December 2015 Wrap Up

Hello Book Lovers!!!

It's time for my last wrap up of the year!!! Where has this year gone? It's flown by. But it's been a fabulous year for reading that's for sure. Anyway, it's time for my December Wrap Up. Lets get started!!!

The first book I read in December was:

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

I've enjoyed reading more classics this year however this one was super confusing. The family tree published in this edition helped a lot though and a really liked Nelly Dean, the housekeeper. I gave this book 3* on Goodreads.

The next book I read was:

Christmas With Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher

This was a reread for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it all over again. It is the novella to Giovanna's debut novel, Billy and Me. I love all of the characters and with all of the Christmassy elements, its the perfect book to read in December. I gave this book 5* on Goodreads.

The third book I read this month was:

Dream a Little Christmas Dream by Giovanna Fletcher

This is the novella to Dream a Little Dream by Giovanna Fletcher and I really enjoyed this story as well. I love the characters in this book just like in Billy and Me and Christmas With Billy and Me. However I found that there wasn't as many Christmassy elements in this book other than it being set around Christmas time. I loved everything else about the book though and gave it 4* on Goodreads.

The next book I read was:

Fairest: The Return of the Maharaja by Sean E. Williams

This was the 3rd volume in the Fairest graphic novel series and once again I really enjoyed this instalment. It was action packed and I never got bored. There was elements of a few different fairytale characters including Aladdin and Jasmine which was fantastic as I love everything Fairytale. I gave this book 4* on Goodreads.

The fifth book I read this month was:

Fairest: Of Men and Mice by Marc Andreyko

This was the 4th instalment in the Fairest graphic novel series and was based around Cinderella and the fact she is a secret agent. I love this twist to Cinderella and the characters she meets along the way including Snow White are great. Again this volume was action packed and I'm looking forward to reading the next volume. I gave this 4* on Goodreads.

And the final book I read in the month of December was:

Boy. Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl

This was the tales of Roald Dahl's childhood and what he got up to in his school days. We also find out little bits about his family and the adventures they all went on. I really enjoyed reading this and if you enjoy Roald Dahl's fiction books then I'm sure you would enjoy this as well. I gave this book 4* on Goodreads.

So that is it for my December Wrap Up and the last wrap up of the year!!! But it's time to announce my Favourite December Read. And the winner is.....

Christmas With Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher!!!

This book just gave me all of the Christmassy feels and this is a book I could read every Christmas.

So that is it for this year!!! Feel free to leave in the comments the books you've been loving this month and I'll speak to you all in 2016!!!

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx

Boy. Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl - Review

Hello Book Lovers!!!

I've finished my final book of the year!!! I can tell you I have read 60 books this year!!! That's including graphic novels and novellas. I'm so happy with that number and I plan on at least matching that next year. But for now, it's time for me to tell you about Boy. Tale of Childhood by Roald Dahl.

This book tells us lots of stories from Roald Dahl's childhood, from his school days and about his family and friends, as well as the mischief he got up to. Some of these stories include his prank on the sweet shop lady, his holiday's to Norway to see the rest of his family, and his time spent at boarding school and his stories from his time there.

This book made me laugh so much. Roald Dahl never fails to make you smile in his fiction books and he certainly hasn't failed in this book either. I really enjoyed finding out about what he got up to and what his school day were like.

I loved finding out about some of the people he met during his childhood, some funny, some nasty, some hilarious!!! Some of his teachers sound terrifying!!! I wouldn't have liked to be in school in those day that's for sure!!!

I also really loved the way Roald Dahl introduced his family, even before he was born. We found out about how his mother and father met and how his father had to get his arm amputated after a doctor turned up drunk and thought his injury was something it wasn't and made it ten times worse.

The different places we learn about and Roald Dahl's experiences after his school days are very interesting and it was nice at the end of the book to see what he got up to after his school days including a lot of travelling.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves reading Roald Dahl fiction as he has has such a fantastic childhood with so many stories to tell. This book is suitable for any age to read and will not fail to make you laugh and smile.

Rating /5

4

If you've read this book then let me know in the comments what you thought about it and if you have any recommendations then feel free to leave those in the comments as well.

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx

Boy. Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl

Hello Book Lovers!!!

I haven't had chance to update you on what I'm currently reading and that is Boy. Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl. I started this yesterday on the train to my boyfriends and then read a little more this morning. I don't have much left to read so I will definitely finish it today and update you later with my review.

This book tells lots of stories about Roald Dahl's childhood during his school years and about his family. That's all I'm going to say for now and I'll give you lots more info in my review.

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx

Fairest: Of Men and Mice by Marc Andreyko - Review

Hello Book Lovers!!!

I've finished Fairest: Of Men and Mice by Marc Andreyko and I really enjoyed although the ending confused me so I had to find out more about that online. But more about that later!!!

