BOOK BUYING BAN || The Update

Hello!



So at the beginning of the year, I posted a resolutions video on my YouTube channel, where I gave a list of resolutions I wanted to carry out for the first half of 2016. One of those was a book buying ban, and well....... it didn't go too well.



The video above is a video showing you the books I've aquired since posting my resolutions video, in which I stated I was banning myself from buying books until at least Easter. For all Easter is just around the corner (it's Easter weekend this weekend!), I've still gained books between now and January. Shame on me!



The Books:



The Versions of Us Laura Barnett (buy here)

The Life and Death of Sophie Stark Anna North (buy here)

**the above were kindly given to me by Orion books in a competition, thanks so much and I cant wait to get to them!**

Anno Dracula Kim Newman (buy here)

Room Emma Donoghue (buy here)

The Bones of You Debbie Howells (buy here)

Me Before You Jojo Moyes (buy here)

The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro (buy here)

Rebel of the Sands Alwyn Hamilton (buy here)

The Poppy Factory Liz Trenow (buy here)

The Bookshop Book Jen Campbell (buy here)

My Life Next Door Huntley Fitzpatrick (buy here)



and an extra one I got after filming...



The Dwarves Markus Heitz (buy here)





So yes, I am failing terribly at that part of my resolutions. But who can blame me? Books are beautiful things and they will just fall into my arms time and time again!

REVIEW || Mañana by William Hjortsburg

So a while ago, I got this as a free eARC in exchange for an honest review. Here goes.

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I actually don't remember all that much about it. As in, I made my decision on my star rating on Goodreads, but didn't leave a review. Clearly, this book had a profound impact on me.

Our main character, Tod, wakes up whilst on holiday with his wife, to find a dead prostitute lying next to him. Yup, that's right a dead prostitute. Naturally his wife is nowhere to be seen, neither are the people he vaguely remembers from the night before. Cue Tod spending the whole of this novel trying to track his wife down, as he is adamant she has been kidnapped against her will. He also needs to figure out whether he did actually murder his wake-up friend, or whether it was all staged to make him look bad. 

Now, don't get me wrong, this book had so much promise. It could have took so many different twists and turns, and it did, they just weren't exciting enough for me. I found his wife to be quite whiny and actually, quite cunning, and I found Tod being a tad too helpless for his own good at some points. However, the points where his head was screwed on actually made sense, but it was so frustrating to see some things pan out the way they did.

Through the time spent writing this review, I've decided to drop my stars from 3 to 2. Mainly because I've realised just how much I disliked the book, even if I did get through it quite quickly.

Sorry if I've disappointed you with this review, and although I am thankful for the eARC copy, I'm pleased I didn't actually pay for this, which is such a shame.