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Holiday reads!

I don't know about you but holiday for me is all about the books! I love making a big pile of what I want to read and I end up reading books not on the pile and getting distracted by food and puppies and barely managing to read a couple.

For a change, that's exactly what I'll do for this holiday! Above is the pile of books I'd like to read and you'll be able to see the pile of books I've actually anded up reading at the end of it. :)

Enjoy the sunshine!

Caro xx

Holiday readings!

Hi book lovers!

I am back from Italy where my diet consisted of pizza, chocolate and ice-cream and where I turned a cute lobster-y colour!

Part of my holiday was visiting some gorgeous places but another part was to read awesome books!!

I went back to Turin (I lived there two years for Uni), then I visited Milan for the first time and went back to the gorgeous city of Rome.

Il Duomo (Milan)

Fontana di Trevi (Rome)

Colosseo (Rome)

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I only packed my Kindle (I *love* my kindle!!!!) for the holiday (packed with books of all shapes and sizes - of course) as well as the book I was currently reading for Mostly Reading YA's Translation Month.

Real World by Natsuo Kirino is a Young Adult Crime fiction book written by a Japanese author.

I had some issues getting into it at first and I really disagreed with how the teenagers inside the book handled the situations, but I was then impressed by the undercurrent themes in the book. From the day-to-day pressure from society to the loss of hope for the future, I found this insight into Japanese teenage minds really interesting.

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (Alex Rider #1)

This ebook was in promotion on Amazon and I kept hearing great things abou it so I impulsively bought it (well, duh).

It is action-packed and the plot is quite clever, definitely the perfect holiday read!

The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens

I was really excited to read this book and the story didn't disappoint. John Stephens really knows how to hook the reader and I thought the story was a great addition to YA adventure books.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

I knoooooow, it took me ages to get read this book and I can honestly say that the hype surrounding this book isn't overdone - on the contrary!!

The book is even better than I imagined (and I loved the films and kept hearing from people how fantastic the books were).

A must read. Can't wait to read the two sequels. I *love* Lisbeth Salander!

Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough

Last book of my holiday reads which I just finished and I really loved how unique this story was. Fans of Sleepy Hollow and folk horror tales will love this!

One thing though: I haven't really been afraid (though I would understand kids would be) contrary to what everyone has been telling me!!

That's it! Reviews will hopefully follow as soon as I get organised and write them :D

I hope you had two lovely long weekends with the bank holidays.

Best,

x Caroline

Going on holidays :)

Hello shiny happy people,

Just a quick post to tell you that I am going away on holidays to see my parents in France until the 25th (Hello Mockingjay, I'm back right on time for you).

I am actually just boarding the plane right now (that only works because I have scheduled this post and because I hope my plane won't be delayed :) ).

I am going in a place that looks like this:

Yes British people, you are not dreaming, this is what a blue sky really looks like *grin*

where reading is pretty much the only thing you can possibly do (Awesome)

I am anticipating issues with internet connection because we're in the process of changing to wifi so I don't even know if I'll be able to connect. I will hopefully find a place to post reviews but probably won't be able to comment on your lovely blogs. I will do when I come back :)

Yes, I know, no internet, I like living dangerously :)

Anyways, I have packed half of my bag with books (of course):