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Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Features | Revisiting My 2016 Reading Goals

Back in January I shared a post all titled 'My 2016 Reading Goals', which included four small challenges I aimed to accomplish over the year. With only a few days left in the year it's time to take a look back at these additional goals and see how I did...

#1 Re-Read More!
Looking back over all of the titles I've read this year I didn't do so well with this particular challenge. Although I kicked off the year with three re-reads, I haven't found the time for anymore since then so perhaps this will be a goal to revisit for 2017.

#2 Take Part In A Set Challenge...
For my 'set challenge' challenge I chose the Popsugar 2016 Reading Challenge which included 40 mini goals such as 'a book you can finish in a day' and 'a book based on a fairytale'. As I expected I didn't manage to cross off every goal, however my final total was 19 which I'm fairly pleased with.

#3 & A Readathon!
This is one goal I can definitely cross off the list! Back at the end of February I joined in with the #5books7days readathon and whilst I didn't quite manage to complete five reads I achieved my goal of joining in with a readathon and would definitely do this again in future.

#4 Make Time For Non-Fiction
My final goal for the year was to include more non-fiction titles and I even chose five of them for my BB challenge. Unfortunately whilst I didn't read all five specifically chosen titles, around twenty percent of the fifty-ish books I read in full over the year were non-fiction, and as always I added a bunch more recipe and DIY books to my collection.

Did you manage to complete all of your 2016 reading goals?

Saturday, 24 December 2016

Group Collaboration | Our Favourite Reads Of 2016

It's that time of the year again! We can't quite believe that 2016 is almost over, but with the end of the year comes our huge list of book recommendations for you to kick off 2017 with! As always we asked Team BB and our Twitter followers to let us know which books would make their top 5 reads of the year. Here are the results...
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Book cover images all sourced from goodreads.com
Thank you to all of this month's contributors: Anjali, Elena, Katie, Ria, Rachel, Lili, Anastasia, Cat, Erin

Happy holidays!

As always, January's group post will be all about our reading goals for the year ahead! Let us know which five books you 'vow to read' in 2017 by email or tweet us (@blog_bookshelf) to be included in the post.

Saturday, 26 November 2016

Group Collaboration | How We Deal With Reading Slumps

As we near the end of the year we know you have one thing on your mind...finishing and ticking off those bold book goals you made at the start of the year.

But when life takes over sometimes you just get stuck in a rut and reading takes a back seat. Then it happens...the dreaded reading slump. This month, our bloggers want to help spur you onto your book goal finishing line and have compiled a list of tips on how to deal with reading slumps and (more importantly) how to get out of them!

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Reading Slumps Ria

Reading Slumps Rachel

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What are you top tips for handling reading slumps? Let us know in the comments or tweet us @blog_bookshelf!

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Thank you to all of this month's contributors: Rachel, Ria, Jemma, Erin, Joshua

In next month's group post we're rounding off the year and picking out our top five favourite reads! Let us know what your favourite books of 2016 are by email or tweet us (@blog_bookshelf)

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Four | Happy Birthday Blogger's Bookshelf!

BLOGGER'S BOOKSHELF IS ANOTHER YEAR OLDER!

Four years ago today, Erin and I hit publish on the very first Blogger's Bookshelf post and in the space of that time so much has happened!

There's now nearly 800 of you on BlogLovin and 700 of you on Twitter following our antics. We've expanded out our content, so we're not just publishing reviews of the some of the hottest books around but fun features, up to the minute lit news, and interviews. Not to mention our archive of nearly 50 group posts some of you have collaborated with us on.

Though we've had a number of team moves over the years, what has remained is an amazing dedicated spirit to all things bookish. We honestly cannot thank Team BB enough for all their hard work keeping the blog going.

And of course a we want to say a big thank you to you, our loyal readers, for sticking with us through thick and thin. Without you Blogger's Bookshelf would never have gotten off the ground in the first place.

Finally you may have noticed we're looking a bit different. Don't panic! After four years we've decided to give the ol' blog a good lick of paint as we launch into onwards towards our fifth year. Let us know what you think in the comments - and don't forget to update our blog buttons on your pages using the code below.

