Harry Potter Tour London

If you're a fan of Harry Potter this tour is something you have to do. For all book readers it is like the must see thing of the century. Not even joking. 

I love the Harry Potter books and I wasn't a fan of the movies for a long time, but this tour literally makes you excited to watch the movies all over again. 

The things that come alive before your eyes is just amazing.. like I've always wanted to see the world of one of my favourite books come alive and that is what this tour did for me. 

I posted some pictures just to share my adventures during this summer with you! 

Summer!

So even though it's the summer, I've noticed we are on less. I just wanted to update you all on the reasons why.
So at the moment I'm working in a charity shop sorting out the thousands of books - now that is only on Tuesday and Thursdays - but also I'm reading the books Méabh has written reviews about that I have yet to read and history books so that's mainly why O haven't been on.

As for Méabh she doesn't have a laptop of her own for the summer and she has been very busy from going to Switzerland and breaking her collarbone (typical) to hanging with her American cousins.

So ya that's basically that.

But I got photos of the beautiful books I'm working with for you all. So enjoy being jealous ;) and I hope he all are having a brilliant summer! 

Liebster Award

I was sat in my aunts spare room, taking advantage of her Netflix when I was looking through my email to find I had a comment on our 'Take Me On' post. Of course the first thing to come to my head was "Oh my god we're getting comments ahhh," but then I see something so much better than that. We got nominated for the Liebster Award. To be honest I don't think either of us had any clue what this award was but after reading the post on YaBookaholic123 (who was also the one to nominate us, which I have to say a massive thank you to!) I realized what the award is all about. This award is to help make a name for a blog that may have just started up. Anyways enough with the rambling lets get down to business! 

Rules:

• List 11 facts about yourself.
• Answer the 11 questions asked by whoever nominated you.
• Nominate 9 bloggers with less than 300 followers and leave them a comment saying they've been nominated.
• Ask 11 new questions for your chosen nominees.
• You cannot re-nominate the blog that nominated you.

The 11 Facts about us: 

• Not sure if any of you knew this but there is two writers on this blog! Myself, Gráinne (Grawn-ya) and one of my closest friends and fellow bookworm Méabh (May-v). 
• We Both live in the western part of Ireland and attend an Irish (Ireland's national language but not widely spoken here) speaking school. 
• Méabh does Thai Boxing, a mixed martial art and I play Rugby, like American Football but better! 
• We're both massive Jennifer L. Armentrout and Katie McGarry fans. Well Méabh introduced me to the wonderful world of their writing. 
• Méabh likes the Twilight movies, but doesn't like the books as she thinks vampires are so over-rated. As for me I'm a massive fan of the Twilight books and The Saga of Darren Shan, so basically I do love a good vampire tale. 
• If you ever need someone to clear your house out of food, just call me and Méabh. It is our one true love, apart from hot drool worthy characters of course! 
• We're getting stuck for facts now so here is a random one! We both have dogs. Mine is called Tigger and Méabh's is called Gypsy. 
• I went to see One Direction play live in Croker on the 24th of May. It was a night i'll never forget! Méabh went to see Lawson back in October. At the Olympia Theatre, up in Dublin. We both love our music, I'm a big reggae and rock fan. While Méabh loves a bit the old country and alternative music. 
• My favourite animal is a cheetah, always has and always will be. Not even sure why, there is just something about them. Méabh's favourite animal is a Giraffe. "Childhood memories of going to the zoo and I would always want to go and see the giraffes first! Giraffes being so tall I always thought that they were the strongest most elegant of the animals because if how they carry themselves and baby giraffes are so cute!"
• I'm a very opinonated girl and could debate with someone all day if necessary. Méabh is a total Adrenaline junkie and shows us all up when it comes to anything remotely scary. 
• Méabh hates books where the main character has a terminal illness yet she once wrote a short story about a girl's terminally ill sister. As for me, I don't mind them. I loved My Sister's keeper but hated The fault in our stars, due to John Green's style of writing.

