I actually did it – I reread the first Twilight novel by Stephanie Meyer. But it wasn’t totally out of the blue: her new book, Midnight Sun, has been all over the news lately. I’ve read so many negative reviews claiming it to be super annoying, only describing Edward’s hunger and his desperate tries to keep his blood lust under control. Briefly said: I had no other book to read, saw Twilight on my shelf and made the desperate move to take it with me – and I wasn’t able to put it down, despite some very negative thoughts. Here is my wildly confusing, irrational and controversial review of rereading a series I always put in the “I read it when I was 12 and was the biggest fan but now it’s rubbish and I hate it” box.
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Dream on – Review
I’ve never been that person to finish a book in under 24h – but I was so entranced by rereading the Silver Trilogy that I immediately picked up the second book of this trilogy, emptied my head of meaningless school stuff, sat down and speed read. Here are my thoughts!
continue readingDream a little dream – Review
It’s been too long since I last read Kerstin Gier’s Silver Trilogy. Everyone probably knows her because of the Rubyred Trilogy, but let me show you why Silver is so much better! Here are my thoughts after years of first reading it!
continue readingHalloween Book Tag
Halloween is around the corner and while I don’t have any plans because it’s the night before I leave for a trip, I do want to celebrate it with a good book and this cute tag! Here we go!
continue readingFirst Impressions: Ninth House
As soon as Leigh Bardugo released her new novel, I ordered a copy for myself for obvious reasons. I want to be as overwhelmed as I was after Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone – and so far, she hasn’t let me down. Here are my first thoughts!
continue readingTop Ten Tuesday: extraordinary book titles!
It’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday and today’s topic is probably one of the best topics ever: the most extraordinary book titles. For me, that’s weird, special and outstanding, so here we go!
continue readingFirst Impressions: The Night Circus
Immediately after writing the last Top Ten Tuesday where I listed all the books on my TBR I was avoiding, I picked up the number one – just to get rid of all the fears: and it was The Night Circus. Here are my first thoughts!
continue readingWarriors – Review
I managed to give my childhood self a treat – I reread my old favorite series’ first book Into the Wild by Erin Hunter. Here are my thoughts on rereading it so many years later!
continue readingFirst Impressions: Circe
This book has been on my summer TBR list forever and I’m super happy that I finally got around to start it – quite some time after everyone else, but eventually, I always come around! Here are my first thoughts!
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