Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon

Everything, Everything is Nicola Yoon's debut novel and also the first book I've read by her. Before I picked it up, I knew I would love it. When I started reading, I had a feeling that I might end up crying but ended up smiling instead.

The Blurb:

Live life in a bubble?

Or risk everything for love?

Maddy is allergic to the world.

She hasn't left her house in seventeen years.

Olly is the boy next door.

He's determined to find a way to reach her.

Everything, Everything is about  the crazy risks we take for love.

My Thoughts:

Like I said in the beginning of this post; I knew I would love it and I did. I was not disappointed at all with this book, even though it surprised me with a big twist in the end that I did not see coming.

I liked Maddy a lot and Olly sounded like a really sweet guy (and funny). Seriously.. He made me laugh and smile from the beginning.

So, what's this book about? It's about a girl who is diagnosed with SCID which means that she can't go outside without getting very sick. Olly is the new neighbor guy with problems of his own. They start talking with each other (thanks to his creative (and funny) way to get her to talk to him even though she won't out of fear of feelings). One thing leads to another and Maddy finds out that she's starting to like Olly more and more and the desire of going outside to see the world is getting stronger...

Will she be able to see the world? Will she die if she goes outside and breathe in the air of a world she have only seen through her window? Or will she be able to leave the house even for a few minutes and still be alive and well without any harm?

I laughed and smiled while reading Everything, Everything and I could barely put it down. I was hooked straight away and didn't want to leave Maddy's world at all. I wanted to stay in this world even when the clock showed 3 am and knew I actually had to get some sleep. 

If you want to know how this ends, I suggest that you should read the book because this is a sweet story about hope and love between two characters you will adore from the beginning.

I'm so gonna to see the movie adaption, that's for sure! Hope they don't ruin this book! Fingers x🙊

Bye! x

4/5

Next book to read: The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey
Currently reading (Kindle): The Ninth Grave by Stefan Ahnhem
Currently listening to: Equal Rites (Discworld #3) by Terry Pratchett

Night School - C. J Daugherty

Night School is the first book I have read by C. J. Daugherty. I've seen it in the shelves at work and one day I decided to buy it because it sounded like a good book. And now that I've finished it, I can write my review. And also try not to spoil too much as usual😉

The Blurb:

Allie's world is falling apart...

She hates her school. Her brother has run away.
She just been arrested. Again. And now her parents are sending her away.

But instead of hating boarding school, Allie is happy.
She's making friends. And there's Carter, a brooding loner with whom she feels an instant connection.

Cimmeria Academy is no ordinary school.
Her Classmates - and maybe som of the teachers - are hiding a secret.
And soon it begins to feel like a very dangerous place...

My Thoughts:

When I read the blurb of Night School the first thing I thought about was something supernatural (not Sam and Dean Winchester Supernatural.. sorry.. had to..) like werewolves or vampire or whatever. And this was one of the reasons why I wanted to read this book. Apart from being disappointed on few locations and cringing on other locations I had to find out what was going on at this school.

So, this is a story about a girl called Allie. She's having a difficult time dealing with her brother's disappearance and get's arrested because of vandalism. Her parents decide to send her to Cimmeria Academy. A place only few knows about. The school is way different from the schools she's used to. There are lots of rules to follow and they are not allowed to use any electricity. No phones, no computers. Nothing. Only books. Surprisingly, Allie managed to adapt to her new life real quick (for someone as troubled and difficult as her). More or less, in only few weeks, she makes some friends (and some enemies) and meets a charming, good looking, French guy called Sylvain. Carter, who is another guy, tries to tell her over and over again that Sylvain is not to be trusted. She dismiss him of course, because, well... Carter thinks he's better than anyone else and she dislike him (typical teenage stuff). In the end, Carter is right and suddenly, Allie starts to like Carter more and more... ah.. the good old love triangle drama.

There were many times I sat there being all, oh god.. this is so cliché... Let's just say that, thanks to this book I now feel like I've gotten too old for these types of clichés (I did just turn 25 last Saturday so maybe that's why I'm getting too old.. I'm halfway to 50! Aaahhh.. time flies soo fast!) Anyway...

When the "big secret" got revealed, I was bit disappointed. Well, at least I did not see that coming at least. Like I wrote earlier, I expected something else entirely. Something like; People turning into wolves, magic, whatever.. not this. Of course, not everything has to contain creatures and magic and that there is a lot of different bad stuff that can happen in stories. And this story involves the latter. Really bad things are happening. But at the same time, why? Why this? Couldn't it be something else? Something more scary/dramatic? It wasn't that bad tho, I just couldn't see why this thing had to happen I guess. Oh well. At least the author managed to surprise me more than once nonetheless.

All in all. I do think this book was great. Don't get me wrong, I was hooked from the first page and wanted to find out what was going on at Cimmeria Academy. Yes, there were lots of clichés and some disappointment here and there but I was still hooked nonetheless and could barely put it away. I ended up reading till almost 4 am these past few days so...it is pretty good and I will continue to read the rest of this series. I also read a review where it said that the second book was much better than the first so I'm looking forward to read it😊

Bye x

3/5

Next book to read: Everything everything by Nicola Yoon
Currently reading (Kindle): The Ninth Grave by Stefan Ahnhem
Currently listening to: The Light Fantastic (Discworld #2) by Terry Pratchett

Insomnia - Stephen King

I have always thought that Stephen King's books have been all about horror stories and that's the reason why I have never read any of his books. I'm not a fan of the horror genre and never have been. I know that he also writes other non-horror novels such as Insomnia (hence the reason why I decided to read it.) And here I am, just finished my first Stephen King novel (though an old one), and I'm sad to say goodbye to Ralph and Lois.

The Blurb:
You loose a lot of sleep.

Ralph does. At first he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then the hallucinations start - the colours, shapes and strange auras. Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death.

That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more sleep. When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Ed, is getting out of control - dangerously so. And why his home town is about to become the new Armageddon...

My Thoughts:
Although it took me a while to finish it, I quite enjoyed it. I'm glad I started with Insomnia when I decided to check out Stephen King's books once and for all and I'm looking forward to continue to read them (not the horror ones though... I won't be able to sleep if I did).

I won't go into to much detail, although this is an old book and most people have probably read it 100 times by now, I don't want to spoil the whole book so I will say this:

The story is about a 70 year old man called Ralph who, after his wife dies, starts to loose more and more sleep. When the insomnia really kicks in, he starts to hallucinate. First colours or, auras, more like and then the bald doctors appears outside his neighbor's door. Which sounds bit creepy, but it's not when you get to know about them more 😛  After seeing those bald doctors, things starts to happen. Ed is turning from a lovely person to a crazy person. Ralph (and also we) start to understand why he's able to see the colours and the bald doctors and why he must stop Ed from doing something that will ruin so many lives.

I laughed (lots of funny dialogue between the characters) and I cried (or had tears in my eyes more like when sad things happened). I picked up the book night after night and read till I almost fell asleep.

I don't know why but.. I think it's funny that the book was about an old man with insomnia. When I started reading it, I did not see that coming from the 'King of horror'. In my head it's was all about carrie, the shining and other horror novels, so reading about a 70 year old man called Ralph was quite a surprise.

All in all, I really enjoyed Insomnia and I'm looking forward to read more of his books😊

(Oh, and also, I now see why he's one of the bestselling author of all times😉 )

Bye x

4/5

Next book to read: Can You Keep a Secret - Sophie Kinsella 
(completely different genre...oh well..😂)