Review: Hush Hush

Hush Hush
Becca Fitzpatrick
Hush Hush Book 1


Lately this series has been calling to me. I wish I knew why.
Not that I'm disappointed in it because I think we all fell in love within a few pages of reading this one. 10/10 would recommend ; 5 stars!


Nora and Patch are paired as biology partners. Much to Nora's dismay, as she'd rather be paired with her best friend Vee and not the mysterious boy who kinda creeps her out with his intensity.
Everywhere she goes, Patch seems to be right behind her.

Of course, Patch has his reasons. Someone is trying to kill Nora... not that he can tell her that, though.

But Nora isn't stupid, and when she finds out Patch's secret and the reason for his interest in her, Nora must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to save both herself and Patch.


While I felt not much happened in the beginning, when I looked down and saw how far along I was I was happy it was such a quick read (or I was too entranced by it to be paying attention to the time). The writing is captivating, the characters are well written and have more depth than we realise, plus who can say no to a new bookboyfriend? *drools*  By the time we got to the dramatic ending, I was ready with book two nearby to continue on seeing how this love story is going to unfold.

Review: To All the Boys I've Loved Before

 To All the Boys I've Loved Before
 Jenny Han


I wasn't sure what to expect with this one, but with the release of the Netflix movie and all the spoilers online, I turned off my electronics for a few hours and bumped this one up on my TBR.

Which I was hoping to do when I had the other two in the series, but what can you do? #bookwormproblems

To be honest, I thought the story was going to focus more on the letters, but when it begins to focus on two (the only two that make sense) I was pleased with how it went and tbh, I couldn't put it down.

Lara Jean has fallen in love/had intense feelings for 5 boys in her life. When this happens, she writes each boy a letter detailing her feelings. She addresses the letters...

... and sticks them in a hat box under her bed.

When she goes to school one day, trying to make the best of her Junior year as per the advice of her older sister Margot, Peter K from grade 7 comes up to her

and rejects her.

At first Lara Jean has no idea what he's talking about. Then he shows her the letter he received in the mail.  When she realises that all her letters were somehow sent out, her and Peter devise a plan to make his ex and one of the other letter recipients jealous. Operation fake relationship begins ... and the rest is history.



This story was too adorable for words. The family dynamic, the sisterly bonds (p.s if you don't love Kitty, you're wrong.) and Lara Jean's unique view point on everything made for a story you want to reread again and again.  Teenage love hasn't been this cute in a long time.  5 stars!

Netflix movie comparison 

Obviously some scenes were changed for the purpose of television, but overall I thought they did a really good job with the movie. Which is rare, because if you pay attention to my opinions at all, I typically hate books-turned-movies/tv.

I didn't like how they changed her and Margo's scenes together, but I liked how their dad was more involved (Hello Mr Aidan 😍😍)

The main story was kept intact and the actors, while not who I would've picked, did amazing.  I do wish we got more Josh though ...  Not sure who's team I'm on but Kavinsky is definitely a keeper!



 

julying in the heat

 I can't even begin to describe the craziness that was July. 

My reading definitely took a hit, though I am happy with how much I ended up doing 

Unfortunately I did not get around to finishing up Camp- NaNo, which bummed me out so much. I did a few chapters but that was it *cries* Now that I'm finally settled into my new place, I am hoping to set up a writing corner. 

Alright, on to the tracking: 

My TBR for the month got packed away earlier than expected

but then I ordered books half way through the month (thanks bookoutlet!)

so I just opened up the box and read a bunch of those ones *grins* 

- the bone gap

- dumplin' 

- the real deal (via netgalley) 

- scythe 

- a thousand nights 

- Mayfair 

- daughter of the pirate king

- my new crush gave to me 

and 3 for Summer's Eve reads 

which puts me right now at 99/200! happy dances all around. 

August is looking pretty empty, work wise, which is unfortunate but it means I got lots of time to hang around (though I still am figuring out where all my books can go) 

I am not making a TBR this month, because I have lost control of what I was doing before the move. Honestly, it feels like my year has been split into before/after June (which is when everything hit the fan) and I have no idea what I'm doing anymore. 

So I'm taking the next few weeks to getting back into my bookstagram, and the twitterverse and what I want to read. 

and hopefully some writing 

Now that the move is officially over, I am trying to figure out my new routine. No longer have a backyard so the dog needs to be walked more (which is nice because I get off my butt more) but I'm happy with how he's settling in. My neighbour is super creepy and the dog hates him, so I try and keep him off the balcony too. which is stupid because I should be able to sit outside with my puppy and read and not have to worry about some old guy getting my dog all riled up. Honestly. 

I cannot wait for summer to be over. This heat is awful when you don't have air conditioning. The fan doesn't help. It's been rainy the past few days which has cooled stuff down, but still... 

Come september I get a new routine with work at the college again (fingers crossed) which will be nice to have some sense of what the heck i'm doing every week. 

Now, let's go find something to read ...