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Once again, thanks for supporting us. Here's to another year!

Best wishes,

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Saturday, 24 September 2016

Group Collaboration | Team BB's Back to School Reading List

As many have already headed back to school, College or University during September we want to delve into the world of mandatory reading. Love them or loathe them we all had those lists of mandatory books our teachers told us to read and analyse in classes.

But what if you had the chance to choose what you and everyone else in your class got to read?

This year our Blogger's Bookshelf team have compiled a list of books that we feel should be on everyone's to-do list to read at the start of the school year. Check them out below!

Thank you to this month's contributors: Ria, Rachel, Anjali, Erin and Christina at YA Love Magazine

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Next month we're getting in the spooky mood and want to know what are the scariest scenes from your favourite books! If you'd like to get involved just email bloggersbookshelf@gmail.com or drop us a tweet @blog_bookshelf!

Sofia Kahn Is Not Obliged | Ayisha Malik | Review

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Sofia Kahn Is Not Obliged | Ayisha Malik | Review

*cover image via GoodReads

"Brilliant idea! Excellent! Muslim dating? Well, I had no idea you were allowed to date.' Then he leaned towards me and looked at me sympathetically. 'Are your parents quite disappointed?'

Unlucky in love once again after her possible-marriage-partner-to-be proves a little too close to his parents, Sofia Khan is ready to renounce men for good. Or at least she was, until her boss persuades her to write a tell-all expose about the Muslim dating scene.

As her woes become her work, Sofia must lean on the support of her brilliant friends, baffled colleagues and baffling parents as she goes in search of stories for her book. In amongst the marriage-crazy relatives, racist tube passengers and decidedly odd online daters, could there be a a lingering possibility that she might just be falling in love . . . ?

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Hands down one of the funniest books I've read in a long time.

Sofia is an utterly irresistible as a heroine. Endearing, sharp and quick off the mark, I'd find anyone hard pressed to not fall in love with her. Despite the obvious Bridget Jones comparisons (30-something woman working in media who’s love life takes center stage of the narrative), I’d argue Sofia is even more of an 'every woman' than Bridget ever was. Driven, confident, and opinionated on the outside (you get the idea within the first few pages that Sofia is a woman who know exactly who she is already, thank you very much), on the inside she's failing and falling and saying stupid stuff an inappropriate times. She messes up a lot and yet, you're still rooting for her right until the very end.

Addressing the massive elephant in the room with the book, I honestly barely noticed. Yes, seeing a Muslim woman portrayed in this way has been flung around the press and Internet as revolutionary, but in reality Sofia’s religion played second fiddle to how well the story played out and how much I was enjoying myself. Malik has struck an eloquently written balance between showcasing Sofia’s religious identity, culture, and family, and letting her 'be Sofia’, a woman writing a dating book whilst also trying to manage her own love life and societal pressures of ‘settling down’ and finding a husband.

If anything I’m mad at myself for thinking that having a Muslim female protagonist was such a revolutionary thing in the first place and utterly sad that more books like this aren’t getting published on the regular.

A 10/10 recommend from me!

Green Girl | Kate Zambreno | Review

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Green Girl | Kate Zambreno | Review

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‘The green girl necessarily pines for the past, because the present is too uncomfortable to be presents in and the future, unimaginable."

Zambreno's heroine, Ruth, is a young American in London, kin to Jean Seberg gamines and contemporary celebutantes, by day spritzing perfume at the department store she calls Horrids, by night trying desperately to navigate a world colored by the unwanted gaze of others and the uncertainty of her own self-regard. Ruth, the green girl, joins the canon of young people existing in that important, frightening, and exhilarating period of drift and anxiety between youth and adulthood, and her story is told through the eyes of one of the most surprising and unforgettable narrators in recent fiction—a voice at once distanced and maternal, indulgent yet blackly funny.

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I’m putting out a bold statement that Green Girl is probably one of my favourite books of the year so far. Seemingly apathetic, lost and undeniably broken, Ruth is a protagonist who is drifting. She’s a shell of a woman who’s run away from past demons, with hopeful dreams that she could rebuild her life somewhere else. Ruth for the most part is a tragic figure, a lost heroine in the malaise of London she perfectly encapsulates the essence of what it means to be a young women in the modern world where you’re expected to be living your best life when in reality you may be falling apart on the inside.

