Re-Reading Update

So at the start of this year I made a pledge to re-read a book a month this year. Last year I so enjoyed re-reading the I Heart Series by Lindsey Kelk that I wanted to do more re-reading. My BookTube friend Bethany announced that she was going to be trying to re-read more as well and was going to try and re-read at least a book a month so I thought I would do the same thing!

So the year didn't start off too well because I didn't manage to re-read anything in January-whoops!

February was more successful. I re-read How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. The first time I read this book I read the paperback, but this time I listened to the audiobook which is narrated by Caitlin. It was awesome and I think this book was even better the second time around!

In March I re-read Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli ready for the film, Love Simon coming out! You can read my review of the book here. And I made a video of book vs movie over on my BookTube channel.

Then April was even more successful because I re-read 2 books this month, the first two books in the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella. I would have carried on with the series but the next two books are in Denver and I am in England so... I loved re-reading these books but my are they dated, so funny to read about shops that no longer exist and a world without a lot of technology that we now take for granted when it comes to shopping!

Are you a re-reader or are you always trying to keep on top of new releases? If you can do both then please do tell me how its done!

Review: I Heart New York by Lindsey Kelk

The first time I read this book I didn't have this blog! This is one of my favourite books & so it seemed silly that I don't have a review of it on the blog ( it features in top Ten Tuesdays often enough) so here you go...

I Heart series book 1. Get ready to meet Angela Clark as she flees the world’s worst wedding for a new life…

It's official. Angela Clarke is in love – with the most
fabulous city in the world.

Fleeing her cheating boyfriend and clutching little more than a crumpled bridesmaid dress, a pair of Louboutins and her passport, Angela jumps on a plane, destination - NYC.

Holed up in a cute hotel room, Angela gets a New York makeover from her NBFJenny and a whirlwind tour of the city that never sleeps. Before she knows it, Angela is dating two sexy guys. And, best of all, she gets to write about it in her new blog (Carrie Bradshaw eat your heart out). But it's one thing telling readers about your romantic dilemmas, it's another figuring them out for yourself …

Angela has fallen head over heels for the big apple, but does she heart New York more than home?

Review: there is literally nothing not to like about this book but I talk about it all the time so you must know that. The wonderful thing about this debut novel is how it makes me feel. Angela makes me feel empowered, like I can do anything, Jenny makes me feel positive and also think about projecting positivity onto other people, and New York? Well New York just makes me miss it and feel wonderful and excited all at the same time.

I have now read this novel twice, once in 2009 when I was having a pretty rubbish time and once right now when I'm having a pretty excellent time and both times this novel did not fail to make me feel all the feels. This novel is about when Angela takes the massive risk of moving to another continent (as I have just done) and sets off to find herself in new York city. Of couse she doesn't know she is finding herself and that is what is so fab about this book. I love Angela as a character because she is so real and like so many of the people reading this book. You can imaginge finidng that your joint bank account is still being paid into by your cheating ex and then using that money to buy amazing clothes and accesories can't you, well Angela is amazing because all those things we are thinking about doing, Angela does-she is Kick ass!

As much as I love Angela though, I love Jenny Lopez more, Jenny Lopez is amazing and we all wish that she was our best friend. I hope the next time I check into a New York hotel I find Jenny Lopez on the other side of that desk. She ahs all the right answers and she tells it like it is, she is not going to let you onto the streets of new york in a fashion mistake and she will lend you the clothes off her own back if she needs to, she really is the star of the show for me!

New York is the other favourite character in this book, the descriptions of this city are out of this world. The heat, the business, the scenery, the people, all absolutely perfect! And even the Bubba Gumps sign in Times Square gets a mention. I cannot wait to get back into New York and go and see all of the places mentioned in this book and i defy any reader reading this novel to not have the same feelings! Lindsey Kelk does a fab job of describing something so well you can picture it and you also want to go there, I love her for that!

So yes, this is one of my favourite novels and so this is a terrible gushy review but I'm clear on my opinion of this book, it is a fun read with great characters. The setting, the storyline and the characters are all well-written., It will make you wish that Jenny Lopez is your best friend and it will make you wish that New York is your home town too. If you've not read any of the I Heart series yet, this is the one you MUST MUST read, do it now!













 

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