Sunday Post 27th December (With Christmas Haul!)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted at Caffeinated Book Reviewer, it's a chance to post a recap on the past week, show the books we have received and share what we plan for the coming week. Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Showcase Sunday is hosted by Books, Biscuits and Tea and the aim is to show our newest books and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops or downloaded on to their e-reader. As always you can click on any of the pictures to be taken to the Goodreads page for that book if you're interested in finding out more about it.

Last Week on the Blog:

• Top Ten Books We Wouldn't Mind Santa Leaving Under Our Tree
• Wednesday Catch-Up

Books We Got This Week:

Ann: 

The Hunt/The Prey/The Trap by Andrew Rukuda: Clare got me all these books on Tuesday when we went shopping and they sound amazing I will be reading them soon.

Username Evie by Joe Sugg: I got this for Christmas and have already finished it. 

Life With a Sprinkle of Glitter by Louise Pentland: I also got this for Christmas and look forward to reading it.
Selp Helf by Miranda Sings: I really look forward to reading this because it's such a fun book.
Hello Life by Marcus Butler: I like to watch Marcus's youtube videos and look forward to finding time to read it.
Love Tanya by Tanya Burr: Love Tanya seems like a good book and I can't wait to finish it.

The School for Good and Evil series by Somain Chainani: Clare gave me these books as she didn't enjoy them very much so now they are mine.

Clare:

How to Survive a Sharknado by Andrew Shaffer: I got this from my littlest brother, Robert and I love it. I've had a flick through and I will probably read a little bit at a time to drag my enjoyment out. This book was basically made for me.
Falling Kingdoms/Rebel Spring/Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes: I got these from my other brother, John and I am incredibly excited for them. I've heard so many good things and I look forward to reading them soon!

Reading Update:
Ann:

Username Evie: I got this for Christmas and finished it by Boxing Day, I may even reread it because I could relate to the main character really well.

Clare:

Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund: 4 stars, I liked the main character in this a lot. I do always love Scarlet Pimpernel retellings but I read Rook by Sharon Cameron earlier this year and adored it so this had a tough job measuring up! But still a good read.

Just for Christmas by Scarlett Bailey: 3.5 stars, a cute read and I didn't realise but this is the first in a companion series I had already read the second of so it was nice to get the background - and of course I knew how everything would end.

Married by Christmas by Scarlett Bailey: 4 stars, really cute and fun. Loved both the female characters and I really liked how it ended. So not a fan of love triangles usually but I don't mind so much when it seems pretty obvious how things will resolve.

The Night Before Christmas by Scarlett Bailey: 4 stars, An actual love square/pentagon thing going on here. Really liked the friend dynamics and the romance (once it got going) was cute. 

The Winter Wedding by Abby Clements: 2 stars, this has such high ratings on goodreads but I just couldn't get into it. The writing style felt very weird to me and I just couldn't connect to it unfortunately.

How to Seduce a Scot by Christy English: 3 stars, I wanted something easy and quick to read at Christmas and this definitely fit with that. It was light and fun but a bit too cheesy for me. I probably will continue on with the series.

The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani: 3 stars, I thought this was a great idea and well done but potentially just not for me. I couldn't connect with the characters and that kind of dragged me out of the story.

Classics Update:

Ann: I have nearly finished reading The Great Gatsby which is an okay book but still not the best that I've ever read.

Clare: I have taken a pause with my Classics reading and will pick it up again in January.

Next Week on the Blog:

• 12 Days of Christmas Book Tag
• Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2016
• Wednesday Catch-Up
• Ann's Top 5 Books of the Year
• December Wrap Up and January TBR
• Friday Reads
• Academy Awards Book Tag

You can also find us on Goodreads (Ann and Clare) to keep up with what we are reading