As a writer myself Zambreno’s writing is utterly delicious and I found myself wanting to highlight entire passages for future reference. Poetic and utterly heartbreaking, the narrative is fleeting, wistful and nostalgic as she presents Ruth’s life in snippets and vignettes. By the end of the book you never feel as if you get a full picture of who Ruth is. You know she’s fragile and perhaps incredibly unlikeable, but her flaws feel human. She’s a walking contradiction of beauty on the outside, utter conceited arrogance, depression and anxiety on the inside, both loves and hates herself, yearns for attention, yet wants to shrink and forget the past.

Not everyone will get on with this book (and not every has if you look at the GoodReads reviews, yikes!), but even if you find Ruth utterly deplorable I’d definitely at least recommend reading it for Zambreno’s command over her writing.

Group Collaboration | Favourite YA Novels

Saturday, 23 July 2016

Group Collaboration | Favourite YA Novels

This month in celebration of YALC hitting London again this year we want to delve into our most popular genre here on Blogger's Bookshelf, Young Adult novels!

We got our bloggers to give us a tonne of Young Adult recommendations, both old and new, for you to peruse through. Check them out!

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Thank you to this month's contributors: Ria, Joshua, Rachel, Erin, and Anjali

Next month we're asking all about the books you wish had sequels. If you'd like to get involved just email bloggersbookshelf@gmail.com or drop us a tweet @blog_bookshelf!

I Am Not Esther | Fleur Beale | Review

Wednesday, 20 July 2016

I Am Not Esther | Fleur Beale | Review

Imagine that your mother tells you she's going away. She is going to leave you with relatives you've never heard of - and they are members of a strict religious cult. Your name is changed, and you are forced to follow the severe set of social standards set by the cult. There is no television, no radio, no newspaper. No mirrors. You must wear long, modest clothes. You don't know where your mother is, and you are beginning to question your own identity.

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Actually about a young girl called Kirby Greenland, I Am Not Esther follows her story as she’s left by her mother to go live with her estranged brother and his family, who are all members of closed of Amish-esque religious community. Much to Kirby’s dismay and despite her understandable anger, she’s quickly inducted into the cult, forced to cut ties with everything she’s known and loved, including her own name. She’s branded as Esther and is expected to live her life serving God and the golden rules of her strict new family and their church 'The Children Of The Faith'.

Normally female protagonists in such situations like this would lay low for a while before pushing for rebellion, but Kirby is a fighter, both emotionally and physically, even when she starts feeling sympathy and love towards her new family she still manages to stand her ground as she grapples with her old identity and new way of life. She’s conflicted at times, often feeling intense anger towards the mother who left her behind but her resilient nature means she’s built to weather the storm.

As expected the book rests heavily on themes about religion and obligation, and it was really interesting seeing this portrayed through Kirby’s eyes. It would been easy for Beale to easily paint Kirby’s new family and the book itself as ‘anti-Christian’, but I was surprised to see how the emphasis was more pinned on the issues surrounding how people are influenced into a certain way of life.

Overall, a really great book - and one of the first I’ve read set in New Zealand! - definitely one for younger YA fans but could prove a great introduction for them to start diving into serious societal issues.

*image via GoodReads

Sidenote! I was sent this book as part of fellow BB Team Member Anjali's Travelling Novel project. If you're interested in me passing the book onto you, ping me a tweet @RCagz!

Dear Amy | Helen Callaghan | Review

Monday, 4 July 2016

Dear Amy | Helen Callaghan | Review

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Dear Amy,

I don't know where I am. I've been kidnapped and am being held prisoner by a strange man. I'm afraid he'll kill me.

Please help me soon,
Bethan Avery

*Review copy & cover image c/o Netgalley

Dear Amy is a thriller with a truly interesting concept. When teacher and Agony Aunt Margot receives the above letter from someone who has supposedly been missing for years she thinks it's all a hoax... until more letters arrive, each with details that were never made public. When one of her students also goes missing, Margot decides she must try and solve the mystery, putting herself in danger in the process.

