Friday Reads 8th April 2016

Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice, the idea is to grab a book, turn to page 56 (or 56% in an e-book) and find any sentence (no spoilers!) and then post it. Book Beginnings is hosted by Rose City Reader to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are currently reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence and impressions about the book.

Clare is in Italy at the moment with our brother so she hasn't really had a lot of spare time to read so she should be back on the blog soon. I hope I am doing a good job on the blog while she is away.

Ann:

I am currently still reading A Need So Beautiful which I haven't really read much of as I haven't been feeling very well recently. I am also reading City of Bones  for the read-along which I am making sure to read ever day. Then I am reading my classic for the month which is A Tale of Two Cities which I am enjoying so far.

Book Beginning:

'I sit on the front steps of St. Vincent's Cathedral and pick at the moss nestled in the cracks of the concrete. I'm waiting for Sarah - as usual. She begged me all through calculus to go shopping with her, even though she knows I don't have the money for it.' - A Need So Beautiful

Friday 56:

' "Don't pull out the 'honey'. That doesn't work on me." ' - A Need So Beautiful

I like this book beginning cause it gets the book of to a good start and it tells you what two of the characters are like in the first two sentences which is good.
I also like this Friday 56 because although it is short it is also very good and I don't know what but when I was looking for a quote this one just jumped out at me.

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

March Favourites and April TBR

March Favourites:

Ann:

This month I read 9 books, all of which I really enjoyed. So I picked my 3 favorites which are below. All of my top 3 were 5 star books.

1) Cinder by Marissa Meyer 

I have loved all of the books in this series so far but I couldn't pick them all as my top 3 so I went with the first one.

2) Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

This is one of the best books I have read this year I loved it so so much. It was amazing. Also I read it faster than Clare did which is a miracle.

3) Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

I read most of this book in one go when I only meant to read a few pages but had read nearly all of it before I realised. 

Clare: 

This month I read a total of 22 books; a huge amount of which were five and four star reads so I had a really good reading month and it was hard to narrow it down to my absolute top 3 but here they are!

1) The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters

I love, love, love Cat Winters and this was, as expected, amazing. I can't say too much about it because I want to avoid spoilers but it's a retelling of Hamlet and it has some wonderful characters.

2) Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Another one I had expected to love and did. The Shadowhunter world is one that I always love returning to and this book introduced a lot of new and very interesting characters.

3) These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas

The moment I finished this book I wanted more. It was so good and interesting and it sucks that I have to wait so long for a sequel!

April TBR:

Ann:

I am not sure what I am going to be reading for April but I will definitely be reading Cress, Winter and Fairest in the Lunar Chronicles which I am very excited to read and like Clare I will also be reading City of Bones.

Clare:

Both The Glittering Court and Lost Among the Living are new releases for April that I am very, very excited for. I love both these authors and I have very high hopes. Ann and I are also starting a re-read of the Shadowhunters books starting of course with City of Bones. 

Classics:

Ann:

Last Month I Read: A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

I didn't get to finish it this month but so far I have really enjoyed it and am going to be reading it in April.

This Month I Am Reading: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

I am hoping to finish it this month and am loving it so far. This is one of Clare's favourite books and I see why.

Clare:

Last Month I Read: The Warden by Anthony Trollope

The premise of this doesn't sound all that exciting but I really enjoyed this read and I found the writing style easy to engage with. It's not going to be one of my all time favourite Classics but it is an introduction to a series I think I'm going to end up loving.

This Month I Am Reading: Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

I enjoyed The Warden enough that I want to go ahead and continue the series so this month I will be reading the second book in the Barsetshire Chronicles which is apparently Trollope's most well known and possibly best regarded work so I definitely have high hopes. It's quite a bit  longer than The Warden but hopefully with his easy writing style it wont be a struggle at all.

Let me know in the comments what books you really enjoyed in March and what you are planning on reading this month! 

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