Week 2- The Disgrace of Kitty Grey

Hiya,

Kitty is living a happy, carefree life as a dairymaid in the countryside. The grand family she is employed by looks after her well, and she loves her trade, caring for the gentle cows and working in the cool, calm dairy. And then, of course, there is Will, the river man who she thinks is very fond of her, and indeed she is of him. Surely he will ask her to marry him soon? Then one day disaster strikes: Will disappears. Kitty is first worried and then furious. She fears that Will has only been leading her on all this time, and has now gone to London to make his fortune, forgetting about her completely. So when Kitty is asked to go to London to pick up a copy of Pride and Prejudice, the latest novel by the very fashionable Jane Austen, Kitty leaps at the chance to track down Will. But Kitty has no idea how vast London is, and how careful she must be. It is barely a moment before eagle-eyed pickpockets have spotted the country-born-and-bred Kitty and relieved her of her money and belongings. Dauntingly fast, she has lost her only means of returning home and must face the terrifying prospect of stealing in order to survive - and of being named a thief ...

This is actually out in April this year.
I've started reading and have read the first 3 chapters, it really is very historical. The style of writing is written from Kitty's view (Katherine), a milk-maid, who likes Will.
But since she's just a mere milk-maid she's not allowed to get into any relationships so is planning to run away....

It doesn't seem that bad but it doesn't seem brilliantly good, though some people may contradict me.
This style of writing just isn't really my taste, I just need to read it so I can review it...

Shakira

Week 1: The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid

Hi,

This is my first ever blog post!
I know it's the end of the week but I'm going to try and read The Red Pyramid as quickly as possible and I've almost finished!
So this is what it's about:

Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives. Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them —Set— has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe - a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.

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I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this book because it has lots of suspense and I really want to see what's going to happen at the end.
Even though I haven't finished the book I'd rate it as 5 out of 5! It's that good.
Next week I'll actually try and do updates and will probably be able to do more then Shakira and Hikma because they have a lot of school work.

So bye for now,

Faghra

Week 1: Delirium by Lauren Oliver

They say that the cure for Love will make me happy and safe forever.
And I've always believed them.
Until now.
Now everything has changed.
Now, I'd rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years smothered by a lie.
Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.

Synopsis from Goodreads.










For this week, I'll be reading Delirim by Lauren Oliver.
I've been wanting to read this book for sooooooooooooooooo long, and now I'm finally able to!!!
Because its almost the end of the week, there's no point in me sharing updates about the book, but Rachelia from Bookish Comforts and Evie from Bookish, have been doing a Delirium read-along, and I've been taking part in that.
Hopefully next week I'll be doing more updates, because we've finally finished our B2 GCSE *whoop whoop*, so I don't have to constantly revise and get brain damage and stuff.
So...YAY!!!!
Anyway, last week I read Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien, and I'll do a post on that tomorrow...probably...hopefully...maybe...
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And next week I'll probably read, actually I have no idea, I'll probably read a couple of pages from a few, and whatever I feel like, I'll continue reading.

Well, that's me done for today, have a great weekend!!!!!!!

Hikma

P.S. If you didn't like, know... that I have a blog: http://baawisdombooks.blogspot.co.uk/
Just putting that out there... You don't have to go on it or anything... There's a writing competition on it btw... But anyway...

Graffiti Moon Update #2

Hi,

It's update time again and I want to update you about what's going on in Graffiti Moon so far. She still isn't aware that Ed is actually Shadow. But Lucy seems to be going off Shadow anyway and is now likes Ed. Yes, I still think this is the strangest plot and story line I've ever read. 

Loads of things have happened in the book so far, including a psychopath who ruthlessly pierced Ed's ear with a compass while threatening Lucy. Ed is also trying to give Lucy clues about who he really is and Bert, his boss, who died in aisle 3 keeps 'giving advice' to Ed.

Ed tells Lucy that Shadow is planning to steal art equipment from her school, but Lucy still doesn't get that Ed is Shadow. She also starts to go off Shadow when she hears this news.

Characters:
Lucy- The girl who searched for Shadow, convinced that she'd like him, though she's never seen him before. AND punched Ed in the nose after a night out went wrong.

Ed- Is secretly Shadow, went out with Beth, broke up with her and now likes Lucy but is sure she won't like him once he tells her he's Shadow.

Leo- Is secretly Poet, he writes small poems next to each graffiti art Shadow paints, he also makes up poems in his own time and now likes Jazz (Lucy's psychic friend).

Jazz- Is psychic and one of Lucy's best friends, she always seems to know when something is going on and she likes Leo.

Daisy- Daisy is another of Lucy's best friend, she's supposed to like Dylan but keeps having random fights with him.

Dylan- Dylan likes Daisy but always seems to get the wrong end of the stick, and throwing an egg box on her head is his idea of humour, he also can't keep his mouth shut.

Hopefully you're getting to know the book better and this will tell you whether you'd enjoy the book or not or actually decide to read it!
What do you think?

Shakira

A new contributor...

Hi,

Guess what? We have a fab new contributor (not that fab).
But she loves reading just like me and Hikma.
So she's alright...

t's my sister FAGHRA!!!!!!
She's 9 years old and has an obsession with Rick Riordan's books (especially the infamous Percy Jackson).
She loves chicken, chips and pizza (doesn't everyone) and wants to be a doctor when she's older...

So she'll be trying to post books she's reading every week as regularly as possible but she might not be able to read a book a week, sometimes a fortnight, but come on, give her a break, she's only 9.

Shakira

Graffiti Moon Update!

Hey,

I haven't particularly been enjoying this weeks read but found it better then I thought it'd be.

I do find it the plot quite pointless?

I mean there's a girl, Lucy, looking for a painter, Shadow, who she thinks will love her and she'll love him even though she's never seen him.She's seen his paintings and was immdiatly drawn to a guy she's never seen in her life.

Then we find out about Ed, someone Lucy went out with for one day, but by the end of the date, she ended up breaking his nose and running back to her house leaving him in the gutter.

The surprising part of the book, which we find out RIGHT at the beginning, is that Ed is Shadow but Lucy isn't aware of this.

One thing I am enjoying so far is Leo's one page 'chapters'. He is in fact Poet who goes around with Shadow writing small poems next to each graffiti art Shadow majestically paints. In his 'chapters' Leo writes small poems which I really enjoy reading.

So what do you think so far?

Shakira

Week 1: Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

"Let me make it in time. Let me meet Shadow. The guy who paints in the dark. Paints birds trapped on brick walls and people lost in ghost forests. Paints guys with grass growing from their hearts and girls with buzzing lawn mowers." It’s the end of Year 12. Lucy’s looking for Shadow, the graffiti artist everyone talks about. His work is all over the city, but he is nowhere. Ed, the last guy she wants to see at the moment, says he knows where to find him. He takes Lucy on an all-night search to places where Shadow’s thoughts about heartbreak and escape echo around the city walls. But the one thing Lucy can’t see is the one thing that’s right before her eyes.

For this week I will be reading Graffiti Moon.

I'll be sharing updates while I read and if I'd like to share any interesting points about the book and anything I particularly enjoyed expect a new post!

This book doesn't seem like the typical book I'd enjoy as the whole book is centered around romance (something I hate) and find too cheesy. But I'm going to give it a try.

Expect a lot of books I'd never read but will read especially for Readarama including TUN TUN TUN...
TWILIGHT! the only reason I'm reading that is because I was dared to read it by a soppy twilight lover...
from school...in my class...

Anyway that's my first book for Readarama!!

Remember to join up to!

Shakira :D