Whilst I found the concept intriguing and there were parts of the story I liked, I did struggle to feel a connection to any of the characters and this made the overall read a little less enjoyable for me. I also was slightly disappointed by the twist in the tale, which I do believe many readers will see coming before the reveal.

Despite the fact I didn't personally fall in love with the story, I do think the book will do well and am interested to see what this author comes up with next!

Monday, 6 June 2016

The Unexpected Everything | Morgan Matson | Review

Morgan Matson's fourth YA Contemporary follows politician's daughter Andie who has dreams of becoming a doctor and an internship with a top medical school lined up for her summer break. However, when her father is unexpectedly involved in a scandal, Andie's life is flipped upside down. Her internship plans fall through and she finds herself taking on a job she never would have dreamed of; dog walking!

Just like Matson's previous novels The Unexpected Everything tackles friendships, love and family drama with a whole host of lovable characters introduced along the way - this time, also including an adorable dog named Bertie! Of course, the book has that fun, summer read feeling but as always Matson has included a certain depth to the storyline as well.

Similarly to Matson's other releases the book includes a few extras in terms of the format. This time around emoji-filled group text conversations between Andie and her best friends, as well as excerpts from fantasy novels penned by one of the characters were scattered throughout the novel.

One of my favourite sequences from the book was the scavenger hunt, which was somewhat reminiscent of the idea of the to-do list in Since You've Been Gone - speaking of which, fans of Matson's novels will be pleased to find a few crossovers and cameos hidden within TUE's pages!

If you're still compiling your summer reading list, be sure to add The Unexpected Everything to the top of it!

Group Collaboration | Intimidating Reads

Saturday, 14 May 2016

Group Collaboration | Intimidating Reads

For this month's group post we're talking about 'the books that shall not be named'. We asked our contributors all about those super intimidating reads that are still left gathering dust on our TBR lists or resting untouched on bookshelves because they look like they're far too overwhelming to start.

Check out their picks below!

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Thank you to this month's contributors: Anjali, Cat, Rebecca, Ria, & Lulu

Next month we're gearing up for some easy Summer reading and want to know your recommendations for the Best Graphic Novels!
If you'd like to get involved just email bloggersbookshelf@gmail.com or drop us a tweet @blog_bookshelf!

The Strange Library | Haruki Murakami | Review

Wednesday, 11 May 2016

The Strange Library | Haruki Murakami | Review

'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'.

On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake.

Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent donuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, for company. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boy's brains. How will he escape?

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Utterly weird, wonderfully frightening and ultimately strange, this short story was definitely one of the most unusual books I've read in a while.

It starts with a young boy and his solo trip to a local library. As mentioned in the blurb above he's led away to a 'special' room and into a vast cavern of mazes through which there is little to no chance of escape. It's super hard to describe the plot of this book without spoiling it in it's entirety but there's a forboding sense of darkness as you make your way through the pages of surreal happenings and storytelling.
The illustrated version only adds to the mystery and surreal nature of the book. The words on the pages literally meander off in all directions or bloom in large font types, and the imagery used only adds to the slightly Gothic and nightmarish nature of the story.

One thing to remember if you do ever pick up this copy is that the story is very short. The ending feels abrupt and there is little time to flesh out the characters in the space of a couple of pages. What you do get is a great sense of atmosphere and it does help that the hardback edition of the book is beautiful in itself.

If you're fairly new to Murakami I would say this is a great gateway into his 'world' and style of writing. The short burst of story should be enough to wet your appetite to read more of his work.

*image via Goodreads

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Feature | John Green Reading Soundtracks

Reading many of John Green's books I always felt his stories lend themselves well to churning up a fantastic cinematic scores and after the release of TFIOS we definitely saw how much the movie's soundtrack played a role in creating the atmosphere for the film. The Paper Towns soundtrack is just as awesome, and with Looking For Alaska (potentially) on the horizon I'm definitely excited to see how the musical direction of the movies corresponds to the themes of the book.

You may remember our fab June group post last year, where our contributors created reading playlists to accompany some of their favourite novels. Off the back of that I thought I'd get musically creative and make up my own reading soundtracks for all of John Green's novels. I won't bore you with plot summaries too much (they're all on GoodReads if you haven't read these yet!), but I'll let the music do the talking for the theme, feel and journey of each story

Looking For Alaska

"...if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.”

Paper Towns

“Margo always loved mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one.”

An Abundance of Katherines

“Here's to all the places we went. And all the places we'll go. And here's to me, whispering again and again and again and again: iloveyou”

Will Grayson/Will Grayson

“Some people have lives; some people have music.”

The Fault In Our Stars

“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”

Group Collaboration | Favourite Literary Heroines

Saturday, 19 March 2016

Group Collaboration | Favourite Literary Heroines

We're celebrating Women's History Month here on the blog with an appropriately themed collaboration! We challenged our bloggers to list off who their favourite literary heroines and got them thinking which fictional female protagonists kick some serious butt in their respective stories.

Check out who they picked below!

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Contributors: Anjali, Cat, Ria, Rachel, and Rebecca
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Next month we'll be picking our favourite debut novels from new and established authors! If you'd like to get involved just email bloggersbookshelf@gmail.com or drop us a tweet @blog_bookshelf!

Rose Under Fire | Elizabeth Wein | Review

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Rose Under Fire | Elizabeth Wein | Review

“Hope is the most treacherous thing in the world. It lifts you and lets you plummet. But as long as you're being lifted you don't worry about plummeting.”

Rose Justice is a young American ATA pilot, delivering planes and taxiing pilots for the RAF in the UK during the summer of 1944. A budding poet who feels most alive while flying, she discovers that not all battles are fought in the air. An unforgettable journey from innocence to experience from the author of the best-selling, multi-award-nominated Code Name Verity. From the exhilaration of being the youngest pilot in the British air transport auxiliary, to the aftermath of surviving the notorious Ravensbruck women's concentration camp, Rose's story is one of courage in the face of adversity.

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Rose Under Fire throws you into a much more harrowing and isolated world of a women's concentration camp at the tail end of World War II. Rose Justice's story is an amalgamation of many from the camps and the narrative follows her brief time in England before being captured flying over Europe and sent on to Ravensbruck. Wein holds nothing back in her vivid descriptors of the camp. It's uncomfortable reading and so utterly hopeless at times, but more often that not Rose's narrative simply makes you feel angry. There are no spoilers really, these women's stories were real and some of the women listed were actually held at the Ravensbruck camps in World War II.

I've seen a lot of comparisons between Code Name Verity and 'Rose', but in my opinion to bundle the two together would do both novels a disservice. Though there are some characters interlinked between the novels, these are two very different stories told from the point of view of two very different women.

What is common with both novels is the power of female friendships and relationships. The bond of sisterhood is boiled down to it rawest form in 'Rose'. The situation in the Ravensbruck women's camp is sad, it's desperate and it's deeply upsetting but despite this Wein has weaved so much humanity in the narrative. There's hope and friendship despite disgustingly inhumane circumstances. Many of the characters are broken both physically and mentally but that makes her feel all the more real. Rose's fellow captives, Elodie, Karolina, Irina, Roza, Lisette and Anna are all capable women who remain defiant and brave despite the odds and that's so, so wonderful to read in a YA novel.
Rose herself is an incredibly resilient character and her undeniable American fighter pilot spirit and soldier mentality courses through her accounts of her time as Ravensbruck, and yet Wein allows her so many moment of vulnerability to grieve, allows her guilt to pour out, and allows her PTSD to be laid bare on the page.

Ultimately the word I keep coming back to when I try and describe this book is powerful. The story itself hits home hard, as a historical war novel the story really doesn't have a happy ending. But as the blurb states Rose's story is one of 'courage in the face of adversity' and the power of the story truly lies in the hope and bravery demonstrated by Rose and her friends.

