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule the world. To commemorate their Great Victory over Britain and Russia, Hitler and Emperor Hirohito host the Axis Tour: an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents. The victor is awarded an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor's ball.

Yael, who escaped from a death camp, has one goal: Win the race and kill Hitler. A survivor of painful human experimentation, Yael has the power to skinshift and must complete her mission by impersonating last year's only female victor, Adele Wolfe. This deception becomes more difficult when Felix, Adele twin's brother, and Luka, her former love interest, enter the race and watch Yael's every move. But as Yael begins to get closer to the other competitors, can she bring herself to be as ruthless as she needs to be to avoid discovery and complete her mission? 

My rating for this is: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Martian, by Andy Weir 
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate the planet while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded on Mars' surface, completely alone, with no way to signal Earth that he’s alive — and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone years before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark's not ready to quit. Armed with nothing but his ingenuity and his engineering skills — and a gallows sense of humor that proves to be his greatest source of strength – he embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive, using his botany expertise to grow food and even hatching a mad plan to contact NASA back on Earth.

As he overcomes one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next, Mark begins to let himself believe he might make it off the planet alive – but Mars has plenty of surprises in store for him yet.

My rating for this: ⭐️⭐️

The Raven Boys, by Maggie Steifvater 
It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

My rating for this is: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Marvels, by Brian Selznick 
Two seemingly unrelated stories--one in words, the other in pictures--come together. The illustrated story begins in 1766 with Billy Marvel, the lone survivor of a shipwreck, and charts the adventures of his family of actors over five generations. The prose story opens in 1990 and follows Joseph, who has run away from school to an estranged uncle's puzzling house in London, where he, along with the reader, must piece together many mysteries.

My rating for this is: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know... 

My rating for this is: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (illustrated edition), by J K Rowling 
When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he's the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord's curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Leaving his unsympathetic aunt and uncle for Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles upon a sinister mystery when he finds a three-headed dog guarding a room on the third floor. Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which could be valuable, dangerous - or both. An incredible adventure is about to begin!

My rating for this is:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I read some amazing books this month and some not so amazing books but I've enjoyed my reading experience none the less. 
Hopefully next month i'll do as well as last month. 

-IAMAGEEKINGGINGER!
Book Total of 2016 - 15
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I came across The Book Blogger TMI Tag over at SpinesAndCovers and decided to do this so you lot could get to know me further. If any of you would like to do this then, tag you're it!

How old are you?
I'm seventeen, not long till I turn eighteen though!

What book are you currently reading?
I'm being naughty at the minute and I'm reading three books at once .... oops. The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak is my reread of the month. But I'm reading Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte for school. And I'm listening to The Northern Lights, by Phillip Pullman whilst doing any work or revision. I know I'm being naughty but who cares!

What are you wearing? 
Currently I'm in my dressing gown and pajamas in bed whilst listening to The Northern Lights.

OTP? (One True Pairing, for those who don't know)
James and Lily from Harry Potter.

Blogger or Wordpress?
Blogger, I really couldn't get along with Wordpress.

Going outside being active or staying in and reading a book?
Both. Though more staying in and reading but I do love dance and just walking about in the sun too. But the weather can be unpredictable and I don't want to risk hurting my books. So probably staying in and reading a book.

What is the last book you read?
The last book I finished was Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi.

What book are you going to read next?
I have no clue. But I want to get my hands on Stars Above, by Marissa Meyer or Library of Souls, by Ransom Riggs. Hopefully I will be able to get my hands on one of them soon.

Ebooks - yes or no?
Ish. I read somethings on my phone and I own a Kindle but I don't really own that many ebooks. There is just something about a physical book that I can't get over; it's so much more enjoyable. Though I'm enjoying audiobooks a lot at the minute. Maybe I should consider getting audible.

Where do you prefer to read?
Either in the rocking chair in the lounge. There are a few lamps near me and I can lean back and just curl up with a book or a hot drink. Or in my room. I can have my music on in my speakers and then I can just relax. It's so nice to just relax and forget about the world.

Who is the last person you tweeted?
I tweeted @carriehopefletcher last in order to ask if she had been apart of a new disney advertisment. She didn't reply but another fan did to tell me I was right. 

Whose blog did you look at last?
That would be SpinesandCovers where I found this tag.

Who is your favourite blogger?
Probably BooksBakingandBlogging. I like to bake and bookish baking is always fun.

Who is your favourite booktuber?
Either JessietheReader or Bookutopia

What do you do when someone tells you reading is boring?
Either go into a full blown rant on how just because they don't like it that doesn't mean it is boring. Or just roll my eyes and ignore them.

Who is the last author you spoke to? 
Sometime ago I spoke to Bali Rai and Marcus Sedgewick but I can't remember which one I spoke to last.

Who is the last person you texted?
By dad .... I think.

Who is your all time favourite book character?
Hmmmm ...... Biblo Baggins.

UKYA or USYA?
Probably UK. Mainly because our covers are prettier.

What is your preferred drink whilst reading?
Tea, Hot Chocolate or smoothies.

If you hated reading, what would you be doing instead?
Well, reading isn't my fully time job; just a hobby really that I love. So I'd probably just throw myself even further into musical theatre and performing.

How many bookselves/bookcases do you have?
I have eight in total. Though they are half sized (the full length ones) but they are full of books.

If you had the choice to meet all of your favourite book bloggers or all of you favourite atuhros, which would you pick? You can only pick one.
My favourite authors; no doubt. Can you bring people back from the dead?

Insta-love: yes or no?
No. No! NO! I do not like insta-love because it is not realistic!

Favourite author? 
J.R.R Tolkien! I love that man's writing and I wish I could bring him back to life to talk to him for a few hours.

What is the number one book on your wishlist?
A first edition of The Lord of the Rings.

Do you prefer books with male or female protagonists?
To be honest, I don't really care just so long as they are realistic. I just read what is there and if I like the character i'll stick with the book.

What is the last song you listened to?
The Last Goodbye, by Billy Boyd. It's the main trailer song for The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies and I love listening to it; even if it does make me cry.

Which do you enjoy reading more - negative or positive reviews?
Mixed reviews really. To me it doesn't really matter but it sometimes will sway me towards the book.

Who are you going to tag?
Anyone who wants to do this tag!

-IAMAGEEKINGGINGER!
Book Total of 2016 - 15
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