January - May Wrap Up 2015

The start of 2015 has not been a successful time for me for reading. I only managed to read 8 books in the first 5 months of the year because my life became consumed by exams. However, now exams are over, I have plenty of time to explore new books and knock down my huge TBR pile! As I didn't read a lot, I didn't manage to do a Wrap Up for each month so here is a wrap up for January to May 2015.

BOOKS I READ

The 8 books I have read in these first five months are ( click on the covers for Goodreads links):

Girl Online by Zoe Sugg - 5 Stars
I started the year off with a bang by reading this! Despite the contoversy surrounding this, I thoroughly ejoyed the characters and the story and ended up giving it 5 stars! Read my full review HERE.

Once by Morris Gleitzman - 3 Stars
Then, I moved on to Once - a short book, aimed mainly at middle grade which follows the story of a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany. I enjoyed the topic issue and the characters but sometimes found the main character slightly immature. Read my full review HERE.

Twilight: The Directors Notebook by Catherine Hardwicke - 4 Stars
This is a re - read for me as I first read this book many years age during the Twilight boom. At the beginning of the year, Breaking Dawn appeared on my TV and I sat down to watch it and suddenly remembered why I love Twilight. This book is a collection of pictures, sketched and notes which describe the director's decisions and process in making the first Twilight movie.

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan - 3 Stars
Again, another book where I enjoyed the characters and diversity themes but found some parts immature. I also thought the plot was lacking in substance and wanted to see more of the OCD traits in the main character. Read my full review HERE.

Revenge of a Chalet Girl by Lorraine Wilson - 3 Stars
Although I didn't throughly enjoy the first two books in the series, I decided to give the third book a chance as I find these short novel (which are very cheap on Kindle), a great way to escape a reading slump. I preferred it to the second book definitely and enjoyed visitng old characters. Read my review of the first two books in the series HERE.

The Selection Trilogy by Kiera Cass - 5 Stars
WOW! I am literally in love with this whole trilogy and though I rated each one 5 stars, I felt I enjoyed each book more as I continued through the series as I saw more into the characters and loved them more (especially Maxon!). Review coming soon!

BOOK HAULS
I haven't managed to keep track of all the books I have received in these forst few months but be sure to check out my Instagram (@bookbirdfiction) for regular updates. I did however, post three new Kindle Freebies posts so check them out too!
Kindle Freebies #8
Kindle Freebies #9
Kindle Freebies #10

OTHER UPDATES
This year, I celebrated my 2 year Blogiversary and would like to thank all those who have, are and hopefully will support me in what I love to do and I promise to be more active from now on. To celebrate, I gave away a copy of Slated by Teri Terry and Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead.



I started Top five Wednesday! I always love watching top 5 wednesday videos and reading blog posts so I thought I would dive in in May and start myself. You can read my first T5W post - Books You Won't Read. Ever. 


So that was my wrap up for the first few months of 2015. Now that exams are over, I have plenty of time to discover some excellent new worlds and read more so I will become more regular in posts, reviews and wrap ups (probably book hauls too!). If you want to keep updated, please follow me on Instagram and Twitter (@bookbirdficion). Happy Reading!