Christmas TBR & Update before the New Year

Christmas TBR & Update before the New Year

December Books:

(What I'm trying to read anyway)

• The Mysteries of Udolpho by Anne Radcliffe Dissertation
• Crimson Peak by Nancy Holder Dissertation
• Beowolf (J.R.R Tolkien adaptation) Pleasure read
• Truthwitch by Susan Dennard ARC
• Soundless by Richelle Mead ARC

Updates:

Unfortunately as a third year student my time is now being swallowed up by the amount of coursework I need to do and the upcoming deadline of my dissertation (and the other one). That being said I think I will be able to post a few updates but if you're looking at my Goodreads page and perhaps wondering why I've not been posting anything I'm reading, then it's because I will most likely be buried underneath piles of papers. 

I have drafted a few reviews, not much but I am hoping to get back online properly by mid January (if things go to schedule!).  Please please please bear with me!

Perfect Ruin (The Internment Chronicles #1) by Lauren DeStefano

Perfect Ruin (The Internment Chronicles #1) by Lauren DeStefano

Published by: Simon and Schuster for Young Readers

Genre: YA dystopia, romance, sci-fi/fantasy

As a reader of the Chemical Garden trilogy I immediately thought this book would be alike in theme and style. Don't get me wrong it is but for some reason I didn't feel as if this as good. 

The book follows the life of Morgan Stockhour whose father is a policeman, her brother disabled and her mother who takes time to nap and take pills. However there's a twist. They don't live on the Earth as we know it. Instead they live on Interment which is like Jack and the Beanstalk (A castle in the sky except instead of a castle it's land). Noone goes up nor down. Therefore the few who do decide to go to the edge go a little mad (Morgan's brother was one of them) or get hurt. 

We all know curiousity can get the best of us and Morgan's guilty of doing just that. She constantly thinks about the edge and a life outside of Internment but there's so much at stake here. She's betrothed to fellow classmate Basil (who's a darling but I had a feeling something wasn't right about him) and best friends with artist and lover of Interment Pen. All in all it's a fantastic idea, I do love the concept but maybe I'm not the right audience for it now.

I'll probably reread this in a year or so.

Books to read from 26/5/14-26/6/14

Okay so this might be something new i'm trying out here but I'm going to post a list of the books I'm reading/planning to read in the 4weeks until the end of June. I'll edit it/repost with my review/read date so you guys (whoever reads this) will know how well I'm doing and my opinion on the book.

Jurassic Park: The lost world.
Geek Girl: Model Misfit
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Beta
The Chance You Won't Return
Second Kiss
The Treatment
Defiance
Redemption
Rebel Belle
Open Road Summer
Beside Your Heart
Catch a Falling Star
There Is No Light in Darkness
Vain

--------------------------------- And if I finish those, then these are my extras ------------------------------
The Truth About You and Me
Letters To Nowhere
A Wounded Name
The Lost Code