The Overflowing Library

Fifteen-year-old Frankie Landau-Banks has grown up a lot over the summer. She's no longer daddy's little girl - and almost immediately after starting the new semester at her highly prestigious school, she bags goofy-but-gorgeous Matthew Livingston as her boyfriend. They get along great but then Frankie discovers that Matthew is a member of a boys-only secret society that specialise in 'hilarious' pranks. Which hardly seems fair... especially when Frankie knows she's smarter than any of its members. And to prove this, she's going to teach them a lesson.

Impersonating lead member Alpha by using a fake email account is surprisingly easy, and soon Frankie is setting the boys up with all sorts of ridiculous schemes and sending them on wild goose chase after wild goose chase. Alpha's not prepared to lose face and admit it's not him sending the emails - but the fun can't last forever, and soon Frankie will have to choose between what she think…

This post has been a long time coming. I've had it typed out for the best part of 18 months and never felt happy enough to post it online. I suppose because it talks about something I have never really spoken about to anyone except in snippets here and there. Largely because I've never wanted to come across as a victim to anyone and also because I think I spent a great deal of time over the last 15 years blocking the experiences out. However because it has been Anti-Bullying week I have decided to finally put it out there possibly in part to let it go at long last. It has certainly been a long time coming.

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Synopsis
Ever wondered about the enigmatic, mysterious warlock Magnus Bane? The only character to appear in every Shadowhunter book, Magnus has a past even more shrouded in mystery than his present. I’ve teamed up with acclaimed YA writers Maureen Johnson and Sarah Rees Brennan to create the Bane Chronicles, the back (and front) story of Magnus told in ten linked tales.

Look for short stories like Vampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale; The Rise and Fall of the Hotel Dumort; Saving Raphael Santiago and What To Buy The Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You’re Not Officially Dating Anyway)

My thoughts
I am a fan of both of Cassandra Clare's series set in the Shadowhunter world and am eagerly waiting the next books she writes in these world but for me something about this book just didn't do it for me.

Granted I am not one for short stories and the historian in me like reading things in chronological order so this series of stories really messed me up because my quirky…

I've made no secret of the fact that I am struggling at the moment to read. Its come to the point where I've decided to do something different to get me back into reading and that something is rereading my favourite books. I have a list on goodreads of about 35 books which I love. Some of them I have read since blogging and some not. I am therefore for the time being focusing reading those I haven't read since I started blogging along with their sequels if that applied.

Simply because Mockingjay is out soon I decided to start with rereading the Hunger Games trilogy and I must say I loved every second of reading them to the point that I have it has ruined me a little bit again when it comes to reading something new. Not really the point of the exercise but nevermind I'll just have to start rereading something else.

So what did I think rereading them?

The Hunger Games


I loved rereading this book again. I loved Katniss all over again and her strength as a character. I lov…

Over the course of the last few weeks there has been a lot of debate, often quite intense, about book reviews and what they should or shouldn't do. I don't think there is ever going to be a magic answer plucked out of the air that will keep everyone involved happy but I wanted to put down my thoughts on the matter so I can be done with thinking about it.

For me things came to a head this weekend when a prominent author made the comment on twitter "There is too much positivity in the book world. Esp in book blogs and on Youtube. Books can't all be good can they?". This statement led to lots of bloggers and authors weighing in with their opinions on the whole matter.

Let's break it down

"There is too much positivity in the book world"
The first part of this statement I didn't object to. I am taking this statement (and the author's further tweets) to say that reviewers should be writing both positive and negative reviews. I don't see an issu…