The Answers to your hard Questions: 

If you could choose one book world to live in, which one would it be? 

Gráinne: Jennifer L. Armentrout in my mind right now. The Lux and The Covenant Series Worlds, but then I also am here like if I was to truly want to be in a certain world I think it would be Harry Potter's. The whole Witches and Wizards thing just clicks with me.
Méabh: Ya I'm thinking Luxen and Covenent Worlds as well but I think I'd like to be apart of the Shadowhunter World!

What's next on your to read list?

Gráinne: I have about 100 books on my to read list on goodreads but in my head there is about a thousand more. I can be a fast reader when I want but sometimes I just can't get into books at all. So I can't tell you what's next 'cause it could be the most random book ever. 

Méabh: I haven't read Take Me On by Katie McGarry yet so that would be the next book to read! I'm a really fast reader so I'm always thinking about 5 books ahead of my next one!

If you were stranded on a desert island and you could wish for one character to appear to give you company, who would it be?

Gráinne: This is so hard but I'm going to pick a girl and boy character for this. I don't even know if that is against the rules but hey! I'd pick Alex from The Covenant Series as the girl I'd want but to be honest the boy I'd pick would be Isaiah from Crash Into You, The Pushing the limits series! So damn hot! 

Méabh: Hhhhmmm I'd have to say Roth from White Hot Kiss because I mean who wouldn't want to stranded on a desert island with him!

What is your favourite supernatural/fantasy creature, vampire, werewolf, dragons etc?

Gráinne: Ohhh, Blame Méábh for my never-ending talk about Katie McGarry and Jennifer L.Armentrout's. My favourite supernatural/fantasy creature type thing is the greek gods. Do they count? Or like Half-bloods?hmm... Basically Aiden St. Delphi the things I'd do to him! 

Méabh: Fallen Angels! Love them all!

What is your most favourite item that you have?

Gráinne: I should say my books, and I can't even think of any items anyways.. so ya my books! 

Méabh: I'd have to say my Kindle. I bring it everywhere with me!

What is the last book to movie you have watched? Was it good?

Gráinne: Ehm, god my mind has gone pure blank! Right now Marley and Me is coming to my mind. The Boy in the striped pyjamas is in there. oh I know it was Divergent and I watched that with the wonderful Méabh! Oh god that movie was beautiful! Man, it was god damn - awh, Theo James! 

Méabh: The last book to movie I watched was Divergent and like Grainne said I watched it with her! It was amazing! One of the best book adaptions I've seen so far! And the chemistry between the characters was so good!!

Have you ever met any authors?

Gráinne: I live in the one of the most known yet most unvisited Islands in the world, Ireland. So no authors tend to come here, unless it's Dublin and well that's too far away for me! 

Méabh: Unfortunately no I haven't but it would be a dream come true to meet some!

Best book you've read so far in 2014?

Gráinne: Take Me On! Even though I have also read the Covenant Series this year and the Lux Series and god they were just as good but as just one book it has to be Take Me On! 

Méabh: Oh My God that's really hard but I'd have to say the best book I've read so far in 2014 would have to be TMI City of Heavenly Fire!

What is the book you can't wait to read the most?

Gráinne: Opposition ahhhh! I'm so excited and then Breaking the Rules - the continuation of Echo and Noah's story. 

Méabh: I absolutely can not wait for Penryn ad the End of Days #3 by Susan Ee. It doesn't have a title yet but if the book is anything like the first two it's going to be amazing!

What is your favourite quote?

Gráinne: It's a new found quote but it is the most beautiful quote I have ever come around. "We were nothing more than actions to reactions - helpless against our own fate." - From Take Me On, Pushing the Limits Series. 

Méabh: There are so many great quotes to choose from but I love this one "The bottom line is,what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more, you're all good." - Sarah Dessen

What is the first book that comes to your mind?

