I'm finally a one year old! Well, my blog is finally a one year old. That is, if you don't count the month long absences, the constant forgetting to post and the week that I spent volunteering without any internet. It might not seem like a long time thinking back to it, but trust me, that one week could have been two months for all I know. Yes, time spent in a rural village in Thailand and hanging out with elephants was fun, but it also completely disconnected you from the rest of the world... anyway.

I'm pretty sure this series gets gay in the next couple of books *fingers crossed*

This is a Top Five Wednesday. If you’re interested in joining in, and doing your own top five Wednesday - feel free to look through this group for the topics!

This is me joining up with the gals at Brooke and Bookish for a Top Ten Tuesday post! The prompt this week is "Top Ten Things That Will Make Me Instantly Want To Read A Book'

Yeah yeah, I know. Top ten Tuesday and I only have seven things on my list. It's terrible! However, given that I have a multitude of exams coming up, it's also quite realistic. In fact I should be studying for those exams right now, but I'm lazy and too much studying begins to melt my brain.

I want free books. I know, I know – most of the time thats just not the reality. We have to pay for books, even the really crappy ones that slut shame and have terrible world building.

I'm going to be honest, I actually enjoyed around 80% of this book. Then I got met with a few key chapters and we went on a rollercoaster ride straight down into the land of NOPE. To be nice, I'm going to start with the things that I did actually quite like about the book – then I'm going to trash it. Just a lil' bit.

To be completely honest, I only picked up this book from the library because I have the second book lying on my shelf and I really wanted to read it. Thank goodness I didn't dive straight into the second book, a thought that had actually crossed my mind quite often. I would have missed out on this little gem!