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HELLO! My fellow readers! Today instead of the usual Goodreads Monday post and talking about books that I haven’t read, I am going to show off a book that I have read! When I was looking through my Goodreads list to find a book to talk about today Me and Earl and the Dying Girl really stood out as a book that I’m still thinking about! Both the book and the movie were superb, with great characters, and unique storytelling! Jesse Andrew has such a quirky since of humor that comes out great in both the book and the movie (which was WRITTEN by him). Due to Jesse Andrews writing the screenplay, the  spirit  and themes of the book were captured SO WELL in the movie and it made a great experience for both fans of the book and movie fans alike. If you haven’t checked out Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (the book or the movie), you should go out right now and read/ watch it! You won’t regret it! Keep Reading… Meagan!

Hello! So I recently finished rereading Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children so instead of writing another review for a book I've already reviewed on my Instagram, I'm going to post my old review of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs on here; a book about children, monsters, and photographs… A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children who once lived here - one of whom was his own grandfather - were more tha...

Hey guys, welcome to Top 5 Wednesday! If you don’t know what Top 5 Wednesday is then click HERE , if not stay! This week’s topic is Top 5 chapter headers! In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken I couldn't not include a book from this series because these chapter headers are really memorable. I can recognize each book in the series just by their chapter headers! Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins  This is a really simple and beautiful header from the cursive font to the pretty bow in the corner!  Champion by Marie Lu Another memorable cover with the name of whoever's POV the chapter is from and the text color depending on which POV it's from. A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab This is actually a picture of the 'part one' page, if you know what I mean but I just really like it so I had to include it. I love the different pictures of London over the title symbolizing the Londons in the book! The Raven Boys by Maggie Steifvator This...

We all have those favorite books that get turned it movies. You hear about the movie, you hold out hope that it’ll be good, but when you go see it; you are hopelessly disappointed. That has fueled my idea for a discussion today; books turned movies that deserve a second chance to be a better movie. Percy Jackson So I’m starting this one off with the obvious answer. These are fun adventure books with a great story and even better characters! The series also has a built-in fan base so it’s guaranteed to make money (and you know what executives what… MONEY MONEY MONEY!). Now the built-in fan base could’ve been the movie’s down fall to begin with because Hollywood thought, Hey! People already like this! They’ll see it whether it’s good or bad! We don’t have to put any effort into this! But if Hollywood put the effort into making a Percy Jackson movie, it could definitely be good! City of Bones My next pick should be obvious for any fans of this series. While the City of Bon...

Hey guys it’s Meagan and today I’m here to talk about something kind of difficult (at least it is for me), starting books. This applies to TV shows and movies too, but the hardest part of reading any book for me, is getting through those first few pages. But the question is why are those first few pages, or first few minutes of a movie so hard to get through? Well I believe it’s because at that point the world and characters still feel foreign to you; you, as a reader, are not familiar with the characters or the author’s writing style yet. This could have something to do with why people put so many books down so early on in them. They just don’t get far enough into them to start enjoying them yet. I often dread starting new TV shows because I know that I’m going to have to spend time getting used to this new world and characters. But, of course, that’s also a good thing because it’s new characters that you care about! Do any of you also have this problem? Comment and tell m...