In the novel we follow the story of Cinderella. She is a secret agent and called back to solve the mystery of the attacks on Snow White by human-rodent hybrids. She finds that some of the reasons as to why they are attacking relate back to the night of the ball her Fairy Godmother sent her to.

Cinderella goes on a mission to find out why they are attacking and who is behind the whole assassination attempts on Snow White. As the mystery begins to come to a close, Cinderella thinks she has worked out who the main villain causing these attacks is. But has she got the right person?

This was a super good read all the way through, with fantastic action scenes and a great set of characters. I loved Cinderella and I think the whole characterisation of her being a secret agent is just fantastic. I loved that straight away in the Fairest stand alone graphic novel, Fairest in all the Land.

I also quite liked Snow White's character which surprised me a bit as Snow White is my least favourite princess. However, I thought she was a good character and worked well alongside Cinderella.

The artwork throughout this book was stunning. I had a quick look through before I started reading and it looked fabulous then. But when I got a proper look at it all as I was reading through it, I fell in love with it even more. I think this has to be one of my favourite graphic novels in this series for the artwork as I found it so fantastic.

The only thing I found a little annoying is that at the end of the novel, I was unsure of who the character was that was meant to be the main villain causing the attacks. I haven't read the Fables series yet but from reading all of the previous novels in the Fairest series, there doesn't seem to be any reason as to why you can't read the Fairest graphic novels first. However, I had to search who this character was as nothing was mentioned about her until right at the end but she was obviously introduced in the Fables series. Now knowing who she is, I'm not sure I like that she was the main villain in this story. But that could just be because I don't feel like I know enough about her yet.

Rating/5

4

If you've read any of the Fairest graphic novels, let me know in the comments what you thought of them and I'll speak to you all very soon!!!

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx

Fairest: Of Men and Mice by Marc Andreyko

Hello Book Lovers!!!

I've decided to carry one with the Fairest graffic novel series as I have the next one on my shelf and it's called Fairest: Of Men and Mice by Marc Andreyko. I'm super excited to read this one as Cinderella is the main character and we first met her in the stand alone Fairest graffic novel, Fairest in all the Land where we find out she is a secret agent.

From what I gather from the synopsis of this story, Cinderella is on a mission to find and destroy a group of rodent hybrid. Yes, even Cinderella can be against mice when absolutely necessary!!!

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx

Fairest: The Return of the Maharaja by Sean E. Williams - Review

Hello Book Lovers!!!

I've finished Fairest: The Return of the Maharaja by Sean E. Williams and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I just loved how action packed the story was. And the characters were just fantastic!!!

In this volume we meet Nalayani who is the sole defender of her village. When her village is attacked by the Dhole (a pack of wolf like creatures), Nalayani makes it her task to save her village. She goes to meet the Maharaja (leader/king etc.), Charming, and himself and Nalayani set out to save her village and many others also under attack.

On their journey they face the Dhole on a few different occasions as well as getting injured to the extent of Charming's fingers falling off due to a curse set upon anyone who gets hurts by any of the Dhole.

Back in Nalayani's village, the group work together to survive by finding any food they can get their hands on. They start to lose hope that Nalayani will return after she has been gone a long while.

But will Nalayani and Charming save the village and get rid of the Dhole once and for all? And why were the Dhole attacking in the first place?

I really enjoyed the story in this volume as it never got boring and the action was constant. There was never a moment when I felt there could have been more happening. I also really loved the little snippets of other fairytale characters mentioned in the story including Mowgli and Shere Khan from The Jungle Book.

There was also an Aladdin kind of setting and the two main characters seemed to be different versions of Aladdin and Jasmine. I really loved this about the premise as it constantly had a fairytale feel about it even if it wasn't in the 'happily ever after' sense.

I also loved all of the characters whether they were bad or good and I don't usually say that. Nalayani was one of the most bad ass characters I've ever read about and I would love to read more about her. Charming was cheeky but also had this kind, caring vibe about him that made it seem he would never let any harm come of Nalayani. The friendship these two built throughout the story was truly beautiful and I really think the two of them would make a fabulous couple.

The ending came together perfectly, however I would have loved to see more of what happened after the attacks but I think I'm now just asking for a longer story!!!

Rating /5

4

If you've read any of the Fairest graffic novels, let me know in the comments what you thought of them as I would love to know, and if you have any other graffic novel recommendations for me then feel free to leave those in the comment section as well :)

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx 

Fairest: The Return of the Maharaja by Sean E. Williams

Hello Book Lovers!!!

It's time to read the next instalment in the Fairest graffic novel series!!! Fairest: The Return of the Maharaja, is volume 3 in the series and I can't wait to get my nose stuck into it. I don't know too much about this volume but by the sounds of the synopsis, it's going to be pretty bas ass!!!

The cover of this volume is probably my favourite cover so far. I love the dip dye look and the power the two characters seem to have. I just think it look fabulous!!!

If you've read this graffic novel or any of the other Fairest graffic novels, then let me know in the comments below what you thought of them :)

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx