Books I Love: The Hunger Games Trilogy

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Wow.

Oh my goodness.

I just finished this trilogy in about six weeks. I just couldn't put this stuff down!

I'd heard all the hype which had naturally completely put me off but then my friend insisted that I simply HAD to read the books. As I'd never heard my friend raving about a book before, I figured I should finally see what all the fuss was about. And I'm soooo glad I did :)

For those of you that have seen the film, the books are a whole world darker. There's so much twisted violence in these books that there's no way this will ever be accurately portrayed in the cinema - totally not suitable for children.

I would never spoil these for you but trust me, if you haven't already read these books, DO!

Hannah xo

Books I Love: Wizard's First Rule

I just finished an absolute beast of a book. When I say beast I mean a whole 775 pages! Surprisingly with my new epic commute it only took me a few weeks to blast through, the perks of my new journey to work :)

And what a magnificent beast it proved to be! I picked this book up because it is the first in the Sword of Truth series and this series was the basis for a TV show I fell in love with early last year when I first started working on my current set of channels. I'm not sure if you've guessed already but I am a sucker for a fantasy series and this one had it all; a struggle against evil, magic, romance and comedy, not to mention the good looking lead character ;) I quickly became quite addicted to Legend of the Seeker and was devastated to learn that there were only two seasons and they aren't even available to buy on DVD in the UK! So, I bought the first book and boy was I in for a shock! The book is so dark compared to the series, I imagine they would not have been allowed to televise a lot of the more horrific  subject matter. Some of it truly is disturbing but is effective in emphasising the need for the triumph of the good. There are many differences between the book and the series but I certainly recognised the characters from their dialogue and behaviour and I'm grateful the show was so faithful to the characters that Goodkind originally brought to life.

I can't wait to read the next book in the series!

Hannah xo

Books I Love: Something Borrowed

My oh my am I flying through books now that I'm spending a lot of time travelling around London in  search of our next flat!

Since my last book post, I've read another two books! At least one of my goals is going to plan... I think I'll tackle the Spanish book next ;)

I had to tell you about Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. I'm not usually one to go for the girly girl book, but this one I could not put down. Glued to my nose until the end! It's about two long-time best friends, one of which thinks the world revolves around her and has everything and the other who has always put her best friend first and feels like she has nothing as her 30th birthday fast approaches. It all changes on her birthday night, but for the better or the worse, it's not clear at first. I don't want to give much away as it is such a good read, full of drama and the type of people I'd run away from in real life :) I couldn't help rooting for the heroine despite some of her questionable decisions! If you give it a shot, let me know what you think ;)

PS I just ordered the sequel 'Something Blue' and found that there is a film version! Consider it on high priority from Lovefilm ;)

Hannah xo