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Book Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Jesse Andrews

Title: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Author: Jesse Andrews Published: 06/08/2015, Allen & Unwin Pages: 308 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 4/5 Greg Gaines is the last master of high school espionage, able to disappear at will into any social environment. He has only one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time making movies, their own incomprehensible versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics. Until Greg's mother forces him to rekindle his childhood friendship with Rachel. Rachel has been diagnosed with leukaemia - cue extreme adolescent awkwardness - but a parental mandate has been issued and must be obeyed. When Rachel stops treatment, Greg and Earl decide the thing to do is to make a film for her, which turns into the Worst Film Ever Made and becomes a turning point in each of their lives. And all at once Greg must abandon invisibility and stand in the spotlight.

Top Ten Tuesday: Books My Mum Has Attempted

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is a mother's day freebie (bit late for us in the UK haha!). I actually really struggled with this one! My mum's not a big reader, but I'm going to list the very few books that she has read or attempted to read in the past few years.

Bout of Books 19 - Wrap-up

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 8th and runs through Sunday, May 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 19 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books  blog . - From the Bout of Books team.

Bout of Books 19 - Day 7

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 8th and runs through Sunday, May 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 19 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books  blog . - From the Bout of Books team.

Bout of Books 19 - Day 6

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 8th and runs through Sunday, May 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 19 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books  blog . - From the Bout of Books team.

Bout of Books 19 - Day 5

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 8th and runs through Sunday, May 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 19 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books  blog . - From the Bout of Books team.

Bout of Books 19 - Day 4

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 8th and runs through Sunday, May 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 19 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books  blog . - From the Bout of Books team.

Book Review: The Burning World (Warm Bodies #2), Isaac Marion

Title: The Burning World Series: Warm Bodies #2 Author: Isaac Marion Published: 02/02/2017, Vintage Pages: 500 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 3.5/5 A romance between a zombie boy and a human girl is bound to have its problems, but after battling against the odds and the undead, it seemed that Julie and R have earned their happy ending. But they soon must face a new enemy more terrifying than the walking corpses that still roam the wasted cities: a faceless and merciless corporation who are seeking control of the ruins of America. The key to survival and victory may lie in R's past life, but can he finally face his own demons? The Burning World take the Warm Bodies series into new and darker territory, upping the stakes.

Bout of Books 19 - Day 3

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 8th and runs through Sunday, May 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 19 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books  blog . - From the Bout of Books team.

Top Ten Tuesday: Genres on my Wishlist

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is ten things on my reading wishlist. I''m going to actually go with genres I need to read more from.

Bout of Books 19 - Day 2

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 8th and runs through Sunday, May 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 19 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books  blog . - From the Bout of Books team.

The New Hunger (Warm Bodies #1.5), Isaac Marion

Title: The New Hunger Series: Warm Bodies #1.5 Author: Isaac Marion Published: 24/10/2013, Vintage Pages: 165 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 3/5 Julie Grigio drives with her parents through the crumbling wastelands of America - a nightmarish family road trip in search of a new home. A few hundred miles away, Nora Greene finds herself the reluctant, terrified guardian of her younger brother when her parents abandon them in the not-quite-empty ruins of Seattle. In the darkness of a forest, a dead man in a red tie opens his eyes. With no memory of who or what he is, he must unravel the grim mystery of his existence - right after he learns how to think, how to walk, and how to satisfy the monster howling in his belly... Two warped families and a lonely monster. Unknown to any of them, their paths are set to cross in a startling encounter that will change the course of their lives - or deaths - forever.

Bout of Books 19 Sign-up

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 8th and runs through Sunday, May 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 19 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books  blog . - From the Bout of Books team.

Top Ten Tuesday: Animal Covers

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is a cover freebie. I'm going to go with ten books with an animal on the cover that I have on my physical bookshelf.

2017 Reading Challenges - April Update

The first challenge I will be participating in is the 2016 Bookish Resolutions Challenge, hosted by Laura @  trips down imagination lane  and Michelle @  Because Reading . The challenge runs from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017 and you can sign up here before 1st March 2017. My 2017 resolutions are: Reading Goals: Get my Netgalley ratio up to 80% and maintain January - 73% February - 76% March - 78% April - 75% (I don't even remember requesting a lot...) Reach a Goodreads goal of 75 books January - 9 February - 15 March - 20 April - 22 (Definitely a rubbish month for reading) Read 30 physical books I own January - 1 February - 3 March - 6 April - 8 (This one isn't looking too bad though) Read 10 Classics January - 0 February - 0 March - 1 April - 1 (Yep, need to get my finger out) Reread 5 books January - 0 February - 1 March - 2 April - 2 (Still happy with this one) Get my TBR under 400 books (starting point of 4...