Life On The Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers review

This is a very interesting take on the usual book style. I enjoy books that change the way a book is written.

This book is best explained by the blurb on the back.
"Making time for those you love, when time itself is running out"

The story is about a mother and a daughter who both lead very different and very busy lives. Claire is a young 15 year old girl who is more concerned with boys, friends and her social status rather than spending time with her mother. Claire's mother is a doctor who is on call to deliver babies, hence her life is a whole different level of busy.

The story is written as small hand written notes on the fridge, anything from we need milk to more serious matters.

Without telling too much of the story, a tragedy occurs (her mother develops breast cancer) within this family unit which shows how important it is to find time for the ones you love.


pros:
This book is really touching, it has a good moral - spending time with the ones you love, not letting life get in the way. I loved it until the last part. 
I liked how short and sweet it was, the messages were small and to the point, they also help empathise with the characters without really knowing them. the story was very heartfelt even though it is quite small and simple including daily stuff like shopping lists.
The cute little drawings on the pages also made the book interesting and different from the average book.
how they explain the cancer is simple because obviously the mother didn't want to reveal too much to her daughter and i actually like that aspect, they reveal enough to make the audience empathise without overloading the reader with information.


cons:
I loved it all the way up to the last maybe 15 pages. The story seemed to speed up and feel really rushed, i feel if they slowed the last part down and explained it a bit better it would've worked better for me. But really that was my only critic. But thinking about it now, that is the nature of cancer so its really not a critic at all. I understand what the author tried to do to display cancer as well as they can.
Overall i give this book 4 stars. its a very short yet excellent read that will leave you racing to the ones you love.

Beautiful creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl review

 
This is an easy 5 stars for me, I will start by giving a basic synopsis and then get into my review.

Ethan lives in the small southern town of Gatlin which he doesn't like at all and cannot wait to get out.

"the ones who are bound to stay or too dumb to go. everyone else finds a way out"

Lena is the first person to move to this town since the third grade (according to Ethan)she is instantly looked down upon and seen as different.

which isnt exactly false.
Lena is a Castor (technically a witch) she has powers that are seen throughout the novel, the main ones being controlling the weather and shattering glass.

Lena is counting down to her 16th birthday where she will be claimed for the light or the dark. this book shows her complications along the way including her strong feelings for Ethan and her fear of hurting him.

So, lets start with the pros of this book
The synopsis is very intriguing which is the main reason i started this novel. (as well as the recent release of the movie...which was disappointing in my eyes because Ive read the book) It is written very well and explained in great detail. The story is different to other paranormal books on the market.

The authors really wrote the characters well, you are able to empathise and most importantly imagine every character and their personality. When this is poorly done it can really ruin a book in my eyes but they really captured my attention. this made the book very long because of the description but that is by no means a bad things.

The love story is realistic! unlike twilight were in my opinion the love story was off putting and not realistic, this books romance goes at a nice pace and develops the relationship strongly to the readers.

The scenery is great in the novel, easy to imagine and read without being drawn out and draining which i LOVED. I love being able to be absorbed by a new world surrounded by many different people and this book did just that!

Cons:
There wasn't any cons in my opinion - at one point i did guess an aspect of the ending but it didnt make the book any less amazing with an amazing ending.

I cannot wait to get my hands on the second book!

Introduction to booktube and the book community

Hey, My names Sabrina and I LOVE to read.

I am 18 years old and attend university. I am born and raised in Australia and i love it. I recently started a booktube under tiamobellaxoxo.
I'm terrible at talking about myself so let’s move on to something more fun!

As I said I love to read, everything about it makes me happy, I love immersing myself into different stories and different characters.I love a little bit of everything - young adult, teen, classics anything with a good story line and good characters. my current favourites are:
The Harry Potter series (of course) J.K Rowling
The Hunger games trilogy (of course) Suzanne Collins
Between shades of grey by Ruta Sepetys (nothing to do with 50 shades of grey!!!)
The Fault in our Stars by John Green (oh all the feels)

On this blog i will be posting reviews, book hauls and anything else book related. Im hoping to post videos but that is hard due to the fact that i am nervous to film if someone can hear me!!

my goodreads page is - http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5995449-sabrina

Well I hope you enjoy this book blog and ill post more soon!!