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Three Books To Read This Christmas! 🎄
Published 14/12/2018

Three Books To Read This Christmas! 🎄

The festive season has arrived and I am so excited! There are so many things that I love about this time of year, like watching cheesy Christmas movies and spending quality time with my family. Whilst my reading tastes usually stay the same year-round, I wanted to try and incorporate something more festive this December to get me more into the Christmas spirit. Considering that I live in South Africa, our Christmas season is always hot, sunny, and a lot of it is spent in the pool. If you are in a similar climate to me over this season, or just want to feel a bit more festive, I have three book recommendations to help bring the snow to you!

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Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon | Review
Published 10/12/2018

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon | Review

Title: Everything, Everything

Author: Nicola Yoon

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Publication Date: 1 September 2015

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Where To Purchase: Takealot, Exclusive Books, Book Depository

Rating:

When I first started reading Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon, I had fairly high expectations. I was hoping for a romantic, perhaps even heartbreaking, story on a forbidden love. I looked forward to the narrative style using mixed media to tell this story and, whilst not imagining it to be the next The Fault In Our Stars, I thought it would at least ring true to a lot of the elements in that story. The sad truth is that whilst the idea behind the novel is interesting, it turned out to be a mediocre story. I was not blown away but it was not entirely terrible either. Originally, I planned on rating the novel 4 stars, but have since decided to bring it down to 3 stars. To be honest, there isn’t much that I can say about Everything, Everything. It was just okay. The saving graces of the novel were Yoon’s writing style and the layout but I was disappointed by the ending and the questionable way in which illness was treated, resulting in my 3-star rating.

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