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My May Wrap-Up

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So, it is the last day in the month of May and I decided to share my thoughts and opinions on the books I have read during these past few weeks. :) I have read a total of seven books and I´m quite proud of that to be honest because I think I have never read that many books in such a short period of time. But without further ado, let´s get started: 1: "Hyperbole and a Half" by Allie Brosh This autobiographical book tells about the life of Allie Brosh, who is also running the name-giving blog “Hyperbole and a Half”. http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.de/ Using funny cartoons and a really good writing style Allie Brosh tells the funniest stories of her life. The reader will be crying while laughing about the simple dog, letters to her past selves and the attack of a goose. She combines hilarious and serious stories and I can only recommend this book to anyone who likes to have a good laugh.  One of my two favourite books of this month! I give it 5 out of ...

"Cinder" *Spoiler free* Book Review

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Hello everyone!  So, long time, no see! I know I´ve been a bit lazy but I am back again and I hope I´m going to post more frequently. At least that´s what I´m trying to do. :) Anyway, so almost a whole year has passed since my last blog post and I have done a lot of reading during that time. My most recent read was " The Lunar Chronicles " series by Marissa Meyer which this post is about. And I have to say I am absolutely obsessed with it. So without further ado let´s get started. "The Lunar Chronicles" by author Marissa Meyer is a series of different fairytale re-tellings which all take place in a futuristic world. The story begins with the first book "Cinder" (a re-telling of the classic fairytale " Cinderella ") and we follow the name- giving character Cinder, who is the best mechanic in New Beijing... And also a cyborg, which is why her stepmother and one of her two stepsisters are not treating her very well. One day Crown-Prince Kait...