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I grew up reading the Sweet Valley High and Baby Sitter's Club book so when I saw that Sweet Valley was being adapted into a graphic novel I knew I had to read it! Unlike the Baby Sitter's Club graphic novels, this Sweet Valley High novel is not just the graphic version of a book from the original series, it's a whole new story feature the characters we know and love but with a modern twist. In Academic All-Star, Jessica falls in love with her professor and decides to act more like her studious twin Elizabeth so that he will fall in love with her. Hijinx ensue. A very common theme that happened in the original series but I thought that the graphic novel version handled it better than the original would have. The use of texting and instagram accounts gave this book the modern feel as well as the pop culture references. While it was at times cringy it was still a fun read and I felt the characters were very true to the original ones that Francine Pascal created.

In Empire of Storms, our rag tag group of friends are on their way to gather an army to defeat Erawan. I loved seeing them all work together even when they were trying not to kill one another. It finally started to feel like all the pieces were coming together, right up until the ending when it all went to hell.  I don't even know how to feel about that ending. It makes me question how she is going to end this series. Will she break my heart...probably. I'm not ready but also dying to finding out. I loved seeing the interaction between all the different characters in this group. Also loved seeing some old characters come back into the story. Manon is also certainly starting to grow on me which is something I never thought I would say but here we are.  The next book in the series is told through Chaol's perspective and is a parallel novel to Empire of Storms so it looks like I will be waiting a while to see how this series wraps up. Definitely excited and nervou

I have decided to participate in the reading rush challenge this year. You can sign up and find all the information on the challenges, rules and hosts here . It runs from the 22nd of July to the 28th July. There are 7 challenges to complete. Here is my tentative TBR: 1. Read a book with purple on the cover: Sweet Valley Twins graphic novel - arc from NetGalley 2. Read a book in the same spot: Sweet Valley Twins graphic novel - arc from NetGalley 3. Read a book you meant to read last year: More Happy Than Not - Adam Silvera 4. Read an author's first book: More Happy Than Not - Adam Silvera 5. Read a book with a non-human main character: Fallen - Lauren Kate 6. Pick a book that has five or more words in the title: The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin - Daouglas Preston & Lincoln Child 7. Read and watch a book to movie adaptation. Fallen - Lauren Kate As you can see I have doubled up on a lot of the challenges. There is also the option of reading 7 books bu

    The Remnant Chronicles is a trilogy following Princess Lia, First Daughter who should have the gift of sight.  The first book, The Kiss of Deception starts with Lia about to be wed to a prince she has never met to secure and alliance between two kingdoms, She flees on the morning of her wedding day and starts a new life in a distant village. Unbeknownst to her, the jilted prince sets out to find her. An assassin is also sent out to kill her. The pair show up in the village where Lia has made her new life and Lia soon starts to fall in love with one of them. The best part about this book is the fact that you don;t know who the prince is and who the assassin is. You are in the dark as much as Lia. The novel is a whole lot of fun trying to work it out until it is revealed. The second and third books, The Heart of Betrayal and The Beauty of Darkness are a whirlwind of drama. Filled with more lies and betrayal then you can imagine, you travel with Lia throughout the kingdoms mee

1. What is the best book you have read so far in 2019? It would definitely have to be Finale by Stephanie Garber. My love for each and every one of the books in the Caraval series is embarrassing. I love them so much! You can read my Finale review here . Pretty sure the past two years I have picked the other books in this series for this question. 2. What is the best sequel you have read in 2019? The best sequel is definitely The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli. While I loved the first book in the series, the characters in this book were everything! I loved them so much. I loved that this book followed different characters than the first one but that you still got to see the original characters in this one as well. 3. A sequel that has come out this year that you haven't read but really want to. The Princess and the Fangirl. One of my favourite books is Geekerella and I honestly can't wait to read this one and hope to see some of the same characters in this one. 4

If you are looking for a fun, quick read then this is the book for you. This book is full of cliches and tropes but that's exactly what makes this an enjoyable read. Dallas is your typical, 'not like other girls' cheerleader and Drayton is your typical bad boy quarterback. You're probably rolling your eyes as you read this but trust me, it works. Dallas knows exactly what she wants in life, a dance scholarship to CalArts and nothing and no one will get in her way, until Drayton literally crashes into her life and suddenly she is left wondering whether or not she needs the good looking bad boy in her life.  While this book is set in high school, I think it would have worked so much better had the main characters been in college. They did not act like your typical teens, more like college students. They stuff they got up was not typical high school behaviour, yes teens go to parties and drink in high school but this was stepped up a notch, more like how colle