Gráinne: Damaged, okay I lie! But it's the book I'm reading at the moment. Not YA though! It's fact based! Very sad! 

Méabh: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry. That book kinda started my obsession with anything book related. Don't know why but I got really into books after that one!

Check Out these wonderful Blogs we nominated:
1. A Perfection called Books
2. Turning Pages and Tea
3. Carpe Librum Girl
4. Hayley Marie Reads
5. Booksnmore
6. Ready? Set? Read!
7. Books Not Lovers
8. Reading is dreaming with your eyes open
9. Books with Pizza
Our 11 Questions for you beautiful bloggers: 

1. Best book title you've ever come across? (Read or not) 
2. Honestly, do covers effect your opinion on choosing a book to read? 
3. Does the writing of a book mean more to you than the actual story? 
4. If there was one book you could get the world to read, what book would it be? 
5. Have you a favourite author/s?
6. If you could be any character you want, who would you be? 
7. Is there any book in particular that had a personal effect on your life?
8. Would you consider reviewing books as a career? 
9. If you could have one superpower what would it be?
10. What is your favourite book series? 
11. Which would you prefer Kindle, Hardback or Paperback?

Measuring Up by Nyrae Dawn

“He hurt me more than anyone ever has, but he loved me better than anyone ever did, too.”

I have yet to read more books of Nyrae Dawn's but her writing captured me in Measuring up. She used simple words, simple sentences yet altogether they made something very beautiful.

Annabel Lee is a 17 year old girl that isn't a size 0, or close to. Her mother is in very nice words a complete and utter witch. Having hired a personal trainer to help her lose weight during the summer. The last thing she expects is for her personal trainer to be blonde, muscular and funny. His name is Tegan and in her eyes just another jerk, but Tegan is much more than that. He's the boy that teaches her to box when she's having a bad day, Who jogs with her letting her set the pace.

Fitness isn't all that is on either of their minds though, and soon he offers her much more than just working out together. His kisses leaves her always wanting more. The way he looks at her makes her feel much more beautiful than what the scales read and most of all unlike her mother he does not expect perfection, or tends to shield her from the world like her father does. Tegan has a lot to learn from Annabel though. He needs to learn that he can't always protect those he loves and that sometimes you have to do what's right for you instead of what's right for others in order to ever be truly satisfied in life.

Love is a complicated thing though, and soon both of them have to learn that loving someone doesn't always mean needing someone.

Measuring up is a book that you read within a night, it's a book that makes the smallest, the simplest things in life matter. It's a book that makes you realize love is not need. To love you do not have to need that person, if anything you should love them but never need them because that love can disappear from your life in a matter of seconds.

This book gets 3 out of 5 stars from me, it was beautifully written and a perfect romance. I guess the reason it wouldn't get 5 out of 5 though is because we've all seen this story before, boy meets girl - girl isn't good enough for boy. Boy loves girl anyways, girl loves boy. Life gets in the way and then they get the perfect ending. But this book does have more than that in it, it's message is what we should all keep within our hearts for years to come.

Need is not love, and vice-versa.

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Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

This series is yet another example of Jenniefer L. Armentrout’s beautiful and creative writing and storytelling skills. 

Lux Series: 

The Lux series so far has made me laugh out loud, cry myself to sleep, want to punch someone in the face and drool over hot beautiful Aliens!

"So the dickhead had a name. Daemon—seemed fitting. And of course his sister would be as attractive as him. Why not? Welcome to West Virginia, the land of lost models."

Obsidian is the first book of this utterly captivating series. The book is written in Katy's point of view. The girl from out of town who has just moved in next door to the Black family which consists of Dee and Daemon - who are not your average everyday beautiful mortals.They are much more, they're aliens from a planet called Lux, and they are known as Luxen. They have lived on planet earth since they were children but their kind have been coming here for decades as their enemies the Arum destroyed their home. And are still out to get them, how will it all work out when it's not just Dee, Daemon has to worry about but Katy too? 