*image via Goodreads

Remix | Non Pratt | Review

Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Remix | Non Pratt | Review

*image via Goodreads

Schools out and the Summer is in full swing for best friends Kaz and Ruby as they hurtle headfirst off to Remix music festival for a three days of boozing, bands and boys. All is not all puppies and rainbows though. In the limbo between School and 6th Form College, both girls are dealing with break ups, family drama, broken hearts and that little thing called growing up.
But hey, that won’t get in the way of all the fun they’re about to have at Remix, right?...

So what’s my verdict?

I was really looking forward to ticking this off my TBR and it definitely lived up to expectations.
Personally my favourite thing about the book is the way Kaz and Ruby’s relationship was presented. As much as we’d like to believe our relationships with our best friends are perfect, in reality they’re messy, full of petty arguments and is always a work in progress. Kaz and Ruby are still very much trying to figure out what works for their relationship outside of the context of school and in contrast with their family, friends and romantic attachments. Yes, the boys do play a pivotal role in their lives but in the end it’s pretty clear the girls do love each other much more than any guy and preserving that friendship is ultimately what motivates both of them throughout the story.

The duel narration plays off this well as it alternates between Kaz and Ruby’s viewpoints in short bursts, meaning you not only get the full story but a frustrating juxtaposition of the girl’s contrasting inner monologues too.

Thematically Pratt manages to relay some seriously important messages about sex, particularly regarding consent, manipulation and power dynamics. The book captures that time period of awkward teenage-hood and ‘pseudo adulthood’ really well, and in retrospect, as an ‘older YA reader, reading the situations that Kaz and Ruby get themselves into almost felt like I was taking a glimpse back to me and my friends at 16. And though the book does delve into some meatier topics, the humour and more dramatic moments are balanced without feeling preachy.

A definite recommend from me if you’re after a quick YA fix and a refreshing take on female friendships.

Group Collaboration | 2016 Reading Goals

Sunday, 24 January 2016

Group Collaboration | 2016 Reading Goals

A very belated Happy New Year from us here at Blogger's Bookshelf! Once again at the start of the new year we have our bloggers and readers looking ahead and setting up some reading goals.

Here are the books they are vowing to read in 2016.

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Erin

What If?, Randall Munroe | Do No Harm, Henry Marsh | Forensics, Val McDermid | The Horologicon, Mark Forsyth | The 100 Most Pointless Arguments In The World, Alexander Armstrong & Richard Osman

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Josephine (@wordrevel)

Incarnate, Jodi Meadows | Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy | Finnikin of the Rock, Melina Marchetta | Kiss Kill Vanish, Jessica Martinez | Resist, Sarah Crossman

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Ali

The Martian, Andy Weir | The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins | Maddaddam, Margaret Atwood | 1984, George Orwell | A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness

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Ria

Changing My Mind, Zadie Smith | Remix, Non Pratt | How To Be A Heroine, Samantha Ellis | A Darker Shade of Magic: V.E. Schwab | Only Ever Yours, Louise O'Neill

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Lulu

Bible | The Bronze Horseman, Pauline Simmons | Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf | Public Library, Ali Smith | Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
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Virginie (@ChouettBlog)
Red Witch, Anna McKerro | False Hearts, Laura Ram | Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon | Rose and Dagger, Renee Ahdieh | George, Alex Gino
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Cat
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour, Morgan Matson | In a Dark Dark Wood, Ruth Ware | To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, Jenny Han | All the Bright Places, Jennifer Niven | A God in Ruins, Kate Atkinson

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Rachel
Ex-Isle, Peter Clines | Hemlock Veils, Jennie Davenport - A retelling of Little Red Riding Hood | NPCs, Drew Hayes | Press Start to Play, Daniel H. Wilson | The Color of Magic, Terry Pratchett

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Anjali
Never Always Sometimes, by Adi Alsaid | Yellow Brick War, by Danielle Paige | Landline, by Rainbow Rowell | Heir of Fire, by Sarah J. Mass | The Invasion of the Tearling, by Erika Johansen

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So those are our contributor's goals, what are yours? Have you read any of these books? Which ones are you looking forward to this year?

Thanks to all of our contributors - Ali, Ria, Erin, Lulu, Josephine, Virginie, Anjali, Cat, Rachel

All book cover images via Goodreads

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