Hi,everyone! So it’s the end of 2016 so I’ve decided to write Top 5 books that I’ve read this year that I highly recommend. This year, I’ve done really well at keeping top of Goodreads and making sure to always tell you guys what I’m reading (which you can always see on the side of my blog or if you follow me on Goodreads).
*by the way, this isn’t sponsored by Goodreads. I just really love the app*
Keys and I always fangirl over our favorite books while we are meant to be revising Spanish verbs so you don’t know how happy I am to talk about books for hours. So grab a cup of tea and let’s have a chat about books π
I’m not a big fan on biographies but I really found ‘Beautiful Ever After‘ by Katie Piper the most inspirational book this year. Katie Piper is a survivor of rape and acid attack from her ex boyfriend. When her life was at the most difficult, she never thought she would be able to get into the position she is in today. She still suffers from anxiety and is still undergoing surgery (I think). I feel like her book really helped me look at my anxiety which may not be on the same level as hers but made me feel a little bit better. Katie Piper should be a role model for all teenage girls instead of Kylie Jenner. This book was surprisingly very emotional and had a whole interesting journey in it. You just need to read this book;it makes you have a different view on looks and maybe, even help you cope with your own anxiety.
I don’t follow series of books anymore as I normally get a bit bored of them but the 5th Wave is a series that I’m definitely going to carry on next year. Accidently, I picked to read ‘The 5th Wave‘ by Rick Yancey which is the first book of the series (I didn’t know at the time). However, when I finished this book, I was very happy that it was part of a series. It is a fictional book about a ‘kinda’ apocalypse but has a lot of mystery to it and a bit of a love story. I can’t really describe what this book is about as you kind of learn it during reading which I feel is the best kind of book. The ending of this book was very very good and took me by surprise. I feel like if you like Maze Runner and the Hunger Games then you’ll love this more than them by far.
The most surprising book this year is We are Liars by E.Lockhart which has a ton lots of mystery to it and well, I feel like it’s a perfect summers read. I did a little book review in April about it in further detail but I made sure not to spoil anything.
I cannot tell you how emotional this book made me. All the Bright Places is the most real and well, realistic but heart breaking book which I feel like every teenager needs to read;especially to learn about depression and losing someone. It’s not a love story, it’s the story of how two humans can become so distant but close in similarity. I can’t tell you how bloody good this book was but in my opinion, The Fault in our Stars looks crap compared to this.
I would also recommend Gone Girl where a man’s wife goes missing and the whole nation gets involved in finding her, he finds himself in trouble basically. This was a very very good mystery book and really does bring a new character to a book which I have never read in a novel before. I can tell this book is going is going to be a classic.
So that’s the end of my list but you can always add me on Goodreads to see what books I read in 2016 and so on. I hope you have a good start to the New Year and I’ll speak to you guys soon! π
Hideaway Girl xxx
Oh my gosh I absolutely loved We Were Liars and All The Bright Places. They were so well written and very emotional and I can’t even begin to describe how they made me feel in the days after I finished them.
-Dani
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Yes it was brilliant π
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I love love LOVED gone girl – the movie disappointed me because although it was good it was nowhere near the book x
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Yeah I felt the same about the film as well!
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We Were Liars was AWESOME! Also, I love the Goodreads app as well π HAHA!
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I LOVE All The Bright Places SO MUCH!!! It’s written so brilliantly and ahh I could go on about t foreverπ Have you read Holding Up The Universe? It’s also by Jennifer Nivenπ Also, We Were Liars is amazing too x
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I got the book for it for Christmas! Have you read it?? X
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That’s great! I’m in the process of reading it (just over half way through) and I love the storyline and the characters π
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Ahahaha I just commented recommending holding up the universe!! I started reading it yday and I’m already half way through! It’s so good and Jack is my favourite person ever!
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Nice!
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Jack and Libby are awesome and I just love how likeable the characters are!
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Ooo I’ll make sure to read it next π
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Let me know what you think of it!
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Will do! π
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I absolutly love All The Bright Places its such a good book!!!!
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Ooooh if you loved all the bright places, I think you’d like this book called “holding up the universe” by Jennifer niven herself!!! I’m just reading it and its soooo good.
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I’ve actually got the book, I haven’t read it yet though π x
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I also loved All The Bright Places! I remember reading Gone Girl over the summer and the plot twist made me actually gasp out loud haha
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Yes!! I know right, it was so crazy!
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The 5th wave is so good! Loved this post x
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It is! Thank you π
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THE 5TH WAVE IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!! Also I need aro read some of these including We were Liars
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After reading the 5th Wave, I just didn’t know how to function a bit in my room in normal civilisation tbhππ
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That was literally me. Have you read the sequels?
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nope not yet π¦ I need to catch up with some books that I’ve got growing on my bedside table which needs reading first :)x
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Oooh which ones?
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Like 15 books π I’m currently reading Dark Places by Gillian Flynn and I’m probably going to read Mosquitoland by David Arnold after wards π x
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Omg I really really need to read more!! Those books sound really interesting!! XD XD
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I’m looking forward to reading these books now! Can’t wait.xx
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Tell me what you think of them afterwards! π
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Ahhh I love The 5th Wave and All the Bright Places!! I bought the second book of The 5th Wave trilogy just yesterday actually
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Yes! I need to the buy the second one, I think I shall π
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These are a great number of books that I really wanna read but was stupid enough to not pick up. I’m definitely gonna consider it in the new year. Currently they’re in the To-read section but I’m gonna change that. Thanks so much!π
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I read We Were Liars a couple years ago and I loved it. The ending omigosh had me shook to say the very least. I loved how you learn everything chapter by chapter.
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Yes I agree, it builds it up definitely π x
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It keeps you wondering and wanting to read right up to the end. π
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The Fifth Wave, We Were Liars and All the Bright Places are some of my favourite books! Rick Yancey is one of my favourite authors after reading his book! Have you seen the movie? It’s quite good, but I do feel it could have been done better to do the book more justice. I loved We Were Liars too – it was just one of those books that’s so mindblowing!! I hope you’ve had a good start to 2017! π xx
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I like the movie but I feel like the book is so much better π
Happy New Year even though it’s the 6th, haha π xx
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Aha thank you!x
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Heyy, i am a new blogger that has literally just made an blogπ Ive been reading your blog for a while now and you are one of the reasons i created a blog in the first place. I have written my first blog post and i was wondering, if you have any time, you could read it and tell me what you think? it would mean so much, thank you x
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After reading “We Were Liars” I got so sentimental I literally teared up. That’s how good of a book it is! π
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Yes!! A book that makes someone cry is always a good book π
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π Yeah, the same thing with movies. I cried watching Frozen a few years ago lmao π I cry a lot.
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Ive read a couple of those books and loved them. You should read ‘Holding Up The Universe’ by the same author as ‘all the bright places’ and both books were amazing. Ive also read “We were liars’ and ‘The 5th Wave.’ Defiantly some of my favs. X
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I’ve got holding up the universe but I’m reading another book at the moment but I’ll make sure to read it soon π x
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b.t.w. I love the 5th wave such a dramatic ending!
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