Reading Is All There Is

Starting off, I must say that I wholeheartedly enjoyed reading this novel. It was filled with so much humour, love and sarcasm. Such an amazing and fast-paced read! And oh how cute it was! I honestly felt the love that was expressed in this novel deep within my own heart. "The Hating Game" is Sally Thorne's first novel, and I am overwhelmed with love and praise for it.  Lucy Hutton works as an assistant to one of the CEO's of the publishing house Garmin and Bexley. She happens to share an office with her enemy, Josh Templeman. The two of them have fought since day one. The intensity of their hate for each other is only reinforced when a new and greater job position is offered. Both Lucy and Josh want the job which would mean that one of them would become the other one's boss. And so the Hating Game continues with greater force than ever. My summary makes it seem like there's nothing but hate between Lucy and Josh. In reality, there's so much m...

Violet Markey is the popular girl in school. Although she has just lost her older sister, Eleanor, in a car accident. They were both in the car when it ran over a bridge, but Violet's the only one who survived. She feels both sad and guilty - as anyone would.  Theodore Finch is called the freak of the school. He has two close friends, Charlie and Brenda. Finch, as he is called, is humorous and jokes around a lot. But he is still very serious and he reads a lot about suicide. Once in a while, Finch goes through some really dark times where he isn't able to do much.  One day, Violet and Finch meet at their school's bell tower. One of them wants to jump off, but the other stops the person from doing it. Rumors start spreading around school about a hero. Soon a  new friendship starts. This book was great. It was even amazing. I loved Finch's character although he was depressing and it made me sad to read the parts about him. The thing with Finch is.. that he is s...

Set in the late 90's and the beginning of the new Millennium, computers and the internet is not something everyone's quite familiar with. 28-year-old Lincoln is hired as the new IT guy at a newspaper called  The Courier . Lincoln's job is to read the employees' mail and warn anyone who ends up in the so-called WebFence folder for using any inappropriate words and such. The job makes Lincoln feel bad. What he's doing is wrong, but there's one thing holding him back from quitting his job. Since Lincoln started working at the newspaper, he has been enjoying reading the email-exchange between the friends Beth and Jennifer. Lincoln continues his work, although it's boring, and nothing much happens in his life. The emails between Beth and Jennifer are just about the only exciting part of his life, but he soon grows too attached to one of the women, but is it possible to fall in love with someone you've never even met? Everyone in Lincoln's social ...

Tessa McCaide is unlike others. She has a special talent which has always been a big struggle. Especially in her social life. She has a hard time finding friends since everyone thinks she is a freak. Tessa has a chance to start over when her fathers gets a new job in a different state. Although at a party, Tessa is bitten and her life forever changes.  To me, the main character Tessa, has the same personality as any other main character in a fan-fiction. She likes books, she's lonely, she has a special person in her life and she has a secret. This novel did seem like fan-fiction to me. The writing style reflected it. Tessa is humorous. Although her jokes seemed extremely cliché to me and therefore I mostly just rolled my eyes at them. Tessa McCaide was nothing special to me. She didn't seem real and I had a hard time relating to her.  Tessa's new group of friends seemed loyal, but not realistic either. If you take Meredith, Tessa's new BFF, she's just t...

Melanie lives in a cell. Every morning starts the same. After getting dressed, soldiers step into her cell. One holds a gun pointed to her face while another straps her to a wheelchair with no chance of moving around. Depending on which day it is, Melanie is rolled into class with other children just like her. Melanie is happy to learn, but mostly when it's a Miss Justineau day. Justineau is kind and tells great stories. Everything about her is perfect and Melanie admires her.  The children don't know when they came to live in the cells. They don't know anything about their past or what they are. But they are something special and have a purpose. They could be the answer to make the world great again.  First off, I'm a bit disappointed with this novel. It was not like anything I had expected. Then again, I had no clue what the novel was about when I picked it up. At first, I was very intrigued. I thought: "This is going to be such a great book. " Then...

A few years have gone by since the Dark War where several Shadowhunters were killed. In this new series by Cassandra Clare, we follow the Shadowhunter Emma Carstairs and her parabatai Julian Blackthorn who live in the Los Angeles institute alongside Julian's younger siblings; Livia, Ty, Dru and Tavy. In the Dark War, Emma lost her parents. The Clave said they were killed by Sebastian Morgenstern, but Emma does not believe them. She knows that her parents' death means something and she seeks vengeance. After the war, the Cold Peace was enacted by the Clave. The Fair Folk are no longer protected by the Clave under the Accords. This also means that Shadowhunters aren't allowed to communicate with the fairies or help them. Therefore, Julian's older sister and brother, who are half fairy, were taken away. Helen on Wrangel Island and Mark in the Wild Hunt. A family separated. Then Mark shows up again after 5 years with some other fairies regarding the murders that have bee...

Summary Louisa Clark is 26 years old and has just lost her job. Her entire family, consisting of her mother, father, sister Treena, nephew Thomas and Grandad, all rely on her income. So she has to pull herself together and find a new job. This is not easy. Louisa/Lou doesn't have an education and the jobs that are offered aren't entirely great. She tries different things for some weeks, but just as Lou is about to loose hope, a new job offer comes in. Although she isn't keen on the idea of being someone's caretaker and having to wipe someone's butt, Louisa takes the job. She becomes the carer of Will Traynor who is a 35-year-old quad. Which means that he has no movement in his legs or arms. Therefore, he needs care 24/7. Louisa and Will are not happy with each other. They are two entirely different people with entirely different perspectives on life. Louisa is chatty and almost always in a good mood. Whereas Will has lost all hope. Some days he does not speak to...