Best Of The Bunch is a monthly meme hosted by Always Lost In Stories. It's a way for you to showcase all the books you've read that month and then award your favourite the Best Of The Bunch Award!
This month is a great month to start with as I actually reread and reviewed a few of my all time favourite books, hence the large quantity of 5/5 ratings! Will pick a book I read for the first time for the award I think, makes more sense.
This month I read and reviewed:
4/5 Stars
Pawn by Aimee Carter
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
4/5 Stars
The Sight by David Clement-Davies(reread)
5/5 Stars
Alienated by Melissa Landers
5/5 Stars
Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma(reread)
5/5 Stars
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
1/5 Stars
Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman(reread)
5/5 Stars
Divergent by Veronica Roth(reread)
5/5 Stars
Insurgent by Veronica Roth(reread)
4/5 Stars
Allegiant by Veronica Roth (for spoiler filled review go here)
0/5 Stars
Not all covers shown, as I couldn't fit them all in. As you can see there are quite a lot here with 5 star ratings, that's because I read and reviewed some of my favourites. And then at the other end of the spectrum we have the 0/5 star review that goes to Allegiant, the worst book I've read all year.
And the winner is:
4/5 Stars
The Sight by David Clement-Davies(reread)
5/5 Stars
Alienated by Melissa Landers
5/5 Stars
Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma(reread)
5/5 Stars
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
1/5 Stars
Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman(reread)
5/5 Stars
Divergent by Veronica Roth(reread)
5/5 Stars
Insurgent by Veronica Roth(reread)
4/5 Stars
Allegiant by Veronica Roth (for spoiler filled review go here)
0/5 Stars
Not all covers shown, as I couldn't fit them all in. As you can see there are quite a lot here with 5 star ratings, that's because I read and reviewed some of my favourites. And then at the other end of the spectrum we have the 0/5 star review that goes to Allegiant, the worst book I've read all year.
And the winner is:
Alienated by Melissa Landers
Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one of them.
Handpicked
to host the first-ever L’eihr exchange student, Cara thinks her future
is set. Not only does she get a free ride to her dream college, she’ll
have inside information about the mysterious L’eihrs that every
journalist would kill for. Cara’s blog following is about to skyrocket.
Still,
Cara isn’t sure what to think when she meets Aelyx. Humans and L’eihrs
have nearly identical DNA, but cold, infuriatingly brilliant Aelyx
couldn’t seem more alien. She’s certain about one thing, though: no
human boy is this good-looking.
But when Cara's classmates get
swept up by anti-L'eihr paranoia, Midtown High School suddenly isn't
safe anymore. Threatening notes appear in Cara's locker, and a police
officer has to escort her and Aelyx to class.
Cara finds support
in the last person she expected. She realises that Aelyx isn’t just her
only friend; she's fallen hard for him. But Aelyx has been hiding the
truth about the purpose of his exchange, and its potentially deadly
consequences. Soon Cara will be in for the fight of her life—not just
for herself and the boy she loves, but for the future of her planet.
I actually ended up really loving this book, even though it was one of the books I was least looking forward to reading. I was almost 100% certain that it wouldn't be for me and I would hate it. But in fact I ended up absolutely loving it. For full review go here.
Some of the others are actually favourites I have had for years and would recommend them all until I am blue in the face. But thought it would be better to give the award to a book I loved the most that wasn't a reread. Would highly recommend, great book.
I can't wait to read Alienated! It looks soooo good!! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
ReplyDelete--Sam @ SIK Book Reviews
It's really great, hope you get to read it soon! Thanks so much for stopping by.
DeleteLooks like you had an awesome month. I would love to read These Broken Stars Forbidden and of course Alienated! Can't wait to find out what I'll think of it.
ReplyDeleteMy Best of the Bunch!
~Stephanie @ Bookfever
All three are really great. I am doing a Giveaway for Forbidden & a book of your choice from Book Depository, it's open internationally so feel free to enter. It's at the end of my book haul. The Giveaway
DeleteI really wanna read that one, looks so awesome! Great post!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for checking out my post! Will come check yours out as well =D
DeleteWow!! I don't think I've ever seen a 0 star review!! I think I'm the only one who actually liked Allegiant - I must be crazy or something. I just went and requested Alienated from NetGalley now since you loved it so much! :-)
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Thanks for checking out my post. Hope you get approved for Alienated, I ended up really loving this book. I've seen a few people who really liked it so don't feel too crazy! Glad you enjoyed it though, wish I had.
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