"Air punched out of my lungs. I held her tight, and I knew right then I would burn down the whole universe for her if I had to. I would do anything to keep her safe. Kill. Heal. Die. Anything. Because she was my everything."

Onyx is the second book in this series. Daemon must prove to Katy that what he feels for her is real., but they've both bigger problems right now. The Department of Defence has shown up bringing with them a new boy to the small town. He knows what has happened to Katy and tells her he can help her with learning control, but Daemon doesn't trust the boy. That's not all though Katy has seen someone that shouldn't be alive. How will Katy survive the drastic changes in her life, and will she ever be normal again? 

"I love you, Katy. Always have. Always will."

Opal, the third heart breaking book in Lux. They've no way out, danger is closing in all around them. How will they survive when they have to trust the boy who's proven he can't be trusted? Katy's world is falling apart, but it's about to get even worse. She can't be without him, and he can't be without her. So how are they going to keep fighting when they're not together?

"So I was thinking, there're eighty-six thousand, four hundred seconds in a day, right? There're one thousand, four hundred and forty minutes in a day...There're one hundred and sixty-eight hours in a week. Around eighty-seven hundred and then some hours in a year, and you know what?...I want to spend every second, every minute, every hour with you...I want a year's worth of seconds and minutes with you. I want a decade's worth of hours, so many that I can't add them up."

Origin. The fourth book in this emotional roller-coaster. We get to know Daemon inside and out in this one, as each second chapter is in his point of view. The first thing we learn is Daemon wasn't kidding when he said he'd burn down the world to save her. People they trusted can no longer be trusted, enemies surround them in every corner. With help coming from the most unlikely allies. And cliffhangers are what Jennifer L. Armentrout loves to leave us with.

As I wait patiently till August for the last book of this series ‘Opposition.’ I have begun 'The covenant series' and so far am very pleased with the writing and story.

Jennifer L. Armentrout gets five stars for this series. It was a series full of surprises. It was exciting, heart-breaking, romantic and drool worthy. I usually don’t read books about aliens, but Jenn has converted me. If every alien book out there is like this one, I’ll definitely be picking them up from now on. With her articulate writing and fascinating stories, Armentrout never seems to fail me.

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White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Seeing as it's my first post I'd thought I'd start with a much newer series. 

The Dark Elements 

Jennifer L. Armentrout or as some of you may know her alter ego J. Lynn writes very unique stories. From Greek mythology all the way through to aliens from outerspace. We just can't get enough of her flawless writing, beautiful stories and perfect covers.

White Hot kiss: 

'White Hot kiss,' is the first book of her newest Young-adult Series 'The Dark Elements.' It is a fantasy book, about good vs. evil. It has plenty of drool worthy boys. It has the typical good guy which in this case is a warden, with a hot body and kind eyes. But what good book doesn't have the typical bad boy with the hot tattoos (That come alive!) and the beautiful body that is also a dark, mysterious and dangerous Demon in disguise. 

Layla is the star of this series, she's far from ordinary with her eye-capturing beauty, but that's not all. One touch of her lips can steal away not just your breathe but your soul. Longing for the boy she has grown up next to, but never being able to cross that line. She is destined for a sad and miserable life of loneliness. That is until she meets Roth, a higher level demon with no soul that surely is going to lead her down the wrong road. Little does she know, he's actually out to keep her safe. Why? I hear you ask. Well you'd have to read the book to find that out. 

This series is nothing less than what you'd expect from Jennifer, she leaves us with yet another cliff-hanger (but I promise it isn't as bad as Origin's) and makes us fall for two boys at once. The question is which team will you be, Roth or Zayne?

This book was yet another beautiful story by Jenn and it was a pleasure reading it. But I'll have to deduct 1 star from it for the slow start, and also for making me have to chose between two beautiful boys. Love triangles just aren't my thing!

4 out of 5 stars for Armentrout's skillful writing and heart-stopping stories. 

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